Breast Cancer, Laparascopic, General Surgery

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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MY PRIMARY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER. I AM A PHYSICIAN SURGEON WHO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY THREE TIMES. I HAVE ALSO BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF LASER SURGERY. I TRAINED WITH JOHN L. MADDEN M.D. WHO IS A PIONEER SURGEON, WHO INVENTED AND POPULARIZED THE MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY, WHICH IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR TREATING BREAST CANCER TO THIS DAY. FROM 1972 TO THE PRESENT I HAVE TREATED HUNDREDS, POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INFLICTED WITH BREAST CANCER. FROM THIS I GAINED MY EXPERIENCE IN THE MODALITIES AND THE VARIOUS METHODS AVAILABLE FOR TREATING THIS DISEASE. ANOTHER AREA OF EXPERTISE IS LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR GALLBLADDER AND BILIARY TREE DISEASE. FROM THE INCEPTION OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY IN 1989, I TRAINED WITH THE SURGEON WHO INVENTED THAT PROCEDURE WHO WAS CALLED EDDIE REDDICK M.D. I BROUGHT THE PROCEDURE FROM MARIETTA, GEORGIA TO QUEENS, NEW YORK, AND SINCE HAVE PERFORMED HUNDREDS OF PROCEDURES SUCCESSFULLY. THE FELLOWSHIPS I HAVE PARTICIAPTED IN WERE AT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY, MEDICAL SOCIETY COUNTY OF QUEENS, JOHN L. MADDEN SURGICAL SOCIETY, QUEENS SURGICAL SOCIETY, SOCIETY OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE AT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, IN ADDITION TO BEING THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE EGYPTIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FROM THE YEARS 1987 TO 1995. RECEIVED THE PHYSICIANS RECOGNITION AWARD 8 TIMES, AS WELL AS A PROCLAMATION FROM A NEW YORK STATE SENATE, ASSEMBLY AND NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL. ALSO RECEIVED THE DEDICATED SERVICE AWARD AT MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL OF QUEENS FOR THE PAST 45 YEARS. MY EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST 45 YEARS HAS GIVEN ME A WIDE RANGE OF EXPOSURE TO GENERAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THE REST OF MY INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED VIA MY RESUME.