Born and raised in Manhattan, Dr. David Pertsemlidis attended the Dalton School and Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in American history. After attending the New York University School of Medicine, he completed his residency in general surgery at the New York University Medical Center. He has published several publications on laparoscopic, pancreatic, and adrenal surgery, most recently in a comprehensive endocrine surgery textbook. His practice includes laparoscopic and general surgery with a focus on the endocrine system, the gallbladder and bile ducts, gastric and colon cancer, the gastrointestinal organs, and abdominal wall hernias. He is currently the Director for the Department of General Surgery at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Previously, he was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and an Attending Surgeon at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Morristown Medical Center. Dr. Pertsemlidis is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Awards
2015: John Alkhas Teaching Award, Attending Surgeon of the Year
2003: Voluntary Attending Award of Alpha Omega, Alpha, Lambda Chapter
Treatments for: General surgery, robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, endocrine, surgery, gallbladder and bile ducts, gastric and colon cancer, pancreas, adrenal, and abdominal wall hernias. Abdominal Hernia, Adrenalectomy, Cholecystectomy, Colectomy, Gallstones, Gastrectomy, Hernia Repair, Laparoscopy, Pancreatic Cancer, Pheochromocytoma
| Title: | Enhanced laparoscopic visualization of the extrahepatic bile duct with intravenous Indocyanine Green (abstract) |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis D, Barzilai A, Pertsemlidis DS, Zinberg J, Aufses Jr AH |
| Publisher: | American Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Title: | In vitro inhibition of smooth muscle cell proliferation by Sterol 27-hydroxylase metabolites (abstract) |
| Authors: | Aguinaga MG, Steinberg B, Grossi EA, Pertsemlidis DS, Schwartz DS, McLoughlin D, Reiss A, Galloway AC, Javitt NB |
| Publisher: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Title: | Sialosyl-Tn antigen as a marker of gastric cancer progression: an international study |
| Authors: | Werther JL, Tatematsu M, Klein R, Kurihara M, Kumagai K, Llorens P, Neto J, Bodian C, Pertsemlidis DS, Yamachika T, Kitou T, Itzkowitz SH |
| Publisher: | International Journal of Cancer |
| Date: | 1996 |
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| Title: | Diagnostic and Interventional Laparoscopy and Intraoperative Ultrasound in the Management of Pancreatic Disease |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis DS, Edye M |
| Publisher: | Surg Clin North Am |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Issue: | 2 |
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| Title: | Adrenalectomy: Traditional open |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis D, Pertsemlidis DS. In: Schwartz A, Pertsemlidis D, Gagner M, editors |
| Publisher: | Textbook of Endocrine Surgery |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Title: | Pancreatectomy: Traditional open |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis D, Pertsemlidis DS. In: Schwartz A, Pertsemlidis D, Gagner M, editors. |
| Publisher: | Textbook of Endocrine Surgery |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Title: | Pheochromocytoma |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis DS, Pertsemlidis D. In: Schwartz A, Pertsemlidis D, Gagner M, editors. |
| Publisher: | Textbook of Endocrine Surgery |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Title: | “Benign Biliary Strictures” in Surgery: Evidence-Based Practice |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis D, Pertsemlidis DS. Editors: Cohn, Stephen M, Brower, Steven T |
| Publisher: | People’s Medical Publishing House-USA Shelton |
| Date: | 2012 |
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| Title: | The Mount Sinai clinical pathway for the management of pheochromocytoma |
| Authors: | Galati SJ, Said M, Gospin R, Babic N, Brown K, Geer EB, Kostaglu L, Krakoff LR, Leibowitz AB, Mehta L, Muller S, Owen RP, Pertsemlidis DS, Wilck E, Xiao GQ, Levine AC, Inabnet WB |
| Publisher: | Endocr Pract |
| Date: | 2014 |
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| Title: | “Pheochromocytoma” in Endocrine Surgery |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis DS, Pertsemlidis D. Editors: Schwartz, A, Pertsemlidis, D, Gagner, M |
| Publisher: | CRC Press. |
| Date: | 2016 |
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| Title: | “Pancreatectomy: The pancreas, the neuroendocrine system, neoplasia, traditional open pancreatectomy” in Endocrine Surgery |
| Authors: | Pertsemlidis D, Pertsemlidis DS. Editors: Schwartz, A, Pertsemlidis, D, Gagner, M |
| Publisher: | Marcel Dekker, Inc. |
| Date: | 2016 |
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