MD: University of Pennsylvania (1965).
Residency Training: General Surgery, Boston City Hospital (Harvard University).
Board Certification: Colon and Rectal Surgery; Surgery.
Specialties: Management of diseases of the small bowel, colon, rectum, and anus, including colon, rectal, and anal cancer, diverticulitis, familial polyposis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, ileoanal reservoir (J-pouch), colon polyps, prolapse, anorectal abscess, fistula (minimally invasive repair), fissure, and hemorrhoids (including stapled hemorrhoidectomy), obstructed defecation syndrome (STARR procedure), and fecal incontinence, including Secca procedure (see patient information), artificial anal sphincter, and muscle transplant.
Additional: Director, residency training in colon and rectal surgery; fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS); fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS); fellow, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract; member, American Surgical Association, New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and New York Surgical Society; see selected recent publications (click here for online abstracts/full text of journal articles via National Library of Medicine); see curriculum vitae.
Honors: Selected for the 2007-2008 Best Doctors list (only 4% of doctors nationwide are chosen for this honor); John C. Goligher Memorial Medal of the Association of Coloproctology, Great Britain and Ireland, and the Section of Coloproctology, Royal Society of Medicine (1999); First Prize Medical Book Award of the American Medical Writers Association for the textbook, Colon and Rectal Surgery; Piedmont Proctologic Society Award (1978).
Language Spoken: English.
Consultations/Appointments: 631-638-1000.