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About Me
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- gallbladder dyskinesia
- hiatal hernia
- sports hernia
- biliary disease
- gallbladder inflammation
- incarcerated hernia
- appendix tumor
- umbilical hernia
- epigastric hernia
- femoral hernia
- gallstone disease
- inguinal hernia
- appendicitis
- ventral hernia
- gallbladder disease
- hernia
- paraesophageal hernia
- abdominal hernia
Treatments
- stomach bypass
- abdomen surgery
- gastrointestinal surgery
- hernia repair procedure
- minimally invasive surgery
- liver surgery
- cancer surgery
- colorectal surgery
- gallbladder surgery
Credentials
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery, 2006
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Hackensack University Medical Center, Laparoscopic Surgery, 2007
- Residency, New York University School of Medicine, Surgery (General), 2006
- MD from Georgetown University, 2001
Departments
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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
- Aetna HMO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy NY
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Indemnity
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield MediBlue
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways, Enhanced
- HOTEL TRADES
- Oxford Freedom
- Railroad Medicare
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Top Tier
Locations and Appointments
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550 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Research My Research
Interests
bariatric surgery
Academic Contact
Academic office
462 First Avenue
Fifteenth Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone
Research Interests Timeline
Publications
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Carrano, Francesco Maria; Peev, Miroslav P; Saunders, John K; Melis, Marcovalerio; Tognoni, Valeria; Di Lorenzo, Nicola
Obesity surgery. 2020 Feb ; 30(2):736-752
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Horwitz, Daniel; Padron, Christina; Kelly, Timothy; Saunders, John K; Ude-Welcome, Aku; Schmidt, Ann-Marie; Parikh, Manish
Surgery for obesity & related diseases. 2020 Jan 23;
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Zagzag, Jonathan; Cohen, Noah Avram; Fielding, George; Saunders, John; Sinha, Prashant; Parikh, Manish; Shah, Paresh; Hindman, Nicole; Ren-Fielding, Christine
Obesity surgery. 2018 Sep ; 28(9):2976-2978