Lester Brian Katz, MD FACS

I socialize in laparoscopic surgery. This is minimally invasive surgery of hernias, inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal cancers. I also have a focus on unexplained or cryptogrnic gastrointestinal bleeding as well as Peutz Jegher syndrome

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• adhesion removal
• anti-reflux procedures
• fundoplication
• fundoplication - laparoscopic
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• splenectomy

Hernia Procedures

• abdominal hernia
• component separation
• femoral hernia
• inguinal hernia
• laparoscopic hernia repair
• paraesophageal hernia
• umbilical hernia
• ventral hernia

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

• colon surgery
• colon/rectal cancer
• colonic polyps
• Crohn's disease
• diverticular disease
• gastrointestinal bleeding
• laparoscopic colon surgery
• stomach cancer
• ulcerative colitis

Mt Sinai Med Ctr

Consultant, Urological Surgeon

Lenox Hill Hosp.

Attending

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Associate Professor