Treatments

These highly trained surgical specialists treat diseases and perform minimally invasive procedures with the most advanced technology and with many other specialists, as follows:

• Appendicitis
  laparoscopic appendectomy
   
• Breast diseases and breast cancer
  image-directed (ultrasound and/or mammogram) biopsy, lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy, mastectomy and breast reconstruction (in conjunction with Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
   
• Colon cancer and diverticulitis
  laparoscopic colectomy and bowel surgery
   
• Disorders of the spleen (ITP, TTP, spherocytosis)
  laparoscopic splenectomy
   
• Endocrine diseases
  minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy, and laparoscopic adrenalectomy
   
• Gallstones
  laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic common bile duct stone removal, ERCP and bile duct stone removal (in conjunction with Gastroenterology)
   
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatus hernia and other swallowing disorders (in conjunction with Gastroenterology)
  laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair and Nissen fundoplication, laparoscopic Heller myotomy
   
• Hernias
  laparoscopic hernia repair, ventral/incisional hernia repair
   
• Kidney transplantation
  laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (in conjunction with Transplant Surgery)
   
• Liver tumors
  cryosurgery of liver tumors, liver resection
   
• Morbid obesity
  Roux-en-y gastric bypass
   
• Pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis
  endoscopic and laparoscopic diagnosis and treatment, Whipple procedure (pancreato-duodenectomy)
   
• Sarcoma and melanoma
  excision/resection
   
• Spine surgery
  laparoscopic approaches to spine procedures (in conjunction with Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery)