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James J. McGinty, Jr. M.D., F.A.C.S.

Phone: 212-523-2214/Fax 212-523-3938

Email: jjm2175@columbia.edu

Departments:

Bariatric Surgery , General Surgery , Laparoscopic Surgery , Transplant Surgery

Specialties:

Advanced Laparoscopic/Endoscopic Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Interests:

Surgeon training with simulation technology.

Medical School :

Drexel University School of Medicine , Philadelphia, PA, 1993-1997

Residency Training

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997-2002
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA-Executive Chief Resident, 2001-2002

Fellowship:

Minimal Access Surgery - New York Presbyterian Hospital , Weill School of Medicine at Cornell University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY; 2002-2003

Current Positions:

Director, Surgical Residency Training Program, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; 2006 to present

Attending Surgeon, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; 2003 to present.

Director, Center for Simulation, Training and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; 2003- present

Chair, Educational Committee, Department of Surgery, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center 2004-Present

Member, Operating Room Committee, St. Luke's Hospital Campus, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center 2004-Present

Member, Institutional Review Board, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 2005-2006

Member, Continuing Education Committee, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 2006-Present

Academic Appointments:

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York , NY ; 2007

Instructor of Surgery, Weill School of Medicine at Cornell University ; 2002

Instructor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; 2002

Licensure and Certification:  

Certified, American Board of Surgery (2003)

New York License (2002)

Diplomate , United States Medical Licensing Examination (1998)

Memberships in Professional Societies

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

Member - Committee for Development

Member - Committee for Resident Education

American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery – Regular Member

American Hernia Society

American Medical Association

Publications:

Laferrère B , Wang K, Khan Y, McGinty J , Teixeira J, Hart AB, Heshka S, Olivan B,

Incretin levels and effect are markedly enhanced one month after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in obese patients with type 2 diabetes . Diabetes Care 30:1709-1716, 2007.

Fetner R, McGinty J , Russell C, Pi-Sunyer F, Laferrere B. Incretins, diabetes, and bariatric surgery: a review. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 1(6): 589-98, November, 2005.

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, McCarthy H, Fowler DL. A comparative study of adhesion formation and abdominal wall ingrowth after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in a porcine model using different types of mesh. Surgical Endoscopy. 19(6):786-790, June 2005. Ro CY, Toumpoulis IK, Ashton RC, Imielinska C; Jebara T; Shin SH; Zipkin JD;

McGinty JJ ; Todd GJ; Derose JJ. A novel drill set for the enhancement and assessment of robotic surgical performance, Stud Health Technol Inform, (111): 418-2, 2005.  

Ro C, Toumpoulis I, Ashton R, Jebara T, Schulman C, Todd G, Derose J, McGinty J . The LapSim: A Learning Environment for Both Experts and Novices. Stud Health Technol Inform, (111) p414-7, 2005.

DeRubertis BG, McGinty JJ , Rivera M, Miskovitz PF, Fahey, TJ. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for inflammatory pseudotumor of the pancreas. Surgical Endoscopy. 18(6):1001, June 2004.

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, Fowler DL. Effects of fluorescein dye dosage and pneumoperitoneum pressure in the laparoscopic evaluation of intestinal ischemia using ultraviolet light in the porcine model. Surgical Endoscopy. 17(7): 1140-1143; July 2003.

Medich D, McGinty JJ , Parda D, Karlovits S, Davis C, Caushaj P, Lembersky B. Preoperative chemoradiotherapy and radical surgery for locally advanced distal rectal adenocarcinoma: pathologic findings and clinical implications. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum . 44(8):1123-1128; August 2001 

Books, Chapters  

Fowler DL, Sonoda, T, McGinty JJ. Laparoscopic subtotal and total colectomy. Mastery of endocopic and laparoscopic surgery, 2 nd ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004.  

Presentations at Scientific Sessions  

Ro CY, McGinty JJ , DeRose JJ, et.al. “A novel drill set allows assessment of robotic surgical performance.” The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting , Hollywood , Florida , 2005.

Ro CY, DeRose JJ, Ashton RA, Jebara T, Burra A, Shin S, Chugtai HL, Todd GJ, McGinty JJ . The impact of haptic expectations in initial LapSim performance: prior laparoscopic experience does not impact performance. The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Hollywood , Florida , 2005.

Ro C, Toumpolis I, Ashton R, Jebara T, Schulman C, Todd G, Derose J, McGinty J . “The LapSim: a Learning Environment for Both Experts and Novices.” Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 13 th Annual Conference , Long Beach , California , January 2005.

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, McCarthy H, Fowler DL. “Comparison of adhesion formation after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in a porcine model using different types of mesh.” The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2004.

Duffy AJ, McGinty JJ , Hogle NJ, et al. Pre-existing conditions in living donors undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy. The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Denver , Colorado , April 2004.

Belsley SJ, DeRose JJ, Connery C, McGinty JJ , Rothschild OQ, Ashton RC. Robotic assisted transthoracic esophagectomy. The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Denver , Colorado , April 2004.  

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, McCarthy H, Fowler DL. Ingrowth properties of various types of mesh in the porcine model.” The American Hernia Society Annual Meeting Orlando , Florida , February 2004.

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.

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, Fowler DL “Timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecysitis.” The European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Glasgow , Scotland , June 2003

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, Fowler DL “Laparoscopic spleen–sparing distal pancreatectomy.” The European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Glasgow , Scotland , June 2003.

McGinty JJ , Hogle N, Fowler DL. “Effects of fluorescein dye dosage and pneumoperitoneum pressure in the laparoscopic evaluation of intestinal ischemia using ultraviolet light in the porcine model.” The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting , St. Louis , Missouri . April 2001.  

Invited Lectures:  

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endocopic Surgery. Grand Rounds – Department of Surgery – Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1, 2007.

Surgical Treatment of Achalasia. Grand Rounds, Division of Gastroenterology- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center . New York , New York . February 27, 2007 .

Surgical treatment of morbid obesity. Grand Rounds – Division of Endocrinology – St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center , New York , New York , January 12, 2005 .

Minimally invasive surgery of the foregut. Grand Rounds – Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York , New York , November 16, 2004 .  

Advances in minimally invasive surgery of the abdomen. Symposium of Science and Art of Medicine - St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center , New York , New York , October 13, 2004 .

Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Grand Rounds – Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center , New York , New York , May 7, 2004 .  

Laparoscopic colectomy. Grand Rounds – Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center , New York , New York , October 2003

Laparoscopic colectomy for malignancy. Grand Rounds – Wyckoff Heights Hospital Brooklyn , New York , June 2003

Recent Abstracts

Afthinos J, Teixeira J, McGinty J , Binenbaum S, Forrester G, Kim G, Koshy N, Latif M, Nunez D, Todd G, Belsley S. How can inadvertent intestinal insufflation be limited in complex intragastric NOTES procedures? Society of American Endoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Philadelphia , PA. April 2008.

Afthinos J, McGinty J , Binenbaum S, Forrester G, Fukumoto R, Kim G, Belsley S, Latif M, Todd G, Teixeira J. Durability of an endoscopic endoluminal gastric plication. Society of American Endoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Philadelphia , PA. April 2008.

Afthinos JN, Bhora FY, Connery CP, Teixeira JA, McGinty JJ , Latif MJ, Attiyeh M, Todd GJ, Belsley SJ. What technical barriers exist for real-time fluoroscopic and video image overlay in robotic surgery? Minimally Invasive Robotics Association Annual Meeting, Rome , Italy . January 2008.

Laferrere B, Egger J, Kovacs B, Colarusso A, Tran H, Yap K, Bawa B, Teixeira J, McGinty J , Olivan B.The changes in incretin levels and effect observed after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery are a direct result of the surgery, independently of weight-loss. Annual Scientific Meeting of NAASO, The Obesity Society, October 20-24, 2007New Orleans , Louisiana .

Laferrere B, Tran H, Egger J, Teixeira J, McGinty J , Yap K, Bawa B, Olivan B. The increase in GLP-1 levels and incretin effect after Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass surgery (RYGBP) persists up to 1 year in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Annual Scientific Meeting of NAASO, The Obesity Society, October 20-24, 2007New Orleans , Louisiana .

Olivan B, Tran H, Egger J, Colarusso A, Kovacs B, Yap K, Bawa B, Teixeira J, McGinty J , Lee, H, Koshy N, Laferrere B. The increase in PYY 3-36 levels after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is not weight-loss dependent. Annual Scientific Meeting of NAASO, The Obesity Society, October 20-24, 2007New Orleans , Louisiana .

Laferrere B, Wang K, Khan Y, McGinty J , Teixeira J, Heshka S. Impaired GLP-1 release and incretin effect are partially reversed 3 to 5 weeks after gastric bypass surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes. The Endocrine Society 88th Annual Meeting, June 24-27, 2006 , Boston , Massachusetts.

Ro CY, McGinty JJ , DeRose JJ, et.al. A novel drill set allows assessment of robotic surgical performance. Surgical Endoscopy 19(suppl): s301, 2005.

Ro CY, DeRose JJ, Ashton RA, Jebara T, Burra A, Shin S, Chugtai HL, Todd GJ, McGinty JJ . The impact of haptic expectations in initial LapSim performance: prior laparoscopic experience does not impact performance. Surgical Endoscopy 19(suppl): s248, 2005.


Honors:

Golden Stethoscope Resident Teaching Excellence Award
Winner-Class of 2002 MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine 2002
Winner-Class of 2002 MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine 2001
Nominee-Class of 2001 MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine 2000

Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Award, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2002

Insurance:

Most insurances accepted


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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