BRONX,
N.Y., July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently
featured in The Inner Circle, Joseph
Vazzana is acknowledged as a Pinnacle Life Healthcare
Professional for his contributions to the field of Gastrointestinal
Surgery.
Dr. Vazzana pursued higher education at New
York University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in Neuroscience and Psychology, minoring in Chemistry. He then
attended S.U.N.Y Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn where he received a medical degree.
The doctor completed a general surgical residency at the University
of Buffalo; a research fellowship
in immunology and vaccination strategies for the treatment of
cancer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York; and a fellowship in
minimally invasive surgery/advanced gastrointestinal surgery at
Montefiore Medical Center.
Dr. Vazzana is board-certified in general surgery by the
American Board of Surgery (ABS) and explained that the ABS is an
independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the
purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of
education, training, and knowledge. The doctor works within the
Department of Surgery at the Montefiore Medical Center as a general
surgeon and notes that it is the premier academic medical center
and the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine in the Bronx, New York
City. He specializes in bariatric/foregut surgery; abdominal wall
hernia repair; and colorectal surgeries and is affiliated with
Montefiore Weiler Hospital; Montefiore Greene Medical Arts
Pavilion; Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place; Montefiore Wakefield
Campus; St. Johns Riverside Hospital Dobbs Ferry; St. Johns
Riverside Hospital; and St. Johns Riverside Boyce.
The doctor is highly sought after for his vast knowledge of the
field and serves as an Assistant Professor within the Department of
Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus. He said that
general surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal
contents including the esophagus; stomach; small bowel; colon;
liver; pancreas; gallbladder; appendix and bile ducts; and often
the thyroid gland. As a general surgeon, Dr. Vazzana performs a
wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and
abdominal wall neoplasms; gallbladder disease; and gastric and
pancreatic disease and follows the patient through critical care
and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. His
expertise in weight reduction surgery as well as minimally invasive
approaches to complex surgical disease allow him to treat the
entirety of the obese surgical patient. He stated, "The
obesity epidemic is growing not just in the United states but
across the globe. We as surgeons need to utilize all of the
tools at our disposal to handle these complex patients." His
practice focuses on weight reduction surgery as a means to
accomplish excellent outcomes in the morbidly obese patient across
multiple general surgery conditions including but not limited to
abdominal wall reconstruction (hernia repair) and colorectal
surgery.
Dedicated to provide the latest innovations in the field, Dr.
Vazzana is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American
Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and a member of the
Society of Gastrointestinal Surgery. While reflecting on his
career, the doctor attributes much of his success to his mentors,
Norman Sas, MD; William Scott Melvin, MD; Diego Cammacho, MD; and Anibal Puente, MD.
Contact: Katherine Green,
516-825-5634, editorialteam@continentalwhoswho.com
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