AnorectalFistula near Brooklyn, NY

Biography: Dr. Alex Ky-Miyasaka, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 59 years old and has been practicing for 31 years. Dr. Alex Ky-Miyasaka, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens.

Biography: Dr. Sanghyun Kim, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 55 years old. Dr. Sanghyun Kim, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Hans Burkholder offers specialized surgical care for people who have colorectal symptoms or diagnoses. Consultations are provided at two Brooklyn locations by Dr. Hans Burkholder, a board certified colon and rectal surgeon with specialty expertise and training in the diagnosis and surgical management of diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus. Dr. Burkholder strives to provides excellent care to each person in a compassionate and professional manner. He is a board certified colon and rectal surgeon, also known as a proctologist, who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant diseases involving the colon, rectum, and anus. This field of medicine was formerly known as proctology. He is proficient in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical techniques. Dr. Burkholder is on staff at New York Presybyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital since June 2020. He was on staff at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn from 2017-2020. Prior to opening a private practice in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Burkholder worked for four years at Alaska Colorectal Surgery in Anchorage, Alaska. He was one of three colorectal surgeons providing specialized care in the state of Alaska. During this time he also served as General Surgery Sub-Section Chair at Providence Hospital and Trauma Director at Alaska Regional Hospital. Dr. Burkholder received his B.A. with Honors in 1999 from the University of Manitoba. He received his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine in 2003. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga in 2009. He then completed a colorectal surgery fellowship in 2010 at the University of Texas, Houston. He is board certified in General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery. Professional Associations and Memberships Include: * American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons * Medical Society of the State of New York * New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons * American College of Surgeons Publications and Presentations: Peer Reviewed Articles: Burkholder HC, Cofer JB. Rural surgery training: a survey of program directors. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2007 Mar; 204(3): 416-421. Burkholder HC, Witherspoon LE, Burns RP, Horn JS, Biderman MD. Breast surgery techniques: preoperative bracketing wire localization by surgeons. American Surgeon. 2007 Jun; 73(6): 574-578. Burns RP, Burkholder HC. Simulated surgical skills training: modern-day surgical homework. American Surgeon. 2007 Feb; 73(2): 166-170. Koontz CS, Smith LA, Burkholder HC, Higdon K, Aderhold R, Carr M. Video-assisted transumbilical appendectomy in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2006 Apr; 41(4): 710-712. Cofer JB, Petros PJ, Burkholder HC, Clark PC. General surgery at rural Tennessee hospitals: A survey of rural Tennessee hospital administrators. American Surgeon. 2011 Jul;77(7):820-825. Arnold JD, Dart BW, Barker DE, Maxwell RA, Burkholder HC, Mejia VA, Smith PW, Longley JM. Unfractionated heparin three times a day versus enoxaparin in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in trauma patients. American Surgeon. 2010 Jun;76(6):563-70."

Biography: Marco B. Zoccali is a minimally invasive surgeon with extensive expertise in the treatment of the broad range of colorectal diseases including IBD, colon and rectal cancers, and benign colorectal diseases. He received his medical degree at the Catholic University in Rome, Italy where he also completed his surgical training. He then came to the USA where he did a Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Chicago followed by a surgical residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then completed his Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Chicago. Although committed to managing the entire spectrum of pathologies that can affect the lower intestinal tract, his personal interest lies mostly in minimally invasive approaches to colorectal conditions including the robotic platform and the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Beyond his clinical practice, Dr. Zoccali is also a prolific researcher. He has published more than 50 articles in major surgical journals including The Journal of The American College of Surgeons, The British Journal of Surgery and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and has contributed to several book chapters.