AntonioPiconMD

General Surgery • Stamford, CT

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Melanoma, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Director, Surgical Oncology

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Office
29 Hospital Plz
Ste 603
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone+1 203-276-2410

Fax+1 203-329-4321

Summary

Dr. Picon is the Director of Surgical Oncology. He is an expert in robotic surgery to remove tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.

Education & Training

Harvard Business SchoolNo degree, Program for Leadership Development, 2016 - 2017
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)Residency, Surgery, 2004 - 2006
University of the Andes School of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 2020 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2009 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Attending of the Year Award, Department of Surgery Staten Island University Hospital, 2016
Educator of the Year Award, Department of Surgery Staten Island University Hospital, 2014
�Dr. Diego Carbonell Espinel� Award University of Los Andes, 2006
Senior Resident Academic Achievement Award Beth Israel Medical Center, 2006
Resident Achievement Award The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2006
Sponsorship to the Investigator Award National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICIT), 2000
Fellow American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Robotic-assisted left adrenal cystic mass excision in a pregnant patient.
Nicholas Tyler Champion, Diego Monasterio, Indraneil Mukherjee, Antonio Picon
BMJ Case Reports. 2022-06-01
21 citations
CT scan incidental findings in trauma patients: does it impact hospital length of stay?
Peter A. Andrawes, Antonio I. Picon, Masood A. Shariff, Basem Azab, Wolf von Waagner
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2017-09-01
15 citations
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Cutaneous Head and Neck Melanoma: Mapping the Parotid Gland
Antonio I. Picon, Daniel G. Coit, Ashok R. Shaha, Mary S. Brady, Jay O. Boyle
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016-12-01

Journal Articles

Sentinel lymph node biopsy for cutaneous head and neck melanoma mapping the parotid gland
Picon AI, D. G. Coit, A.R. Shaha, M.S. Brady, J.O. Boyle, B.B. Singh, R.J. Wong, K.J. Busam, J.P. Shah, D.H. Kraus, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Retained Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Causing Small Bowel Obstruction in Inguinal Hernia
White, TL, J. Scheiner, AI. Picon, Am Surg, 1/1/2016
Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Stomach: Case report and literature review
Wolf von-Waagner, Z. Wang, AI. Picon, Case Reports in Surgery, 1/1/2015
FDG-PET-positron lower-extremity sebaceous-gland carcinoma in a patient with Muir-Torre syndrome
B. Kviatkovsky, E. Landau, M. Siddique, S. Hossri. A. Ebace, JP Attalah, A. Picon, A. Brenner, Radiology Case Reports, 1/1/2015
Giant Perineal Leiomyoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Wolf von-Waagner, AI. Picon, et al, Case Reports in Surgery, 1/1/2014
Value of pretreatment albumin to globulin ratio in predicting long-term mortality in breast cancer patients
B.�Azab, N.�V.�Bhatt, S.�Vonfrolio, R. Bachir, V. Rubinshteyn, H. Alkaied, A. Habeshy, D. Patel, A.�Picon, S.�Bloom, The American Journal of Surgery, 1/1/2013
Pretreatment neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio is superior to platelet/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of long-term mortality in breast cancer patients
B.�Azab, N.�Shah, J.�Radbel, P. Tan, V.�Bhatt, S.�Vonfrolio, A.�Habeshy, A.�Picon, S.�Bloom, Medical Oncology, 1/1/2013
An incremental step in patient safety: reducing the risks of retained foreign bodies by the use of an integrated lap/retractor
W.E. Enker, J.E. Martz, A.I.Picon, et al, Surgical Innovation, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

Surgery: Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter: Gastric Adenocarcinoma
A.I. Picon, M. Karpeh2012
Mastery of Surgery
Chapter: Anterior and Low anterior Resection of the rectum
W. Enker, A.I. Picon, J Martz2007

Abstracts/Posters

CT Scan Incidental Findings in Trauma Patients: Will it Impact Hospital Length of Stay?
P. Andrawes, A. I. Picon, et al, Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Scientific Meeting and Training, Orlando, FL, 1/7/2016
Intramural Duodenal Abscess from Chronic Cholecystitis as a Cause of Gastric Outlet Obstruction
I. Mukherjee, A. Singh, S. Bloom, A.I. Picon, Southeastern Surgical Congress, 1/1/2015
The Elevated Pretreatment Mean Platelet Volume as a Predictor of Poor Overall Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
B. Azab, A. Alam, M. Shariff, W.K. Von Waagner, A. Bhat, O. Souied, L. Klingbeil, A. I. Picon, Scott W. Bloom, Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract, 56th Annual Meeting, 1/1/2014
Negative impact of elevated treatment albumin globulin ratio on survival in pancreatic cancer patients with normal serum albumin
B.�Azab, A. Alam, M. Shariff, W.K. Von Waagner, A. I. Picon, S.W. Bloom, Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract, 55th Annual Meeting, 1/1/2014
Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Stomach: Case report and literature review
M. Khani, A. I. Picon., Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract, 53rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/18/2012
The Value of the Pretreatment Hematological Biomarkers in Predicting Long-term Survival in Breast Cancer
B. Azab, S. Vonfrolio, V. Bhatt, A. Habeshy,J. Patel, A.I. Picon Bloom, S. Bloom, Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting (SSO), Orlando, FL, 1/1/2012
Value of the Pre-treatment Albumin to Globulin Ratio in Predicting Long-term Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients
B. Azab, S. Vonfrolio, V. Bhatt, A. Habeshy,J. Patel, A.I. Picon Bloom, S. Bloom, Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting (SSO), Orlando, FL, 1/1/2012
Value of the Pretreatment Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Long-term Mortality in Non-Hodgkin�s Lymphoma Patients
B. Azab, S. Arora, M. Kohn, M. Odaimi, T. Terjanian, A.I. Picon, S. Bloom, Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting (SSO), Orlando, FL, 1/1/2012
Pathologic classification and clinical behavior of 63 cases of goblet cell carcinoids of the appendix
L.H. tang, J. Shia, D.D. Wong, P.B. Paty, M. Weiser, J.G. Guillem, L. Temple, A.I. Picon, L. Sobin, D. Klimstra, 47th Annual Meeting, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), Los Angeles, CA, 1/20/2006
Sentinel lymph node biopsy for cutaneous head and neck melanoma mapping the parotid gland
A.I. Picon, D. G. Coit, A.R. Shaha, M.S. Brady, J.O. Boyle, B.B. Singh, R.J. Wong, K.J. Busam, J.P. Shah, D.H. Kraus, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2005
Barriers to Implementing a Surgical Beta Blocker Protocol: The Beth Israel Cardiac Risk Reduction Initiative
AI. Picon, M. Cantor, T. Lavarias, S. Lam, L. Mount, V. Laskova, V. Nakhamiyayev, Y. Bier, D. Paiusco, AC. Antonacci, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2005
Point mutation and 12p aneuploidy: A 2-hit mechanism of K-ras activation
Ndubuisi M, Gimbel M, Forslund A,� Culliford AT,�Picon A, Nash GM, Zeng ZS,� Paty PB, Proceedings of AACR-NCI�EORTC Conference. Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Boston, MA, 1/1/2003
Multidisciplinary treatment of soft tissue sarcomas Vargas Hospital of Caracas experience, 1998 � 2002
V. Galavis, A.I. Picon, T. Gledhill, D. Parada, C. L�pez, A. Castillo, M. Acosta, E. Vel�squez, H. Robledo, C. Riveros, J. Ugarte, X Annual Venezuelan Oncology Meeting, Caracas, Venezuela, 1/1/2002
Extent of gross or microscopic perirectal fat invasion does not predict outcome in T3N0 rectal cancers
A.I. Picon, J.G. Guillem, S.S. Sternberg, W. Shi, B.D. Minsky, P.B. Paty, S.H. Quan, A.M. Cohen, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1998
Influence of variant arterial anatomy and surgical technique on technical complications in hepatic arterial infusion therapy
A.I. Picon, P.B. Paty, P. Dudrick, N. Kemeny, Y. Fong, L.H. Blumgart, A.M. Cohen, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1998
Evaluation of the utility of K-ras mutations in predicting lymph node metastases in early stage rectal cancer
D. Blumberg, A.I. Picon, D. Klimstra, A.M. Cohen, F. Barany, P.B. Paty, Research Forum Session, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), San Antonio, TX, 1/1/1998
Blood vessel invasion and poor differentiation predict LN metastases in early rectal cancer
D. Blumberg, P.B. Paty, J.G. Guillem, A.I. Picon, D. Klimstra, A.M. Cohen, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), San Diego, CA, 1/1/1998
Technical complications of hepatic artery infusion pump placement for metastatic colorectal cancer
P. Dudrick, P.B. Paty, A.I. Picon, N. Kemeny, N.J. Espat, E. Sigurdson, Y. Fong, L.H. Blumgart, A.M. Cohen, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), San Diego, CA, 1/1/1998
c-K-ras-2 gene amplification in colon cancer
A.I. Picon, PB. Paty, M. Khanna, F. Barany, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), San Diego, CA, 1/1/1998
Lectin induced apoptosis in colorectal cell lines
A.I. Picon, P.B. Paty. D.C. Wojciechowicz, A. M. Cohen, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS). Surgical Research Forum Session, Philadelphia, PA, 1/24/1997
Mechanism of p21 K-ras activation in colon carcinoma. P.B. Paty. D.C. Wojciechowicz, A.I. Picon, G. Debnath
Picon AI, 88th Annual Meeting, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), San Diego, CA, 1/12/1997
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Lectures

Esophageal and Gastric Cancer: Surgical Treatment
Pancreatic Cancer: Staging and selecting patients for surgery
Pancreatic Cancer: Surgical Management
Primary and Metastatic Liver Cancer: Surgical Management
Primary and Metastatic Liver Cancer: Locally Destructive Strategies
Hepatobiliary Surgery
New York, NY - 1/1/2015
Neoadjuvant Therapy and Vascular Resection During Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Shifting the Survival Curve for Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
San Diego, CA - 1/22/2012
Gastric Cancer: Current Management
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, 2007; New Haven, CT, 2011 - 1/27/2011
Current Management of Gastric Cancer
Beth Israel Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2007; Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, 2007 - 1/11/2011
Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Update
Venezuela, 2006; Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan, 2008; Valencia, Venezuela, 2009 - 1/9/2009
Current Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Valencia, Venezuela - 1/8/2009
Current Management of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
Valencia, Venezuela - 1/8/2009
Current Management of Gastrointestinal Lymphomas
Valencia, Venezuela - 1/8/2009
Significance of dilated pancreatic duct
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY - 1/19/2007
Current Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer
1/12/2007
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Present and Future
1/24/2006
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Past, Present and Future
National Cancer Center Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan - 1/5/2006
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Other

Esophageal GIST: Proximal Gastrectomy
V. Galavis, A.I. Picon, A. Ruiz, L. Rodriguez, F. Pina, L. Parra, XVI Latinoamarican Congress of Surgical Oncology
Porlamar, Venezuela - 1/1/2006
Pancreatodudenectomy for Metastatic Mixoid Liposarcoma
V. Galavis, A.I. Picon, L. Rodriguez, MA. Suescum, L. Nieto, A. Belisario, XVI Latinoamarican Congress of Surgical Oncology
Porlamar, Venezuela - 1/1/2006
Resection of a Low Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Base of the Tongue
V. Galavis, A.I. Picon, J. Lugo, N. Miranda, MC. Leon, C. Gil, M. Ramos, XVI Latinoamarican Congress of Surgical Oncology
Porlamar, Venezuela - 1/1/2006
Hyperhidrosis. (Excessive Sweating)
A.I. Picon, PANACEA. Venezuelan Newspaper
1/10/2002
Metastasectomy in Oncologia
V. Galavis, A.I. Picon, C. Bravo, J. Mej�as, R. Salas, J. Arellano, F. Carnevali, X Annual Venezuelan Oncology Meeting
Caracas, Venezuela - 1/1/2002
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