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Dr. Thomas Cerabona |
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Dr. Thomas Cerabona
is the
Director of obesity surgery at Westchester Medical Center.
He has been performing obesity surgery since 1990 and has
been a member of the American Bariatric Society since then.
Dr. Cerabona has performed numerous bariatric surgeries, both of the
open and laparoscopic variety, the first seven years doing mainly
open gastric bypass and since 1997 converting to a laparoscopic approach.
He trained under Dr. Ackerman one of the country’s
premier surgeons and founder of obesity surgery.
Dr.
Cerabona is a Board Certified general surgeon and a Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons, Board Certified specialist in Critical
Care. He helps take care of some of the most difficult patients
in the country and remains a member of the N.Y.
State review board to make sure the quality of medical care throughout
the state is maintained.
Dr. Cerabona and his team present regularly at national meetings
and have performed
live surgeries by teleconference at many society meetings.
They are also innovators
in Robotic surgery being the first to use robotics in gastric bypass
surgery in the world.
Dr.
Cerabona is also involved in the training of residents and fellows
in general surgery and laparoscopic surgery. In addition,
he is a dedicated family man and is actively involved in his community.
He is also a coach and an avid sports fan.
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Dr. Ashutosh Kaul |
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Dr. Ashutosh Kaul
is the Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic surgery at Westchester
Medical Center. Dr. Kaul has been performing obesity surgery since
2000 and is a member of the American Bariatric Society. After his
surgical residency from
St. Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey he completed a fellowship
in Minimally invasive surgery at the Institute of Minimally Invasive
Surgery, New York.
Dr. Kaul is a Board Certified general surgeon, a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons and a member of Royal College
of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He was selected
in the 2002 list of “Americas
Top Minimally Invasive Surgeons”
by Consumers Research Council of America and is an Honored member
of
Strathmore’s Who’s Who 2002-2003
Edition. In 1998 he was selected as an “Outstanding
Young man of America”
in their thirty first edition.
Dr. Kaul has over 45 international presentations and
papers to his credit. He along with other members of the Bariatric
surgery team at Westchester Medical Center have performed live surgeries
by teleconference at many society meetings. They are also
innovators in Robotic surgery being amongst the first to use robotics
in gastric bypass surgery.
Dr. Kaul is also involved in training of residents
and fellows in general surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He
is co-program director of Minimally Invasive Fellowship training
at New York Medical College.
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Dr. Edward Yatco |
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Dr. Edward Yatco
is a Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgeon at Westchester Medical
Center. After his general surgery residency at St Vincents
Hospital in New York City, he completed a fellowship in minimally
invasive/bariatric surgery at The Institute of Minimally Invasive
Surgery in New York. He has performed over two hundred
laparoscopic bariatric procedures including laparoscopic Roux-en-Y
gastric bypasses and laparoscopic insertions of adjustable gastric
bands (Lap-Bands).
Dr. Yatco graduated from
Colgate University with a degree in molecular biology and has
numerous publications in biomedical science from research performed
at The Rockefeller University and The Albert Einstein College of
Medicine. He received his medical degree with a Distinction in
Research from The State University of New York at Stony Brook School
of Medicine. He is a member of the Society of American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and the American Society for
Bariatric Surgery.
Dr. Yatco is a
Clinical Instructor at New York Medical College and is involved in
the training of residents and fellows in general surgery and
minimally invasive surgery.
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