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Scott J. Belsley, MD, FACS

OFFICE:

425 West 59 th Street, Suite 7B
New York City , NY 10019

Tel: 212.523.8041

WEB: http://www.laparoscopic.md

EMAIL: sbelsley@chpnet.org

DEPARTMENTS: Robotic Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Colorectal Surgery

EDUCATION and TRAINING:

High School: Hinsdale Township Central High School
West 55th Street & South Grant Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
Sep 1987 to June 1991

Undergraduate: Brown University
45 Prospect Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912
BS Neuroscience
September 1991 - May 1995

Medical School : Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 630 West 168th Street , 1-416 New York , NY 10027
August 1995 - May 1999
MD

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:

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

SURGICAL RESIDENCY:

General Surgery
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center
Department of Surgery
1000 10th Avenue Suite 2B
New York , New York 10019
1-212-523-7780
PGY1 - PGY3
June 1999 - June 2002

General Surgery
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center
Department of Surgery
1000 10th Avenue Suite 2B
New York , New York 10019
1-212-523-7780
PGY4 - PGY5 June 2003 - June 2005

FELLOWSHIPS:

Robotic Surgery Research Fellow
Division of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center
1000 10th Avenue Suite 2B
New York , New York 10019
1-212-523-7780
June 2002 - June 2003

Advanced Laparoscopy and Robotics
Hackensack University Medical Center
20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 901
Hackensack , New Jersey 07601
1-201-996-2959
July 2005 - June 2006

Ethicon Surgery Bariatric Fellowship
Hackensack University Medical Center
20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 901
Hackensack , New Jersey 07601
1-201-996-2959
July 2005 - June 2006

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Director of Robotic Surgery
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center
425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B
New York City , New York 10019
1-212-523-8041
August 1st - Present

Attending Trauma Surgeon
Hackensack University Medical Center
20 Prospect Avenue , Rm G834
Hackensack , New Jersey 07601
1-201-996-7727
September 2005 - June 2006

CERTIFICATIONS:
Board Certified in General Surgery,
2006 ATLS 2005, ACLS 2005

HONORS:

Inaugural Recipient: Charles McBurney Prize in Surgery 2001

MEMBERSHIPS:

American College of Surgeons
Association of Academic Surgery
American Medical Association
Medical Society of the State of New York
Minimally Invasive Robotic Association
New York Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
New York County Medical Society
New York State Police Surgeon (PBA)
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Belsley S, Ballantyne GH. Robotic Suturing. Urologic Robotic Surgery. Stock, Jeffrey A.;   Esposito, Michael P.; Lanteri, Vincent (Eds.) 2008 ISBN: 978-1-58829-615-3

Esophageal Surgery. Washington Manual of Robotic Surgery. (accepted/in publication).

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

  1. Stephens D, Saunders J, Belsley S, Trivedi A, Ewing, DR, Iannace V, Capella R, Wasielewski A, Moran S, Schmidt H, Ballantyne G. Bariatric Surgery: Low Mortality at a High Volume Center. Obesity Surgery. (Accepted and in Press)

  2. Stephens D, Saunders J, Belsley S, Trivedi A, Ewing, DR, Iannace V, Capella R, Wasielewski A, Moran S, Schmidt H, Ballantyne G. Short-Term Outcomes for Super-Super Obese (BMI =60 kg/m2) Patients Undergoing Weight Loss Surgery At a High Volume Bariatric Surgery Center: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass & Open Tubular Gastric Bypass. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. (Accepted and in Press)
  3. Saunders J, Ballantyne G, Belsley S, Stephens D, Trivedi A, Ewing, DR, Iannace V, Capella R, Wasielewski A, Moran S, Schmidt H. Schmidt H, Thirty Day Readmission Rates at a High Volume Bariatric Surgery Center: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty- Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery (Accepted and in Press)

  4. Flancbaum L, Belsley S. Factors Affecting Morbidity and Mortality of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Clinically Severe Obesity: An Analysis of 1,000 Consecutive Open Cases by a Single Surgeon. J Gastrointest Surg. 2007 April; 11(4): 500–507.

  5. Belsley S, Byer A, Ballantyne GH. Oncologic Telerobotic Surgery. Oncology Issues. 2006 Jul-Aug; 21(4): 22-25.

  6. Belsley S, Byer A, Ballantyne GH. First International Congress of Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association: Congress Summary. MIRA and the Future of Surgical Robotics.  Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg. 2006 Apr 2(1): 98-103.

  7. Flancbaum L, Belsley S, Drake V, Colarusso T, Tayler E. Preoperative Nutritional Status of Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgey.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2006 Jul-Aug;10(7):1033-7.

  8. Flancbaum L, Drake V, Colarusso T, Belsley S. Initial Experience with Bariatric Surgery in Asymptomatic HIV-Infected Patients. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2:73 -76. 2005

  9. DeRose JJ, Jr. Toumpoulis IK, Balaram SK, Ioannidis JP, Belsley S, Ashton RC, Jr., Swistel DG. Anagnostopoulos CE. Preoperative prediction of long-term survival following coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Feb;129(2):314-21.

  10. Pisch J, Belsley S, Ashton R, Wang L, Woode R, Connery C. Placement of 125I implants with the da Vinci robotic system after video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection: a feasibility study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Nov 1;60(3):928-32.

  11. DeRose JJ, Jr., Martin EC, Ashton RC, Jr., Belsley S, Swistel DG, Todd GJ. Antegrade endovascular repair of a coarctation-associated aneurysm through an upper hemisternotomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Aug;78(2):e28-9.

  12. Lee MS, Wilentz JR, Makkar RR, Singh V, Nero T,Simon C, Rametta S, Swistel D, Belsley S, DeRose JJ, Hybrid Revascularization using Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Robotically-Assisted Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. J Invasive Cardiol. 2004 Aug;16(8):419-25.

  13. DeRose JJ, Jr., Belsley S Swistel DG, Shaw R, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotically-assisted left ventricular epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing: The posterior approach. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Apr; 88(4): 1472-4.

  14. DeRose JJ, Jr. DeRose JJ, Jr., Ashton, RC, Jr., Belsley S, Swistel DG, Vloka M, Ehlert F, Sackner-Bernstein J, Hillel Z, Steinberg JS. Robotically assisted epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing. Apr 16;41(8): 1414-9.J Am Coll. Cardiol 2003.

  15. Belsley S, Tilson MD. Two Decades of Research on Etiology and Genetic Factors in the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)- With a Glimpse into the 21st Century. Acta Chir Belg. 2003 Apr;103(2):187-96.
  16. DeRose JJ, Jr., Belsley S Swistel DG, Shaw R, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotically-assisted left ventricular epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing: The posterior approach. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Apr; 88(4): 1472-4.
  17. DeRose JJ, Jr. DeRose JJ, Jr., Ashton, RC, Jr., Belsley S , Swistel DG, Vloka M, Ehlert F, Sackner-Bernstein J, Hillel Z, Steinberg JS. Robotically assisted epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing. Apr 16;41(8): 1414-9.J Am Coll. Cardiol 2003.
  18. Belsley S , Tilson MD. Two Decades of Research on Etiology and Genetic Factors in the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)- With a Glimpse into the 21st Century. Acta Chir Belg. 2003 Apr;103(2):187-96.

ABSTRACTS

  1. JN Afthinos MD, A Burra MS, MJ Latif MD, MA Attiyeh MS, X Li PhD, J Fernandez MD, SK Balaram MD, GJ Kim MD, FY Bhora MD, JA Teixeira MD, JJ McGinty MD, MD, GJ Todd MD, SJ Belsley MD. Can Parkinsonian Movement Metrics Applied to Da Vinci Robot Motion Data Assess Surgical Experience? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008.

  2. JN Afthinos, J Teixeira, J McGinty, S Binenbaum, G Forrester, G Kim, N Koshy, MJ Latif, DC Nunez, GJ Todd, SJ Belsley. How can Inadvertent Intestinal Insufflation be limited in Complex Intragastric NOTES Procedures? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008.

  3. JN Afthinos, MD, J McGinty, MD, S Binenbaum, MD, G Forrester, MD, R Fukumoto, MD, G Kim, MD, SJ Belsley, MD, MJ Latif, MD, GJ Todd, MD, J Teixeira, MD. Durability of an Endoscopic Endolumenal Gastric Plication. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008.

  4. Afthinos J, Bhora F, Connery C, Teixeira J, McGinty J, Latif M, Attiyeh M, Todd G, Belsley S. What Technological Barriers Exist for Real-Time Fluroscopic and Video Image Overlay in Robotic Surgery? Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. Rome, Italy 2008.

  5. Afthinos J, Coonery CP, Perin N, Bhora FY, Latif MJ, Attiyeh M, Chwajol M, Chakraborty S, Todd G, Belsley S. Robotic Intercostal Nerve Graft for Reversal of Thoracic Sympathectomy: A Large Animal Feasibility Model. Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. Rome, Italy 2008.

  6. Ballantyne GH, Belsley S.  Obesity surgery in the elderly & the impact of bariatric surgery on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Surgical Week. Belgian Society of Surgery. Ostend, Belgium, 2007.

  7. Belsley S, Afthinos J, Stephens D, Saunders J, Schmidt H, Trivedi A, Ewing D, Capella R  MD, V Iannace  V, Davis D, Wasielewski A, Moran S, Ballantyne G. Do Hospital Costs Differ for Elective Bariatric Surgical Procedures Performed in Patients over 60 years old? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada 2007.

  8. Afthinos J, Teixeira J, McGinty J, Bhora F, Balaram S, Connery C, Attiyeh M, Burra A, Nunez D, Todd G, Belsley S. How can Robotics Elucidate an Image Reversal Algorithm to Aid Operative Orientation during Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada 2007.

  9. Saunders S, Belsley S,Schmidt H,Trivedi A,Ewing D,Capella R,Iannace V,Davis D,Wasielewski A,Moran S,Ballantyne G. Low Mortality in a High Volume Bariatric Surgery Center. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada 2007.

  10. Belsley, S, Bhora, F.Y., Balaram, S.K., .Evans,  A.J., Ashton, R.C., DeRose, J.J., Todd, G.J., Connery, C.P. A Five Year Review of the Trends and Outcomes in Robotic Thoracic Surgery at a Single Institution, Tórax, Recife, Brazil, March 2007.

  11. Belsley, S, Bhora, F.Y. Balaram, S.K. Evans,  A.J. Ashton, R.C. DeRose, J.J. Todd, G.J. Connery, C.P. Initial Outcomes of Robotic Brachytherapy Tórax, Recife, Brazil, March 2007.

  12. Tyrie L, Teixeira J, McGinty J, Bhora F, Balaram S, Connery C, Attiyeh M, Nunez D, Swistel D, Todd G,  Belsley S. What are the Optical Barriers Limiting Robotic NOTES Surgery with the Da Vinci System? Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. New York City, New York 2007.

  13. Chemouny J, Belsley S, Cordova AC, Wasielewski, A, Ballantyne GH. Does Patient Age have an Infuence on the Percentage of Excess Weight-Loss after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Dallas, Texas 2006.

  14. Faloon M, Belsley S, Farkas D, Wasielewski, A, Ballantyne GH. Does C-Reactive Protein Decrease Proportionately to Body Mass Index in Both Gastric Bypass and Gastric Band Patients? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Dallas, Texas 2006.

  15. Cordova, AC, Chemouny, J, Farkas, D, Belsley S, Wasielewski, A, Ballantyne GH. Right Hand-Assisted Hemicolectomy with Medial-Lateral Dissection. 76th Congreso Argentino de Cirugia. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005.

  16. Chemouny, J, Cordova, AC, Belsley S, Ewing DR, Ballantyne GH. An Easy Method for the Diagnosis of Internal Hernias After a Gastric Bypass. 76th Congreso Argentino de Cirugia. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005.

  17. Belsley S, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotic Thymectomy for a Mediastinal Parathyroid Gland. Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. Innsbruck, Austria. December 2005.

  18. Ashton RC, Belsley S, Connery C, Ro C, Balaram S, DeRose JJ. Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Where We Stand in 2005. Chest. Montréal, Québec, Canada. October 2005.

  19. Belsley S, Li X, Toset A, Todd G, Tilson MD. Transitions in the Expressed mRNA of the Gene for Ferritin Light-Chain Detected in Fibroblasts Cultured from a Surgical Specimen of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.  Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology. 15th Annual Meeting. Anneheim, California, 2005.

  20. Belsley S, Connery C, DeRose JJ, Jr., Balaram S, McGinty JJ, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotic Brachytherapy Techniques for Lung Cancer. Chest, Seattle, Washington, October 2004.

  21. Belsley S, Connery C, DeRose JJ, Jr., Balaram S, McGinty JJ, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotic Esophageal Mobilization for Three-Hole Esophagectomy International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, London, United Kingdom, June 2004.

  22. Belsley S, Connery C, DeRose JJ, Jr., Balaram S, McGinty JJ, Ashton RC, Jr. Surgical Techniques in Robotic Esophageal Surgery. International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, London, United Kingdom, June 2004.

  23. Belsley S, DeRose JJ, Jr., Connery C, McGinty JJ, Rothschild O, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotic Assisted Transthoracic Esophagectomy. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Denver, Colorado. April 2004.

  24. Belsley S, Martin EC, Ashton RC, Jr., Swistel DG, Todd GJ. DeRose JJ, Jr.  Thoracic Coarctation-Associated Aneurysm with Antegrade Endovascular Repair, NewEra Cardiac Care, Dana Point, California, January 2004.

  25. Belsley S, Objunke J, Collin P, Tilson MD. Catechin and Sulfated Polysaccharide Nutriceuticals inhibit MMP-2 (gelatinase-A) of Fibroblasts cultured from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Association for Academic Surgery 37th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California, November 2003.

  26. Belsley S, Connery C, Pisch J, DeRose JJ, Gaildon M, Ashton RC. New Robotic Technique for Thoracic Brachytherapy. Surgical Forum: Clinical Congress Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Chicago, Illinois, October 2003.

  27. Belsley S, Flancbaum L. Predictors of Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality after Roux - en - Y Gastric Bypass. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Orlando, Florida, May 2003.

  28. Belsley S, Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr.,  Swistel DG, Shaw R, Lee MS. Willentz JR, Singh V, Nero T DeRose JJ, Jr. Coronary hybrid revascularization utilizing robotically - assisted coronary artery bypass grafting. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.

  29. Belsley S, DeRose JJ, Jr., Anagnostopoulos CE, Shaw R, Safavi A, Ashton RC, Jr, Swistel DG, Hillel Z. Cardiac Surgery in Nonagenarians: age is not a contraindication. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.

  30. Belsley S, DeRose JJ, Jr., Anagnostopoulos CE, Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr., Shaw R, Safavi A, Swistel DG. Unselected use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries for myocardial revascularization in diabetics confers long-term survival advantage. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.

  31. Wilson T, Belsley S, Drake V, Colarusso T, Flancbaum L. Preoperative Nutritional Status of Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Orlando, Florida, May 2004.

  32. DeRose JJ, Jr. Toumpoulis IK, Anagnostopoulos CE, Belsley S, Ashton RC, Jr., Hillel Z, Shaw R, Swistel DG. Long-term survival following coronary artery bypass grafting for ischemic cardiomyopathy. European Society of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria 2003.

  33. DeRose JJ, Jr., Ashton RC, Jr., Belsley S, Shaw R, Swistel DG, Sackner-Bernstein J, Steinberg JS. Robotically-assisted ventricular resynchronization therapy following failed coronary sinus cannulation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:137A.

  34. DeRose JJ, Jr., Belsley S, Swistel DG, Shaw R, Steinberg JS, Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotically-assisted left ventricular lead placement for ventricular resynchronization therapy. New Era, Dana Point CA, January 2003.
  35. Belsley S , DeRose JJ, Jr., Connery C, McGinty JJ, Rothschild O, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotic Assisted Transthoracic Esophagectomy. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Denver, Colorado. April 2004.
  36. Belsley S , Martin EC, Ashton RC, Jr., Swistel DG, Todd GJ. DeRose JJ, Jr.  Thoracic Coarctation-Associated Aneurysm with Antegrade Endovascular Repair, NewEra Cardiac Care, Dana Point, California, January 2004.
  37. Belsley S , Objunke J, Collin P, Tilson MD. Catechin and Sulfated Polysaccharide Nutriceuticals inhibit MMP-2 (gelatinase-A) of Fibroblasts cultured from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Association for Academic Surgery 37th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California, November 2003.
  38. Belsley S , Connery C, Pisch J, DeRose JJ, Gaildon M, Ashton RC. New Robotic Technique for Thoracic Brachytherapy. Surgical Forum: Clinical Congress Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Chicago, Illinois, October 2003.
  39. Belsley S , Flancbaum L. Predictors of Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality after Roux - en - Y Gastric Bypass. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Orlando, Florida, May 2003.
  40. Belsley S , Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr.,  Swistel DG, Shaw R, Lee MS. Willentz JR, Singh V, Nero T DeRose JJ, Jr. Coronary hybrid revascularization utilizing robotically - assisted coronary artery bypass grafting. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  41. Belsley S , DeRose JJ, Jr., Anagnostopoulos CE, Shaw R, Safavi A, Ashton RC, Jr, Swistel DG, Hillel Z. Cardiac Surgery in Nonagenarians: age is not a contraindication. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  42. Belsley S , DeRose JJ, Jr., Anagnostopoulos CE, Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr., Shaw R, Safavi A, Swistel DG. Unselected use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries for myocardial revascularization in diabetics confers long-term survival advantage. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  43. Wilson T , Belsley S , Drake V, Colarusso T, Flancbaum L. Preoperative Nutritional Status of Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Orlando, Florida, May 2004.
  44. DeRose JJ, Jr. Toumpoulis IK, Anagnostopoulos CE, Belsley S , Ashton RC, Jr., Hillel Z, Shaw R, Swistel DG. Long-term survival following coronary artery bypass grafting for ischemic cardiomyopathy. European Society of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria 2003.
  45. DeRose JJ, Jr., Ashton RC, Jr., Belsley S , Shaw R, Swistel DG, Sackner-Bernstein J, Steinberg JS. Robotically-assisted ventricular resynchronization therapy following failed coronary sinus cannulation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:137A.
  46. DeRose JJ, Jr., Belsley S , Swistel DG, Shaw R, Steinberg JS, Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotically-assisted left ventricular lead placement for ventricular resynchronization therapy. New Era, Dana Point CA, January 2003.

MOVIES

  1. Belsley S, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotic Thymectomy for a Mediastinal Parathyroid Gland. Innsbruck, Austria. December 2005.

  2. Chemouny, J, Cordova, AC, Belsley S, Ewing DR, Ballantyne GH. An Easy Method for the Diagnosis of Internal Hernias After a Gastric Bypass. 76th Congreso Argentino de Cirugia. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005.

  3. Belsley S, Connery C, DeRose JJ, Jr., Balaram S, McGinty JJ, Ashton RC, Jr. Surgical Techniques in Robotic Esophageal Surgery.  International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, London, United Kingdom. June 2004.

  4. Belsley S, Martin EC, Ashton RC, Jr., Swistel DG, Todd GJ. DeRose JJ, Jr, Thoracic Coarctation-Associated Aneurysm with Antegrade Endovascular Repair, New Era Cardiac Care, Dana Point, California, January 2004.

  5. DeRose JJ, Jr., Belsley S, Swistel DG, Shaw R, Steinberg J, Hillel Z, Ashton RC, Jr. Robotically-assisted left ventricular lead placement for ventricular resynchronization therapy. 6th Annual Meeting, New Era Cardiac Care, Dana Point, CA, January 2003.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. What Technical Barriers Exist for Real-Time Fluroscopic and Video Image Overlay in Robotic Surgery? Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. Rome, Italy. January 2008.

  2. Telerobotic Colorectal Surgery: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 16th International Conference and Endo Expo 2007. San Francisco, California, September  2007.

  3. Do Hospital Costs Differ for Elective Bariatric Surgical Procedures Performed in Patients over 60 years old? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2007.

  4. A Five Year Review of the Trends and Outcomes in Robotic Thoracic Surgery at a Single Institution, Tórax, Recife, Brazil, March 2007.

  5. What are the Optical Barriers Limiting Robotic NOTES Surgery with the Da Vinci System? Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. New York City, NY. January 2007.

  6. Robotic Thymectomy for a Mediastinal Parathyroid Gland. Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. Innsbruck, Austria. December 2005.

  7. Robotic Thoracic Surgery. Society of New Jersey Surgeons. Hackensack, NJ. November 2005.

  8. RP6: Robotic Mobile Internet Based Teleconferencing. Society for Medical Innovation and Technology and Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association, Naples, Italy. September 2005.

  9. Robotic Thoracic Surgery. Society for Medical Innovation and Technology and Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association, Naples, Italy. September 2005.

  10. Surgical Techniques in Robotic Esophageal Surgery. International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, London, United Kingdom. June 2004.

  11. Thoracic Coarctation-Associated Aneurysm with Antegrade Endovascular Repair, New Era Cardiac Care, Dana Point, California, January 2004.

  12. Catechin and Sulfated Polysaccharide Nutriceuticals inhibit MMP-2 (gelatinase-A) of Fibroblasts cultured from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) Association for Academic Surgery, November 2003.

  13. New Robotic Technique for Thoracic Brachytherapy. Surgical Forum: Clinical Congress Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Chicago, Illinois. October 2003.

  14. Predictors of Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. 18th Annual SSAT Residents and Fellows Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 2003.

  15. Unselected Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries for Myocardial Revascularization in Diabetics Confers Long-Term Survival Advantage. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.

POSTERS

  1. Robotic Intercostal Nerve Graft for Reversal of Thoracic Sympathectomy: A Large Animal Feasibility Model. Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Association. Rome, Italy 2008.
  2. Does Patient Age have an Influence on the Percentage of Excess Weight-Loss after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Dallas, Texas 2006.
  3. C-Reactive Protein Decrease Proportionately to Body Mass Index in Both Gastric Bypass and Gastric Band Patients? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Dallas, Texas 2006.
  4. Transitions in the Expressed mRNA of the Gene for Ferritin Light-Chain Detected in Fibroblasts Cultured from a Surgical Specimen of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.  Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology. 15th Annual Meeting. Anaheim, California, 2005.
  5. Robotic Brachytherapy Techniques for Lung Cancer. Chest, Seattle, Washington, October 2004.
  6. Robotic Esophageal Mobilization for Three-Hole Esophagectomy. International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, London, United Kingdom. June 2004.
  7. Robotic Assisted Transthoracic Esophagectomy. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Denver, Colorado. April 2004.
  8. Transitions in the Expressed mRNA of the Gene for Ferritin Light-Chain Detected in Fibroblasts Cultured from a Surgical Specimen of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.  Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology. 15th Annual Meeting. Anaheim, California, 2005.
  9. Catechin and Sulfated Polysaccharide Nutriceuticals inhibit MMP-2 (gelatinase-A) of Fibroblasts cultured from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Association for Academic Surgery 37th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California, November 2003.
  10. Predictors of Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Orlando, Florida, May 2003.
  11. Coronary hybrid revascularization utilizing robotically - assisted coronary artery bypass grafting. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  12. Cardiac Surgery in Nonagenarians: age is not contraindication. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  13. Unselected use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries for myocardial revascularization in diabetics confers long-term survival advantage. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  14. Coronary hybrid revascularization utilizing robotically - assisted coronary artery bypass grafting. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  15. Cardiac Surgery in Nonagenarians: age is not contraindication. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
  16. Unselected use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries for myocardial revascularization in diabetics confers long-term survival advantage. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Miami, Florida, April 2003.

NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES

Belsley S, Li X, Toset A, Tilson MD: UniProtKB/TrEMBL Q86W19_Human. Ferritin-like Protein. "The ferritin light chain and the search for the familial abdominal aortic aneurysm gene." Submitted (DEC-2002) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.

PATENTS

Adjustable Device Delivery System: Serial No. PCT/US2004/015962. Publication Date: December 9, 2004 . WO 2004/105830. USPTO Filing Date November 22, 2005 . Status: Pending.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 
 
 

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