IntestinalDiverticulitis near Bronxville, NY

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Biography: Kurun Oberoi, MD, is a General Surgeon with interests in both Emergency General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He subsequently completed his residency training in General Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. During this time, he also spent 2 years as a Surgical Education and Simulation Fellow, focusing on both research initiatives and curriculum development.

Biography: Mark A. Apfelbaum, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of NYP System Cath Labs at the Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care at New York Presbyterian/Westchester Hospital Center. Dr. Apfelbaum received his M.D. degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He pursued his residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian, serving as chief resident for the Department of Medicine. He was then a visiting clinical fellow in internal medicine for the Division of Cardiology at Columbia, followed by a visiting clinical fellowship in invasive and interventional cardiology there. Dr. Apfelbaum is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, and the Subspecialty Board of Interventional Cardiology.

Biography: Makram Gedeon, MD, is a double board-certified bariatric and colorectal surgeon specialized in minimally-invasive approaches to colorectal and bariatric surgery. Dr. Gedeon is part of both the Colorectal Surgery team at several locations throughout New York and New Jersey and the Center for Advanced Surgery at Lawrence Hospital and Hudson Valley. Dr. Gedeon received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 2002 before completing an internship in surgery at the Mayo Clinic and a general surgery residency at the University of Texas Southwestern. He has undergone two fellowships - one in minimally-invasive surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern and another in colon and rectal surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian. Following his residency training, Dr. Gedeon spent ten years in a busy community hospital practice in Bristol, Connecticut, where he helped start and grow the practice's weight loss surgery program and served as its medical director until the end of 2018. Clinically, Dr. Gedeon is interested in the application of minimally-invasive and robotic surgery to treat colorectal diseases and obesity, specializing in bariatric surgery and revisions. His research focuses include surgical technology and clinical outcomes. He is fluent in English, Arabic and French.