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Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, General Surgery, Buffalo, NY

Steven D Schwaitzberg MD FACS

Endocrine, Minimally Invasive Surgery


University at Buffalo - Kaleida Health/Erie County Medical Center

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  • 100 High Street3RD floorBuffalo, NY 14203

  • Phone+1 716-859-2268

  • Fax+1 716-859-4580

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Education & Training

  • Pediatric Trauma Institute
    Pediatric Trauma InstituteFellowship, 1986 - 1987
  • Baylor Affliated Hospital
    Baylor Affliated HospitalResidency, 1983 - 1986
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1986
  • Baylor Affliated Hospital
    Baylor Affliated HospitalInternship, 1981 - 1982
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineResearch Associate, 1980 - 1981

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2015 - 2028
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1986 - 2027
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1981 - 1992
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
  • Who’s Who 2008, 2010
  • 2010 Health Policy Scholar American College of Surgeons, 2010

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A composite pheochromocytoma/ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland associated with men2a.  
    Brady S, Leachan RM, Dayal Y, Schwaitzberg SD, Tischler A, Am J Pathol;21:102-108
  • Liver Hematoma and Hepatic Rupture in Pregnancy.  
    Ralston S, Schwaitzberg SD, Seminars in Perinatology; 22:141-148
  • Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy versus Standard Tracheostomy.  
    Schwaitzberg SD, J Bronchol;5:257-260

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Surgeons Don’t Know what they Don’t Know about the Safe Use of Surgical Energy.
    Feldman LS, Fuchshuber, P, Jones DJ, Mischna J, Schwaitzberg SD, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons., San Diego, CA
  • Using Vibration to Provide Force Information During Surgery.
    Bell, A, Schwaitzberg, SD, Cao CG, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Phoenix, AZ
  • Dynamic training environment to assess laparoscopic skill.
    Bell A, Saide M, Johanas J, Leisk G, Schwaitzberg SD, Cao CG, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA

Lectures

  • How to Minimize Complication in MIS. 
    Canadian Association of General Surgeons, London, Ontario
  • You Must be the Change You Wish to See in the World. 
    San Diego, CA
  • Managing Surgeons in the Modern World: What do Women Bring to the Table? 
    3rd Annual Women’s’ Careers in Surgery. Baltimore, MD

Other

Authored Content

  • Thoughts on SAGES' First Virtual Meeting, from a 30 Year MemberAugust 2020
  • Thoughts on SAGES' First Virtual Meeting, from a 30-Year MemberAugust 2020
  • Thoughts on SAGES' First Virtual Meeting, from a 30-Year MemberAugust 2020

Press Mentions

  • Promotion of Kidney Transplants in West New York | Local News
    Promotion of Kidney Transplants in West New York | Local NewsMarch 19th, 2023
  • How to Run a Successful ASC: A Cheat Sheet by 55 Industry Leaders
    How to Run a Successful ASC: A Cheat Sheet by 55 Industry LeadersFebruary 7th, 2023
  • FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device
    FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion DeviceJuly 15th, 2021

Grant Support

  • The interaction of myosin and the thin filament: how sarcomeric mutations cause allosteric dysfunction and their connections to genetic cardiomyopathiesUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA2026–2030
  • Protein dynamics from femtoseconds to milliseconds as crafted by natural and laboratory evolution: towards enzyme designUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA2022–2027
  • The interaction of myosin and the thin filament: how mutations cause allosteric dysfunction and their connection to genetic cardiomyopathyUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA2010–2025
  • The interaction of myosin and the thin filament: how mutations cause allosteric dysfunction and their connection to genetic cardiomyopathyUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA2010–2025
  • The interaction of myosin and the thin filament: how mutations cause allosteric dysfunction and their connection to genetic cardiomyopathyUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA2010–2025

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