Editors
C. Gene Cayten, MD, FACS, MPH
Editor-in-Chief
Professor of Surgery and Senior Associate Dean
New York Medical College
Residency Program Director of General Surgery
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Max Goldberg, MBBCh, MD, FRCSI, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Stonybrook University Hospital and Medical Center
Stonybrook, New York
Director Emeritus, Department of Surgery Long Beach Medical Center
Long Beach, New York
Nanakram Agarwal, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Chief of Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Simon Wapnick, MBChB, MD, FRCS (Eng), FACS (Deceased)
Director of Postgraduate Clinical Anatomy Courses
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York
Contributors
Andrew Ashikari, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York
Nilesh N. Balar, MD, RVT, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Chief of Vascular Surgery
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Nicholas A. Balsano, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
James E. Barone, MD, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Bronx, New York
Alan S. Berkower, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
New York Medical College
Chief of Otolaryngology
Attending, Department of Surgery
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
E. A. Bonfils-Roberts, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Bronx, New York
Akella Chendrasekhar, MD, FACS
Medical Director, Trauma
Medical Director, Emergency Department
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Sean Fullerton, MD
Department of Urology
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Evelyn Irizarry, MD, FACS, FACRS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Bronx, New York
Rao R. Ivatury, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Physiology, and Emergency Medicine
Chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Valerie L. Katz, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Section Chief, Department of General Surgery
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Bronx, New York
Marshall D. Kramer, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Meno Lueders, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Bronx, New York
Mayank V. Patel, MD
Department of Surgery
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Westchester Square Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Soula Priovolos, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Bronx, New York
Prakashchandra M. Rao, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
New York, New York
Albert Samadi, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology
New York Medical College
Department of Urology
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Aloysius Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Director, Hand and Plastic Surgery
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Kamran Tabaddor, MD
Clinical Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Tyr Ohling Wilbanks, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Associate Chief of Surgery
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Bronx, New York