
Armando E Castro MD FACS, FASMBS
Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery, South Shore University Hospital SVP, Eastern Region Physician Executive, Northwell Health Associate Professor of Surgery Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
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250 E Main StBay Shore, NY 11706
Phone+1 631-390-7100
Fax+1 631-390-7128
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Education & Training
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1998 - 2003
- University of Vermont College of MedicineClass of 1998
- University of California, Los AngelesB.S., Psychobiology, 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2000 - 2026
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- ASMBSFellow
- SAGESMember
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
- Fellow, ASMBS ASMBS, 2015
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1997
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsGastrojejunal Anastomosis Perforation after Gastric Bypass on a Patient with Underlying Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Omar Bellorin, Anna Kundel, Alexander Ramirez-Valderrama, Armando Castro
Case Reports in Surgery. 2015-10-12 - 64 citationsAre laparoscopic bariatric procedures safe in superobese (BMI ≥50 kg/m2) patients? An NSQIP data analysis.Venkata R. Kakarla, Kalyana C. Nandipati, Michael Lalla, Armando Castro, Stephen Merola
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2011-07-01 - 64 citationsLaparoscopic gastric bypass is superior to adjustable gastric band in super morbidly obese patients: A prospective, comparative analysis.Wilbur B. Bowne, Kell Julliard, Armando E. Castro, Palak Shah, Craig B. Morgenthal
Archives of Surgery. 2006-07-01
Journal Articles
- Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Perforation After Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): A Community Hospital ExperienceAlexander Ramirez Valderrama A, Merola S, Castro A, Ricci J, Sample J, Surgical Endoscopy, 1/1/2014
- Primary Colonic Type Adenocarcinoma of The Cecal Appendix: A Rare Cause of Conversion In Laparoscopic AppendectomyRamirez A, Castro A., Surgical Endoscopy, 1/1/2012
- The role of endoscopic extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy: where do we stand in 2005?Bowne W, Morgenthal C, Castro A, et al, Surgical Endoscopy, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Gastro-Jejunal Anastomotic Perforation after Gastric Bypass in a Patient with Locally Advanced Pancreatic CancerQueens, NY - 1/1/2015
- Management of Complicated AppendicitisChicago, IL - 1/1/2015
- Mortality SPRINT: Is ACS NSQIP risk calculator helpful in stratifying surgical risk and assessing preventable deaths?Queens, NY - 1/1/2015
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Other
- Item writer for the TWIS Inguinal and Femoral Hernias QuizCastro AE, The SCORE Portal
http://www.surgicalcore.org/curriculumSchedule.aspx?currID=1
1/5/2016 - Management of lap band erosion (Video presentation)Castro AE, Ferzli GS, SAGES
Dallas, TX - 1/1/2006 - Gastrojejunal Anastomosis Perforation after Gastric Bypass on a Patient with Underlying Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureBellorin O, Kundel A, Ramirez-Valderrama A, Castro A, Case Reports in Surgery
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/170901
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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