Andreas M. Kaiser, MD, FACS FASCRS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Surgery / Division of Colorectal Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Andreas M. Kaiser, MD FACS FASCRS, a Professor of Clinical Surgery, graduated in 1988 from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. After an internship in Surgical Pathology, Dr. Kaiser trained in General Surgery at the University Hospital of Zurich (1990-1998), interrupted by a two year research fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He completed a fellowship in Visceral Surgery at the University Hospital in Zurich, and in Colorectal Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. In 2001, Dr. Kaiser joined the USC faculty, and from 2008- 2009, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS), and a member of several national and international professional associations and committees.

Dr. Kaiser has a special interest in colorectal diseases and provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment in the management of colorectal and anal cancer (primary, recurrent cancers, palliative setting), inflammatory bowel disease, acute diverticulitis, functional disorders of the colon and rectum, and benign disorders of the anus. He was a national expert/preceptor for the stapled hemorrhoidectomy (PPH); he is one of few experts nationwide performing continent ileostomies and was instrumental in the development of the T-pouch. He is an expert for evaluation and treatment of fecal incontinence and also one of few surgeons performing the Artificial Bowel Sphincter; most recently, he added the transanal endoscopic microsurgery for rectal polyps and early rectal cancer (TEMS) and Sacral Nerve Stimulation (Interstim) for fecal incontinence to the services offered at USC.

University of Southern California

The USC Division of Colorectal Surgery offers comprehensive multidisciplinary care of colon cancer, rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic floor dysfunction (constipation and fecal incontinence), and much more! The team offers advanced diagnostic studies including MRI, CT scans, intrarectal ultrasound, defecography, and anal manometry. The team has one of the most experienced minimally invasive/laparoscopic surgical teams in the US and specializes in all forms of laparoscopic and minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery. We are also one of the few sites to offer many of the new procedures such as STARR, PPH, SECCA, and sacral nerve stimulation.

A multidisciplinary team of specialists in colorectal surgery, colon cancer, rectal cancer, gastroenterology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, nursing, diagnostic radiology, physical therapy, enterostomal therapy and social services is dedicated to providing compassionate, individually tailored patient care.