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:
