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Dr. Marc Levitt
Tell Me a Story: Pediatric Surgeons Putting Colorectal Center on the Map
With Dr. Alberto Peña
Chapter 1 of 3 · Evidence & Research
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Development and Impact of the Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty
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What the experts said
Dr. Alberto Peña is the director of the Colorectal Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Dr. Peña developed a new surgical procedure in the 1970s.
In most institutions, the operation is called the Peña procedure, but at Cincinnati Children's it is called the posterior sagittal anorectoplasty due to Dr. Peña's humility.
The posterior sagittal anorectoplasty put colorectal surgery on the map and particularly Dr. Peña's name on the map.
Over approximately 20 years following the procedure's development, patients came to have the procedure and surgeons came to learn it.
The expansion of the colorectal center's work to all other fields has occurred in the last 6 to 10 years.
The center's expansion came from hard work, dedication, passion about the patient, commitment to writing about results, careful patient follow-up, and communicating their work to the world.
The Colorectal Center has seen patients from 80 countries.
Dr. Peña advises young surgeons asking about the key to success to focus on doing the best version of whatever operation they are performing, even routine procedures like hernias.