Dr. I Michael Leitman MD
Surgeon
10 Union Sq E New York NY, 10003Rating
3/5
About
Dr. I Leitman is a general surgeon practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Leitman specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Leitman provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Boston University School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Colon cancer screening: where have we come from and where do we go?
- The prevalence and predictors of herbal medicine use in surgical patients.
- Left-handed surgeons: are they left out?
- Multivariate analysis of morbidity and mortality from the initial surgical management of obstructing carcinoma of the colon.
- Outcome and complications of gastric bypass in super-super obesity versus morbid obesity.
- Laparoscopic Stamm gastrostomy with gastropexy.
- Is routine cholecystectomy necessary at the time of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass?
- Does the position of the alimentary limb in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery make a difference?
- Evaluation of markers for calcium homeostasis in a population of obese adults undergoing gastric bypass operations.
- Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: lessons learned from the laparoscopic revolution.
- Evolving management of colonoscopic perforations.
- Management of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: related duodenal perforations.
- Quality assurance initiative at one institution for minimally invasive breast biopsy as the initial diagnostic technique.
- The evolution of surgery at the New York Hospital.
- Can interval appendectomy be justified following conservative treatment of perforated acute appendicitis?
Treatments
- Obesity
- Breast Cancer
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Ventral Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Lipoma
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