Dr. Robin Rosenberg
General Surgery
Phila, PA
46 years experience male
Locations
Office
Philadelphia, PA
Colon and Rectal Surgeons LTD
Phila, PA
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
General Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Licenses
United States: Pennsylvania
Doctor Q&A
88 Answers
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Robin Rosenberganswered
General Surgery 46 years experience
R/o gastroparesis: Make sure the stomach is functioning with a gastric emptying study.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes: The symptoms of altered bowel habit and abdominal pain relieved with bms may be common to both. Other symptoms can help distinguish the two.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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No: Once confirmed as a benign lesion{biopsy or exam) .If they become a mental worry for the patient, painful or cosmetically unpleasing they can allwaysw... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
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At least 25 to 50: He should have done 50-100 total prior to doing you.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Not normal: You need lab tests including liver function tests and amylase/ lipase to ensure that there are noresidual stone blockages or pancreas inflamation.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Wrong: You need appropriate carbohydrate- sugar is just high calorie carbsand too much leads to obesity and other priiblems.
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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No: Gastroparesis is not a pre malignant colon condition.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Should not be a prob: If this is a sphincterotomy or sphincter repair topical nitroglycerine (rective or topical ditilizam should help.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Se a good GI: If you have diarrhea predominant ibs then this will take some work. Other etiologies such as infections an inflamatory boweldisease, and food allwegy ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
A host of things: Crohns disease, yersinea infection of the stool or adnexal problems( tude and ovary-thewe are some who believe in chronic appendicitis, a laparoscopy ... Read More
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A 60-year-old female asked:
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Fewif any- immediate: Few long term anaesthesiareaction ecpept rare cases of adrenal suppression, liver toxicity, and malignant hyperthermia.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Mimilally: Will not tighten a hernea , will not fix a buldge (diastsis) and doesonly a little for the bellywall. Get a trainer and a gym.
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A 76-year-old female asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Need vascular evalua: Sitting up improves blood flow- gangrene suggests insufficient blood supply. Do not wait. The evaluation is simple and can determine critical arterial... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Your doctor is ok: In reproductive age females ovarian cysts without malignant features my grow up to 5 cm ANS still be considered non-pathologic.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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This is ok: Low dose amytryptyline is awell established trial medicine of IBS. Your doctor is on the right track
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Failure of patient o: Ask yourself if youare completing the diet prescribedto you befory you transition to a roux en y.
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Uncertain: Some get good relief, others need repeat injections up to 3 a year.Its individual.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Ok: Its good for a couple tht love each other.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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No: Consider an MRI and a pain management consult to rule out sciatica.
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A 41-year-old male asked:
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Yes: Isolated high potassium needs to be rechecked and if still high needs a nephrology consult.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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No : New hard lumps with minimal discomfort that do not move easily on palpation are worrysome.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Yes: But if the kidneys truly hurt with flank pain this is not a simple UTI but rather a pynonephritis- x rays and a urologist consult are needed.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: Renal colic is like a progressively severe toothache in the flank and back with nausea and vomitung. The pt can not find acomfortable psoition and mov... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Unlikely: Post gallbladder problems include diarrhea or change in bowel habit- not usually sikn problems
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Previous pelvic surgery maydecrease fertility, but in the absence of surgeru there are several medicines which are safe for pregnancy and should be co... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
No: Removnt the tonsils is not on the list for reflux problems
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: Femoral herneas have a 33% chance of causing anobstruction by incarcerating small bowel. Find a doc who can fix this with local standby(not going to s... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Get mri of back: See an orthopedist- could be facet joint pain or simply muscle origin. Also get a uring sample to make sure this is not a kidney stone.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
No: Good nutrution, a flu shot and hand washing frequently by all involved is the best.
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A 46-year-old male asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
No: The mesh does not come into contact nor does it lie near the prostate. Of the reportagle mesh broblems, prostate is not even on the list.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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No: Ihave always found simple excision and pathology analysis of a lump alleviates fear.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Look at the rest: Are the bowel habits the same, is there any blood (use hemacult test cards) is there mucus in the stool? Noise alone is rarely a dire symptom without ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
No: Weight gain of that magnitude in tht short of atime is water weight.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Sort of: If pain persists on deep inspiration, consider a eries of rrib x- rays.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Wasthis actually flu: Elevate the head of bed. Nothing to eat 4 hrs pre sleep and a ppi ona daily basis- if no better in a short time- get an endoscopy.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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One year: Most muscles take uo to a year to gain fullstrength but theywill never have the 100% strength of uncut muscles, proof is that herneas of the incision ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: At the skin nereves regenereate they can put out a neuropathic cause of oainsuch as burning. This is usually self resolving. If not medicines such as ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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No: Artificial diet aidshave short term gains which do not last. If anything invest in a good dietician.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Drinking heavily: You will pay for a heavy drinking habit some day especially if also smoking. Get an ultrasound of liver and gallbladder.
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A 59-year-old male asked:
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Dont know: There is a new drug on the market for constipation predominant irritable bowel.See if your family doc can dispense itfor trial.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Should you: Streatching keeps joints and muscles from harm- if a pathologic behavior get help.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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See gi: Need stool cultures and possibly endoscopy.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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The main ones are se: Seroma or hematoma.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Ask for a pelvic ult: Severe pain 2 wks post op is unusual. I would get a ct or a pelvic ultrasound to make sure there is no other organ injury or pelvic fluid collection/a... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Gunshot wound to the: With the exception of surgery, acid problems are usually efectively treated with acid suppression medicine.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Little: Although fat may frovoke an attack wo will carbohydrates and protein. Diet management for gakllstones is doomedto eventual failure and ongoing attacks... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Doesnt: 2 separate issues. Hiv patients with low CD4 counts mayhave worse response to cancer treatment and outcome.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
See a dietician: Binge eating is not something you can controll yourself.Either adietician or psych help is called for.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Varies: Depending on the severityof the gastroparesis and its resolution either muptiple small feedings to supplemental GI nutrition thru a tube.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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General Surgery 46 years experience
Not god: Testicular cancer offten affects young males. You need to see a Urologist ASAP
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May 26, 2015
I have an ectopic kidney,but I don't know what is causing abdominal pain kidney function and scans are normal
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Rosenberg is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Rosenberg is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you, I am awaiting a liver biopsy as the nest step.
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Thanks for your quick reply! If the new drug is Linzess (sp?), I have tried it. It works OK
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polinidal cyst! i removed it 4 mnths ago through surgery&it healed tnx
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Temple University School of Medicine
Graduated 1977MD
Residency
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Residency
Hartford Hospital
Residency
Hartford Hospital
Awards
Top Doc Phila Magazine 1994
Graduated Temple MedSchool AOA- National Medical Honors Society
Graduated Temple Med- Mosby Book Scolarship Award in Surgery
Affiliations
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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