Our Surgeons
Marc S. Goldblatt, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S.
Doctor Goldblatt attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison for his undergraduate degree. Following medical school at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, he took his general surgery internship and residency at New York Medical College. He finished his training with a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, MA in 1976.
Doctor Goldblatt is board certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Doctor Goldblatt is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He is past president of the Phoenix Gastroenterology Society and a member of Maricopa County Medical Society, Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the St. Marks’ Society in London, England. He has been named a Phoenix “Top Doc” for many consecutive years. He has been in private practice in Phoenix since 1977.
In addition to the full gamut of anorectal disease, Doctor Goldblatt has a special interest in the evaluation and treatment of anal dysplasia (pre-cancer) using high resolution anoscopy (microscopic view of the anal area) to diagnose and care for these conditions.
Stephen E. Brown, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S.
Doctor Brown attained his undergraduate degree at Hillsdale College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and graduated in 1982. Doctor Brown fulfilled his internship and residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Ohio Affiliated Hospitals and completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1989.
Doctor Brown is board certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is a Fellow in both the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Doctor Brown is a former Chief of Staff at Banner University Medical Center. Additionally, at Banner Good Samaritan, he is a past member of the Executive Committee, Surgical Care Improvement Study, OR Committee, and is past Chairman of the Surgery Committee. Doctor Brown is a clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
Doctor Brown is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Christian Medical and Dental Association, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Arizona Medical Association, Maricopa County Medical Society, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Phoenix Gastroenterological Society. He has received the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award and has been named a Phoenix “Top Doc” for many years.
Doctor Brown was a member of the Health Care Advisory Council to the Honorable Matt Salmon and is a volunteer physician at the Neighborhood Christian Clinic and the WellCare Foundation. He is on the Board of Directors at Mt. Nebo Prison Ministry and the Scholarship Committee of Arizona Families for Home Education.
Doctor Brown has been published in Colon and Rectal Surgery, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Contemporary Surgery. He has offered numerous presentations on colon and rectal diseases, treatment, and surgeries both locally and nationally. He has been in private practice in Phoenix since 1989.
He has taken a special interest in minimally invasive treatment of colon and rectal polyps and cancer, Crohn’s disease and benign anorectal disease. State of the art evaluation and treatment of fecal incontinence and constipation is offered including anorectal ultrasound, Solesta injections and sacral nerve stimulation. Surgeries also include Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization (THD) and Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEMS).