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David S Pertsemlidis MD

David S. Pertsemlidis, MD

  • Surgery-Bloodless | Surgery-General | Surgery-Minimally Invasive
  • Member of RWJBH Medical Group
Languages Spoken English
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  • Bio

    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

    Clinical Interests

    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

  • Publications
    • 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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