John R Romanelli MD

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chief, Division of General Surgery; Medical Director, Baystate General Surgery and Bariatric Surgery; Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowwship; Professor of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Medical Center

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2 Medical Center DrSte 308Springfield, MA 01107
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Summary

John Romanelli, MD, is a general surgeon based in Springfield, MA, with subspecialties in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery. He completed his fellowship in advanced GI minimally invasive surgery at the University of Massachusetts and his surgical residency at Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center. His academic background includes an MD from MCP-Hahnemann College of Medicine and a BS from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Romanelli serves as a professor of surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and is an attending physician at Baystate Medical Center. His clinical expertise includes hernias, morbid obesity, foregut surgery, bariatric surgery, and surgical simulation. Dr. Romanelli has contributed to several publications and has been involved in various clinical trials related to innovative surgical techniques. His work has earned him multiple honors, including awards for excellence in medical leadership from the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

Education & Training

University of MassachusettsFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2000 - 2001
Atlantic HealthResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 2000
MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1995, M.D
University of Notre DameB.S, 1991

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2000 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 1997 - 2011
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Excellence in Medical Leadership Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2024
Recognition of Excellence Award Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2013-2014, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Powerchart and Cerner Healthe, Cerner Corporation, 2011, 2013

Clinical Trials

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Cystgastrostomy for the Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudocysts
TERMINATED
NA
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Transvaginal Cholecystectomy
COMPLETED
NA
Prospective Multicenter Human Randomized Controlled Evaluation of NOTES® Cholecystectomy
UNKNOWN
NA

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Distribution of adult certified bariatric surgery centers in the United States: are we meeting the needs of the people?
Meagan Rosenberg, Aixa Perez Coulter, Madison Mixer, John Romanelli, Michael V Tirabassi
Surgical Endoscopy. 2026-06-01
Presence of type 1 hiatal hernia affects the clinical efficacy of per-oral endoscopic myotomy.
Matthew F Mikulski, Zachary R Stickney, Giulia S Rizzo, David J Desilets, John R Romanelli
Surgical Endoscopy. 2025-11-01
7 citations
Achalasia: Diagnosis and Management.
Christina G Provenza, John Robert Romanelli
The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Tension capnopericardium and cardiac arrest as an unexpected adverse event of peroral endoscopic myotomy (with video).
38. Banks-Venegoni AL, Desilets DJ, Romanelli JR, Earle DB, Gastrointest Endosc, 12/2015
Internal Hernia After Laparoscopic Antecolic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
37. Al-Mansour MR, Mundy R, Canoy JM, Dulaimy K, Kuhn JN, Romanelli J, Obes Surg, 11/2015
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy PIVI (Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic Innovations) on peroral endoscopic myotomy
35. ASGE PIVI Committee, Chandrasekhara V, Desilets D, Falk GW, Inoue H, Romanelli JR, Savides TJ, Stavropoulos SN, Swanstrom LL., Gastrointest Endosc, 5/2015

Books/Book Chapters

SAGES Manual of Hernia Repair
Chapter: Hernias in Challenging Locations: Suprapubic and Subxiphoid”.
Page 541 - 5513. Romanelli JR and Espinel JEEditors: Jacob BP and Ramshaw B.SAGES - SpringerEdition 1st,2012
Chapter: Laparoscopic Discectomy and Fusion (L5-S1)
Page 131 - 160Maxwell JH, Litwin DEM, Regan JJ, Romanelli JREdition 2,
Chapter: Laparoscopic Colostomy, Ileostomy, and Feeding Tubes.
Page 561 - 576Romanelli JR and Tyler KMEditors: Frezza EE, Gagner, M..

Abstracts/Posters

Axillary Bifemoral Bypass with Laparoscopic Aneurysm Sac Exclusion for the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in High Risk Patients.
Edoga J, James K, Resnikoff M, Singh D, Asgarian K, and Romanelli J, Abstracts of European Summer Symposium, 1998: 21.
Laparoscopic surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Edoga J, James K, Resnikoff M, Singh D, Asgarian K, and Romanelli J, 6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery; 1007-11
Laparoscopic Revision of TAPP Hernia Repair for Early Genitofemoral Neuralgia: Case Report.
Romanelli JR, Gornish AL, Earle DB, American Hernia Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Lectures

Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery Symposium
Yale CME, New Haven, Connecticut - 5/4/2012
Bariatric Surgery: A Primer.
Department of Anesthesia Grand Rounds, Baystate Medical Center
21st Century Surgery from 30,000 Feet.
Yankee Alliance Annual Meeting, Manchester, VT

Other

Laparoscopic Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy.
Romanelli JR, Dahl DM, Blute RD, Litwin DEM, Video Presentation
US Surgical Centers of Excellence Annual Fellows Meeting, Norwalk, CT
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Penetrating Thoracic Trauma.
Romanelli JR, Pfeiffer J, Nolan B, Litwin DEM, Video Presentation
SAGES Annual Meeting/8th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, New York, NY
Endoscopic Stapled Cystgastrostomy.
Desilets DJ, Romanelli JR, Earle DB, Video Presentation
Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, CA