About SLRHC

About St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

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History

A Heritage of Surgical Excellence

Academic Affiliation

Academic Affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Division of Breast Surgery

	Alison Estrabrook, MD,FACS
	Paul I. Tartter, MD, FACS
	Sharon Rosenbaum Smith, MD, FACS
	Ayemoe Thu Ma, MD, FACS

Roosevelt Comprehensive Breast Center

St. Luke’s Breast Services

Division of Cardiac Surgery

	Sandhya K. Balaram, MD, PhD
	Daniel Swistel, MD
	Karan Omidvari, MD

SLR Research
SLR Robotics
Clinical Trials
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Division of Colorectal Surgery

	Nipa D. Gandhi, MD
	Lester Gottesman, MD, FACS, FASCRS
	Richard L. Whelan, MD, FACS, FASCRS
	Fadi F. Attiyeh, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Research
Colorectal Fellowship
Colonoscopy

Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery

	Scott J. Belsley, MD, FACS
	Faiz Bhora, MD, FACS
	Cliff Connery, MD, FACS
	Grace J. Kim, MD, FACS
	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS
	Richard L. Whelan, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Research

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Leif O. Holgersen, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians

Under the leadership of Leif....

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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

	Joseph Dayan, MD
	Richard H.S. Karpinski, MD
	William Samson, MD
	Mark L. Smith, MD
	Mark Sultan, MD, FACS

The Division of Plastic Surgery is an extraordinarily active...

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Division of Thoracic Surgery

	Cliff P. Connery, MD, FACS
	Faiz Y. Bhora, MD, FACS
	Yvonne Cruz, RN
	Renee Cortez, RN
	Andy Nabong, MA
	Patricia Stacey

Research
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Transplant Surgery

	Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
	Germaine Chan, MD
	Stanley Cortell, MD, MPH
	Melvin Gilbert, MD
	James Jones, MD
	Fred Kimmelstiel, MD,FACS
	Ira Meisels, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Steven Smith, MD
	Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS
	Vaughn Whittaker, MBBS
	Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD

Division of Trauma and Critical Care

	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	Danne Lorieo, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Susan Talbert, MD
	Raymond V. Wedderburn, MD

The Trauma Center at St. Luke's Hospital is one of the five state…
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Division of Vascular Surgery

	Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
	John C. Lantis, MD, FACS
	Donna M. Mendes, MD, FACS
	George J. Todd, MD, FACS

Vascular Lab
Diseases Treated
Research

Division of General Surgery

	Fadi Attiyeh, MD, FACS
	Arnold Belgraier, MD
	Scott Belsley, MD, FACS
	Cliff Connery, MD, FACS
	Alison A. Estabrook, MD, FACS
	Grace J. Kim, MD, FACS
	Fred M. Kimmelstiel, MD, FACS
	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	Danne Lorieo, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Eric D. Moore, MD
	Geoffrey Pollack, MD
	Susan Talbert, MD
	Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS

Aneurysm Center

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Aneurysm Center

Bariatric

Bariatric Surgery Program

Endovascular

Endovascular Surgery Program

Hepatobiliary

Hepatobiliary Surgery Program

Latin Initiative

Latin Initiative Program

Limb Salvage & Wound Healing

Limb Salvage & Wound Healing Program

Robotics

Robotic Surgery Program

Residency Program

Surgical Residency Training Program
Chairman’s Message

Contact Information

Physicians

Diseases Treated

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Thoracic aortic aneurysms
Abdominal aortic aneurysms
Iliac artery aneurysms
Popliteal artery aneurysms

Carotid Disease and Stroke

Carotid stenosis

Carotid endarterectomy
Carotid stenting

Upper extremity artery bypass

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)

Angioplasty and stenting of lower extremity vessels
Bypass of lower extremity vessels
Atherectomy of lower extremity vessels

Renal artery disease artery an intestinal artery disease

Renal artery stenting
Renal artery bypass
Mesenteric artery stenting
Mesenteric artery bypass

Blood clots

Removal of blood clots
Angioplasty and stenting for the complications after blood clots

Varicose veins

Laser ablation
Radiofrequency ablation
Sclerotherapy
Surgery

Dialysis

Arteriovenous access
Peritoneal dialysis

Other Vascular diseases

Thoracic outlet syndrome
Beurgers disease
Lymphedema

Wound Care

Diabetic foot ulcer
Venous stasis ulcers
Arterial insufficiency
Pressure related lower extremity wounds
Neuropathic lower extremity wounds

Meet the specialists

Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
Director of Transplant Surgery,
Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University
(212) 523-4706

John C. Lantis, MD, FACS
Chief of Division, Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University
(212) 523-4797

Donna M. Mendes, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Columbia University
(212) 636-4990

George J. Todd, MD, FACS
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Walter A. Wichern Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University
(212) 523-7481