President - New York Surgical SocietyPast President - New York society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Dr. Sher is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Hernia, Cholecystitis, Hernia Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Tereza Sardinha is a General Surgeon and a Colorectal Surgeon in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Sardinha is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Perianal Streptococcal Cellulitis, Hernia Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Steven Cohen is a Surgical Oncologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Cohen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection.

Daniel Haller is a General Surgeon in Rockville Centre, New York. Dr. Haller is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.

Jonathan Klein is a General Surgeon in Rockville Center, New York. Dr. Klein is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Hernia, Hernia Surgery, and Gallbladder Removal.

"Douglas Held, MD is a board-certified general and colon and rectal surgeon specializing in hernia surgery and was accredited in 2020 by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Surgeon of Excellence in hernia surgery.Dr. Held's relationship with Northwell Health dates back to when he was just a young child, when his uncle served as chairman of anesthesiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center when it first opened in 1953. After seeing several surgeries performed, he knew it was something he would eventually do, and later in his teenage years he became an operating room tech at the same hospital.After attending medical school at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Dr. Held completed both his internship and residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed his fellowship training in colorectal surgery at Allentown Hospital-Lehigh Valley Center.As his focus turned more and more to hernias, a common problem for both men and women, Dr. Held recognized that the treatments are not a one-size-fits-all approach. ""Different technologies allow us to provide different ways to help each individual person. Dr. Held is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Cholecystitis, Umbilical Hernia, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.

I specialize in emergency and trauma surgery as well as surgical critical care. I see outpatients for postoperative follow-ups and elective surgical consults. Dr. Giangola is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Gallstones, Ogilvie Syndrome, Gallbladder Removal, and Hernia Surgery.

Mark Dobriner is a Colorectal Surgeon in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Dobriner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hemorrhoids, Colonic Atresia, Proctitis, Hernia Surgery, and Ureteroscopy.

Aaron Lipskar is a Pediatric Surgeon in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Lipskar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Umbilical Hernia, Omphalocele, Hernia, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Barrie Rich is a General Surgeon and a Pediatric Surgeon in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Rich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Meckel's Diverticulum, Umbilical Hernia, Infantile Pyloric Stenosis, Hernia Surgery, and Thrombectomy. She is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery.

Louis Kavoussi, MD, MBA, Director of teleintervention at Northwell. He is a world-renowned urologic surgeon who brings more than 30 years of specialized expertise in minimally invasive urological surgery. His area of focus includes treating a wide range of urologic diseases, including kidney obstructions, renal stones and urologic cancer. At the forefront of innovation, Dr. Kavoussi pioneered several new surgical techniques, including the first minimally invasive approaches to kidney surgery for kidney cancer and kidney donation. He was also part of the team that performed the first laparoscopic prostate removal for cancer. In 1999, Dr. Kavoussi received a Smithsonian Computerworld Permanent Collection award for his work in developing telerounding, the starting point of telehealth medicine-to facilitate physician communication with hospitalized patients. Before joining Northwell in 2005 as chair of urology, Dr. Kavoussi completed his medical degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He obtained his urologic training at Washington University of St. Louis and, directly following residency, was named chief of urology at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis. In 1991, he was appointed assistant professor at Harvard School of Medicine and director of endourology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. In 1993, he joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was vice chairman of urology and named a Patrick C. Walsh Distinguished Professor. Dr. Kavoussi values a team approach to care, and often collaborates with other specialists to create personalized and comprehensive treatment plans. His patients appreciate his easygoing personality and thoughtfulness. As the Waldbaum-Gardner Distinguished Professor of Urology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Dr. Kavoussi is passionate about training the next generation of surgeons. He has presented his work and given live surgical demonstrations at conferences around the world and has more than 500 academic publications. Dr. Kavoussi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.

Dr. Simon J Hall MD is a board certified urologist with Fellowship training in Urologic Oncology. His clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of Prostate, Bladder and Kidney cancers. He is especially interested in Active Surveillance of men with prostate cancer and men and women with incidentally found small renal masses and the creation of continent urinary reconstructions for patients who need to undergo cystectomy for Bladder cancer. Furthermore, Dr. Hall has a keen interest in treating patients with recurrent prostate cancer following definitive therapy. He believes that objective & balanced communication with the patient and family is the key to decision making and individualized care. Over the years Dr. Hall has been named as Best Doctor, both nationally and regionally, by organizations such as Castle Connolly, SuperDoctors and New York Magazine. Dr. Hall s research has focused of new therapies for prostate and bladder cancer; he has participated in numerous clinical trials, some of which generated data resulting in FDA approval of Sipleucel-T (Provenge) and enzulutamide (Xtandi). He oversees a laboratory investigating novel approaches to negating the Androgen Receptor, an important key driver of castration resistant prostate cancer. Decision making and improved methods of clinical care for patients with bladder and prostate cancer are important aspects of his research interests in collaboration with Dr. Michael Diefenbach, a behavioral scientist in the Departments of Urology & Medicine at NS-LIJ. He has authored or co-authored nearly 70 peer reviewed articles in Journals such as Journal of Urology, Urology, British Journal of Urology, Clinical Cancer Research and Science. Dr. Hall received his MD from the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. He then completed two years of Surgery training at the Mount Sinai Medical Center followed by a four year residency in Urology at Boston University School of Medicine. This was followed by a 2 year fellowship in Urologic Oncology in the Scott Department of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine. Prior to joining the Smith Institute for Urology, he served on the faculty of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for 18 years, holding various positions including Kyung Hyun Kim MD Chair of Urology and the Director of the Deane Prostate Health & Research Center. Dr. Hall is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.

Vihas Patel is a General Surgeon in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gallbladder Disease, Gallstones, Gallbladder Removal, and Hernia Surgery.

Nabil Dagher is a Transplant Surgeon in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Dagher is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Saad Hussain is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Hussain is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Sepsis, Low Potassium Level, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Jacob Rosenberg is a Pediatrics provider in Long Beach, New York. Dr. Rosenberg is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Acute Pain, Umbilical Hernia, Endoscopy, and Hernia Surgery.

Jules Garbus is a Colorectal Surgeon in Garden City, New York. Dr. Garbus is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Rectal Prolapse, Bowel Incontinence, Gastric Dysmotility, Hernia Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Paul Hartendorp is a Colorectal Surgeon in Garden City, New York. Dr. Hartendorp has been practicing medicine for over 46 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hemorrhagic Proctocolitis, Gastric Dysmotility, Proctitis, Familial Colorectal Cancer, and Hernia Surgery.

Frank Caliendo is a Colorectal Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Garden City, New York. Dr. Caliendo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Proctitis, Hemorrhoids, Hernia Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Caliendo is currently accepting new patients.

Dean Pappas is a Colorectal Surgeon in Garden City, New York. Dr. Pappas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Proctitis, Hemorrhoids, Levator Syndrome, Bladder Reconstruction, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Pappas is currently accepting new patients.