Michael Leitman

Critical Care Specialist
Internist
Surgeon

10 Union Square East, Ste. 2M, New York, NY 10003

Medical School - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Graduated 1985
New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center Graduated 1986 (Internship)
New York Presbyterian Hospital Graduated 1990 (Residency)
North Shore University Hospital Graduated 1991 (Fellowship)

English
Spanish

Chirugia
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 1991
Society of Critical Care Medicine 1991
Undergraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee-American Association of Medical Colleges 1991
Association for Academic Surgery 1991
New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 1991
Peer Review Consultant, National Institutes of Health 1992,
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons 1992
Nassau Academy of Medicine 1992
Who’s Who in Medicine 1992
Association for Surgical Education 1993
The Nassau Surgical Society 1993
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1993
Fellow, American College of Surgeons 1994
Fellow, International College of Surgeons 1994
Societe Internationale de Chirurgia. United States Chapter 1996
International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care 1997
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 1998
American College of Gastroenterology 1998
Fellow, Society of Surgical Oncology 1998
The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity 2003
American College of Surgeons - New York Chapter 2003
Physicians' Advisory Board (New York Chairman)
National Republican Congressional Committee 2003
Dean’s Club - Boston University School of Medicine 2008
Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (London) 2008
Moses Phillips Society - Beth Israel Medical Center 2009
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

1. Ling, GN, Baxter, JD and Leitman, IM, Effects of Adrenaline, Calcium and Oubain on The Resting Potential of Frog Muscle: Interpretation Based on The Theory of Allosteric Control of Cooperative Interactions Among Surface Anionic Sites. Physiol Chem Phys Med NMR 1984: 16(5): 405 - 423. 2. Leitman, IM, Paull, DE, Barie, PS, Isom, OW, and Shires, GT, Intra-abdominal Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Operations. Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1987, 165(3): 251 - 254. 3. Leitman, IM, Paull, DE and Shires, GT, Evaluation and Management of Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Annals of Surgery, 1989, 209(2): 175 - 180. 4. Leitman, IM, Simkovich, AH and Redo, SF, Subdiaphragmatic Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration. Surgical Rounds. In press. 5. Leitman, IM, Paull, DE, Isom, OW, Acute Intestinal Infarction Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery. Contemporary Gastroenterology, 1990, 2: 22 - 24. 6. Leitman, IM, "Overconfident Voyagers." Early Surgery at The New York Hospital. Cornell University Medical College Alumni Quarterly, September, 1990, 21 - 29. 7. Leitman, IM, Van Zee, K, Antonacci, AC, Elective Cholecystectomy After Biliary Lithotripsy - An Indication for Routine Intra-operative Cholangiography? Archives of Surgery, 1990, 125, 1517. 8. Leitman, IM, The Evolution of Surgery at The New York Hospital. Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 1991, 67, 475 - 500. 9. Reiner, DS, Leitman, IM, Ward, RJ, Laparoscopic Stamm Gastrostomy With Gastropexy. Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy. 1991, Vol. I, No. 3., pp. 189 - 192. 10. Leitman, IM, Sullivan, J, Brams, D, DeCosse, JJ, Multivariate Analysis of The Initial Surgical Management of Obstructing Carcinoma of The Colon. Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1992, 174, 513 - 518. 11. Leitman, IM, Spera, R, Farber, B, Harvey, LP, Ricci, JL, Acute Pancreatitis from Echinococcal Disease of the Liver. Surgical Rounds. In Press. 12. Leitman, IM, Fisher, ML, McKinley, MJ, Rothman, R, Ward, RJ, Reiner, DS, Tortolani, AJ, The Evaluation and Managment of Known or Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones in the Era of Minimal Access Surgery. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1993, 176: 527 - 533. 13. Silvestri, F, Leitman, IM, Gilder, MW, Tortolani, AJ, Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage and Insufficiency in Association With Acute Gangrenous Cholecystitis. Contemporary Surgery, 1993, Vol. 42: 351 - 354. 14. Leitman, IM, Kafka, NK, and Tromba, J, Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia. SURGERY, May 1994, 653 - 655. 15. Leitman, IM, Risucci, D, Tortolani, AJ, Teaching Laparoscopic Surgical Skills to General Surgery Residents: Development of An Individualized Instructional Approach. Focus on Surgical Education, 1994, 11, 20 - 22. 16. Birmingham, KL, Feigenbaum, N, Leitman, IM, Tortoloni, AJ, Critical Comparison of Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Appendectomy versus Open Appendectomy for the Evaluation of Acute Right Lower Quadrant Pain. Current Surgery 1996, Volume 53, 231 - 234. 17. Tortolani, AJ, Leitman, IM, Risucci, DA, Student Perceptions of Skills, Acquisition During the Surgical Clerkship: Differences Across Academic Quarters and Deviations From Faculty Expectations. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 1997, Volume 9, No. 3, 186-191. 18. Leitman, IM, Evidenced Based Medicine - A New Discipline?, Archives of Surgery, 1998, 133, 911. 19. Leitman, IM, Subramanian, VA; “Central Venous Catheters: Can We Control The Infections?”, Current Surgery, 1999 (1/2): 24 - 29. 20. Leitman, IM, Burpee, SE; “Controversies in the Investigation and Treatment of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding”, Practical Gastroenterology 2000, Vol 24, pp 42-58. 21. Lee, B, Leitman, IM, Subramanian, VA; Esophageal Varices: Is There Still a Role for The Portal-Systemic Shunt? Current Surgery 2003, Vol 60(4), 370-376. 22. Adusumilli PS, Leitman, IM, Obesity epidemic in the West: Warning signs in the East., National Medical Journal of India (in press). 23. Adusumilli P, Leitman, IM, Roslin, M, Abaza, M, VA Subramanian; Pathological Findings and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery - Obesity Surgery (in press) 24. Chorost MI, Datta R, Santiago RC, Lee B, Bollman J, Leitman IM, Ghosh, BC; Colon Cancer Screening: Where have we come from and where do we go? Journal of Surgical Oncology 2004, Vol 85 (1), pp 7 - 13. 25. PS. Adusumilli, Leitman, IM, Ben-Porat L, Roesler D. The Prevalence and Predictors of Herbal Medicine Use in Surgical Patients, Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2004; 198: 583-590. 26. Adusumilli PS, Kell C, Chang JH, Tuorto S, Leitman, IM Left-handed Surgeons: Are they Left Out? Current Surgery 2004 61:587-591. 27. Taylor JD., Leitman IM, Hon P, Horowitz M, Panagopoulos G, Outcome and complications of gastric bypass surgery in super-super obesity versus morbid obesity, Obesity Surgery 2006, 16:16-18. 28. Taylor JD., Leitman IM, Hon P, Horowitz M, Is routine cholecystectomy necessary at the time of roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity? Obesity Surgery 2006 Jun;16(6):759-61. 29. Taylor JD, MD, Leitman IM, Rosser JC, Davis B, Goodman EC, MD, Does the Position of the Alimentary Limb in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Make a Difference? Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2006: 10 (10), 1397-1399. 30. Avgerinos D, Leitman IM, Martínez RE, Liao EP, Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in a Population of Obese Adults undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2007: 205(2), pages 294-297. 31. Allori AS, Leitman IM, Heitman E, Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: Lessons learned from the laparoscopic revolution. Archives of Surgery 2008: 143, 333-334. 32. Leitman IM, Adusumilli PS, Pay for Performance (P4P), The National Medical Journal of India 2008: 21 (1), 44-45. 33. Horowitz MI, Leitman IM, Risk Factors for the Development of Incisional Hernia Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, The Open Surgery Journal, 2008, 2, 15-17. 34. Avgerinos A, Laguna OH, Leitman IM, Lo AY, Evolving management of iatrogenic colonoscopic perforations, J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Oct;12(10):1783-9. 35. Avgerinos A, Laguna OH, Lo AY, Leitman, IM, Management of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography - Related Duodenal Perforations, Surgical Endoscopy 2009, Apr;23(4):833-8. 36. EM Clarke-Pearson, AF Jacobson, SK Boolbol, IM Leitman, P Friedmann, V Lavarias, SM Feldman Quality Assurance Initiative at One Institution for Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy as the Initial Diagnostic Technique Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2009, 208, 75-79. 37. JZ Lugo, DV Avgerinos, AJ Lefkowitz, ME Seigerman; IS Zahir; AY Lo, BG Surick, IM Leitman. Can Interval Appendectomy be Justified Following Conservative Treatment of Perforated Acute Appendicitis? Journal of Surgical Research 2009, in press. 38. Laguna OH, Avgerinos D, Leitman, IM, The impact of the liberal use of CT in the work up of acute appendicitis. The Open Surgery Journal 2009, 3, 11-14. 39. O Llaguna, D. Avgerinos, J. Lugo, J. Martz, I. Leitman, Abbadessa, B. Incidence and risk factors for the development of incisional hernia following elective laparoscopic versus open colon resections. American Journal of Surgery 2010, in press. 40. A Rajendra, SA Cohen, FE Kasmin, JH Siegel and M Leitman, Surgical clip migration and stone formation in a gallbladder remnant after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2009, Oct;70(4):780-1. 41. IM Leitman, AJ Lefkowitz, ME Seigerman, OH Llaguna, DV Avgerinos, Incidence and Risk Factors for the Development of Anemia following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity, World Journal Of Gastroenterology 2010, 16 (15): 1867-1870. 42. IM Leitman, C Virk, LJ Holup, ER Goodman, KS Karpeh, Early results of Trans-Oral Endoscopic Plication and Revision of ?the Gastric Pouch and Stoma Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery" Journal of the ?Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2010, in press. 43. CS Virk, IM Leitman, ER Goodman, Case Study: Endoscopic plication and revision (EPR) of gastric pouch for patients who have regained weight after gastric bypass surgery, Journal of Surgical Care Reports April 8, 2010. 44. IM Leitman, L Sivaprasad, M Lipp, R Levin, D Bernard, P Friedmann and DJ Shulkin, "Quality and Financial Outcomes from Gainsharing for Inpatient Admissions: A Three-Year Experience.", Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010, in press BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Leitman, IM, Burpee, SE: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Investigations and Nonoperative Treatment in M. Schein and L. Wise (eds.) Controversies in Surgery. Springer 2001, 325-330. 2. Leitman IM Having Safe Surgery in Questions Patients Need to Ask - Getting the Best Healthcare, DJ Shulkin (ed). Xlibris Corporation Publishers 2008, pages 95 -100. 3. Leitman, IM, Gastric Bypass Surgery: Long-term Side Effects in “Gastric Bypass: Surgical Procedures, Health Effects and Common Complications.” Nova Publishers, in press.

American Board of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care (Surgery)

Lenox Hill Hospital

20 years of experience in the minimally invasive treatment of cancer and other general surgical conditions. Offices multiple locations and Long Island.