I. Michael Leitman, MD FACS

Dr. Leitman is a graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine. He received his general surgical training at the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center and completed a fellowship in surgical critical care at North Shore University Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He has been a career innovator in the areas of general surgery, bariatric surgery and minimally invasive surgery. As a member of the faculty at North Shore University Hospital, he was appointed Director of Surgical Endoscopy. In 1997, Dr. Leitman moved to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City where he became the Program Director of the Surgical Residency. He joined the Department of Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in 2005 where he is presently Program Director of the General Surgery Residency, Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and Chief of General Surgery. In 2007, he was appointed Associate Chief Medical Officer and in 2010 Chief of Graduate Medical Education. He is a Professor of Clinical Surgery. In 2008, Dr. Leitman was the recipient of the Murry G. Fischer Distinguished Educator Award. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology and the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters and published abstracts. He is on the editorial board of 15 surgical journals and is on the Continuing Education Committee of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

• biliopancreatic diversion
• gastric banding
• gastroplasty
• jejunoilial bypass
• laparoscopic gastric banding
• laparoscopic gastric bypass
• roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Breast Disease/Cancer

• axillary dissection
• benign breast disease
• breast biopsy
• breast cancer
• breast cancer reconstruction
• breast cryoablation
• breast radiotherapy
• breast ultrasound
• core needle biopsy
• duct excision/microdochotomy
• ductoscopy
• lumpectomy
• lymph node biopsy
• mastectomy
• radical mastectomy
• sentinel node
• stereotactic breast biopsy

Critical Care

Endocrine (Gland)

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• abdominal pain
• abdominoplasty
• adhesion removal
• anti-reflux procedures
• appendectomy
• esophagus perforation
• feeding tubes
• fundoplication
• fundoplication - laparoscopic
• gastric cancer
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• malrotation
• peptic ulcer disease
• peritonitis
• splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

Hernia Procedures

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

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• carpal tunnel release
• cellulitis
• component separation
• decubitus ulcer
• epidermal cyst
• hand infections
• nevi
• skin and soft tissue infections
• skin biopsy
• skin gland tumors
• skin grafting
• tissue flaps
• wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

Trauma/Injury Procedures

Lenox Hill Hospital

New York,

Attending

07/1997—Present

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

New York,

Attending

06/2005—Present

Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

New York, NY

Program Director

06/2005—06/2015

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Professor

01/2014—Present