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Biography: Dr. Brian Coakley, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 44 years old and has been practicing for 18 years. Dr. Brian Coakley, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Queens.

Biography: Dr. Nipa Gandhi, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 49 years old and has been practicing for 23 years. Dr. Nipa Gandhi, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Gary Swain, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in Long Island City, NY. He is 45 years old and has been practicing for 17 years. Dr. Gary Swain, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens.

Biography: Dr. Bret Taback is a nationally recognized surgical oncologist in the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center department of surgery. Dr. Taback is a leader in the clinical management of melanoma, sarcoma and skin/soft tissue tumor surgery. Dr. Taback is the Director of the Melanoma and Sarcoma Program and Director of the Breast Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Taback received his MD degree at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston , and completed his general surgery residency at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital. During that time he completed a Basic Science Research Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston. Following this, he completed a fellowship in Complex Surgical Oncology at the John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California. Dr. Taback is a member of a number of organizations and societies including Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has published and authored numerous peer review manuscripts, abstracts and presentations, as well as book chapters over the years in notable publications such as Annals of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. He is a clinical investigator with SWOG and Alliance for clinical trials. Dr. Taback has served on numerous hospital committees including tumor boards, Institutional Review Boards, Oncology Operations Council and is the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer Physician Liaison for NYP Hospital. Most recently, Dr. Taback is a noted Castle Connolly Top Doctor.

Biography: Dina Podolsky, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is a board-certified general surgeon who graduated with honors from Rutgers University, where she also received her medical degree, and completed a residency in general surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Podolsky then completed fellowship training in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and robotic surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she worked closely with one of the world's leading hernia surgeons, Dr. Novitsky. She is a member of several national organizations, including the Americas Hernia Society and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Podolsky has received numerous awards for her training and teaching, including the Leo M. Davidoff Award for Outstanding Teaching and the Golden Apple Teaching Award. Dr. Podolsky specializes in all aspects of hernia surgery, including inguinal, ventral, and complex abdominal wall reconstruction, employing minimally invasive techniques with laparoscopic and robotic surgery. She has presented research at major professional associations and continues to be active in research, publishing both academic research and textbook chapters. Dr. Podolsky currently sees patients in midtown Manhattan and Washington Heights.

Biography: Dr. Adel Bassily-Marcus, MD is a Critical Care Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 58 years old and has been practicing for 33 years. Dr. Adel Bassily-Marcus, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.

Biography: Dr. Sue Hahn, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 38 years old and has been practicing for 11 years. Dr. Sue Hahn, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Queens.