Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Team

"If we can interrupt the progression of obesity and its detrimental effects in young patients before irreversible damage is done, we will have done a very good thing."

-Jeffrey L. Zitsman, MD
Director, Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Jeffrey Zitsman is Director of the Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, Director of Minimal Access Surgery, and an associate attending surgeon at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. His area of expertise is pediatric laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Zitsman earned his MD from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and completed his surgery residency at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He was then chief resident in pediatric surgery at Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian.

Anesthesiology

Tatiana Kubacki, MD, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH, Pediatric Endocrinology, Co-Director
Robin Goland, MD, Endocrinology
Judith Korner, MD, Endocrinology
Natasha Leibel, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology
Rudolph Leibel, MD, Pediatrics/Metabolism
Sharon Oberfield, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology
Michael Rosenbaum, MD, Pediatrics/Metabolism
Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

Joseph Levy, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Christine Williams, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterolgy

Internal Medicine

Paul Berk, MD, Internal Medicine

Psychiatry

Michael J. Devlin, MD, Pediatric Psychiatry
Ana Diaz-Zubieta, PhD, Pediatric Psychiatry
B. Timothy Walsh, MD, Pediatric Psychiatry

Surgery

Marc Bessler, MD, Bariatric Surgery
Daniel Davis, DO, Bariatric Surgery
William B. Inabnet, MD, Bariatric Surgery
Charles J. H. Stolar, MD, Pediatric Surgery
Jeffrey L. Zitsman, MD, Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Nurse Practitioners

Laura Flanigan, RN, MS, PNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Jeanne Rubsam, RN, MS, CPNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Margaret Quinn, RN

Nutritionists, physical therapists, and other pediatric subspecialists are also available.

Insurance Coverage

Many insurance plans, including Medicaid, are accepted.

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