Eric L. Lazar, MD FACS

I am the Chair of Surgical Services at the Valley Health System in Paramus, New Jersey and a pediatric surgeon offering the full range of children's surgical services including neonatal, thoracic, general and emergency, and oncologic surgery for children. I am also the inaugural program director for Valley's General Surgery Residency Program now under consideration by the ACGME for initial accreditation. I earned my undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania (magna cum laude) in Philadelphia with an honors degree in History and a minor in English. Thereafter, I moved to New York to attend the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. After medical school, I trained in Surgery at the New York University Medical Center and returned to Columbia for Fellowship training in Pediatric Surgery. I remained on the faculty for several years before moving to the Atlantic Health System and Morristown Medical Center where I was the program director for the general surgery residency, completing nearly 20 years in that role as well as maintaining a vibrant and robust pediatric surgery practice. My involvement in the College began in the late 1990s as an instructor in the College's then annual Clinical Trials Course and continue in that role currently although the format has changed. I served as secretary and then president of the New Jersey Chapter of the ACS and now as a member of the Board of Governors. My interest is that surgical patients, particularly children but in my role as Chair, all patients have access to the right care at the right time and in the right place and that that care is of the highest quality and safe for the patient.

Neonatal Surgery

• congenital anomalies
• newborn surgery

Pediatric Colon & Rectal

• anorectal malformations
• biliary atresia
• Crohn's Disease
• Hirschsprung disease
• imperforate anus
• inflammatory bowel disease
• short bowel syndrome
• ulcerative colitis

Pediatric Endocrine (Glands/Hormones)

• adrenal
• pancreas
• parathyroid
• thyroid

Pediatric Abdomen & Digestion

• appendicitis
• gastric tube
• gastroesophageal reflux
• gastroschisis
• hepatobiliary surgery
• hernia
• intussusception
• jejunostomy tube
• malrotation & volvulus
• Nissen fundoplication
• pyloric stenosis
• pyloromyotomy

Pediatric Hernia Procedures

• abdominal hernia

Pediatric Cancer/Tumors

Bronchoesophagology-Breathing/Swallowing

Pediatric Gender Orientation

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Pediatric Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Pediatric Thoracic (lungs,chest,esoph)

• achalasia
• congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• empyema
• esophageal surgery
• hemothorax
• hiatus hernia repair
• lobectomy
• myotomy
• pleural effusion
• pneumothorax
• pulmonary disorders

Pediatric Trauma

Pediatric Vascular Surgery

• patent ductus arteriosis

The Valley Hospital

Paramus, NJ

Chairman

10/2023—Present

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical

Newark, NJ

Associate Professor

07/2010—Present