Office Address

225 West 71st Street
New York, NY 10023
Telephone: (212) 362-6060
Fax #: (212) 362-7751
email: fkimmels@chpnet.org

Education

MD, New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York 1980

Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society
New York Medical College 1979-1980

Hospital Training

Intern in Surgery St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, New York 1980-1981

Resident in Surgery St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, New York 1981-1984

Chief Surgical Resident St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, New York 1984-1985

Fellow in Renal Transplantation SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 1985-1986

Licensure

New York State 1981

Certification

American Board of Surgery 1987

Re-Certification

American Board of Surgery 1995, 2006

Academic Appointments

Visiting Clinical Fellow
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
1980 - 1985

Clinical Assistant Instructor
SUNY at Stony Brook
Department of Surgery
Health Sciences Center
1985 - 1986

Clinical Instructor in Surgery
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
1986 - 1992

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons 1992 -

Hospital Appointments

Jr. Assistant Attending in Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
1986 - 1990

Attending Surgeon
Renal Transplantation
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
1986 - 1988

Associate Director
Renal Transplantation
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
1988 - 1998

Associate Attending in Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
1990 – 2003

Senior Attending in Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York 2003-

Attending in Surgery
Beth Israel Medical Center
North Division
New York, New York
1991 -2000

Chairman, Operating Room Committee
St.Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
Roosevelt Division
2006 -

Memberships

Diplomate, National Bd of Medical Examiners
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
New York County Medical Society
Medical Society of the State of New York
New York Transplantation Society
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
New York Surgical Society
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society of General Surgeons
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society for Laparoendoscopic Surgery
American Society of Breast Surgeons

Committees

American College of Surgeons Credentialling Committee 1996-1999

Publications

1.	Essman W.B., Kimmelstiel F.M., and Sporer B.: Age-related Determinants of Stress-Induced Weight Change in Mice. Psychological Reports 37;112-114, 1975
2.	Kimmelstiel F.M. and Lange M.: Fatal Systemic Strongyloidiasis Following Corticosteroid Therapy. New York State Journal of Medicine 84:399-401, 1984
3.	Fleisher A.G., Kimmelstiel F.M., Lattes C.G., and Miller R.E.: Surgical Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters. American Journal of Surgery 149: 726-729, 1985
4.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Holgersen L.O., and Dudell G.G.: Massive Hemoperitoneum Following Suprapubic Bladder Aspiration. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 21:911-912, 1986
5.	Fleisher A.G., Kimmelstiel F.M., Lattes C.G., and Miller R.E.: Fungal Peritonitis in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 102:138, 1985
6.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Holgersen L.O., and Hilfer C.: Retrosternal (Morgagni) Hernia with Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to a Richter's Incarceration. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 22:998-1000, 1987
7.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Anaise D., Waltzer W.C., Arnold A.N., and Rapaport F.T.: Radionucleide Scans and Needle Biopsies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Renal Allograft Pyelonephritis and Rejection Developing in the Course of Post-Operative Acute Tubular Necrosis. Transplantation Proceedings 18:963-965, 1986
8.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Anaise D., Waltzer W.C., and Rapaport F.T.: Continuous Postoperative Peritoneal Lavage in the Management of Intraabdominal Sepsis in Renal Allograft Recipients. Transplantation Proceedings 20:101-104, 1988
9.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Waltzer W.C., and Rapaport F.T.: Skin Hypersensitivity of the Delayed Type in Renal Transplant Patients Receiving Azathioprine or Cyclosporine. Transplantation Proceedings 19:2939-2942, 1987
10.	Yland M., Anaise D., Kimmelstiel F.M., and Rapaport F.T.: The Usefulness of Initial Brief Pulsatile Perfusion in Extending the Applicability of Cold Storage for Renal Transplantation - A Preliminary Report. Transplantation Proceedings 20:875-881, 1988
11.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Benvenistry A., Hardy M., Lattes C., Brensilver J., and McCabe R.: Kidney Preservation in the Cyclosporine (CyS) Era. Abstracts at the Xth International Congress of Nephrology. London, July 1987
12.	Cooper J., Kimmelstiel F.M., Lin J., and McCabe R.: Improved Kidney Preservation by Post Cold Storage Machine Perfusion. Abstract - Society for Cryobiology, Aachen, West Germany July 11-15, 1988
13.	Cooper J., Kimmelstiel F.M., Lin J., and McCabe R.: Improved Kidney Preservation by Post Cold Storage Machine Perfusion. Cryobiology 25:51-514, 1988
14.	McCabe R., Kimmelstiel F.M., Cooper J., and Ramey W.: Rescue Perfusion of the Cold Stored Kidney. Transplantation Proceedings 22:2219-2220, 1990
15.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Loree T.R., Hopkins K.S., and Miller R.E.: Splenic Abscess as a Cause of Intraabdominal Sepsis. Contemporary Surg 36:31-32, 1990
16.	Miller R.E., Bossart P.M., Tiszenkel H.I., and Kimmelstiel F.M.: Surgical Management of Complications of Fiberoptic Colonoscopy. Surgical Laparoscopy & Endosc 1:236-239, 1991
17.	Miller R.E. and Kimmelstiel F.M.: Surgical Laparoscopic Experience During the First Year on a Teaching Service. Surg. Gyn. Obstet. 175:523-527, 1992
18.	Miller R.E. and Kimmelstiel F.M.: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis. Surgical Endoscopy 7:296-299, 1993
19.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Miller R.E., Molinelli B.M., and Lorch J.A.: Laparoscopic Management of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters. Surg. Gyn. Obstet. 176:565-570, 1993
20.	Miller R.E., Kimmelstiel F.M., and Winkler W.P.: Management of Common Bile Duct Stones in the Era of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Am. J. Surg. 169:273-276, 1995
21.	Chew, D.K., Borromeo, J.R., and Kimmelstiel, F.M.: Peritoneal Mucinous Carcinomatosis After Laparoscopic-assisted Anterior Resection for Early Rectal Cancer. Report of a Case. Effects of Laparoscopy on Tumor Dissemination. Dis. Colon Rectum 42:424-426, 1999
22.	Feng, X., Colt, E., Kimmelstiel, F., Schur, I., and Bloom, P.: Dementia In An Elderly Woman With Insulinoma. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society 50 (4) S40-S41 P79 Suppl. S, Apr 2002

Presentations

1.	Kimmelstiel F.M.: Surgical Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters. New York Academy of Medicine, May 1984
2.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Loree T., Hopkins K., and Miller R.E.: Splenic Abscess as a Cause of Intraabdominal Sepsis. New York Surgical Society, May 1987
3.	Kimmelstiel F.M., Cooper J., Miller R., and McCabe R.: Improved Kidney Preservation by Post Cold Storage Machine Perfusion. New York Surgical Society, February 1989
4.	McCabe R., Kimmelstiel F.M., Cooper J., and Ramey W.G.: Rescue Perfusion of the Cold Stored Kidney. IV Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation. Barcelona, Spain, November 1989

Dr. Kimmelstiel has extensive experience in laparoscopic gallbladder and hernia surgery in additional to breast conservation surgery for malignant tumors.