General Information
| Percentage of Practice is Bariatrics: |
80 |
| Minimum Age for Patients: |
18 |
| Maximum Age for Patients: |
60 |
| Surgery Types Performed: |
Lap Band |
| Gall Bladder Removal: |
Sometimes. |
Memberships
Clinical Experience
| Laparoscopic Surgery: |
16 Years Experience |
| Bariatric Surgery: |
16 Years Experience |
| Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: |
9 Years Experience |
| |
Planned
Start
Date |
Surgeries Performed To Date |
Avg. Currently Done
Per Week |
Years Experience
With This Type |
O.R. & Hospital Stay Times |
Total
Surgeries |
Lap-to-Open
Conversion |
Avg. O.R. Time (hours/minutes) |
Avg. Hospital Stay (days) |
| LAP-BAND® |
| |
|
350 |
|
5 |
5 |
0 hour(s) 1 minutes | 1-2 |
| Other |
| Revisions |
|
65 |
|
|
14 |
1 hour(s) 0 minutes | 3-4 |
Education and Training
| Medical School: |
Silesian Medical Academy – Katowice, Poland (graduated 1981) |
| Residency: |
Maimonides Medical Center – Brooklyn, NY (finished 1989) |
| Fellowship: |
Coney Island Hospital Trauma Critical Care – Brooklyn, NY (finished 1990) |
Specialized Training:
| Name: | Advanced Laproscopic for the General Surgeon |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Training Covered: | Laparoscopy |
| |
| Name: | Minimally Invasive Surgery for Morbid Obesity |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Training Covered: | Laparoscopy, Bariatric Surgery |
| |
| Name: | Inamed /Biocentrics Lap Band Workshop |
| Date: | 3/2002 |
| Training Covered: | Laparoscopy, Bariatric Surgery |
| |
| Name: | Institutue of surgical De Vinci Surgical System |
| Date: | 11/2000 |
| Training Covered: | Laparoscopy |
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