- Dr. Joel A Porter, MD
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Dr. Joel A Porter, MD
General Surgery
- Ohio, Akron
Overview
Dr. Joel A Porter, MD works in Akron, Ohio is a specialist in General Surgery, Colon Surgery & Rectal Surgery and graduated Akron City Hospital in 1986. Dr. Porter is affiliated with Summa Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals and practicing for 42 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
- Colon Surgery & Rectal Surgery
Conditions
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chelation Therapy
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
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• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
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Procedures
• Appendectomy, Open• Colectomy
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
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• Proctectomy, Open or Laparoscopic (incl. Swenson and Duhamel Procedures)
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Repair of Anal and Rectal Defects (Anoplasty, Repair of Imperforate Anus, Sphincteroplasty, Rectal Graft)
• Sphincterotomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 42
State License
- Ohio
Education & Training
Residency Hospitals
Akron City Hospital
Year completed: 1986 Umdnj PlainfieldYear completed: 1987
Year completed: 1986 Umdnj PlainfieldYear completed: 1987
Medical School
Ohio State University College Of Medicine And Public Health
Columbus, OH, United States
Graduated: 1981
Columbus, OH, United States
Graduated: 1981
Awards
1 ACS
2 ASCRS
3 NEOSGE
4 OVSCRS
5 SAGES
6 SSAT
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Office Locations
Primary location
Associated Surgical Specialists
95 Arch Street Suite 150
Ohio (OH)
Akron
44304
Phone:(330) 564-0728
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- American Republic
- Anthem
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Cofinity
- Cofinity PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health America PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medical Mutual of Ohio POS
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Hosp/Ind Direct Access OH
- PHCS Network PPO
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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