The
Department of Surgery has a rich heritage
of providing comprehensive and high-quality surgical care grounded in humanistic
values. The staff of the Department of Surgery, made up of both full-time and
voluntary physicians, provides care for the immediate community as well as for
institutions that have a need for the department's advanced tertiary care. Staff
provides care for a wide range of elective surgical conditions, including
endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas), breast, gastrointestinal
surgery (stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum, gall bladder, liver), vascular
plastics, bariatric, podiatry surgery and hernia repair.
Sinai�s Department of Surgery is also responsible for providing urgent and
emergent surgical care for patients in Sinai�s ER-7, the hospital or in other
institutions that utilize the department for services. Sinai is designated by
the state of Maryland as only one of four Level II Trauma Centers and has a
separate Division of Trauma, within the Department of Surgery, that provides
24-hour immediate coverage for emergent care.
The Department of Surgery
has a long history of surgical education, and has recently been awarded its own
fully accredited residency program, to provide high-level surgical
training.
The Department of Surgery is made
up of 11 separate divisions, each with its own head:
