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.

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.

An internationally recognized colorectal surgeon, Feza Remzi, MD is a leader in the surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other colorectal diseases. He specializes in the treatment of patients with complex colorectal conditions including ulcerative colitis, Crohn s Disease, diverticulitis, pelvic pouch procedures, sphincter-saving operations of the rectum, and re-operative abdominopelvic surgeries. Dr. Remzi has published over 300 peer- reviewed articles and book chapters on the surgical management of IBD, and ileal J-pouch. He has been recognized with several awards and honors, including being voted as one of the Castle Connolly and New York Magazine Top Doctors in New York. In 2010, he was honored with honorary fellowship/membership at the Annual National Surgical Congress in Turkey as the first recipient of this award from this society. A native of Turkey, Dr. Remzi earned his medical degree from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey. He completed his general surgery residency and a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Remzi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Viral Gastroenteritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Ileostomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Procaccino was born and raised in Westchester, New York. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Manhattan College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to receive his Doctorate in Medicine from New York Medical College, and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in 1984. Dr. Procaccino relocated to Long Island in 1984 where he began his Internship in General Surgery at North Shore University Hospital. Once he completed his training in General Surgery, he trained as a fellow at the Cleveland Clinic. In 1998, he was asked to assume the role of Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.Dr. Procaccino has been the Director of North Shore University Hospital s Center for Colon and Rectal Diseases since inception. In this capacity, he was charged with the task of forming a Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery for the North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Hospital Department of Surgery. Dr. Procaccino soon took on the coveted position of Chief of this Division.Perhaps Dr. Procaccino s most significant contribution to the field of Colon and Rectal Surgery is his training of the next generation of surgeons. Since 2003, Dr. Procaccino has been the Director of the North Shore/LIJ Fellowship Program in Colon and Rectal Surgery which is accredited by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Dr. Procaccino s clinical interests include Colon & Rectal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn s and Ulcerative Colitis) and Diverticulitis. He performs both laparoscopic and open surgery. Dr. Procaccino is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, Ileostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

John Ricci is a Colorectal Surgeon in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Ricci is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Hernia Surgery, and Ileostomy.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

John Monson is a Colorectal Surgeon in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Monson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Lynch Syndrome, Ileostomy, and Colostomy.

Arman Erkan is a Colorectal Surgeon in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Erkan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Viral Gastroenteritis, Anorectal Abscess, Ileostomy, and Colonoscopy.

Jonathan Bank, M.D. is a board-certified plastic surgeon with specialty training in microsurgery. His particular interests include autologous breast reconstruction, sensory restoration of the reconstructed breast, reversal of lymphedema, new applications for fat grafting, facial aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, and high-definition body contouring. He performs all aspects of facial, breast, and body cosmetic surgery in a AAAASF-certified facility in Great Neck, N.Y., as well as at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital (MEETH). Reconstructive procedures are performed in multiple hospitals in the New York area, including Lenox Hill Hospital, NorthShore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Hospital, Glen Cove Hospital, Huntington Hospital, and Saint Francis Hospital in Roslyn, N.Y.Dr. Bank has authored more than thirty peer-reviewed articles, including award winning publications regarding novel techniques in fat grafting. He has written multiple book chapters in internationally regarded surgical publications. Dr. Bank serves on the review and editorial boards of a number of reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery journals. He has presented his research at regional, national, and international conferences in the fields of microsurgical reconstruction and aesthetic surgery.Raised in New York and Israel, Dr. Bank received his degrees from the seven-year medical program at Tel Aviv University. He served in several elite military units before relocating to Chicago, where he completed his surgical training in the combined Plastic Surgery residency program at the University of Chicago Medical Center. During his residency, he received multiple academic achievement and research awards. He subsequently completed a fellowship in microsurgical reconstruction at leading institutions in the field, at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, and served as a visiting scholar at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Bank is currently an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He is an Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Bank is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Breast Enlargement In Males, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, BRCA Positive Breast Cancer, Lymphadenectomy, and Hernia Surgery.

David Light is a Plastic Surgeon in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Light is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Breast Enlargement In Males, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Lymphadenectomy, and Hernia Surgery.