RenalTransplant near Staten Island, NY

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 Queens and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Care Philosophy: Accepted Health Plan information is only as accurate as the most current information submitted. Prior to your appointment, it is advisable to verify with a physician office that they are still a participating provider.

Care Philosophy: I appreciate that cancer care is not ``one size fits all`` and I am committed to facilitate treatment decisions for patients before and after surgery. My research supports this commitment through enrollment of patients in clinical trials to develop nov Accepted Health Plan information is only as accurate as the most current information submitted. Prior to your appointment, it is advisable to verify with a physician office that they are still a participating provider.

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 Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens and Mount Sinai Morningside.

Care Philosophy: Accepted Health Plan information is only as accurate as the most current information submitted. Prior to your appointment, it is advisable to verify with a physician office that they are still a participating provider.

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.

Care Philosophy: I believe it is critically important to couple this surgical expertise with excellent bedside manner and communication. I try to treat every patient and their respective medical conditions as though I was making those decisions for a member of my family. For this reason, I make every effort to be kind, passionate, up-to-date and understanding - not just to my patients, but to my co-workers, colleagues, staff and all those around me. I also enjoy teaching, which includes teaching my patients about their conditions so it helps them understand why we are making certain decisions. This ultimately helps us to optimize care delivery, and more importantly, helps us all enjoy the process more.

Biography: Benjamin Samstein, MD is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. Dr. Samstein is the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program at NYP. Dr. Samstein is a renowned pioneer in minimally invasive liver surgery and state-of-the-art laparoscopic techniques for liver cancer. Dr. Samstein is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Dr. Samstein heads up the multidisciplinary liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery team at NYP/Weill Cornell. His specialties include the most advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver cancer, benign liver tumors and hepatobiliary pancreatic disease. He has been invited to talk about minimally invasive liver surgery throughout the world. He is a member of many surgical societies including a founding member of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society (ILLS), American Society of Transplant Surgery, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA). He is the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of LiveOnNY and served as the Regional representation to the Liver and Intestine Committee of UNOS from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Samstein is well-published in the field, authoring more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious medical and surgical journals, books and book chapters. Other areas of clinical expertise include hepatic adenoma, hepatic hemangioma, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal metastasis, live donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy, and pediatric liver and organ transplant. Dr. Samstein received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1992 and earned his MD at the State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1997. He did his internship and residency in general surgery at NYP/Columbia, and completed a research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2001. He completed a fellowship in ASTS Multi-organ transplant at NYP/Columbia in 2006. He was Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center from 2006 to 2015. He served as Program Director of the transplant surgery fellowship at Columbia University from 2007 to 2015. He is a reviewer for American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation among other journals. List of Publications by Dr. Samstein PubMed

Care Philosophy: As a board-certified general surgeon and surgical oncologist, I firmly believe in providing the best care to all of my patients. I believe in spending time with patients and families to ensure that they understand all of the options available to them. When surgery is indicated and the best course of action, I provide patients with the best surgical and medical care to ensure they can return to their lives and families.