Education

• MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1985
• Residency, General Surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA, 1985-1991
• Fellowship, Surgical Endoscopy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1989
• Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA, 1992-1993

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Foley is certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He specializes in the treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum, including colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, crohn’s disease, and diverticultis. His practice includes diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy as well as the use of laparoscopy in the surgical treatment of colonic disease.

Dr. Foley provides a wide range of services including Abdominoperineal Resection, Abscess Drainage, Appendectomy, Colonoscopic Excision, Endorectal Advancement Flap, Excision / Fulguration of Condyloma, Fistulotomy, Flap Repair, Hemorrhoid Banding, Hemorrhoidectomy, Ileal Pouch Reconstruction, Ileocolic Resection, Laparoscopic and Open Partial Colectomy, Laparoscopic and Open Rectopexy, Laparoscopic and Open Sigmoid Resection, Laparoscopic and Open Total Colectomy, Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy, Lower Anterior Resection (LAR), Pilonidal Cyst Excision, PPH Stapling, (show all). Small Bowel Resection, Sphincter Repair (overlapping sphincteroplasty), Total Proctocolectomy, Transanal Proctosigmoidectomy, and Ventral / Abdominal Hernia Repair.

Research Interests

Dr. Foley’s research interests focus on clinical trials designed to improve the surgical care of colorectal disease, through process improvement or the application of novel therapeutic techniques.

Recent Publications

• Predictors of mortality after emergent surgery for acute colonic diverticulitis: analysis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Project data.
  Ballian N, Rajamanickam V, Harms BA, Foley EF, Heise CP, Greenberg CC, Kennedy GD
  J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Feb; 74(2):611-6.
  [PubMed ID: 23354259]
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• Comparable postoperative morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic and open emergent restorative colectomy: outcomes from the ACS NSQIP.
  Ballian N, Weisensel N, Rajamanickam V, Foley EF, Heise CP, Harms BA, Kennedy GD
  World J Surg 2012 Oct; 36(10):2488-96.
  [PubMed ID: 22736343]
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• Educational value of morbidity and mortality (M&M) conferences: are minor complications important?
  Thomas MK, McDonald RJ, Foley EF, Weber SM
  J Surg Educ 2012 May-Jun; 69(3):326-9.
  [PubMed ID: 22483132]
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• Visceral obesity is associated with outcomes of total mesorectal excision for rectal adenocarcinoma.
  Ballian N, Lubner MG, Munoz A, Harms BA, Heise CP, Foley EF, Kennedy GD
  J Surg Oncol 2012 Mar 15; 105(4):365-70.
  [PubMed ID: 21751219]
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• Short-term outcomes after laparoscopic-assisted proctectomy for rectal cancer: results from the ACS NSQIP.
  Greenblatt DY, Rajamanickam V, Pugely AJ, Heise CP, Foley EF, Kennedy GD
  J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2011 May; 212(5):844-54.
  [PubMed ID: 21414814, PMC ID: 3488426]
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