<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796</id><updated>2011-09-03T06:00:03.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Announcements</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>60</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-7080070307056229575</id><published>2011-05-12T13:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T15:48:28.336-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Parag Butala</title><summary type='text'>

Congratulations to Dr. Parag Butala, MD who has matched to Duke Medical Center for Plastic Surgery.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7080070307056229575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7080070307056229575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2011/05/parag-butala.html' title='Parag Butala'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1J_doBDTh9M/Tcwiz90gXYI/AAAAAAAAAPc/lKAtlb7EKeE/s72-c/Parag_Butala.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-700227031256580726</id><published>2011-05-06T15:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T15:07:54.587-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jessica Roybal</title><summary type='text'>

Lets congratulate Jessica Roybal in matching to Seattle Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Surgery !!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/700227031256580726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/700227031256580726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2011/05/jessica-roybal.html' title='Jessica Roybal'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8CzT15YdYUU/TcRVD6XcBOI/AAAAAAAAAPU/aS4ANBJKbBA/s72-c/JessicaRoybal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3858279710770873568</id><published>2011-03-17T13:27:00.070-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T13:16:28.087-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Match Day !!!!!!!</title><summary type='text'> Please join us in welcoming the incoming categorical
residents for the 2011-2012 academic year.















Jingjing Li Sherman
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University.
























































Daniella Asch
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine &amp; Biomedical Sciences


















































</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3858279710770873568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3858279710770873568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2011/03/match-day.html' title='Match Day !!!!!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iRC5ytdUgGA/TYORjo79gkI/AAAAAAAAAOc/ovQ9SXA_L0o/s72-c/23.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4279790613544101154</id><published>2011-03-17T12:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T12:40:07.353-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chiefs Dinner</title><summary type='text'>Reminder Chiefs Dinner May 26, 2011

The Harmonie Club
New York, NY</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4279790613544101154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4279790613544101154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2011/03/chiefs-dinner.html' title='Chiefs Dinner'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-8991861622613556305</id><published>2010-12-06T11:36:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T12:01:05.804-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Chiefs Matched !!!!!!!!!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>






Congratulations to our Chief residents!!!! Mark Shapiro has matched to Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital , Dana Telem has matched to MIS/BariatricMassachusetts General Hospital,                           Parissa Tabrizian has matched to surgical Oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital and Yolanda Tammaro will be going to UTC Southwestern Breast Surgery. We wish all out Chief </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8991861622613556305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8991861622613556305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-chiefs-matched.html' title='Our Chiefs Matched !!!!!!!!!!!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/TP0VrKUWo5I/AAAAAAAAALs/ObBi2sAgUiM/s72-c/DanaTelem.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-2686429632792295300</id><published>2010-05-11T08:09:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T14:43:31.890-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congragulations!!!!! To Marcus &amp; Aaron</title><summary type='text'>Congragulations are in order to Aaron Lipkar &amp; Marcus Malek. Both have been accepted into Pediatric Fellowships.

Marcus will be attending The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at UPMC 
Aaron will be attending Schneider Children's Hospital</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2686429632792295300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2686429632792295300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/05/congragulations-to-marcus-aaron.html' title='Congragulations!!!!! To Marcus &amp; Aaron'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S-laCeTXlBI/AAAAAAAAAKI/5T5EoFgZ-KY/s72-c/MarcusMalek.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3253967976815669855</id><published>2010-03-23T11:37:00.045-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T14:43:01.840-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Match Day  !!!!</title><summary type='text'>
Match day was March 18th and here are our new 2009 to 2010 categorical's. On the Left is: Andrew Bates from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

On the right is: Joseph kim from The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 



On the left is: Jane Lee from The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 


On the Right is: Anya Romanoff from New York </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3253967976815669855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3253967976815669855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-match-day.html' title='It&apos;s Match Day  !!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S6kFLU73owI/AAAAAAAAAJY/DmU0nNcNItQ/s72-c/Bates,+Andrew.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-137407652271253275</id><published>2010-03-03T14:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T14:31:44.820-05:00</updated><title type='text'>UPCOMING VISITING LECTURES</title><summary type='text'>March 17, 2010 -Ben Bryer: Keith Lillimoe, MD  Indiana State School of Medicine 


May 19, 2010- 22nd Annual Whitman memorial: Ajit Sachdeva, MD ACS 


May 26, 2010- J&amp;B Greenstein Mem IBD: Neil Meortensen, MD UK</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/137407652271253275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/137407652271253275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/upcoming-visiting-lectures_03.html' title='UPCOMING VISITING LECTURES'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-7697495409231172716</id><published>2010-03-03T13:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T13:42:03.091-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Editor &amp; chief of Mount Sinai Newsletter</title><summary type='text'>If anyone has a topic that they would like to see in the next newsletter or have an idea to make the newletter better please send it to:

Leigh.Walczak@MSSM.EDU

Let us give a big round of applause to Leigh Walczak for producing a top notch newsletter. Super job keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7697495409231172716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7697495409231172716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-editor-chief-of-mount-sinai.html' title='New Editor &amp; chief of Mount Sinai Newsletter'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-9054375450635843403</id><published>2010-03-03T13:26:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T14:02:30.570-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ALUMNI CORNER</title><summary type='text'>
Richard W. Westreich, MD (’04), recently moved his Manhattan practice to the upper West Side and joined the voluntary faculty at Mount Sinai in the department of Otolaryngology. His practice is focused on nasal disorders and reconstructive/cosmetic surgery of the face and neck. He and his wife, Stacy, live on the Upper East Side along with their daughter, Ava.




Judith Lin, MD (‘02), is a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/9054375450635843403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/9054375450635843403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/alumni-corner.html' title='ALUMNI CORNER'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-183754780136935576</id><published>2010-03-03T13:15:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T13:25:27.131-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CATEGORICAL RESIDENTS’ ADJUST TO LIFE AS INTERNS</title><summary type='text'>The Surgical Society would like to extend a warm welcome to three of our newest additions to the Mount Sinai Family. As of July 1, 2009, these three individuals began their training as General Surgery categorical residents. We asked the interns to give us an update about how things are going, here is what they had to say:





Patrick Lemasters: “I am now entering my sixth month as a surgical </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/183754780136935576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/183754780136935576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/categorical-residents-adjust-to-life-as.html' title='CATEGORICAL RESIDENTS’ ADJUST TO LIFE AS INTERNS'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46nfZfyWUI/AAAAAAAAAGo/dinn0n83snQ/s72-c/Picture9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4961122186982637607</id><published>2010-03-03T13:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T13:07:12.264-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Department of Surgery is proud to announce six additions to our family</title><summary type='text'> 
 
 Sander Florman, MD,  Director of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute/Professor of Surgery
 William B. Inabnet III, MD, Senior Faculty of Surgery
 Sergey Khaitov, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
 Randall Owen, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
 Juan Rocca, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
 Ray Wong, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4961122186982637607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4961122186982637607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/department-of-surgery-is-proud-to.html' title='The Department of Surgery is proud to announce six additions to our family'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4711658017858438449</id><published>2010-03-03T12:58:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T13:00:29.711-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mount Sinai will soon become a certified Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) testing center.</title><summary type='text'>

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) created the FLS program to standardize a national basic laparoscopic skills curriculum. FLS certification is now a requirement to apply for board examination with the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The exam consists of two parts — a multiple-choice test administered via computer and a manual skills component. Certified </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4711658017858438449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4711658017858438449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/mount-sinai-will-soon-become-certified.html' title='Mount Sinai will soon become a certified Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) testing center.'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46jt_Z_mEI/AAAAAAAAAGg/eIUb5QTyU2w/s72-c/Picture8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3416973773644897198</id><published>2010-03-03T12:57:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:58:34.598-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mount Sinai faculty, staff, students and nurses will once again embark on a mission to Phebe, Liberia led by Dr. Jeffrey</title><summary type='text'>

Freed (pictured) on Jan 3, 2010 and will return Jan 16, 2010. This will include, besides the usual surgical/gynecologic/radiologist team, a radiology technician to bring their equipment up to grade, and a nurse educator to enhance their bedside education program. The hopes are that the instructional portion of the program on this mission will greatly add to the overall goal of improving medical</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3416973773644897198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3416973773644897198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/mount-sinai-faculty-staff-students-and.html' title='The Mount Sinai faculty, staff, students and nurses will once again embark on a mission to Phebe, Liberia led by Dr. Jeffrey'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46jQ5Yi7xI/AAAAAAAAAGY/a2q9VdTLc_o/s72-c/Picture7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-896788917565376159</id><published>2010-03-03T12:52:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:55:44.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>DR. FLORMAN RETURNS TO MOUNT SINAI</title><summary type='text'>

It is with great honor to introduce Dr. Sander Florman back to Mount Sinai Medical Center as the Director of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute as well as the Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Florman is returning from New Orleans where he most recently served as the Director of the Tulane Abdominal Transplant Institute and also the Surgical Director of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/896788917565376159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/896788917565376159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/dr-florman-returns-to-mount-sinai.html' title='DR. FLORMAN RETURNS TO MOUNT SINAI'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46iQVj_TvI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/xMJv1c-wQjM/s72-c/Picture6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-8046720951975942758</id><published>2010-03-03T12:48:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:52:00.527-05:00</updated><title type='text'>DR. SIEMIONOW DISCUSSES FIRST FACIAL TRANSPLANT IN U.S.</title><summary type='text'>



You need a face to face the world” says Dr. Maria Siemionow (pictured left) at her presentation for the Hoffman—Parsky Lecture on December 16, 2009. Dr. Siemionow along with ten other surgeons, four anesthesiologists, and over thirty nurses and support staff performed the first near-total facial transplant in the United States.
Since 1995, Dr. Siemionow has been Director of Plastic Surgery </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8046720951975942758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8046720951975942758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/dr-siemionow-discusses-first-facial.html' title='DR. SIEMIONOW DISCUSSES FIRST FACIAL TRANSPLANT IN U.S.'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46hi6sDv_I/AAAAAAAAAGI/xk_VLUBNgeU/s72-c/Picture3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3268006285415608143</id><published>2010-03-03T12:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:48:40.723-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER YIELDS MUCH SUCCESS</title><summary type='text'>

The Department of Surgery’s first-ever Ambulatory Surgery Center completed its inaugural year with over 700 cases performed and a perfect safety record. With two spacious operating rooms and one convenient procedure room, the ambulatory surgery suite allows patients to undergo outpatient procedures in a safe and comfortable facility, just steps from their Mount Sinai physician’s offices. Each </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3268006285415608143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3268006285415608143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/ambulatory-surgery-center-yields-much.html' title='AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER YIELDS MUCH SUCCESS'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46gxXQ3qcI/AAAAAAAAAF4/oa3WqZ-tWE4/s72-c/Picture5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-7364714889420615000</id><published>2010-03-03T12:38:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:45:15.603-05:00</updated><title type='text'>DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY SENDS  RELIEF EFFORTS TO HAITI</title><summary type='text'>

A team of nearly 30 medical professionals—surgeons, anesthesiologists, a pediatrician, nurses and surgical technicians—organized by Mount Sinai spent over a week in Haiti, providing lifesaving care to victims after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, January 12. Michael Marin, MD, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, accompanied the boxes to Port-au-Prince, along with Ernest Benjamin, MD</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7364714889420615000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7364714889420615000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2010/03/department-of-surgery-sends-relief.html' title='DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY SENDS  RELIEF EFFORTS TO HAITI'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/S46gFnRTvoI/AAAAAAAAAFw/HtfiRlwbf5Y/s72-c/Picture4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3164165023209475168</id><published>2009-11-09T16:26:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T09:29:08.272-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chiefs are Fellowship bound</title><summary type='text'>




Congratulations are in order...our very own Pippa Newell and Junko Ozao-Choy have been accepted into fellowships!! Pippa will going to the great state of Oregon at the Providence Portland Medical Center to do Hepatobiliary Surgery. And Junko will be heading to John Wayne Cancer Institute in Southern California for Surgical Oncology. HIP HIP !! HOORAY !! We would also like to give our </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3164165023209475168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3164165023209475168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2009/11/junko-and-pippa-are-fellowship-bound.html' title='Chiefs are Fellowship bound'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/SviKY9d1raI/AAAAAAAAAFg/6PnJjusAOI8/s72-c/100_0773+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-6478701911967346840</id><published>2009-04-16T07:58:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T11:14:47.887-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats to the 2007-2008 Chief Residents</title><summary type='text'>
We would like to congratulate our 2008 Chief residents on a job well done!!!!!. Neil Cambronero will be doing his Fellowship at UCSF in Cardiothoracic. Yujin Guo will be doing her Fellowship at UMDNJ in Colorectal Surgery. Saber Ghiassi will be doing his Fellowship at Stanford University in Laparoscopic Surgery. Alexander Greenstein will be doing his fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6478701911967346840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6478701911967346840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2009/04/congrats-to-2007-2008-cheif-residents.html' title='Congrats to the 2007-2008 Chief Residents'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/Sectw481qII/AAAAAAAAAFQ/Vxgjq4F7Aco/s72-c/cheif.1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-6393670817471665116</id><published>2009-04-01T15:51:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T15:53:07.304-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Department of Surgery Grand Rounds</title><summary type='text'>DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS
Hatch Auditorium, Guggenheim Pavilion

7:00am to 7:45am – Morbidity &amp; Mortality Conference
7:45 to 8:45am – Grand Rounds

APRIL 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
10th Annual Ben F. Bryer Memorial Lecture
“Focus – Finding a Niche in the World”
PATRICIA J. NUMANN, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Recipient of
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Match Day was last week. Let's all welcome our new recruits!!!

Melissa Chang Tufts University School of medicine melissa.chang@tufts.edu Laura Doyon Tufts Univerity School of Medicine laura.doyon@tufts.edu Patrick LeMasters University of Cincinnati College of Medicine lemstpe@email.uc.edu James lim Drexel University lim.james@gmail.com Alero Nanna Howard University College of Medicine </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3154081501467070099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3154081501467070099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2009/04/congrats-to-2009-2010-house-staff.html' title='Congrats to the 2009-2010 House Staff !!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/SdOXu3OODrI/AAAAAAAAAEw/vj4m2ZOQXwM/s72-c/Chang.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-17094906291560598</id><published>2008-11-11T16:21:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T16:24:47.307-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ulka Sachdev M.D. (‘06) has been named the 2008 Wylie Scholar Award</title><summary type='text'>

Ulka Sachdev M.D. (‘06) has been named the 2008 Wylie Scholar Award from The Foundation of Accelerated Vascular Research.  Thethree year grant was awarded to support her research in understanding the mechanisms that support blood vessel growth, and to develop new therapies for those who suffer from peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD effects almost 12 million Americans and can lead to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/17094906291560598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/17094906291560598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/11/ulka-sachdev-md-06-has-been-named-2008.html' title='Ulka Sachdev M.D. (‘06) has been named the 2008 Wylie Scholar Award'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/SRn3fih_EiI/AAAAAAAAADE/Sk1H7VrAJco/s72-c/Picture1.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-8530970810798974259</id><published>2008-07-10T06:33:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T06:38:21.088-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Edward Chan gets a teaching award!!!</title><summary type='text'>Wow!!!  Ed Chan has been selected to receive an award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. He was nominated by the medical student class of 2009. Good job Ed....  thanks for being such a dedicated teacher!!!

These awards will be distributed during Clinical Skills Week at the Student Clinician Ceremony on Monday, June 30, 2008. The ceremony will be held in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8530970810798974259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8530970810798974259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/07/edward-chan-gets-teaching-award.html' title='Edward Chan gets a teaching award!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-6242590693747641803</id><published>2008-07-10T06:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T06:32:54.590-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Junko has a girl !!!</title><summary type='text'>
Congrats to Junko and Jason!!!  With great joy, they welcomed Isabelle Ayako Choy into this world on July 1st, 2008.  She was 8lbs. 6oz. and 21 inches long.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6242590693747641803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6242590693747641803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/07/junko-has-girl.html' title='Junko has a girl !!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/SHXzAhE-p-I/AAAAAAAAACE/lUMoDKtHLnU/s72-c/junkobaby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-8632768939557158138</id><published>2008-06-10T20:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T20:46:38.410-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Parissa and Aaron make it big at Digestive Diseases Week !!!</title><summary type='text'>
Congrats to Parissa Tabrizian and Aaron Miller who both had presentations at Digestive Diseases week in San Diego this past May.  Aaron had an oral presentation,  "Ischemic Colitis Following Endovascular Aortoiliac Aneurysm Repair."  Parissa had two posters:  "The Clinical Significance of Adult Intussusception Found by Computed Tomography" and "Management and Treatment of Iliopsoas Abscess."  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8632768939557158138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8632768939557158138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/06/parissa-and-aaron-make-it-big-at.html' title='Parissa and Aaron make it big at Digestive Diseases Week !!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/SE8ucOJoLAI/AAAAAAAAAB8/0npGxGGTnaM/s72-c/ddw_logo_home.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4524473762177631308</id><published>2008-06-01T07:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T07:17:13.375-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chief's Dinner Awards!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Chief's dinner this past thursday night was a sentimental tearjerker as usual.  Our 6 graduating chief residents recounted their fond memories of the past several years and said thanks and goodbye to good friends and mentors.  John Byrn took home the Dreiling research award undoubtedly due to his tremendous work presented at the American College of Surgeons meeting.  Sergei Khaitov was awarded </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4524473762177631308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4524473762177631308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/06/chiefs-dinner-awards.html' title='Chief&apos;s Dinner Awards!!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-2850699929494017598</id><published>2008-06-01T06:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T07:46:56.602-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Faculty Awards at the Chief's Dinner!!</title><summary type='text'>Congrats to the faculty that were recognized at this years Chief's dinner for their tremendous dedication to Education and Mentorship!!!  These attendings have spent their lives dedicated to the residency and have made many of us the best we could be!!!  The Medical Student Teaching Award was given to Dr. Unsup Kim ....  he's been a key reason why so many students have chosen surgery as a career </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2850699929494017598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2850699929494017598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/06/faculty-awards-at-chiefs-dinner.html' title='Faculty Awards at the Chief&apos;s Dinner!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-2545965895035034013</id><published>2008-05-04T18:47:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-04T18:54:12.881-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another successful showing at SAGES !!!</title><summary type='text'>Mount Sinai had another huge presence at this year's SAGES annual meeting in Philadelphia.  Alex Greenstein presented a video of Gastric banding after sleeve gastrectomy.  Parissa Tabrizian had a Bariatric poster  which was awarded a poster of distinction.  The laparoscopy fellows had 2 videos presented over the video loop and an oral presention reviewing Dr. Salky's experience with over 300 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2545965895035034013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2545965895035034013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-successful-showing-at-sages.html' title='Another successful showing at SAGES !!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-5085926740723997149</id><published>2008-05-04T18:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-04T18:42:47.315-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mount Sinai salutes women in medicine like our very own Linda Zhang!!</title><summary type='text'>Last months Inside Mount Sinai Newsletter highlights Women in Medicine who have "helped humanity while blazing a trail."  Linda Zhang was commended for her efforts and experiences in international health.  She spent time before beginning her surgical residency in Southern Sudan with the International Rescue Committee training locals to administer basic treatments for malaria, pneumonia, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5085926740723997149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5085926740723997149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/05/mount-sinai-salutes-women-in-medicine.html' title='Mount Sinai salutes women in medicine like our very own Linda Zhang!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UgnB6IAIBq4/SB5IOewuiVI/AAAAAAAAABk/uDILJoA6tFg/s72-c/LindaZhang.bmp' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3874430917094426091</id><published>2008-03-23T22:38:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T22:45:25.216-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brian Coakley acknowledged for his dedication to teaching!!!</title><summary type='text'>The Student Awards Committee of the School of Medicine has awarded Brian Coakley for the award for Outstanding Housestaff at the 2008 Student and Faculty Awards Ceremoney.  "It is because of your selfless service to our students' education that we are thrilled to be able to honor you in this way. We consider it an enormous privilege to have you at our school, and this award is a testament to that</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3874430917094426091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3874430917094426091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/03/brian-coakley-acknowledged-for-his.html' title='Brian Coakley acknowledged for his dedication to teaching!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3504009944844170281</id><published>2008-03-06T10:47:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-06T11:01:32.221-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pippa inducted into AOA !!!</title><summary type='text'>Huge congrats to Pippa Newell for being elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society this past week.  Pippa has been dedicated to medical student education since the start of her residency and it's great that the medical school has officially recognized her committment.   In addition to her educational achievements,  she been immensely successful with her basic science research in hepatology,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3504009944844170281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3504009944844170281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/03/pippa-inducted-into-aoa.html' title='Pippa inducted into AOA !!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4531410136990160586</id><published>2008-01-09T08:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T08:30:43.857-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rachel Matches at John Wayne Cancer Institute!!</title><summary type='text'>Congrats to Rachel Wellner who matched recently for a Breast Oncology Fellowship in sunny California.  She'll be at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in West LA.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4531410136990160586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4531410136990160586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2008/01/rachel-matches-at-john-wayne-cancer.html' title='Rachel Matches at John Wayne Cancer Institute!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3093721978007585211</id><published>2007-07-01T00:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-12T00:16:47.276-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Shapiro and Greenstein figure out Digestive Diseases!!</title><summary type='text'>Congrats to Mark Shapiro and Alex Greenstein who made poster presentations at this year's Digestive Diseases Week in Washington DC.  This prestigious meeting is one of the biggest annual meetings attended by both gastroenterologists and gastrointestinal surgeons and is held by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.  Mark figured out "The Surgical Management and Outcome of Patients with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3093721978007585211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3093721978007585211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/07/shapiro-and-greenstein-figure-out.html' title='Shapiro and Greenstein figure out Digestive Diseases!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-2613257347563185739</id><published>2007-06-01T23:18:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T23:22:03.327-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations to Drs. Aufses, Labow, and Steinhagen!!!</title><summary type='text'>This year's cheif dinner had some special faculty awards.  Dr. Dan Labow takes the Paradny Teaching Award (after only 3 years on faculty!!!!).  Dr. Steinhagen takes the Medical Student Teaching Award ..... AGAIN!!!   A new award....the Garlock Lifetime Service Award goes, of course, to Dr. Aufses!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2613257347563185739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2613257347563185739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/06/congratulations-to-drs-aufses-labow-and.html' title='Congratulations to Drs. Aufses, Labow, and Steinhagen!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-153815094292681272</id><published>2007-04-12T23:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T23:42:11.107-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kerri Buch Investigates the relationship between NPs / PAs and Residents</title><summary type='text'>Congratulations to Kerri Buch, NP who presented at this years Association of Program Directors in Surgery meeting in Washington DC.  She and Dr. Divino had an extremely well received session discussing the interaction between surgical residents and non physician practioners (PAs and NPs).  This study will result in a publication in the Journal of Surgical Education!!   Also involved in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/153815094292681272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/153815094292681272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/04/kerri-buch-investigates-relationship.html' title='Kerri Buch Investigates the relationship between NPs / PAs and Residents'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-686207838732909946</id><published>2007-03-15T22:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T22:16:57.131-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Junko and Pippa receive training grants!!!</title><summary type='text'>Big Congrats to Junko Ozao and Pippa Newell .... both recently awarded Research Fellowship Grants!!!!    Pippa has received the American Liver Foundation 2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.   Junko is a recipient of a clinical training grant from the National Cancer Institute!!

Congrats!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/686207838732909946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/686207838732909946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/03/junko-and-pippa-receive-training-grants.html' title='Junko and Pippa receive training grants!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-865761601216573476</id><published>2007-02-20T00:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:38:34.535-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeanette Dominguez has a boy!!!</title><summary type='text'>Jan 19, 2007.  Congrats in order to Jeanette who gave birth to a baby boy this morning!!!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/865761601216573476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/865761601216573476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/jeanette-dominguez-has-boy.html' title='Jeanette Dominguez has a boy!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-317380696671340560</id><published>2007-02-20T00:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:38:01.519-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats to this year's chiefs for fellowship matches!!!</title><summary type='text'>Jan 2007.  The four remaining chiefs find out their fates for next year!!  Big Congrats to all!!!   Dave Chessin is staying at Sinai for Colorectal.  Amanda Kong is heading to Big TEXAS for Breast at MD Anderson.  Paula Denoya is with Wexner at  Cleveland Clinic Florida for Colorectal.  Scott Nguyen will be staying here for Laparoscopy!!!    (Other chiefs who found out earlier ... Nik Korgankoar </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/317380696671340560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/317380696671340560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/congrats-to-this-years-chiefs-for.html' title='Congrats to this year&apos;s chiefs for fellowship matches!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-2854539381099903368</id><published>2007-02-20T00:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:37:25.342-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sinai Represents at 2007 SAGES!!</title><summary type='text'>Dec 2006.  Big congrats to all that were accepted for presentations at the upcoming SAGES national meeting.  A Record number of submissions.....Was it coincidence that it'll be in Vegas this year?!?!   VIDEO Presentations:  Lipskar, B Jacob for Lap Splenic Cyst management; Baril, Weber, Chin, Divino for Lap cortical spairing adrenalectomy;  Chin, Herron for Lap marginal ulcer repair;  Nguyen, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2854539381099903368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/2854539381099903368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/sinai-represents-at-2007-sages.html' title='Sinai Represents at 2007 SAGES!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-1644237125931272833</id><published>2007-02-20T00:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:35:50.441-05:00</updated><title type='text'>John Byrn takes the podium at this year's ACS!!</title><summary type='text'>Oct 2006.  John Byrn tore it up at this years American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago with his oral presentation on "Surgery for Fulminant C Diff Colitis."  This landmark study done with Dipen Maun, Junko Ozao and Dr. Divino will be published in an upcoming Archives of Surgery!!!  It also was showcased in a recent issue of General Surgery News!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1644237125931272833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1644237125931272833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/john-byrn-takes-podium-at-this-years.html' title='John Byrn takes the podium at this year&apos;s ACS!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-8461240373806428938</id><published>2007-02-20T00:34:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:34:31.094-05:00</updated><title type='text'>David Eisenberg matches into Surgical Oncology at University of Pittsburg!!!</title><summary type='text'>All the hard work paid off!!  Big Congrats to Dave for matching into Surgical Oncology at Pittsburg.  One of the hardest fellowships to get in the country, Dave will be whippling with D Baril and U Sachdev in Western PA.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8461240373806428938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8461240373806428938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/david-eisenberg-matches-into-surgical.html' title='David Eisenberg matches into Surgical Oncology at University of Pittsburg!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-3430301233568399438</id><published>2007-02-20T00:30:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:31:29.623-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats on this Year's Awards Winners!!!</title><summary type='text'>Jun 2006.  Chief's dinner this past tuesday was a crack-up!!....But Huge applause for all the residents and attendings who won Awards!!! Dipen Maun - Chief Resident Award, Jason Frischer - Research and Mentoring Awards, Umut Sarpel and Junko Ozao - Med Student Teaching Awards, Randy Steinhagen - Attending of the Year &amp; Med Student Teaching Award!!!!!!!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3430301233568399438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/3430301233568399438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/congrats-on-this-years-awards-winners.html' title='Congrats on this Year&apos;s Awards Winners!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-7226589526241422886</id><published>2007-02-20T00:30:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:30:56.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Donald Baril Matches!!</title><summary type='text'>Big Congrats to Donald who just matched into the Vascular Fellowship at Univ of Pittsburg!!!! Can't take the midwest out of the BOY!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7226589526241422886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7226589526241422886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/donald-baril-matches.html' title='Donald Baril Matches!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4215708621157498266</id><published>2007-02-20T00:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:30:09.637-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Graduation / End of the Year BBQ Potluck on May 27!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Location: Backyard of the Building 306 E. 96th St betw 1st -2nd Ave, New York, NY When: Sunday, May 21, 4:00pm Hey all....It's the end of the year and our chiefs are finishing up 5 years of CRAZINESS!!! In addition, our beloved Israeli's, our fellows, and a bunch of other residents are finishing up their time. Let's all celebrate the end of the year!!!! ... Hey....it's sunny out.....any excuse to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4215708621157498266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4215708621157498266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/graduation-end-of-year-bbq-potluck-on.html' title='Graduation / End of the Year BBQ Potluck on May 27!!!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-6049422830993455602</id><published>2007-02-20T00:26:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:28:13.672-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Maun, Byrn, Ozao present at New York Colorectal Society Presentation!!!</title><summary type='text'>Apr 2006.  Congrats to John Byrn, Dipen Maun, Junko Ozao, Dan Gingold, and C. Divino for their recent presentation at NYCRS: "Predictors of Mortality after Colectomy for Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis"</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6049422830993455602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6049422830993455602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/maun-byrn-ozao-present-at-new-york.html' title='Maun, Byrn, Ozao present at New York Colorectal Society Presentation!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-8891478844974317775</id><published>2007-02-20T00:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:26:55.341-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Irene Turnbull, Drs M. Harris and S. Kini....all nominated for PHYSICIANs of the YEAR!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Apr 2006.  Congratulations to our own IRENE TURNBULL who was nominated for Physician of the Year!!! ...Irene --you're the best!!! ....Also nominated ...our own faculty...Drs. M. Harris and Kini!!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8891478844974317775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/8891478844974317775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/irene-turnbull-drs-m-harris-and-s.html' title='Irene Turnbull, Drs M. Harris and S. Kini....all nominated for PHYSICIANs of the YEAR!!!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-1791656382964013634</id><published>2007-02-20T00:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:26:08.277-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats to our new HOUSESTAFF!!!!</title><summary type='text'>April 2006.  BIG CONGRATS to our new housestaff starting next year: Parag Butala, Brown Medical School; Marcelyn Coley, Morehouse School of Medicine; Nicole de Rosa, Tufts University School of Medicine; Samuel Eisenstein, Tufts University School of Medicine; Aravind Pothula, University of Medicine &amp; Dentistry of New Jersey; Yolanda Tammaro, Mount Sinai School of Medicine</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1791656382964013634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1791656382964013634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/congrats-to-our-new-housestaff.html' title='Congrats to our new HOUSESTAFF!!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-5867377580544667499</id><published>2007-02-20T00:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:25:17.167-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AOA for A Lipskar, PJ Torina, H Bazan .....Again!!</title><summary type='text'>Feb 2006.  Big congrats to Aaron, PJ and our old friend Hernan for election by the medical school into AOA!!! This would have been a bigger deal...have they not already been in the Honor Society!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5867377580544667499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5867377580544667499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/aoa-for-lipskar-pj-torina-h-bazan-again.html' title='AOA for A Lipskar, PJ Torina, H Bazan .....Again!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-1499939836119042107</id><published>2007-02-20T00:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:24:04.262-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wellner and Silverberg Overseas Rotation Presentation at APDS</title><summary type='text'>Mar 2006.  Cross-Cultural Education Presentation: Setting Up an Overseas Rotation for Surgical Residents.   Daniel Silverberg, MD, Celia Divino, MD, Lester Silver, MD, Rachel Wellner, MD, Marin Michael, MD.  Presented at Association of Program Directors in Surgery National Meeting in Tucson, AZ.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1499939836119042107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1499939836119042107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/wellner-and-silverberg-overseas.html' title='Wellner and Silverberg Overseas Rotation Presentation at APDS'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-6118485264237367944</id><published>2007-02-20T00:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:22:18.257-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Baril and Khaitov present at New York Surgical</title><summary type='text'>Feb 2006. Donald Baril and Sergey Khaitov will be presenting at New York Surgical Society Scientific Session and Dinner on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Griffis Club/Weill Cornell Medical College (1300 York Ave) Reception - Dinner at 6:00pm Scientific Session 7:00 - 9:00pm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6118485264237367944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/6118485264237367944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/baril-and-khaitov-present-at-new-york.html' title='Baril and Khaitov present at New York Surgical'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-1069468718085659307</id><published>2007-02-20T00:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:21:08.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dipen Maun and Ateet Shah Match into Colorectal!!!</title><summary type='text'>Dec 2005.  Dipen and Ateet will finally split their commonlaw relationship and head different ways for Colorectal next year!! Big Congrats!! Dipen - Cleveland Clinic Florida Ateet - Cook County Hospital, Chicago</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1069468718085659307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/1069468718085659307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/dipen-maun-and-ateet-shah-match-into.html' title='Dipen Maun and Ateet Shah Match into Colorectal!!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-7672780597656381585</id><published>2007-02-20T00:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:20:30.614-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations Scott Nguyen! New Housestaff Member of AOA Lambda Chapter</title><summary type='text'>November 2005.  Department of Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 Dear Dr. Nguyen: I am delighted to inform you that you have been elected as a Resident member of Alpha Omega Alpha, Lambda Chapter. The new AOA members of the class of 2006 selected you for this prestigious honor. Alpha Omega Alpha was founded in 1902 by William Webster Root to “foster the scientific and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7672780597656381585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7672780597656381585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/congratulations-scott-nguyen-new.html' title='Congratulations Scott Nguyen! New Housestaff Member of AOA Lambda Chapter'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-768464330919256683</id><published>2007-02-20T00:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:18:28.476-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Drs. Zhang, Nguyen and Divino - Blue Ribbon Winners for Education Research Day</title><summary type='text'>Sept 2005.  Dear Linda, Scott, and Celia, Congratulations! The Institute for Medial Education's Education Research Day Selection Committee has selected your abstract, "Resident and Student Evaluation of the Third Year Surgical Clerkship: Source of Surgical Knowledge and Educational Value of Medical Students' Day-to-Day Duties " as a Blue Ribbon Winner for Education Research Day (ERD). This also </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/768464330919256683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/768464330919256683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/drs-zhang-nguyen-and-divino-blue-ribbon.html' title='Drs. Zhang, Nguyen and Divino - Blue Ribbon Winners for Education Research Day'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-5982914316402516416</id><published>2007-02-20T00:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:17:15.796-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pippa Newell inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society</title><summary type='text'>Sept 2005.  Dear Pippa, As you know, you were awarded the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Student Award from the University of Arizona in 2003. We recently heard an extremely moving story from one of our donors and friends, Raphael Benaroya, whose father was a recent patient of yours at Englewood Hospital. His story about you and the connection you established with his family </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5982914316402516416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5982914316402516416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/pippa-newell-inducted-into-gold.html' title='Pippa Newell inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4339702737779926235</id><published>2007-02-20T00:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:15:31.729-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hilli and Danny have a Boy!!</title><summary type='text'>July 2005.  Hilli Menes delivered a baby boy, 7 pounds 8 ounces on July 29, 2005 at 7pm. All is well with Hilli and the baby. Congratulations and all the best to the new parents - Danny and Hilli!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4339702737779926235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4339702737779926235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/hilli-and-danny-have-boy.html' title='Hilli and Danny have a Boy!!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-4408780833837697368</id><published>2007-02-20T00:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:14:17.139-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Aaron Lipskar wins big for his presentation at the NMA Annual Assembly !!</title><summary type='text'>July 2005.  Aaron was award 2nd place for his presention "Surgical Management of Active Ulcerative Colitis with Concurrent C. Difficile Infection." This took place at the Drew Walker Surgical Forum at this year's National Medical Association Annual Assembly. It was at the Jacob Javit's Center this past Sun July 24th. Big Congrats to Aaron and Dr. Divino, his research mentor!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4408780833837697368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/4408780833837697368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/aaron-lipskar-wins-big-for-his.html' title='Aaron Lipskar wins big for his presentation at the NMA Annual Assembly !!'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-7515814034088362075</id><published>2007-02-20T00:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:11:32.595-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Posted Jul 2005.  Welcome to all new interns and residents. You'll find in this site useful information for the residency including: -Survival guides to the rotations -Resident directories -Calendar of events -Work hour logs -M&amp;M submissions -Presentation banks -Conference and Shuttle Schedules -Sabiston Reading Club .....and much, much more!!! Be sure to email the webhost if there's other info </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7515814034088362075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/7515814034088362075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/posted-jul-2005.html' title=''/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-871825801077624241</id><published>2007-02-20T00:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:10:51.611-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tax Benefits for Young Physicians</title><summary type='text'>Posted May 2005.  Check out the Surgical Links Section for information on Tax Deductions available to Young Physicians. You'd be amazed at what you can write off!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/871825801077624241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/871825801077624241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/tax-benefits-for-young-physicians.html' title='Tax Benefits for Young Physicians'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448023147659075796.post-5538751727004093143</id><published>2007-02-20T00:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T00:09:57.776-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dr. Ellozy to be new Medical Student Clerkship Director</title><summary type='text'>Posted May 2005.  Sharif Ellozy will replace Dr. Dolgin as the new Medical Student Clerkship Director as of 7/1/05. Click on "Resident - Student Interactions" on the left to see his new guidelines for residents working w/ students</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5538751727004093143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1448023147659075796/posts/default/5538751727004093143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mssurg.blogspot.com/2007/02/dr-ellozy-to-be-new-medical-student.html' title='Dr. Ellozy to be new Medical Student Clerkship Director'/><author><name>webhost</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
