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Biography: Dr. Daniel Herron, MD is a Bariatric Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 60 years old and has been practicing for 33 years. Dr. Daniel Herron, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens.

Biography: Dustin J. Carpenter is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, and an Attending Transplant Surgeon at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, living donor liver and kidney transplant, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and general surgery. Dr. Carpenter has an extensive research background, and has numerous publications in journals such as Nature, Cell, Science Immunology, and the American Journal of Transplantation.Dr. Carpenter completed his fellowship training in Multi-Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medical Centers. He also did his general surgery residency training at Columbia University, and spent two years as a post-doctoral research fellow in immunology at the Columbia Center for Translational Immunology. Dr. Carpenter received his M.D. from Saint Louis University School of Medicine with distinction in research, and also a masters degree in epidemiology from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Carpenter graduatedfrom the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Biography: Dr. Gerald Hoke, MD is an Urology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 68 years old and has been practicing for 42 years. Dr. Gerald Hoke, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Care Philosophy: I aim to provide my patients with the very best information regarding their illness based on both my knowledge and my experience. We discuss all possible outcomes and treatment options. I encourage my patients to ask as many questions as they need to so that they can make well informed choices about their care. I will often recommend avoiding surgery altogether or pursuing a minimally invasive treatment approach when this is likely give the best results.

Biography: Dr. Hiroo Takayamais Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He has more than 20 years of experience in treating patients with heart and vascular problems. As the Director of the Aortic Surgery Program and co-Director of the Aortic Center, the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, and the Marfan Clinic at NYP/Columbia, Dr. Takayama has contributed to the care of over 4,000 patients by performing a variety of aortic and cardiac surgical procedures, approximately 300-350 operations every year. Dr. Takayama is internationally recognized for his work on complex aortic surgery (minimally invasive aortic surgery, valve-sparing aortic root replacement, aortic valve repair, aortic arch and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair), hybrid aortic surgery (thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair), myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and heart failure surgery. He is a leader in outcome research in aortic diseases and heart failure. He has published more than 300-350 manuscripts in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals and has authored numerous book chapters about heart disease. Dr. Takayama attended University of Tokyo for Medical School, did his internship at University of Tokyo, general surgery residency in University of Washington Medical Center, and cardio-thoracic surgery fellowship in New-York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. William Atallah, MD is an Urology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 41 years old and has been practicing for 13 years. Dr. William Atallah, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Marcelo Facciuto, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 60 years old. Dr. Marcelo Facciuto, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Nikhil Waingankar, MD is an Urology Specialist who practices in Astoria, NY. He is 44 years old and has been practicing for 17 years. Dr. Nikhil Waingankar, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Queens.

Biography: Dr. Gene Im, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 48 years old and has been practicing for 20 years. Dr. Gene Im, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Peter Midulla, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 62 years old and has been practicing for 35 years. Dr. Peter Midulla, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Parissa Tabrizian, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 45 years old and has been practicing for 23 years. Dr. Parissa Tabrizian, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: James McKiernan, MD, is the John K. Lattimer Professor of Urology, and CEO, of ColumbiaDoctors. He also is the interim dean of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. McKiernan graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in biology and received his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his training in urology and general surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, followed by a urologic surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. McKiernan's clinical practice is focused on urologic oncology and particularly on surgical therapy in high-risk patients with bladder and kidney cancers. Dr. McKiernan evaluates and treats over 1,000 patients with bladder cancer every year. His research, funded by NIH and biotechnology industry grants, focuses on developing novel therapeutics for bladder cancer treatment as well as comparative effectiveness research in urologic oncology. In the management of kidney and bladder cancer, he has special expertise in organ preservation and reconstructive surgery to maximize quality of life. Dr. McKiernan's research has been published in Cancer, Cancer Research, the Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA Oncology, Journal of Urology, Urologic Oncology, and Urology. He has authored and co-authored more than 220 scientific articles and book chapters on urologic cancer and related issues. For the past 10 years, he has directed a research team at Columbia University Medical Center investigating quality outcomes and effectiveness in urologic cancer surgery. He has served as the Vice Chairman for the AJCC TNM Staging Task Force, Co-Chair of the AUA Guidelines Panel on non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, as well as on the American Board of Urology and Society of Urologic Oncology Examination Committees. In addition, Dr. McKiernan is the principal investigator of the NIH-funded clinical trials program of experimental therapeutics in bladder cancer at Columbia University/NYPH, which is investigating new agents for bladder preservation in patients whose cancer has recurred after standard therapy. In collaboration with researchers at Columbia's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, his team continues to develop new therapeutic strategies for managing bladder cancer.