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Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, General Surgery, New York, NY

Fabrizio Michelassi MD

Colon & Rectal Surgery, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)


Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor & Chair of Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

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Overview of  Dr. Michelassi

Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi is a general surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Pisa Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 51 years. Dr. Michelassi accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 383 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 120 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in General Surgery. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1984
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, 1981 - 1983
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1977 - 1981
  • University of Pisa Faculty of Medicine
    University of Pisa Faculty of MedicineClass of 1975

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2022 - Present
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2027
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1979 - 2027
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1984 - 2008
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2014, 2016-2017
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2014, 2016-2017
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2014

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Association of Time to Attrition in Surgical Residency with Individual Resident and Programmatic Factors  
    Julie A Sosa, Matthew M Symer, Fabrizio Michelassi, Heather L Yeo, Art Sedrakyan, JAMA
  • Delays in Initiating Post-Operative Prophylactic Biologic Therapy Are Common Among Crohn’s Disease Patients  
    Heather Yeo, Adam Steinlauf, Stephanie Gold, Fabrizio Michelassi, Madison Dennis, Digestive Diseases and Sciences
  • Association of Expectations of Training with Attrition in General Surgery Residents  
    Julie A Sosa, Matthew M Symer, Heather L Yeo, Fabrizio Michelassi, Art Sedrakyan, JAMA

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • NSQIP-focused departmental grand rounds reports: Utilizing an educational conference to improve outcomes.
    Abelson JS, Mitchell KB, Rich BS, Frey TJ, Gellman C, Pomp A, Michelassi F, ACS NSQIP National Conference, New York, NY, 7/28/2014
  • Population-based trends of pancreaticoduodenectomy: Temporal and age-related outcomes.
    Afaneh C, O’Mahoney P, Giambrone G, Eskreis-Winkler J, Bhat AU, Zabih R, Michelassi F, Fleischut P, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 5/5/2014
  • Accuracy of CTE and MRE imaging to detect lesions preoperatively in patients with Crohn’s disease.
    Seastedt KP, Trencheva K, Michelassi F, Alsaleh D, Milsom JW, Sonoda T, Lee SW, Shukla J, Garrett KA, Nandakumar G, ASCRS Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, 5/1/2014

Lectures

  • Novel strategies to reduce recurrence rates in Crohn’s disease. 
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 5/1/2014
  • Bowel sparing options in 2014. Do they still make sense? 
    Hollywood, FL - 5/1/2014
  • Novel Strategies to Reduce Recurrence Rates in Crohn’s Disease. 
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - 5/1/2014

Other

  • Medical Tweezers and Surgical Tools having Built-in Silicon-based Microsensors, Microactuators, and Sensing Circuits. 
    Lal A, Michelassi F, Chen P, Wu C, U.S. Patent Provisional Application for Letters Patent: USPTO #61/863,413; Cornell Center for Techno
    1/1/2013
  • Surgical alternatives in the treatment of ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. Educational motion picture for patients and their families, 
    Michelassi F
    1/1/1995
  • Medical and surgical intervention in inflammatory bowel disease. 
    Hanauer SB, Michelassi F, The Network for Continuing Medical Education
    1/1/1992

Press Mentions

  • Gastrointestinal Surgeon Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, Elected Chair of ACS Board of Regents
    Gastrointestinal Surgeon Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, Elected Chair of ACS Board of RegentsNovember 4th, 2024
  • Dr. Alessandro Fichera Appointed Chief of Colorectal Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine
    Dr. Alessandro Fichera Appointed Chief of Colorectal Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell MedicineOctober 4th, 2024
  • Dr. Larissa v. Rodríguez Appointed Chair of the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Urologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Dr. Larissa v. Rodríguez Appointed Chair of the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Urologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterOctober 8th, 2021

Professional Memberships

  • Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors, 2015-2016
  • Society of Surgical Chairs
    President, 2010-2011
  • New York Surgical Society
    President, 2011-2012
  • Illinois Surgical Society
    President, 2001-2002
  • Western Surgical Society
    President, 2003-2004

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Choice POS II
    Aetna HMO
    BCBS Blue Card PPO
    Empire BCBS PPO
    Great West PPO
    Oxford Health Freedom
    United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
    United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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