Board Certifications:

American Board of Surgery

Specialization:

• Bariatric Surgery- Gastric Band, Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Revisional Bariatric Surgery
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• General Surgery

Academic / Professional Affiliations:

• ASBMS Bariatric Center for Excellence Surgeon
• American College of Surgeons
• Medical Society of New Jersey

Office:

Manahawkin: 1100 Rt. 72 W Suite 303 Manahawkin, NJ 08050

Hospital Affiliations:

• Southern Ocean Medical Center, Manahawkin, NJ
• Mountainside Hospital, Montclair NJ
• Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, NJ

Fellowship:

Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

Residency:

General Surgery, Morristown Memorial  Hospital, Morristown, NJ.

Languages:

English and Spanish

Education:

• BA, University of Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.
• MD, Universidad Iberoamericana, Dominican Republic

Publications :

• Routine Hiatal Hernia Repair in Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
• Percutaneous Roux Limb Jejunostomy : Alternative Approach to Enteral Access in Gastric Bypass Patients
• Enteral Access Techniques Post Gastric Bypass
• Laparoscopic Transgastric Removal of Eroded Lap-Band
• Laparoscopic hysterectomy including for advanced endometriosis with rectosigmoid disease
• LapBand Replacement with “Follow the Leader” Technique
• Standardized Approach to Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
• Laparoscopic Excision of Malignant Cyst.
• Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Aortic Dissection