Ariel Spencer, MD

Lafayette Surgical Clinic

Unity Surgical Center

Education:

• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons,
  New York, NY

Internship:

• General Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL

Residency:

• General Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
  
• General Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center,
  Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship:

• Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
• Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  

Professional Societies:

• Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
• Associate Member of the American College of Surgeons
• Christian Medical and Dental Associations

Practice emphasis is in:

• Laparoscopic surgery for acid reflux (GERD) with special expertise in fundoplication and paraesophageal hernia surgery.
• Minimally invasive surgery for colon and rectal cancer and other disease of the large intestine.
• Endoscopy (colonoscopy and upper endoscopy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes).
• Surgery for endocrine diseases; adrenal, pancreas, thyroid and parathyroid.
• Vascular surgery including minimally invasive techniques, stents and catheter therapies as well as traditional "open" surgery.

More About Lafayette Surgical Clinic

It is the goal of the surgeons at Lafayette Surgical Clinic to provide our patients with compassionate, state of the art care. All of our surgeons are board certified by the American Board of Surgery; this means all of our surgeons have completed at least five years of training in surgery beyond their medical school years, and have taken and passed, or plan to take the Board examination in general surgery. Furthermore, in order to maintain Board ... Read More