Samuel Rheinhardt, M.D.
Assistant professor, Division of General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Education
Fellowship
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Residency
Indiana University Medical Center-Indianapolis
Medical School
Indiana University School of Medicine
Practice Areas
Samuel Rheinhardt is a colorectal surgeon who treats diseases of the colon, rectum
and anus, provides screening and advanced endoscopy, and surgical management of inflammatory
bowel disease. He also offers advanced surgical decision-making for patients with
inherited colorectal cancer syndromes, as well as a non-operative "watch and wait"
approach to treating rectal cancer.
Rheinhardt performs minimally invasive and organ-preserving robotic surgery for colorectal
cancer, robotic surgery for colorectal disease, and robotic parastomal hernia repair.
Other services include sacral nerve stimulator for fecal incontinence, transanal robotic
surgery for treatment of early-stage rectal cancer, Botox treatment of anal fissures,
and cleft lift for treatment of pilonidal disease.
Research Interests
- Using colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery in cancer patients
- Tissue-sparing techniques in pilonidal disease