University at Buffalo - Kaleida Health/Erie County Medical Center
General Surgery
Dr. Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
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Dr. Steven D. Schwaitzberg works in the field of General Surgery. He went to Baylor College of Medicine. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor", "2010 Health Policy Scholar", "Whos Who", "Oliver Smith Award for Excellence, Compassion, and Service, 1999-2006", "Third Year Surgical Student Recognition Award, 1995-2005", "Citation for Teaching Excellence, 1995, 1999-2000, 2002-2005", "21st Century Laureate Achievement Award", "Boston areas Top Physicians", "Honorable Mention", "Teaching Award, 1992, 1999", "Chief Surgical Resident Teaching Award, 1992, 1999", "Second Place", "Outstanding Emergency Physician Recognition Award", "B.A. General Honors Phi Beta Kappa", "Physician Commendation", "Best Doctors in America", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD is also published. He has 99 publications published. The lastest publication: "Comparison of coagulation modalities in surgery.' He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE) certification: validation and predictors of success.
- Face validation of the Virtual Electrosurgery Skill Trainer (VEST(©)).
- The rise of wearable recording devices: opportunities and risks in medical settings.
- Preliminary evaluation of the pattern cutting and the ligating loop virtual laparoscopic trainers.
- Prevention of bile duct injury: the case for incorporating educational theories of expertise.
- Threefold increased bile duct injury rate is associated with less surgeon experience in an insurance claims database : More rigorous training in biliary surgery may be...
- Toward scar-free surgery: an analysis of the increasing complexity from laparoscopic surgery to NOTES.
- Validation of the VBLaST peg transfer task: a first step toward an alternate training standard.
- A comparison of NOTES transvaginal and laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures based upon task analysis.
- Erratum to: Common uses and cited complications of energy in surgery.
- Survey-based analysis of fundamental tasks for effective use of electrosurgical instruments.
- Prevention of surgical skill decay.
- Novel challenges of multi-society investigator-initiated studies: a paradigm shift for technique and technology evaluation.
- Needs analysis for developing a virtual-reality NOTES simulator.
- Common uses and cited complications of energy in surgery.
- Characterizing the learning curve of the VBLaST-PT(©) (Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer).
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: first, do no harm; second, take care of bile duct stones.
- Face and construct validation of a virtual peg transfer simulator.
- The world is getting smaller.
- Regulatory and reimbursement issues regarding endoscopic bariatric procedures.
- Coordinated clinical and financial analysis as a powerful tool to influence vendor pricing.
- Preliminary face and construct validation study of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer.
- Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): is it time for introduction to clinical practice?
- Training and working in high-stakes environments: lessons learned and problems shared by aviators and surgeons.
- Seasoned surgeons assessed in a laparoscopic surgical crisis.
- Reimbursement for new technologies: the GERD maze is not patient-friendly.
- Can surgeons think and operate with haptics at the same time?
- Innovative dynamic minimally invasive training environment (DynaMITE).
- Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas during pregnancy.
- Effects of cognitive distraction on performance of laparoscopic surgical tasks.
- Utility of a voice-activated system in minimally invasive surgery.
- Is laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair an operation of the past?
- Comparison of poly-N-acetyl glucosamine with commercially available topical hemostats for achieving hemostasis in coagulopathic models of splenic hemorrhage.
- Hypertensive crisis inducing rhabdomyolysis during laparoscopic resection of a large pheochromocytoma: a case report.
- Laparoscopic devascularization of the lower esophagus and upper stomach: experimental study in the pig.
- An extrahepatic biliary anomaly.
- Diagnostic laparoscopy.
- Research in developing countries.
- Validation of the VBLaST: A Virtual Peg Transfer Task in Gynecologic Surgeons.
- Ensuring Safety in the Operating Room: The "Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy" (FUSE) Program.
- Transballoon trocar insertion during preperitoneal hernia repair.
- Minimally invasive surgery and cancer: controversies part 1.
- Using a dynamic training environment to acquire laparoscopic surgery skill.
- How much feedback is necessary for learning to suture?
- Effects of experience on force perception threshold in minimally invasive surgery.
- Laparoscopic hernia in the light of the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study 456: more rigorous studies are needed.
- Comparison of the sensitivity of physical and virtual laparoscopic surgical training simulators to the user''s level of experience.
- Toward the development of a virtual electrosurgery training simulator.
- The emergence of radiofrequency identification tags: applications in surgery.
- Multimedia presentations in the age of the Health Insurance and Accountability Act.
- The future is now Surgical Endoscopy announces the electronic publication of multimedia articles and dynamic manuscripts.
- Laparoscopic esophagogastric devascularization in bleeding varices.
- The importance of understanding the basics of imaging in the era of high-tech endoscopy: part II. Logic, reality, and Utopia.
- A comparison of holding strength of various surgical clips.
- The effect of in-line microwave energy on blood: a potential modality for blood warming.
- Rapid in-line blood warming using microwave energy: preliminary studies.
- The limits of bloodwarming: maximally heating blood with an inline microwave bloodwarmer.
- Microwave applications in clinical medicine.
- Liver hematoma and rupture in pregnancy.
- Comparison of coagulation modalities in surgery.
- Tack entrapment of the ilioinguinal nerve during laparoscopic hernia repair.
- The 3-D monitor and head-mounted display. A quantitative evaluation of advanced laparoscopic viewing technologies.
- Combined laparoendoscopic cystgastrostomy.
- A pilot study evaluating the efficacy of a fully acetylated poly-N-acetyl glucosamine membrane formulation as a topical hemostatic agent.
- Comparison of poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (P-GlcNAc) with absorbable collagen (Actifoam), and fibrin sealant (Bolheal) for achieving hemostasis in a swine model of splen...
- A comparison of collagen and PTFE patch repair in a rabbit model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Imaging systems in minimally invasive surgery.
- The hidden morbidity of pediatric trauma.
- A protocol for pediatric trauma receiving units.
- A pediatric trauma model of continuous hemorrhage.
- Pregnancy following repair of vaginal atresia.
- Evolution of the care of the injured child.
- The crucial hour.
- Isolated traumatic aortic valvular insufficiency with rapid pulmonary deterioration. Report of two cases.
- Psoas abscess in children.
- Gastroschisis and omphalocele.
- Total parathyroidectomy and autogenous parathyroid graft placement for treatment of hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure.
- Factors that influence the assessment of parathyroid graft function.
- Pyoderma gangrenosum. A possible cause of wound necrosis.
- Novel antiadhesion barrier does not prevent anastomotic healing in a rabbit model.
- Impedance cardiography in the measurement of cardiac output: studies in rabbits.
- In-line microwave blood warming of in-date human packed red blood cells.
- Gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pregnancy.
- Glycosylated recombinant human tumor necrosis factor binding protein-1 reduces mortality, shock, and production of tumor necrosis factor in rabbit Escherichia coli sep...
- Recurrent inguinal hernia without peritoneal defect. The role of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and management.
- Effect of hyaluronic acid solution on healing of bowel anastomoses.
- Multiple organ failure after liver transplantation.
- Platelet activating factor-antagonist improves survival in experimental staphylococcal septicemia.
- Comparison of titanium and absorbable polymeric surgical clips for use in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- New matrix material for potential use in "reversible" vasectomy. Preliminary animal biocompatibility studies.
- Transverse Witzel-T-tube feeding jejunostomy.
- Planning, development, and execution of an international training program in laparoscopic surgery.
- Laparoscopic peritoneal fenestration and internal drainage of lymphoceles after renal transplantation.
- Use of microlaparoscopy in diagnostic procedures: a case report.
- A novel approach to the removal of sharp foreign bodies from the stomach using a combined endoscopic and laparoscopic technique.
- Composite pheochromocytoma/ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A: case report with immunohistochemical analysis.
- Histological evidence of an inflammatory reaction to suture material in the dog vas deferens.
- Malpractice carrier underwrites Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery training and testing: a benchmark for patient safety.
Schools
Baylor University
Baylor College Of Med
Kiwanis Ped Trauma InstNe
Meth Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- 2010 Health Policy Scholar
- Who’s Who
- Oliver Smith Award for Excellence, Compassion, and Service, 1999-2006
- Third Year Surgical Student Recognition Award, 1995-2005
- Citation for Teaching Excellence, 1995, 1999-2000, 2002-2005
- 21st Century Laureate Achievement Award
- Boston area’s Top Physicians
- Honorable Mention
- Teaching Award, 1992, 1999
- Chief Surgical Resident Teaching Award, 1992, 1999
- Second Place
- Outstanding Emergency Physician Recognition Award
- B.A. General Honors Phi Beta Kappa
- Physician Commendation
- Best Doctors in America
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Baylor College of Medicine -
The Johns Hopkins University
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1073620118 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SCHWAITZBERG | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | STEVEN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 021391047 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 64.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1073620118 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SCHWAITZBERG |
| First Name Of The Provider | STEVEN |
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