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Juan Lucas Poggio, MD
Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology
Specialties
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
Areas of Expertise
Colorectal Cancer
Treatment Focus
Benign and malignant colorectal surgery conditions, HRA (high resolution anoscopy), anal dysplasia and anal cancer in patients living with or without HIV disease, colon and rectal cancer, robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery, recurrent colon and rectal cancer.
Distinctions
Language(s) Other than English
- Spanish
Treatment Philosophy
I believe in that the best interest of our patients comes first as the Mayo brothers said. I also strongly believe in treating my patients like they were my family and providing my patients with the best care I can give.
Clinical Locations
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Temple Surgery at Jeanes Campus7604 Central Avenue
Friends Hall, Suite 101
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone: 800-836-7536
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Temple Surgery3509 N. Broad Street
Boyer Pavilion, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: 800-836-7536
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Fox Chase Cancer Center333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone: 888-369-2427
Educational Background
- Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Oncologic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
- Residency, General Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center-Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, Darby, PA
- Residency, General Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
- MS, Tumor Biology, Mayo Graduate School, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
- MD, Universidad Del Salvador Medical School, Argentina
Certifications
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery
Memberships
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- Pennsylvania Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- Association for Academic Surgery
- International Anal Neoplasia Society
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2023-2024
- Top Doctor, Color & Rectal Surgery, Philadelphia Magazine, 2018-2019
- Castle Connolly's Top Doctors, Colorectal Surgery, 2012-2019
Patient comments
I felt this doctor didn't want me as a patient from the beginning. He disregarded my symptoms and pain. Didn't explain mri results that I have been notified over 3 times by the hospital because the findings were concerning. There was never a treatment plan. The treatment plan was always to just come back in another month.
This was my first time seeing this doctor and I was so impressed by the care I received and how much what we discussed has already helped me
Answered all my questions and was very reassuring
Dr.Poggio was very professional and addressed all my concerns.
Dr. Poggio is magnificent!! As he was explaining possible reasons for my pain, he gave clear, concise explanations that other physicians never even thought of.