Surgical Oncology Expert Witnesses in New York

NEW YORK, New York

General Surgery - Surgical, Oncology, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, General Surgery, Clinical Research, Cancer, stomach, pancreas, liver, biliary tree, small bowel, colon, sarcomas, robotic surgery

Umut Sarpel, MD, MSc, is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. She received her Bachelor of Science degree with Distinction in Research from the University of Rochester and earned her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Sarpel completed her residency in General Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and then pursued an additional two years of fellowship training in the field of Surgical Oncology while attaining a Master of Science in Clinical Research. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Sarpel specializes in the care of patients with cancers of the stomach, pancreas, liver, biliary tree, small bowel, and colon, as well as sarcomas. Her practice includes open and robotic surgery. In addition, she performs Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for the treatment of carcinomatosis. A compelling stor...

ASTORIA, New York

Surgical Oncology, Laser Surgery - BREAST CANCER SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

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 H...