Gastric Bypass Surgery Westchester, New York at Lawrence Hospital Center

Positions and Appointments

2002-present Surgical Director of Center for Obesity Surgery Valley Hospital , Ridgewood, NJ
2002-present Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2002-present Assistant Professor in Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
2002-present Surgical Director of Center for Obesity Surgery Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, NY Clinical SpecialtiesTraditional and laparoscopic surgery for obesity Advanced laparoscopic surgery Gastroesophageal reflux surgery Esophageal surgery Research InterestsBariatrics New treatment options for obesity New instrumentation for obesity surgery

Education and Training

2001-2003 Fellowship, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Legacy/Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
1995-2001 Residency, General Surgery The Stamford Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Stamford, CT
1995 Rotating Internship Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1994 DO New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY Board CertificationsDiplomate, American Board of Surgery
2002 National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
1995 Advanced Trauma Life Support Advanced Cardiac Life Support Professional Experience
2002-2003 Attendant Surgeon Hackensack Medical Center/Advanced Laparoscopic Associates, Hackensack, NJ Professional Societies and CommitteesFellow of the American College of Surgeons
2004 Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons American Society for Bariatric Surgeons Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons American Society for Bariatric Surgery The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract American Medical Association American Osteopathic Association Selected PublicationsPatterson E, Davis D, Swanstrom L: Comparison of objective outcomes following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication versus laparoscopic gastric bypass in the morbidly obese with heartburn. Surgical Endoscopy
2003; 17: 1561-1565. Davis D, Bears S, Barone J, Corvo P, Tucker J: Swallowing with a tracheostomy tube in place: Does cuff inflation matter? J Intensive Care Medicine, 2002;17:132-135. Davis D, Patterson E, Swanstrom L: Objective assessment of the effect of laparoscopic gastric bypass on esophageal pH and motility in morbidly obese patients with GERD. Obesity Surgery
2002. Davis D, Bears S, Barone J, Corvo P, Tucker J: Swallowing with a tracheostomy tube in place: Does cuff inflation matter? J Intensive Care Medicine
2002;17:132-135. Davis D, Barone J: Firearm Violence in the United States: An Overview. Current Surgery
2000;57/Number 1:32-37. Davis D, Barone J, Blackwood M: Munchausen Syndrome Presenting as Trauma. J Trauma
1997;43:1179-81. RECENT PRESENTATIONS Bessler M, Daud A, Rivera L, Davis D: Early U.S. outcomes of gastric bypass versus laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for morbid obesity
2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Bessler M, Daud A, Rivera L, Davis D: Adjustable gastric banding as a revisional bariatric procedure after failed gastric bypass
2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Chau W, Ballantyne G, Davis D, Schmidt H: Patient characteristics impacting percent excess weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Ballantyne G, Capella R, Capella J, Davis D, Schmidt H: Factors that impact operating time of laparoscopic and open gastric bypass
2004 SAGES, Denver, CO. Lew J, Daud A, DiGorgi M, Davis D, Bessler M: Routine preoperative esophageal manometry does not affect outcome of laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding.
2004 SAGES, Denver, CO.