Dr. Danielle Deperalta

"Danielle DePeralta, MD, FACS is double board-certified in surgery and surgical oncology, with dual fellowship training in complex surgical oncology and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. She specializes in surgical treatment of diseases of the liver, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract.

Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in 2021 and 2022, Dr. DePeralta is a leader in her field and is an active member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons and International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association. She is the Northwell Physician Champion for the Canopy Cancer Collective, a multi-center team that focuses on improving care for patients with pancreatic cancer. She is also heavily involved in clinical trials and innovations related to cancer care, including regional therapies that target cancer that has spread but is still localized to the liver or peritoneal cavity. She was instrumental in bringing pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy (PIPAC)-a treatment that can help those with few options-to New York. Long Island Jewish Medical Center is now one of only three sites in the nation to offer such therapy.

Treating some of the most aggressive cancers, Dr. DePeralta knows she's seeing patients at their most vulnerable moments. While focusing on giving them their lives back, she often forms close relationships with her patients. ""I try to treat all of my patients the way that I hope someone would care for my mother.

Dr. Deperalta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hepatectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Necrosis, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 55 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.