Stephen Dolgin

Stephen E. Dolgin, MD (born 1949 in Staten Island, New York City) is an American pediatric surgeon, Division of Pediatric Surgery at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY pediatric hospital of the North Shore-LIJ Health System^[1] and professor of surgery and pediatrics at the Hofstra NS-LIJ Medical School. ==Life and work== Dolgin has published numerous articles and presented numerous papers on pediatric surgical procedures and consequences, particularly in the areas of inflammatory bowel disease, neonatal surgery and ovarian pathology.^[2] He received several awards for teaching from medical students and surgery residents at Schneider Children's Hospital and at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, where he served as chief of pediatric surgery from 1984, professor of surgery and of pediatrics and, in 2002-03, interim chief of surgery. In 2005 he became chief, division of pediatric surgery at Schneider Children's Hospital.^[3] This is now known as Cohen Children's Medical Center of new York. He was educated at Yale College, BA, and New York University Medical School, MD, where he was elected as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed a residency in general surgery at The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, in 1982, and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL in 1984. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, with certification in Pediatric Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. ^[4]

Honors and awards

Dolgin has received the following honors and awards, among others:

• Surgical Chief Residents' Attending Physician of the Year, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1990^[5]
• Selected by the graduating class of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine to administer the Code of Maimonides at its graduation, May 12, 2000^[6]
• Listed repeatedly in New York (magazine)'s Best Doctors in New York and in Castle Connolly Medical Ltd Top Doctors in the United States ^[7]

Works

Some of Dolgin's published works are:

• Surgical Management of Upper Gastrointestinal and Small Bowel Crohn's Disease, Seminars in Pediatric Surgery (Vol 16, August 2007)
• Maximizing Ovarian Salvage When Treating Idiopathic Adnexal Torsion, Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Vol 35, Issue 4, April 2000)
• Ovarian Masses in the Newborn, Seminars in Pediatric Surgery (Vol 9, Issue 3, August 2000)
• Unsatisfactory Experience with "Minimal Intervention Management" for Gastroschisis, Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Vol 35, Issue 10, October 2000)
• Morbidity and Mortality of Open Lung Biopsy in Children, Pediatrics (Vol 99, May 1999)
• Restorative Proctocolectomy in Children with Ulcerative Colitis Utilizing Rectal Mucosectomy With or Without Diverting Ileostomy, Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Vol 34, Issue 5, May, 1999)

Notes

1. ^ Schneider Children's Hospital website
2. ^ DrMDK Video on Malrotation
3. ^ North Shore-LIJ Health System website, Faculty & Staff
4. ^ New York State Physician Profiles
5. ^ New York State Physician Profiles
6. ^ ibid
7. ^ Castle Connolly Medical Ltd Top Doctors

External links

• Schneider Children's Hospital webpage about Dr. Dolgin
• DrMDK videos featuring medical presentations by Dr. Dolgin

Preceded by Alberto Pena

Chief, Division Pediatric Surgery, Schneider Children's Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System 2005-2011;

Succeeded by -

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