Keck Medical Center of USC Physicians Offer Specialized Colorectal Surgery in San Gabriel Valley
LOS ANGELES — Two Keck Medical Center of USC faculty physicians have partnered with a local health system to offer specialized colorectal surgery options to patients in the San Gabriel Valley.
Anthony Senagore, M.D., professor and chief, colorectal surgery and Kyle Cologne, M.D., assistant professor of colorectal surgery, are now seeing patients and performing minimally-invasive surgery two days a week at Citrus Valley Medical Center in Covina, Calif. The medical center is part of Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP), a nonprofit, comprehensive health system in the San Gabriel Valley.
“Dr. Cologne and I look forward to working more closely with many of our referring physicians to provide expanded services at the Citrus Valley Health Partners hospitals,” said Senagore. “With CVHP’s support, we will increase local access to advanced minimally invasive colorectal surgery as well as new procedures for pelvic floor and anorectal surgery.”
CVHP serves nearly one million residents of the San Gabriel Valley through four locations: Citrus Valley Medical Center — Inter-Community Campus in Covina, Citrus Valley Medical Center — Queen of the Valley Campus in West Covina, Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora and Citrus Valley Hospice in West Covina.
“CVHP is honored to have the expertise and integrity of Dr. Senagore and Dr. Cologne,” said Robert H. Curry, President/CEO of CVHP. “This important partnership with USC’s distinguished faculty is part of our commitment to expand our specialty services to our community. It is vital that our patients have access to high-quality care in their neighborhood. We look forward to a long, successful collaboration.”
The USC Division of Colorectal Surgery physicians are internationally recognized for their expertise in managing colon cancer, colorectal disease, inflammatory bowel disease and benign disorders of the colon, rectum and anus. The team offers comprehensive multidisciplinary care of a variety of colorectal conditions, as well as advanced diagnostic studies including MRI, CT scans and ultrasound. The team has one of the most experienced minimally invasive surgical teams in the United States and specializes in all forms of laparoscopic and robotic colon and rectal surgery.
The division is part of the Keck Medical Center of USC, one of only two university-owned academic medical centers in the Los Angeles area. Keck Medical Center of USC was launched in 2011 after a transformative $150 million gift from the W. M. Keck Foundation. It is comprised of Keck Hospital of USC (formerly USC University Hospital) and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the private hospitals of the University of Southern California. The two world-class, USC-owned hospitals are staffed by more than 500 physicians who are faculty at the renowned Keck School of Medicine of USC. Keck Medical Center of USC is a center for multi-faceted care, with a concentration of specialists across multiple areas of expertise. For information on the Keck Medical Center of USC, go to http://www.uschospitals.com and visit the Facebook page and USC Health Sciences Twitter feed.
CVHP is known regionally for its Citrus Valley Heart Center, oncology services, robotic surgery program, accredited diabetes treatment and education program, maternal and child health services, and Citrus Valley Hospice hospital and Home Health program. CVHP’s family of 3,300 employees and nearly 1,000 physicians take pride in providing compassionate, quality patient care. CVHP was recently voted as the Best Hospital and the Best Place to Work in the East San Gabriel Valley. To learn more about how CVHP is elevating health care in the communities they serve, please visit http://www.cvhp.org or via Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, keyword: CVHP.
Contact: Leslie Ridgeway at (323) 442-2823, (213) 200-8015 or lridgewa@usc.edu
Tracy Dallarda (CVHP) at (626) 814-2423 or tdallarda@mail.cvhp.org
