Physician

General Surgery

Benjamin Karsten practices General Surgery. He studied medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has 2 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Benjamin Karsten has written publications. He has 2 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Role of water-soluble enema before takedown of diverting ileostomy for low pelvic anastomosis.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Role of water-soluble enema before takedown of diverting ileostomy for low pelvic anastomosis.
• Characteristics of coloRectal cancer in young patients at an urban county hospital.

Schools

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• University Of Utah School Of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Colectomy
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
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Conditions Treated

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• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• AnoRectal Abscess
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Altius Health Plans
• Assurant Health
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross of Idaho PPO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• GEHA
• Humana
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• ODS Health Plan
• PacificSource
• Heritage Signature
• Providence Health Plans
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
• University of Utah School of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1124227137
NPPES Provider LastName		KARSTEN
NPPES Provider FirstName		BENJAMIN
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		837126243
NPPES Provider State		ID
Specialty Description		Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology)
Total Claim Count		115.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		65.0
Percent Opioid Claims		56.52

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1124227137
Last Name Of The Provider	KARSTEN
First Name Of The Provider	BENJAMIN
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