Saraswati Dayal is a General Surgeon in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Dayal is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Cellulitis, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Stephen Pereira is a General Surgeon in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Pereira is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.

Douglas Ewing is a General Surgeon in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Ewing is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Hernia, Obesity in Children, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Hans Schmidt is a General Surgeon in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Schmidt is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Obesity in Children, Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Sebastian Eid is a General Surgeon in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Eid is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Obesity, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Linda Addonizio is a General Surgeon in New York,, New York. Dr. Addonizio is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Heart Block, and Heart Transplant.

Bonnie Lonze is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Lonze is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Polycystic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Warren Chiodo is a General Surgeon in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Chiodo is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hammer Toe, Fungal Nail Infection, Corns and Calluses, and Ledderhose Disease.

Pokala Kiran is a General Surgeon and a Colorectal Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Kiran is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Fistula, Rectal Prolapse, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Bladder Reconstruction, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Kiran is currently accepting new patients.

Jean Emond is a General Surgeon and a Pediatric Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Emond is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Liver Failure, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Emond is currently accepting new patients.

Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Camacho is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Diastasis Recti, Obesity, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastric Bypass.

Sheldon Marc Feldman, MD, is Chief, Breast Surgery and Breast Surgical Oncology, Professor, Surgery and Director, Breast Cancer Services at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus includes breast cancer, oncoplastic surgery with an emphasis on optimizing breast conservation, nipple-sparing mastectomy, minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment, intraoperative radiation, targeted tumor ablation, lymphedema prevention, and complementary integrative holistic care with an emphasis on physician-patient communication. Dr. Feldman is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Intraductal Papilloma, Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.

Tomoaki Kato, MD, is a noted pioneer in multiple-organ transplantation, pediatric and adult liver transplantation. Dr. Kato is Vice Chair for Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is a professor of surgery at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.Dr. Kato is known for unique and innovative surgeries for adults and children, including a six-organ transplant; a procedure called APOLT (auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation) that resuscitates a failing liver by attaching a partial donor liver, making immunosuppressant drugs unnecessary and the first successful human partial bladder transplantation involving the transplant of two kidneys together with ureters connected to a patch of the donor bladder. In a highly publicized case, he led the first reported removal and re-implantation, or auto-transplantation, of six organs to excise a hard-to-reach abdominal tumor.Previously the director of pediatric liver and gastrointestinal transplant and professor of clinical surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Dr. Kato received his medical degree from the Osaka University Medical School in Japan and received his residency training in surgery at Osaka University Hospital and Itami City Hospital in Hyogo, Japan. He completed a clinical fellowship in transplantation at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Miami, Florida, where he was subsequently appointed to the surgical faculty in 1997, and promoted to full professor in 2007. He served as a surgeon and senior leader of the liver and transplantation center at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, beginning in 1997, and at University of Miami Hospital (previously Cedars Medical Center), beginning in 2004. Dr. Kato is a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations, and the author or co-author of more than 180 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.ResourcesFor more information, visit the Center for Liver Disease and TransplantationIf you need assistance in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), please call 646-317-6325 or, visit the Columbia Liver Asian Outreach Office (English | Mandarin. Dr. Kato is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.

Vincent Duron, MD is Co-Director of Fetal Therapy, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and Director of Pediatric Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. He practices the full spectrum of pediatric general surgery. He is an expert in minimally invasive surgery, specializing in surgery for congenital anomalies, biliary atresia, lung anomalies, and pectus excavatum. He performs fetal surgery for various conditions, including fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele/spina bifida and fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Dr. Duron is a well-funded surgeon-scientist. His research focuses on fluid optimization for critically ill children and fetal and neonatal diagnostics and surgery. He has received multiple research and teaching awards and is a frequently invited speaker, author, and reviewer. He is dedicated to global health and regularly returns to Iquitos, Peru, to train local surgeons in pediatric surgery. Dr. Duron is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Diaphragmatic Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Polyhydramnios, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Ratner is Professor of Surgery and Director of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation at Columbia University. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, Dr. Ratner was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and served as the Chief of Solid Organ Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Ratner was responsible for dramatic growth of the kidney transplant program at CUIMC. He also established the pancreas transplant program, and the Kidney Autotransplant Program. He introduced robotic surgery to our kidney transplant program. Access to organ transplantation has been Dr. Ratner's major academic interest. Dr. Ratner has been a leading innovator in transplantation for over two decades. In 1993, he performed the world's first dual renal transplant. In 1995 (with Dr. Louis Kavoussi) he performed the first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and set the stage for its widespread adoption, which resulted in a profound increase in living donor kidney transplantation. Dr. Ratner has made significant contributions in overcoming immunologic incompatibilities that prohibited transplantation. He devised the plasmapheresis/IVIg protocol for alloantibody desensitization in 1998. In 2001, Dr. Ratner orchestrated the second paired-kidney exchange in the U.S. Subsequently, he arranged the first paired kidney exchanges in both Pennsylvania and New York. More recently Dr. Ratner has been a leading proponent of including compatible donor/recipient pairs in kidney exchanges. And, his more contemporary work has looked at the organizational and regulatory barriers to access to care. All of these strategies have increased organ availability and access to transplantation. Additionally, he has made important contributions to improve living donor safety. For his work, Dr. Ratner has received numerous awards and honors. And, he has been invited to speak and operate at various venues around the world. Dr. Ratner has authored or co-authored over 240 peer-reviewed publications, and has been a federally funded investigator. His publications have been cited over 20,000 times. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the LiveOnNY (formerly the New York Organ Donor Network), and has served on numerous national committees including the Board of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). He recently completed a term as the President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and previously served as that Society's Treasurer.Dr. Ratner originally hails from Brooklyn, NY. He received his undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his M.D. from Hahnemann University. His general surgery training was obtained at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed a Fellowship in Transplantation Surgery and Immunology at Washington University. In 2011 Dr. Ratner completed a Master of Public Health with a focus on health care policy, administration and management. Dr. Ratner is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chylous Ascites, Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.

Eric Barbanel is a primary care provider, practicing in General Surgeon in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Barbanel is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS), Obesity in Children, and Obesity.

Edwin Teehan is a General Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Teehan is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Necrosis, Varicose Veins, Colostomy, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Teehan is currently accepting new patients.

Justin Golub is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Golub is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hearing Loss, Infant Hearing Loss, Ruptured Eardrum, Acoustic Neuroma, and Endoscopy. Dr. Golub is currently accepting new patients.

Paresh Shah is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Shah is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Small Bowel Resection, and Pancreatectomy.

Thomas Ahlborn is a General Surgeon in Glen Rock, New Jersey. Dr. Ahlborn is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Breast Cancer, Epidural Lipomatosis, Umbilical Hernia, and Hernia Surgery.

Lisa Sclafani is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Sclafani is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Lymphadenectomy, and Mastectomy.

Jason Fisher is a General Surgeon in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Fisher is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Antigen-Peptide-Transporter 2 Deficiency, Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, Imperforate Anus, Appendectomy, and Oophorectomy.

Anthony Pozzessere is a General Surgeon in Ramsey, New Jersey. Dr. Pozzessere is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Gallstones, Choledocholithiasis, Hernia Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Pozzessere is currently accepting new patients.

George Mazpule is a General Surgeon in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Mazpule is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Diverticular Disease, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Hernia, Colostomy, and Gastrostomy.

Robert Walsky is a General Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Dr. Walsky is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thrombophlebitis, Lemierre Syndrome, Mondor Disease, and Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens.