Parag Butala

Congratulations to Dr. Parag Butala, MD who has matched to Duke Medical Center for Plastic Surgery.

Jessica Roybal

Lets congratulate Jessica Roybal in matching to Seattle Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Surgery !!!!!

Match Day !!!!!!!

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 & Biomedical Sciences Jordan David Bowling Howard University College of Medicine Audree Condren University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School Robert Earl Sweeney II Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Sabrine Semoin Howard University College of Medicine

Chiefs Dinner

Reminder Chiefs Dinner

May 26, 2011 The Harmonie Club New York, NY

Our Chiefs Matched !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 residents the very best.

Congragulations!!!!! To Marcus & Aaron

Congragulations are in order to Aaron Lipkar & 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

It's Match Day !!!!

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 University School of Medicine

On the Left is Geoffrey Rutledge from The University of Minnesota Medical School

On the right is: Maria Widmar from Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

UPCOMING VISITING LECTURES

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&B Greenstein Mem IBD: Neil Meortensen, MD UK

New Editor & chief of Mount Sinai Newsletter

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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALUMNI CORNER

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 senior staff vascular surgeon at Henry Ford Hospital and the medical director of the Clinical Vascular Laboratory of the Henry Ford Health System. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery, board certified in Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) and Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), and has been elected to the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons. Since 2006, she has been selected as one of the Top Docs by Detroit Hour Magazine in multiple years and American’s Top Surgeons by Consumers’ Research Council of America. She has successfully completed one of the world's first totally robotic aortobifemoral bypass using the daVinci S system in 2008. She is married to Ken and has two daughters–Camber, age 2 ½, and Danica, 6 months.

Charles E. Sloane, MD (‘78), retired after practicing general surgery for twenty eight years outside of Pittsburgh, PA in September 2006. He relocated to Livingston, MT, just north of Yellowstone National Park. Dr. Sloane is currently enrolled in the Masters Degree Program in the field of Rangeland Ecology in the Graduate Studies Division of Montana State University.

Jason Pozner, MD (‘92), is in private practice of plastic surgery in Boca Raton, Florida. He is a faculty appointment at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He specializes in revision plastic surgery and has published extensively on lasers and new technology in plastic surgery.

B. Todd Schaeffer, MD (‘80), is a board certified surgeon who specializes in endoscopic surgery of the nose, face, neck, sinuses and skull base. He is the Chief and Associate Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology -Communicative Disorders at North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset. He maintains his private practice offices in Lake Success. Dr. Schaeffer performed the first Balloon Sinuplasty in New York State and he also was the first surgeon in the Northeast to perform an office based procedure to permanently drain sinuses under a local anesthesia with a balloon and ultra thin endoscope. He has partnered with Neurosurgery colleagues for endoscopic removal of skull base and brain tumors to be removed through the nose.

Michael Strauss, MD (66-67’), entered the U.S. Navy after leaving Mt. Sinai. He remained active in the US Navy Ready Reserve as the medical officer for the Reserve SEAL teams until 2000 when he retired as a Captain after a 34 ½ year affiliation. Dr. Strauss has become internationally known in orthopedic applications of hyperbaric medicine, problem wound management and undersea medicine after completing training programs in these specialties in the Navy. He joined the Hyperbaric Medicine Department at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, becoming its medical director in 1992. Dr. Strauss has written over 100 articles and book chapters on his areas of expertise plus two textbooks, Diving Science (published in 2004) and MasterMinding Wounds (in press).

Andre Aboolian, MD (‘00), after graduating from Mount Sinai Medical School and General Surgery Program, Dr. Aboolian went to University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training. Dr. Aboolian currently has his own private practice in Beverly Hills, CA where he specializes in aesthetic/cosmetic plastic surgery, liposuction contouring and skin rejuvenation. He has worked with contestants from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” as well as ABC’s “Extreme Makeover.”

Ian Soriano, MD (‘00-01), completed his residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and went on to do a fellowship in Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Florida. He recently moved back to Philadelphia and joined the faculty at Temple University School of Medicine. He lives in Blue Bell, PA with his wife Jenny and son Luigi.

Frank Pindyck, MD (’74), recently retired from Dartmouth Medical School where he held the title of Associate Professor of Surgery and Anatomy. He also was the Chief of Surgery at the White River Junction VA Hospital. He now lives in New York City.

Brooke Gurland, MD (’00) Validated quality of life tools can be used to measure patient’s satisfaction and overall improvement of their care for specific periods of time. Capturing this information in discrete data fields and integrating this information into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) provides a scalable method of capturing this information across health care business lines. Paper based questionnaires are labor intensive and do not integrate into the Electronic Medical Record. Physicians in Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic implemented software developed at Cleveland Clinic called The Knowledge Program to report the results of a novel electronic questionnaire process and provide transparency of patient reported information through their care cycle in the Colorectal Surgery department. Historically patient satisfaction and quality of life has been focused on in patient surveys like Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems or HCAHPS. With the increasing government focus of transparency and value based reporting for healthcare organizations, electronic capture of quality of life information in The Knowledge Program begins the maturation of value based reporting from the in patient milieu to the out patient milieu without the increased operational and financial impact of adding hospital staff. Specific anchor dates captured through the patients care cycle (pre intervention, intervention, post intervention) will measure that patient’s quality of care from the patient’s perspective and provide the transparency the federal government and the health care industry

CATEGORICAL RESIDENTS’ ADJUST TO LIFE AS INTERNS

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 intern at Mount Sinai. I have been very busy but having a great time. The best part of residency is going to the OR and operating. I have already learned a tremendous amount but when I’m operating with the attendings I realize that there is so much more to learn. My fellow residents have also made this year amazing. For example, the whole intern class was able to get together for thanksgiving dinner. This was awesome because it was the first time I could not go back home for thanksgiving. I have also enjoyed living in New York City. This truly is the best city in the world!”

Anne Stey:

“Here we go; I have no doubt that intern year will be one of the most memorable years of my life. The strong relationships that you build with nurses and co-residents while taking care of patients is something that very few other professions have the opportunity to experience. Also, the trust and gratitude of patients is truly humbling feeling that challenges you to be better. In addition, surgical training is still very much an apprenticeship, where you have the chance to learn alongside people whose dedication to the field and teaching inspires you to strive to be the same type of mentor to the younger. At the end of the day, no matter how tired I am, there is nothing I would rather be doing.”

Alero Nanna: “It’s hard to believe it’s been five whole months already. I started with vascular surgery, which was very busy and physically tasking, but I had an excellent hardworking team so we pulled through together. Team 5 was all about balance. Between clinic, cases, floor work and presentations, I learned that being organized was key. SICU was fun, very hands-on and intellectually challenging. Orthopedics and urology were absolutely different worlds. Through it all, I have learned a lot about managing patients, the health care system and also about myself. I have had the opportunity to work with and learn from stars (my seniors and attendings) and I look forward to one day joining them on the Mount Sinai sky.”

The Department of Surgery is proud to announce six additions to our family

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

Mount Sinai will soon become a certified Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) testing center.

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 FLS proctors evaluate examinee’s manual skills based on efficiency and precision of motion using the FLS Laparoscopic Trainer Box. The Mount Sinai Simulation Center is scheduled to be certified in February. Once accomplished, the Department will be able to certify its own residents as well as outside individuals.

The Mount Sinai faculty, staff, students and nurses will once again embark on a mission to Phebe, Liberia led by Dr. Jeffrey

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 care in Liberia, side by side with teaching clinical, surgical/gynecologic, and radiological skills.

DR. FLORMAN RETURNS TO MOUNT SINAI

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 Transplantation at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. A leader in multi-organ abdominal transplantation and complex hepatobiliary surgery, Dr. Florman will be a tremendous addition to the team here at Mount Sinai. Dr. Florman earned his reputation for being a strong leader and team player during the nation’s worst natural disaster. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck and destroyed Tulane University Hospital, including its transplant program. “We had a flooded city and a flooded hospital,” says Dr. Florman. “The biggest challenge was retaining staff, and many staff who did return to work lived in FEMA trailers. No one had to come back, but those who did, myself included, felt a deep commitment to the city. We felt compelled to rebuild.” Dr. Florman worked to restore the program, and one year later, patients had not only returned, but the number of patients had increased from prior to the storm. Dr. Florman is eager to be working with familiar faces again, many of which he knows from his time spent at Mount Sinai during his fellowship in multi-organ transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. “I am very excited to be back at Mount Sinai,” says Dr. Florman. “I look forward to rebuilding a great team and recommitting to the program by always putting patients first.” The team is composed of extraordinarily talented people and will sore to new heights of excellence with the leadership of Dr. Florman

DR. SIEMIONOW DISCUSSES FIRST FACIAL TRANSPLANT IN U.S.

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 Research, and Head of Microsurgery Training in the Plastic Surgery Department of Cleveland Clinic. She also holds the title as Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and at the Medical University in Poznan, Poland. “The face is a demanding structure to reconstruct due to its subunits, texture, and many different functions, while simultaneously trying to preserve its beauty and expression,” says Dr. Siemionow. In order to obtain complete understanding and expertise on facial transplants, Dr. Siemionow completed over 1000 composite face transplants on rodents and 65 publications on the topic. Four years later Dr. Siemionow performed the operation on Connie Culp who was shot in the face by her husband in 2004 and had already underwent 23 surgeries. After twenty two hours in the operating room, Connie Culp regained functions she wasn’t able to do in years – smell/breath through her nose, taste/eat solid foods, and drink from a cup. She also had no occurrence of PSSD, recaptured her self esteem, and had minimal pain (compared to pre-op). At Connie Culp’s one year anniversary of the surgery she showed no clinical signs or evidence of rejection. All in all, the surgery couldn't have been more successful nor produced greater results. Ms. Culp has gained superior quality of life and Dr. Siemionow's achievement gives new hope to future patients.

AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER YIELDS MUCH SUCCESS

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 operating room has been equipped with the latest technological innovations. The suite is staffed by physicians from the Department of Anesthesiology’s outpatient anesthesia group, as well as its own dedicated team of highly-trained nurses and surgical technicians. The facility was constructed according to the stringent specifications of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and is certified by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF).

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY SENDS RELIEF EFFORTS TO HAITI

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, (originally from Haiti) Chief of the Division of Critical Care in the Department of Surgery and Director of the Surgical ICU, Lester Silver, MD, Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sasan Roayaie, MD, Vascular Surgeon and Jean Louis Dupiton, MD, a graduate of Mount Sinai's critical care fellowship. Hospital leadership coordinated the effort to assemble and package supplies, which included medications, IV fluids, and critical care, trauma supplies and medications. In Haiti, the Mount Sinai team provided the largest medical presence at National Hospital and worked alongside teams from Norway, France, and other U.S. medical centers to help those affected by the disaster

Chiefs are Fellowship bound

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 Congratulations to Aaron Miller who will be doing a Colorectal Fellowship at The University of Chicago. Alexis Grucela will be doing a Colorectal Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic and Elizabeth Honigsberg will be entering a Laparoscopic fellowship at Dartmouth Medical Center. Congratulations to all of them for a job well done

Congrats to the 2007-2008 Chief Residents

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 University in Laparoscopic Surgery. Ray Wong will be doing his Fellowship in Surgical Oncology and finally Dong-Seok Lee will be staying at Mount Sinai and doing his Fellowship in Cardiothoracic. Let’s give them a round of applause.!!!!!.

Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS Hatch Auditorium, Guggenheim Pavilion 7:00am to 7:45am – Morbidity & 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 The 2006 American College of Surgeon’s Distinguished Service Award Wednesday, April 8, 2009 “Is Anesthesia to Blame if Grandma's a Banana?” JEFFREY H. SILVERSTEIN, MD Professor Vice Chair for Research Department of Anesthesiology Mount Sinai Medical Center Associate Dean for Research Director, Program for the Protection of Human Subjects Mount Sinai School of Medicine Wednesday, April 15, 2009 “Diverticulitis: Current Perspectives” SABER GHIASSI, MD Chief Resident Department of Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine Wednesday, April 22, 2009 “The Cellular Response to Stress: Safer Surgery Through Translational Research” GEORGE A. PERDRIZET, MD, PhD, FACS Director of Surgical Research Department of Surgery Morristown Memorial Hospital Wednesday, April 29, 2009 “Biologic Warfare in the Attack on Complex Ventral & Incisional Hernias” GEORGE DENOTO, III, MD, FACS Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship North Shore University Hospital

Congrats to the 2009-2010 House Staff !!!

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 atnanna@yahoo.com Anne Stey Mount Sinai School of Medicine as013j@gmail.com

Ulka Sachdev M.D. (‘06) has been named the 2008 Wylie Scholar Award

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 amputation of the lower limbs. Ulka is currently an assistant professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed her residency and Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2006.

Edward Chan gets a teaching award!!!

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 Hatch Auditorium from 2:00-3:30pm.

Junko has a girl !!!

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.

Parissa and Aaron make it big at Digestive Diseases Week !!!

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." Congrats to you both for such hard work over the past year.

Chief's Dinner Awards!!!!

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 the Aufses Sr Award for overall outstanding performance. Shalini Aurora got the Aufses Jr. Mentor Prize ... she's been an inspiration to us all. Rachel Wellner received the Medical Student Teaching Award for her endless dedication to education. In addition, Brian Coakley was also recognized with the Junior Resident Student Teaching Award. Big Congrats to all .... you all have done an amazing job!!!!

Faculty Awards at the Chief's Dinner!!

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 over the past years. Dr. Han-yu Shen took home the Paradny Teaching award for a record FOURTH TIME !!! Wow!! ... a man so humble, but undoubtedly so dedicated to teaching!!!! And the Garlock Lifetime Service Award went to Dr. Julius Jacobson II, who was a preeminent pioneer in vascular surgery and microsurgery and was the Chief of Vascular Surgery here for almost 35 years.

Another successful showing at SAGES !!!

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 resections for Crohn's disease. In addition, Dr. Salky received a lifetime achievement award !!! Wow!!!

Mount Sinai salutes women in medicine like our very own Linda Zhang!!

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 diarrhea. Go Linda !!!!

Brian Coakley acknowledged for his dedication to teaching!!!

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." Wow!!! Brian .. you're the man !!!!!! The award ceremony will take place in Hatch Auditorium at 5PM on Thursday, April 2nd.

Pippa inducted into AOA !!!

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, resulting in a national presentation at this past year's American College of Surgeons.

Rachel Matches at John Wayne Cancer Institute!!

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.

Shapiro and Greenstein figure out Digestive Diseases!!

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 Duodenal Crohn's Disease. Alex looked into "Pneumatosis Intestinalis in Adults: Surgical Indications and Risk Factors for Mortality." Both of their projects have been submitted to the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Congratulations to Drs. Aufses, Labow, and Steinhagen!!!

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!!!!

Kerri Buch Investigates the relationship between NPs / PAs and Residents

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 project were Mia Genovese and Jen Conigliaro.

Junko and Pippa receive training grants!!!

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!!!!

Jeanette Dominguez has a boy!!!

Jan 19, 2007. Congrats in order to Jeanette who gave birth to a baby boy this morning!!!!!!

Congrats to this year's chiefs for fellowship matches!!!

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 - Thoracic at UMichigan, Dave Eisenberg - Surg Onc at Pittsburg, Donald Baril - Vacular at Pittsburg)

Sinai Represents at 2007 SAGES!!

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, Salky for Laparoscopic TME; Trang, Salky for Laparoscopic excision of Epiphrenic Diverticulum. POSTER Presentations: Greenstein, Mazeh, Nguyen, Divino for Lap Ventral Hernia Repair (award!!) and Lap Hartmann Reversal.

John Byrn takes the podium at this year's ACS!!

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!!

David Eisenberg matches into Surgical Oncology at University of Pittsburg!!!

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.

Congrats on this Year's Awards Winners!!!

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 & Med Student Teaching Award!!!!!!!!!!

Donald Baril Matches!!

Big Congrats to Donald who just matched into the Vascular Fellowship at Univ of Pittsburg!!!! Can't take the midwest out of the BOY!!!

Graduation / End of the Year BBQ Potluck on May 27!!!!!

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 booz it up!!! We're doing this BBQ / Potluck style.....We'll try to hook the basics like burgers and dogs and get the grill going. You guys BYOB --Bring your own alcohol and any FOOD you wanna share or anything you wanna set fire on the grill. Beer... Wine....coleslaw....kosher...vegan...whatever!!!.... The backyard of our building is quite large....can easily accomodate all of us along with any family/friends/whoever........ We'll have music set up and there's a playground there..for people who wanna bring their kids..

Maun, Byrn, Ozao present at New York Colorectal Society Presentation!!!

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"

Irene Turnbull, Drs M. Harris and S. Kini....all nominated for PHYSICIANs of the YEAR!!!!!

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!!!!

Congrats to our new HOUSESTAFF!!!!

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 & Dentistry of New Jersey; Yolanda Tammaro, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

AOA for A Lipskar, PJ Torina, H Bazan .....Again!!

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!!!

Wellner and Silverberg Overseas Rotation Presentation at APDS

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.

Baril and Khaitov present at New York Surgical

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

Dipen Maun and Ateet Shah Match into Colorectal!!!

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

Congratulations Scott Nguyen! New Housestaff Member of AOA Lambda Chapter

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 philosophical features of the medical profession, to look beyond self to the welfare of the profession and of the public, to cultivate social mindedness ... to foster research and in all ways to enable the profession of medicine.” My heartiest congratulations and best wishes on this wonderful honor and I look forward to greeting you on February 23, 2006. Sincerely, Lisa Bensinger, MD Councillor, AOA

Drs. Zhang, Nguyen and Divino - Blue Ribbon Winners for Education Research Day

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 means that your poster will be included in MSSM’s Innovations in Medical Education exhibit at the Annual AAMC meeting, November 5-10 in Washington, DC. Only 2 abstracts were selected for this honor. Your abstract demonstrated a scholarly approach to an educational intervention and we are proud for your educational work to represent our institution.

Pippa Newell inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society

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 reaffirmed our faith and belief in the importance of recognizing role model physicians like you. With that in mind, we would like to invite you (and a guest) to attend our annual “friendraiser,” which will be held Sunday evening, October 2, at the home of one of our donors in Englewood, NJ. We’re hoping that at the event you would speak to your experience with Raphael and his family as well as what being awarded the humanism in medicine honor meant to you. Raphael will be there as well to share his account. We will then induct you into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), a society which includes medical students, residents, and faculty recognized as exemplary role models for humanistic behavior. Established in 2002, a chapter of the GHHS is now at 48 medical schools. The presentation about the Gold Foundation will begin at 6:15 and will be followed by a live jazz performance and dinner, which we hope you could stay for. We know as a surgical resident it is not easy to get time off, let alone part of a night, but if you were able to join us, dare we say it would be the highlight of the evening. Look forward to hearing from you and hopefully meeting you before too long. Best wishes, Allison

Hilli and Danny have a Boy!!

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!

Aaron Lipskar wins big for his presentation at the NMA Annual Assembly !!

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!!

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&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 you'd like here!!

Tax Benefits for Young Physicians

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!!!

Dr. Ellozy to be new Medical Student Clerkship Director

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