Capsule Endoscopy

James (Mark) Kiely, MD, FACS, FASCRS has joined the Galliano Surgical Group. Dr. Kiely joins us from an academic Colon and Rectal Surgery practice in Columbia University Medical Center, New York where he has been in practice for over three years. Prior to this he was in academic practice at Baystate Medical Center for five years. Dr. Kiely completed his Clinical Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Ohio in 2011 and General Surgery residency training at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2010. His clinical interests encompass the whole of colorectal surgery including benign and malignant conditions, abdominal and pelvic, as well as anorectal procedures. He has specific expertise in robotic rectal cancer surgery, Crohn’s/inflammatory bowel disease management, sphincter sparing anal fistula surgery (LIFT) procedure and abdominopelvic reoperative surgery. He has a keen interest in research and is an author on numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, published abstracts, oral presentations, and book chapters. Originally from Ireland, Dr. Kiely graduated from medical school at the University of Dublin, Trinity College in 1999. After receiving an Associate Fellowship Degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2002, he then completed research at the Medical College of Wisconsin from 2002 to 2005 and finished a thesis on leptin, obesity and intestinal function in 2006 obtaining a post-graduate degree (MD) from his alma mater, Trinity College Dublin.