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NEWS
Vol. 3, No. 3, 2015
Chairman’s Message
I am pleased to share the 2015 Winter Issue of the Department of
Surgery News. In this issue, we report on special events, new appointments, expanding clinical programs and updates on our colon and
rectal surgery research and surgical education programs.
•
Friends, supporters and faculty of the Department gathered
together at the 10th Annual Department of Surgery Dinner to
celebrate the many accomplishments of this past year, and
to thank our supporters, whose generosity enables us to
continue to meet our mission of providing outstanding clinical care, research and education.
• We are pleased to feature an article about our distinguished alumnus, Dr. Leonard Girardi, who was named Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center.
• The Department’s expanded surgical services in lower Manhattan now offer patients a wide
array of advanced endoscopic, laparoscopic and endovascular procedures at NYP/Lower
Manhattan Hospital.
10th Annual Department of Surgery
Dinner - pg. 2
• We focus on the important research being done in our colon and rectal surgery section, which
is bringing about a paradigm shift in the surgical treatment of digestive diseases, under the strong leadership of Dr. Jeffrey Milsom and Dr. Sang Lee.
• We highlight the new educational initiatives of our residency and fellowship programs and the launch of our “Matriculation to Graduation” program for medical students.
In this issue, we also announce a new faculty appointment in our Vascular and Endovascular division and
note our faculty’s recent honors and awards. We report on the establishment of the Center for Effectiveness and Surgical Outcomes Research, led by Drs. Andrew Meltzer and Heather Yeo. In Alumni Updates,
we feature news about recent promotions, appointments, publications, marriages and births. In Surgical
Notes, we congratulate Drs. Benjamin Golas and Heather Yeo on being among the first surgeons in the
country to become board-certified in complex general surgical oncology. We also report on our faculty’s
publications in high impact journals, our participation in WCMC’s career night for medical students and
invite you to follow us on our Department’s twitter account, https://twitter.com/wcmcsurgery.
Alumnus Dr. Leonard Girardi named
Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery
pg. 3
Focus on: Colon and Rectal Surgery Research
pg. 4-6
Providing State-of-the-Art Surgery to
Lower Manhattan - pg. 7
Honors and Awards - pg. 8
I hope you find this issue of interest and welcome your feedback about our newsletter.
Immersive Surgical Education - pg. 9-11
Sincerely yours,
Center for Effectiveness and
Surgical Outcomes Research - pg. 12
New Faculty Appointments - pg. 13
Alumni Updates - pg. 14
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD
Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Surgical Notes - pg. 15-16
Future Events - pg. 17
NEWS
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
10th Annual
Department
of Surgery
Dinner
The 10th Annual Department of Surgery
Dinner was held November 4, 2014, at the
Columbus Citizens Foundation in New York
City. More than 60 members of the Department of Surgery faculty, supporters and friends
gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of
the Department over the past year and to hear
about new initiatives planned for the year ahead.
The evening’s program included remarks from
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical
Center Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cam Patterson, MD, and Weill
Cornell Medical College Chief Medical Officer,
Daniel M. Knowles, MD. Department Chairman Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, thanked the
group for their continuing support, emphasizing
the vital role that philanthropy plays in helping
the Department meet its mission. In addition,
Todd Evans, PhD, the Peter I. Pressman, MD,
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chairman of
Surgical Research, Sandip Kapur, MD, Chief of
Transplantation Surgery, and Anthony Watkins,
MD, Assistant Attending Surgeon, spoke about
the newest clinical, research and educational
advances in the Department.
(from left) Arnold Gumowitz, Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi,
Milton Gumowitz
(from left) Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, Michael Tusiani
Dr. Daniel Knowles
Dr. Cam Patterson
Jae and John French
(from left) Drs. Fabrizio Michelassi, Caren Heller,
Todd Evans
Drs. Jon Cohen and Karen Kostroff.
(from left) Bert Karlin, Dr. Sandip Kapur
(from left) Neil Desai, Sheena Raja
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, Suma Raja, Praful Raja
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Alumnus Dr. Leonard Girardi
Named Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery
a cardiac patient’s positive outcome. “We take
some of the sickest patients in the world and
do everything possible, every single day, to
make them better,” explained Dr. Girardi.
“Half the battle is in the operating room and
half the battle is in the postoperative period,
so cardiac surgery is very much a team sport.”
Leonard N. Girardi, MD,
(class of 1994) has been named Chairman of
the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center. He is the O. Wayne Isom,
MD, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at
Weill Cornell Medical College, and serves as
Cardiothoracic Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
He also has attending surgical privileges at
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University
Medical Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center and the Hospital for Special
Surgery. He is a Visiting Professor of
Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Catholic
University in Rome, Italy.
An internationally renowned, board-certified
cardiothoracic surgeon, with a recognized
expertise in the area of surgery on the thoracic
aorta, Dr. Girardi is an outstanding clinician,
researcher and teacher. He is strongly committed to training the next generation of cardiothoracic surgeons and teaches medical students
and residents on all levels. He has published
and lectured extensively in multiple areas of
cardiac and thoracic surgery and has made
important contributions to advancing the field.
He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal
of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the
Journal of Cardiac Surgery and Aorta.
Dr. Girardi emphasized the importance of a
shared commitment to excellence, not only by
cardiac surgeons, but also by anesthesiology,
nursing and critical care, which helps ensure
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Dr. Girardi’s main research interests lie in the
field of thoracic aortic aneurysms. Because of
his extensive experience in aneurysm surgery,
the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at
Weill Cornell Medical College was one of 17
international surgery centers chosen to study
outcomes for aortic valve-sparing surgery in patients with ascending aortic aneurysms due to
Marfan’s syndrome. In addition, he is working
in collaboration with the division of molecular
cardiology on the genetics and natural history
of thoracic aneurysms and aortic dissections,
examining the genetic makeup of patients with
aneurysms and seeking to develop a screening
test that will allow for the early detection of
aneurysms before they become symptomatic
or need surgery. He also has ongoing projects
examining the effects of antifibrinolytic drugs
in reducing blood loss and the need for blood
transfusions in patients undergoing high risk
surgery of the aortic root and aortic arch.
Dr. Girardi was born in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania, a small town along the Ohio
River, just northwest of the city of Pittsburgh.
He completed his undergraduate studies at
Harvard University in 1985, obtaining a degree
with honors in biochemistry. He pursued his
medical education at Weill Cornell Medical
College, where he was the Spingold Scholar
from 1985-1989, and the Skudder Scholar
from 1986-1989. He was also awarded the
Coryell Prize in both Medicine and Surgery in
1989. Dr. Girardi completed an NIH research
fellowship in 1988, and completed his training
at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, under Dr. G. Thomas Shires, in
1994. For his outstanding performance, he was
honored with membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society. Dr. Girardi
then joined the Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery for fellowship training and finished
that portion of his training in 1996, under the
tutelage of Dr. O. Wayne Isom. His final year
of training was spent at the Baylor College
of Medicine in Houston, Texas, under Dr.
Michael E. DeBakey. While there, he obtained
specialty training in surgery of the aorta and
great vessels. In 1997, he returned to join the
faculty in the Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery at NYP/Weill Cornell.
Dr. Girardi is currently a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society
of Thoracic Surgeons, the American Heart
Association, the American College of Surgeons,
the American College of Cardiology and the
DeBakey International Surgical Society. He
serves on national committees for these various
surgical societies and is currently the Chair of
the Evarts Graham Travelling Fellowship
sponsored by the AATS. He also serves on
the board of the Weill Cornell Medical College
Alumni Association.
In addition to his academic and administrative commitments, he continues to remain the
highest volume cardiac surgeon in the state of
New York and has been recognized for consistently producing some of the best results
in the New York State Department of Health
Cardiac Surgery Database. Dr. Girardi has
been recognized by Castle Connolly as one of
the “Best Doctors in America,” and has been
cited by U.S. News & World Report as one of
“America’s Top Doctors.” He was featured on
the ABC-TV award-winning documentary
series “NY Med.”
NEWS
FOCUS ON:
Colon and Rectal
MINT’s ESP device is mounted onto
a standard colonoscope, creating a
stabilized Therapeutic Zone between
the two balloons.
The section of Colon and Rectal Surgery in the Department
of Surgery, under the strong leadership of Dr. Jeffrey Milsom,
Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and Dr. Sang Lee, Vice
Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, has been a pioneer
in developing new minimally invasive procedures and testing
of new surgical technologies to treat colorectal diseases. The
section has earned international recognition for its extensive
experience in advanced, state-of-the-art laparoscopic technologies for colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease, and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
Our colorectal surgeons are committed to advancing and
changing the paradigm of care for digestive patients. “It’s not
evolutionary, its revolutionary changes in the way digestive diseases are being treated and we’re proud to be at the forefront
of that revolution. Our program is unique in that some 80
to 90 percent of patients undergoing major intestinal surgery
here are having minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgery,”
said Dr. Milsom. “In our specialty, we’re interested in treating
diseases without doing major resections, resulting in improved
surgical outcomes and speedier recoveries for patients with
colorectal disease.”
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Surgery Research
The section has
three main areas
of focus: minimally
invasive therapies through
development of new instrumentation; precision medicine,
a patient’s tissues are biopsied and
therapies are tailored to the individual’s genetic
makeup to significantly improve outcomes;
and comparative effectiveness research. The colorectal
research team currently has more than 35 active research
projects (12 prospective trials), and collaborates with
many institutions, including Rockefeller University,
Columbia University, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown
University Medical School and the University of Seattle, on
projects to further advance the field of colorectal surgery.
Our researchers have published more than 30 publications
in the last three years in prestigious surgical and medical
journals, and were awarded four grants from NYP/Weill
Cornell’s Center for Advanced Digestive Care to support
their groundbreaking work. Over the years, studies have
included the role of robotics in colorectal surgery, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery, CO2 laparoendoscopic surgery,
new stapling instruments, innovative endoscopy, and accelerated recovery pathways. Current areas of study include:
combined colonoscopic/needlescopic removal of difficult
polyp under sedation and local anesthesia; endoluminal
and needlescopic-assisted repair of rectal prolapse with
abdominal fixation under sedation and local anesthesia;
neuroendocrine tumor initiation and progression; IBD and
changes in gut microbiome; Kono-S anastomosis versus
side-to-side functional end anastomosis in the prevention
of recurrence of Crohn’s disease; luminal mapping and
distribution of GI polyps and tumors; and early removal of
urinary catheter in postoperative proctectomy patients.
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FOCUS ON:
Colon and Rectal
Surgery Research
Weill Cornell surgeons have pioneered a
technique that combines carbon dioxide
colonoscopy with laparoscopy to treat
benign colon conditions when colonoscopy alone would pose an increased risk to
the patient due to the size or location of
the polyp. Using laparoscopic instruments
to aid the colonoscopic instruments, large
polyps can then be removed. If the polyp
is cancerous, laparoscopic surgery can be
performed immediately to remove the
growth. “This is an example of an important fusion of technologies that permits
lesions to be treated from the inside of
the bowel with backup support from the
peritoneal cavity, using minimally invasive
or laparoscopic techniques,” explained Dr.
Lee. “We have found that we have had a very high success rate
performing laparoscopy and colonoscopy together, and it is
well tolerated by patients.” The section’s surgeons are among
few in the field who also perform combined endolaparoscopic
surgery, using fine needlescopic tools to enter through the
abdominal wall, minimizing trauma to the patient. This approach is being used today to treat difficult polyps and benign
conditions of the intestines, and our surgeons expect to move
forward in the near future with this technology to treat early
stage cancers.
of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland
Clinic). The interdisciplinary MINT team,
comprised of thought leaders in clinical
practice, biomedical engineering, business
development, finance, intellectual property,
and regulatory affairs, collaboratively develops very early stage concepts into patentable and marketable medical innovations.
All MINT projects are managed through
The section’s innovations have precipitated the development
of a number of specialized devices and the establishment of
the Minimally Invasive New Technologies (MINT) program.
The MINT program was launched by NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, with the mission
to develop novel, minimally invasive procedures and invent
medical devices to enable those procedures. MINT is led by
co-directors Dr. Jeffrey Milsom and Dr. J. Frederick Cornhill
(Founding Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Oxford and Founding Chairman, Department
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the rigorous MINT innovation process, which ensures only
those programs addressing the most significant medical needs,
promising the most transformative clinical impact, and driving down the cost of clinical care progress to subsequent stages
of development.
“In the last two years we have submitted over 35 patents for
new devices, with more currently in various stages of development,” said Dr. Milsom. “We are not just adapting the new
technologies, we are contributing to the advances. We intend
to largely occupy a space where we’re creating a whole new
approach to the treatment of intestinal diseases.”
NEWS
FOCUS ON:
Colon and Rectal Recently, MINT advanced
several programs toward
commercialization, including
Endolumenal Surgical Platform
(ESP), led by Dr. Milsom. ESP
is a disposable device that works
in conjunction with current
endoscopes to dramatically increase endoscopic visualization,
stability, and interventional capabilities, enabling gastroenterologists and surgeons to perform precise, minimally
invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures entirely
from within the channel of the intestines. Under the clinical leadership of Dr. Milsom, a multi-year strategy is being
implemented to develop additional novel procedures and
devices that will leverage ESP to revolutionize GI care,
enabling increasingly complex endolumenal procedures
that enhance surgical precision, minimize patient trauma,
accelerate patient recovery, and decrease healthcare costs.
MINT is collaborating with Oxford Biomaterials
(Oxford, UK) to adapt their proprietary, silk-based
biomaterial to cardiovascular applications. Vascular Silk
Technologies (VST), under the clinical leadership of Dr.
Darren Schneider, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular
Surgery at NYP/WCMC, has led to the development
of a novel vascular graft that could significantly reduce
lumenal thrombosis, anastomotic stenosis, cannulation
site bleeding and infection— challenges contributing to
approximately 50% of current grafts failing within their
first year of use. Studies to date have shown that our
graft is 4x more thromboresistant, 8x more elastic, and
7x more leak-resistant than the industry standard PTFE
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material, suggesting not only that it could significantly
outperform the industry standard, but also provide early
cannulation capabilities, thereby reducing the need for use
of infection-prone central venous catheters. Dr. Schneider
and his team is also investigating applying this novel
material to address significant clinical needs in vascular
bypass grafting (peripheral and coronary), stent grafting
(aortic and peripheral), and arterial patching.
The Colon and Rectal section also has a strong commitment to surgical education, with a well-established research
fellowship program which trains five research fellows annually, and the development of advanced colorectal courses,
comprised of didactic lectures and cadaver lab sessions, to
expand the knowledge of medical students, residents, surgeons and staff. Looking to the future of colorectal surgery
and the rapidly advancing technology, Dr. Milsom noted,
“The world of intestinal surgery is going to undergo a huge
change over the next five to 10 years. I believe most of the
procedures we perform will be approachable from inside
the channel of the intestine. Many intestinal diseases, in
my opinion, will be treatable without putting the patient to
sleep. We are pushing a lot of new boundaries.”
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PROVIDING STATE-OF-THE-ART
SURGERY TO LOWER MANHATTAN
The Department of Surgery has expanded the scope of its
Our multidisciplinary surgical team includes:
multidisciplinary surgical services at NewYork-Presbyterian/
• Dr. Cheguevara Afaneh, who specializes in advanced GI
and minimally invasive surgery, including foregut surgery,
GI motility surgery and gastroesophageal reflux surgery
Lower Manhattan Hospital, offering patients from lower
Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Queens and Staten Island
endovascular procedures provided by our experienced Weill
• Dr. Benjamin Golas, who specializes in complex general
surgical oncology and hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery
Cornell surgical team.
• Dr. Daniel Hunt, who specializes in colon and rectal surgery
Our wide array of services now includes: minimally invasive
• Dr. Tracy-Ann Moo, who specializes in breast cancer and
melanoma surgery
convenient access to advanced endoscopic, laparoscopic, and
breast surgery, colon and rectal surgery, general surgery, GI
surgical oncology, hepatobiliary surgery, gastroesophageal
reflux surgery, GI motility surgery, foregut surgery, esophageal manometry, wireless pH monitoring and vascular and
endovascular surgery. We provide culturally sensitive, stateof-the-art patient care at our newly-renovated patient care
facility at 156 William Street, directly adjacent to NewYork-
• Dr. Melanie Ongchin, a general surgeon and GI
surgical oncologist
• Dr. James Smith, who specializes in general surgery,
colorectal surgery and GI surgical oncology
• Dr. Herrick Wun, a vascular and endovascular surgeon, who also serves as Medical Director of our state-of-the-art,
non-invasive, ICAVL-accredited Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, which is the only
acute care facility below 14th Street.
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Honors H Awards
Dr. Philip Barie, Professor of
Surgery, was an invited keynote
speaker at the Zongshan International Surgical Infections Symposium, at the University of Nanjing
College of Clinical Medicine
in Nanjing, China, and a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the
University of Nanjing College of Medicine, Military Medical
College, Nanjing Military District, Peoples’ Liberation Army,
Key Laboratory of Intestinal Inflammation, Nanjing, China,
in November, 2014. He was an invited speaker at the Clinical Annual Clinic Day at the American College of Surgeons
Brooklyn-Long Island Chapter, Nassau Surgical Society, in
Uniondale, NY, in December, 2014.
Dr. Brendan Finnerty, PGY-3
general surgery resident, received a
“Resident Teacher of the Year” award from
the Department of Surgery’s medical
clerkship program.
Dr. Daniel Fish, PGY-4 general surgery resident, received a “Resident Teacher
of the Year” award from the Department
of Surgery’s medical clerkship program.
Dr. Andreas R. de Biasi, PGY-2 general
surgery resident, was awarded 1st place in
the New York State Chapter of the
American College of Cardiology’s
Clinical Case Presenters’ Award
Competition, October, 2014.
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi,
Chair of Surgery, was an
invited lecturer at the 1st
Solomon Scholar Lecture at
the University of Chicago’s
IBD Center on February
27, 2015. The title of his
lecture was “Novel Surgical Strategies to Reduce Recurrence
Rates in Crohn’s Disease.” Dr. Michelassi was the keynote presenter at the annual IBD Patient Symposium, held March 7,
2015, at Greenwich Hospital, CT. The title of his lecture was
“Advances in Surgical Procedures for IBD.”
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Dr. Jeffrey Milsom, Chief of Colon
and Rectal Surgery and Jerome J.
DeCosse, MD, Distinguished Professor
of Surgery, was an invited lecturer for
the IASGO Conference (International
Association of Surgeons-Gastroenterologists and Oncologists) in Vienna
in December, 2014. The title of his
lecture was “New Developments in
Colorectal Surgery.”
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IMMERSIVE
SURGICAL
EDUCATION
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I
may remember, involve me and I learn.”
-Benjamin Franklin
The Department of Surgery’s surgical training program, encompassing
both residency and fellowship programs, is nationally recognized for
graduating exceptionally qualified surgeons with the skills and ability
to function at the highest levels, and provide the most compassionate,
patient-centered surgical care.
We have fully accredited residency programs in General Surgery (Dr.
Thomas J. Fahey, III, Program Director), Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
(Dr. David Behrman, Program Director), General Dentistry (Dr. Marsha
Rubin, Program Director) and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Dr.
Robert Grant, Program Director). We offer fellowships in Burn Surgery
(Dr. Roger Yurt, Program Director), Colon & Rectal Surgery, (Dr. Toyooki
Sonoda, Program Director), Advanced Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Surgery (Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, Program Director), Endocrine and
Metabolic Surgery (Dr. Thomas J. Fahey, III, Program Director), Surgical
Critical Care (Dr. Soumitra Eachempati, Program Director), and Vascular
and Endovascular Surgery (Dr. Darren Schneider, Program Director).
The Department of Surgery successfully completed several site visits
in 2014, under the direction of David Fehling, MA., educational programs manager. The General and Plastic Surgery residency programs
maintained full accreditation with no citations from the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The General Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial residency programs received the maximum
six-year reaccreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation
(CODA). The Critical Care fellowship successfully completed an ACGME
site visit, gaining full accreditation in late 2014.
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The surgical education staff (from left) David Fehling, James Martino,
Mary Ann Garcia, Aleksandrs Karnick
The surgery education programs at NYP/Weill Cornell utilize the most advanced, state-of-the-art immersive technologies, and have created new initiatives designed to fully engage residents, fellows and
medical students. We train more than 150 residents
and fellows, and are committed to fostering a positive teacher/learner environment to fulfill our mission of educating future generations of surgeons.
Our Skills Acquisition & Innovation Laboratory
(SAIL) provides a state-of-the-art, simulation facility
for education of healthcare professionals, residents,
fellows and medical students. In 2014, a partnership
was established with the Department of Anesthesiology, offering greater collaboration between departments and expanding the educational initiatives
within SAIL. Additional collaborations include the
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EDUCATION
breast fellowship program of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the
physician assistant program from NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital, and the
OB/GYN and OMS residency programs at NYP/Weill Cornell. Industry continues to host events within SAIL, allowing our faculty and trainees to gain
valuable experience with cutting edge technology. SAIL has hosted almost 300
workshops and utilization of advanced video conference technology has allowed
us to broadcast international feeds of live procedures from the operating rooms,
host video conferences and seminars with experts across the globe, and link our
residency and fellowship programs together with remote sites. This technology
has improved the quality of our didactic conferences in all of our residency, fellowship and medical student programs, while increasing our visibility worldwide.
Dr. Anthony Watkins serves as Assistant Program Director of simulation training
and Co-Director of the SAIL lab.
Our Academy of Educators is comprised of dedicated faculty with recognized
roles in educational programs beyond the bedside or intraoperative teaching.
They contribute significantly to the development of educational programs,
SAIL modules, and produce and narrate a wide array of surgical videos taped
live in the hospital’s ORs for SAIL’s video library.
The Department is strongly committed to providing comprehensive education
and training to medical students. We launched the “Matriculation to Graduation” program in early 2014, offering medical students a variety of educational
opportunities across all four years of medical school. First year students have
the opportunity to take part in the Stimson Society’s early surgical experience
(PreOp). The PreOp program provides ten students with the opportunity to
shadow a faculty member from clinic to operating room. The program has
continued to expand offering individual shadowing opportunities throughout
year one and two.
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In the summer of 2014, we initiated a summer
workshop for medical students. Over 30 students
enrolled and participated in the eight sessions
held over two months. Faculty members and residents introduced students to basic surgical skills.
The Department of Surgery sponsored all participants with student memberships in the American
College of Surgeons and hosted an end of summer barbeque. Additional educational workshops
will be offered to these students in 2015, giving
them an opportunity to build on the foundation of
knowledge gained from year one.
The third-year surgical clerkship has been reshaped
under the new Weill Cornell Medical College medical student curriculum, led by Dr. Gregory Dakin,
clerkship director and Dr. Kelly Garrett, associate
clerkship director. Students also now have the opportunity to complete a four-week rotation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. All sites are fully
integrated, offering didactic and simulation teaching
via video conference. We continue to expand our
teaching curriculum within SAIL, incorporating cutting-edge simulation equipment.
The creation of a surgical subinternship offers
students the opportunity to fulfill a graduation requirement, while functioning as a first-year surgical trainee with direct patient care responsibilities.
These students, who are interested in a surgical or
procedure-based residency, greatly benefit from actively participating in the pre and postoperative care
of patients, including presenting on rounds, entering
orders, managing tubes and drains, evaluating clinic
patients, and scrubbing into operative cases. They
also participate in formal teaching rounds, case presentations, and educational conferences.
Another new initiative is the creation of our Surgical Boot Camp, under the leadership of its director, Dr. Demetri Merianos. The two week course
is offered in the spring, prior to graduation, for
all students entering a surgical or procedure-based
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SURGICAL
EDUCATION
residency program. This intensive course focuses
on giving the students the confidence and skills
to seamlessly transition from student to resident,
and to function as an effective intern from their
first day of residency. The course consists of didactic and hands-on seminars, culminating with
a question and answer session with our current
surgical interns.
Residents and medical students practice and perfect their surgical skills in SAIL.
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Also established in 2014, the Surgery Area of Concentration (AOC) program, led by its director, Dr.
Shaun Steigman, enables the motivated student to
participate in the multitude of research opportunities within the Department of Surgery, or to pursue new avenues, towards the development of future leaders in surgery. With participation spanning
all four years of medical school, the Surgery AOC
is designed to integrate with the other elements of
the department’s medical school curriculum to engage the enrolled student and progressively foster
their interest and enhance their knowledge within
the field. Potential AOC’s include clinical outcomes
studies via both prospective trials and retrospective
reviews, simulation training and skills acquisition,
device innovation, quality improvement, stem cell
biology, molecular pathways in surgical oncology,
and many others.
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CENTER FOR EFFECTIVENESS IN
SURGERY AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH
The Department of Surgery has recently
established the Center for Effectiveness in
Surgery and Outcomes Research (CESOR),
headed by Andrew Meltzer, MD, Assistant
Professor of Surgery and Assistant Attending
Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center and Heather Yeo, MD, MHS,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant
Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research
and Assistant Attending Surgeon at NewYorkPresybterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
CESOR is composed of a group of surgeons
and health services researchers with an interest in
comparative effectiveness, quality improvement,
patient-reported outcomes, and policy issues in
surgery. This collaborative research effort is
designed to identify important clinical questions
and quality goals that can be evaluated both
prospectively and through the use of
administrative databases or registries.
CESORS’s mission is to help surgical health
services physicians develop the knowledge base
and policy framework to ask important clinical
questions and develop and test solutions to important health policy dilemmas. Toward this end,
CESOR aims to provide a forum for the sharing
of ideas, facilitate networking among researchers, and help develop the outcomes research
leaders of the future.
While there have been remarkable advances in
the field of surgery, there are many ongoing
challenges. These include understanding what
technological innovation and procedures
produce the best outcomes and how to use
evidence-based medicine in an era of tightening constraints on spending. CESOR is
interested in addressing concerns about
disparities in patient access and outcomes,
patient preferences, and variations in surgical quality across both hospitals and surgeons.
The goal is to encourage physicians to make
decisions about surgery driven primarily by current scientific evidence and that involve shared
decision making between patients and providers. Patients should be able to expect surgeons
who are well trained, with safe outcomes in
specific procedures, who systematically track
their outcomes, and who strive continuously to
adopt best practices based on evidence.
Dr. Andrew Meltzer and Dr. Heather Yeo
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New Faculty Appointments
Sharif H. Ellozy, MD
Office Telephone: (212) 746-5567
Office Fax: (212) 746-0371
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://weillcornell.org/sellozy
Sharif H. Ellozy, MD, has joined the division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in the
Department of Surgery, temporarily as Assistant Professor of Surgery, soon to be appointed
Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Associate Attending
Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Ellozy is an experienced, board-certified vascular surgeon whose clinical expertise is in endovascular and surgical therapies for treatment and management of the full spectrum of peripheral vascular
disease. Dr. Ellozy specializes in advanced minimally invasive vascular and endovascular
procedures, with strong clinical experience in aortic aneurysms, carotid occlusive disease
and peripheral arterial disease.
Dr. Ellozy has been cited as one of New York’s top doctors in Castle Connolly and New York
Magazine in 2012, 2013 and 2014. He received his BA from Harvard in 1992, and his MD
from NYU School of Medicine in 1996. He completed his general surgery residency, his research fellowship and his clinical fellowship in vascular surgery at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
Prior to joining NYP/Weill Cornell, Dr. Ellozy was Attending Surgeon and Associate Professor
of Surgery, Associate Professor of Radiology and Associate Professor of Medical Education at
Mt. Sinai Medical Center.
Widely published in his field, Dr. Ellozy has authored 74 peer-reviewed articles in professional
journals and three book chapters. A dedicated teacher, he has received many teaching awards
and honors at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, including the Dean’s Award for Excellence in
Teaching and The Robert Paradny Teaching Award in Surgery in 2010; the Innovations Award
from the Mt. Sinai Institute of Medical Education in 2011, and The Julius H. Jacobson II, MD,
Outstanding Mentor Award in 2007, 2009 and 2012. Dr. Ellozy is a member of the New York
Surgical Society, the New York Society for Vascular Surgery and the Society for Vascular Surgery,
and is a key reviewer for the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
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ALUMNI UPDATES
Congratulations to Dr. Starr Koslow-Mautner (class of 2014) and her husband, Michael
Mautner, who had a baby boy, Arie William Mautner, born at NewYork-Presbyterian/
Weill Cornell on February 15, 2015, weighing 7 lbs 4 ounces.
Congratulations to Dr. Nimmi Kapoor (class of 2011), a breast and thyroid surgical
oncologist, on her marriage to Peter West Carey. Dr Kapoor was named Director of
Clinical Outcomes at Breastlink in Orange Country, California. She will be presenting
“Multigene Panel Testing,” at the 16th Annual American Society of Breast Surgeons
this spring in Orlando, Florida.
Congratulations to Dr. Scott T. Hollenbeck (class of 2007), who was promoted to
Associate Professor of Surgery and named Director of Microsurgery Training, at
Duke University Medical Center.
Congratulations to Dr. David E. Rivadeneira (class of 2002), who
is Vice Chair of Surgical Strategic Initiatives for North Shore-LIJ
Health System and Director of Surgical Services and Director of
Colon and Rectal Surgery at Huntington Hospital and Professor of
Surgery at Hofstra School of Medicine. Dr. Rivadeneira co-edited
an important textbook “Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon
and Rectal Disease-Technique and Best Practices.” The book was
co-edited by Dr. Sang Lee, Vice Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
with a forward written by Dr. Jeffrey Milsom, Chief of Colon and
Rectal Surgery at NYP/Weill Cornell.
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Surgical Notes
Congratulations to Benjamin Golas, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and
Assistant Attending Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center,
and Heather Yeo, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor of
Healthcare Policy and Research and Assistant Attending Surgeon at NewYorkPresybterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Both were recently among the first surgeons in the country to become board-certified in complex general surgical oncology.
Dr. Yeo is now board-certified in general surgery, colon and rectal surgery and complex general surgical oncology; Dr. Golas is board-certified in both general surgery
and complex general surgical oncology. This is the first year this new subspecialty certificate in advanced surgical oncology was offered by the American Board of Surgery,
and only 56 surgeons in the United States are currently certified in this subspecialty.
The certificate effort was led by the Society for Surgical Oncology (SSO) in concert
with the ABS’ Surgical Oncology Advisory Council (SOAC), chaired by
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi. It represents a milestone for the discipline of surgical
oncology. The certificate was established to assess qualifications for the treatment of
complex cases typically seen in cancer centers and specialized institutions, while recognizing that the vast majority of surgical oncology cases are, and will continue to
be, treated by general surgeons practicing in the community. Graduates of two-year
ACGME-approved complex general surgical oncology programs are eligible to sit for
the complex gerneral surgical oncology (CGSO) board certification. These programs
will have been approved to train and develop surgeons with specific knowledge of the
diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment and rehabilitation of patients with rare, unusual
or complex cancers. In addition, CGSO-certified surgeons will be capable of providing community outreach and conducting clinical outcomes research. The ABS believes
that this new subspecialty certificate, by establishing high and uniform standards, will
improve the care of cancer patients with complex cases requiring intensive, multidisciplinary treatment. Patients will also benefit by having the training programs accredited
by the ACGME, which ensures consistent standards for all programs.
The faculty of the Department of Surgery published 134 papers in peer-reviewed
journals and book chapters in 2014, a 25% increase in volume from 2013.
The surgical journal with the highest impact factor is Annals of Surgery
(impact factor = 6.3). In the field of surgery, journals with impact factor higher
than2.0 are considered high impact. 67% of our faculty publications were in high
impact publications. In addition, we had a 33% increase in publications with an
impact factor of 6.3 or greater in 2014.
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NEWS
Surgical Notes
The Department of
Surgery participated in
Weill Cornell Medical
College’s Career Night
on February 10, 2015,
at the Griffis Faculty
Club. Surgery faculty
spoke with many Weill
Cornell medical students
who expressed interest in
pursuing surgical careers, and distributed annual reports and other information about the
Department’s clinical expertise and residency training programs.
t Dr. Katrina Mitchell
discharges home a young Masai
patient who survived a large burn
after her hut caught fire.
Dr. James Gallagher,
Associate Professor of Surgery at
NYP/Weill Cornell, enjoys local
tribal dancing on Ukerewe Island,
Tanzania. Anna Kuijs, the
coordinator of the WCMC pediatric
burn unit in Mwanza, joins
Dr. Gallagher.
t
As part of the Department’s global outreach efforts, Katrina Mitchell, MD, Instructor of Surgery,
is providing surgical care at the Weill Bugando Medical Centre and Sekou Toure Regional Referral
Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania, a region which suffers from a severe shortage of surgical providers.
Dr. Mitchell is treating patients presenting with a variety of emergency and elective surgical conditions, as well as providing vital care for children in the pediatric burn center.
Follow the Department of Surgery on our Twitter account for daily
updates on new faculty, awards, honors, lectures and events.
https://twitter.com/wcmcsurgery
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NEWS
April 13, 2015
2nd Annual Preston A. Wade, MD, Visiting Professor Lectureship
Weill Cornell Medical College, Uris Auditorium
Guest Lecturer: David Herndon, MD
Chief of Staff at Shriners Burns Hospital for Children, Professor of Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics and the Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Chair in Burn Surgery
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
April 23, 2015
The 4th Annual Stanley J. Behrman, DMD, Lectureship
Weill Cornell Medical College, Auditorium A-250
Guest Lecturer: Melvyn Yeoh, DMD, MD
Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Head and Neck Surgery
Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA
April 27, 2015
6th Annual International Lectureship
Weill Cornell Medical College, Uris Auditorium
Guest Lecturer: Yves Panis, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Head of Department of Colorectal Surgery
Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
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Department of Surgery
WAYS TO GIVE
The Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/
Weill Cornell Medical Center is committed to our
three-fold mission of patient-centered care, research
and education. Philanthropy plays a vital role in realizing our vision of excellence in these three areas.
Whether it be for the groundbreaking research that will
treat and cure the scourge of disease, teaching the next
generation of top doctors, or providing the most advanced care in a truly compassionate, patient-centered
way, philanthropy is critical to our success.
Secure Ways to Give Form
http://www.cornellsurgery.org/patients/give/index.html
We ask that you partner with us in our mission and consider a
tax-deductible gift to the Department of Surgery. You may also
make a check payable to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Department of Surgery and mail to:
Ms. Michele Berko-Field
Office of Development
525 East 68th Street, Box 123, New York, NY 10065
For more information about the Department of Surgery, please visit our website at
www.cornellsurgery.org
Follow us on twitter
https://twitter.com/wcmcsurgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill
Center
Cornell Medical Center
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