Faculty & Staff >> Stephen Merola, MD
Associate Chairman
Director Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Room M204 718-445-0220
Education:
Institution
Years
Medical Education
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine,
New York, NY
1991-1995
Internship
NYU Medical Center,
Bellevue Hosp Center, NY
1995-1996
Residency Training
NYU Medical Center,
Bellevue Hosp Center, NY
1996-2000
Fellowship
Advanced Laparascopic & Robotic
General Surgery Fellow
Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ
2000-2001
Board Certification(s):
American Board of Surgery
General Surgery
Licensure:
New York
Academic Appointments:
Academic appointment with Cornell Medical College Pending
Medical Specialties:
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Affiliations/Professional Societies:
American College Of Surgeons- Associate Fellow
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeon (SLS)
New York Minimally Invasive Surgical Society
New York State Medical Society
New York Country Medical Society
New York Hospital Queens Magnet Nursing Committee
Saint Francis Medical Library Committee
Current Publications:
Merola, S., Weber, P.A., Wasielewski, A., Ballantyne, G.H., Comparison of Laparoscopic Colectomy with and without the Aid of a Robotic Camera Holder. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 12(1): 46-51, 2002.
Merola, S., Weber, P., Wasielewski, A., Pereira, S., Ballantyne, G.H. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (Abstract). Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 5:379, 2001.
Merola, S., Weber, P., Wasielewski, A., Ballantyne, G.H. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Right Colectomy (Abstract). Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 5:364, 2001.
Weber, P., Merola, S., Wasielewski, A., Pereira, S., Ballantyne, G.H. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (Abstract). Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 5:351, 2001.
Ballantyne, G.H., Merola. S., Weber, P., Wasielewski, A. Robotic Solutions to the Pitfalls of Laparoscopic Colectomy. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques (Accepted for Publication).
Weber, P.A., Merola, S., Ballantyne, G.H., Surgery in the Twenty-first Century: Technique for Robot Assisted Right and Sigmoid Colectomy for Benign Disease. Journal of the American College of Surgeons (Accepted for Publication).
Weber, P.A., Merola, S., Ballantyne, G.H. Ligation of a Replaced Left Hepatic Artery During Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Resulting in Fatal Hepatic Necrosis. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques , (Accepted for Publication).
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