Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Laila Rashidi, MD, is board certified in colon and rectal surgery. She has extensive training in minimally invasive surgical techniques, including robotic, laparoscopic and J-pouch surgery. Dr. Rashidi believes in a multi-disciplinary team approach, where patients and health care professionals work together to achieve the best outcomes. She considers her patients the main part of her team and wants them to feel they have received the highest quality of care. In her spare time, Dr. Rashidi enjoys cooking, calligraphy and outdoor activities, especially running, hiking and camping.

The conditions Dr. Rashidi treats and the services she provides include:

• Colon, rectal and anal cancer
• Diverticulitis
• Inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease)
• Anorectal disease
• Robotic and laparoscopic colon and rectal resection surgeries
• J-pouch surgery

Dr. Rashidi is included in Seattle Magazine's annual list of the Top Doctors in the Puget Sound for 2023.

Read Dr. Rashidi's featured Vitals blog articles:

• Colorectal cancer screening: Why you need it, what it's like and how care has changes
• Colorectal cancer patient undergoes rare, complex surgery while pregnant
• Diagnosed with colorectal cancer while pregnant: Lynn's story
• Colon cancer rates rising in younger adults
• Man gets "second chance at life" 1,700 miles from home
• Holistic approach to treatment helps woman with rectal cancer

• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 
• Society of Robotic Surgery
• Iranian American Medical Association
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

• Unruh KR, Bastawrous AL, Kaplan JA, Moonka R, Rashidi L, Simianu VV. The impact of obesity on minimally invasive colorectal surgery: A report from the Surgical Care Outcomes Assessment Program collaborative. Am J Surg. 2021 Mar 16:S0002-9610(21)00154-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.03.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33745688. 
• Hancock KJ, Klimberg VS, Nunez-Lopez O, Gajjar AH, Gomez G, Tyler DS, Rashidi L. Optimizing outcomes in colorectal surgery: cost and clinical analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic approaches to colon resection. J Robot Surg. 2021 Feb 25. doi: 10.1007/s11701-021-01205-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33634355.