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Federico Gattorno, MD, General Surgery, Brooklyn, NY

FedericoLGattornoMDFACS, FICS

General Surgery Brooklyn, NY

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Attending Surgeon-Minimally Invasive Surgery Department of Surgery Woodhull Medical Center-NYU School of Medicine. NY Professor Department of Surgery. St. George University School of Medicine

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  • Office

    760 Broadway
    # Woodhull
    Brooklyn, NY 11206
    Phone+1 718-963-8000
    Fax+1 718-630-3122

Summary

  • Dr. Federico Gattorno is a general surgeon in Brooklyn, NY and is affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals / Woodhull. He received his medical degree from Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela, then training in General Surgery at University Hospital and Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital NY and has been in practice 30 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish and Italian. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery and is experienced in minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, inguinal hernia, laparoscopic appendectomy and ventral abdominal hernia repair.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 1997 - 1998
  • Universidad Central de Venezuela
    Universidad Central de VenezuelaSpecialist, 1990 - 1995
  • Universidad Central de Venezuela
    Universidad Central de VenezuelaSpecialist, 1995
  • Universidad de Carabobo
    Universidad de CaraboboM.C., Medicine, 1983 - 1989
  • University of Carabobo Faculty of Health Sciences
    University of Carabobo Faculty of Health SciencesClass of 1989
  • La Salle School
    La Salle SchoolCertificate, 1971

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2009 - 2025
  • Venezuela Surgical SocietyGeneral Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Honor Physician Doctor's Recognition Day The Executive Committee and Board of the Medical Society of the County of Kings and The Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn, 2024
  • Attending of the Year 2021 NYC + Hospitals-Harlem Graduate Medical Education Committee, New York, NY, 2021
  • Attending of the Year 2019 Harlem Hospital - Woodhull Medical Center, 2019
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • “Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for the Management of Complex Surgical Wounds in a Minority Population.”  
    Max Murray-Ramcharan • Michelle Feltes Escurra • Ryan Engdahl • Federico L. Gattorno, CUREUS, 3/22/2024
  • Fl cierre de los puertos en cirugia laparoscopica utilizanddo un derivado adhesivo del cianocrilato Resultado de 100 casos  
    Gattorno FL, Revista Venezolana de Cirugia, 6/1/2009
  • How to make a good oral presentation?  
    Gattorno FL, Revista Venezolana de Cirugia, 6/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Successful treatment in one step laparoscopic procedure using same ports access for a synchronous presentation of acute cholecystitis and acute appendicitis
    Chua, AF; Bonner, K; Siller, R ; Gattorno, FL, 79th Annual Surgical Update of the International College of Surgeons-US Section, Seattle, WA, 6/2017
  • A rare case of cocaine-induced intestinal necrosis resulting in delayed bowel perforation
    White-Gittens, IC; Chatoor, M; Gattorno, FL, Harlem Hospital – Residents’ Research Poster 2017; Harlem, NY March, 2017, Harlem, NY, 3/2017
  • Case of idiopathic spontaneous pneumoperitoneum in a patient with pneumonia
    Sharma, S; Gattorno, FL, NYU School of Medicine-Woodhull Hospital/Harlem Hospital – Residents’ Research Poster 2017, Harlem, NY, 3/2017
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Lectures

  • Laparoscopy in Emergency Surgery. Intra abdominal Compartmental Syndrome. How to Commitment with a Thromboprophylaxis Program.) 
    Guatemala City, Guatemala - 1/1/2010
  • Thromboprophylaxis in Laparoscopic Surgery 
    Salvador, Brazil - 1/1/2010
  • Laparoscopic Surgery and DVT risk. President Video session Bariatric Surgery. President of the Jury for video presentations Dr. Augusto Diez Prize 
    Caracas, Venezuela - 1/1/2009
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Other

  • WEB site UNIQA 
    Delgado JF, Gattorno FL, Unidad Quirúrgica Avanzada-Centro de Cirugia Minima Invasiva
    http://www.uniqa.org
    Caracas, Venezuela - 1/1/2007
  • Cura de eventracion por laparoscopia 
    Gattorno FL, Ayala J, Martinez S, Ottolino P, LXII Jornadas de Cirugia. Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugia
    Pto. La Cruz - 7/1/2005
  • CYBERSURGERY; II Congreso AVEDEME; CD-ROM; ISBN: 980-07-8530-2; Asoc.Venz. Derecho Médico 
    Gattorno FL
    10/1/2002
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Committees

  • Member, Facility Based Collaboration Council Health Hospital Corporation Woodhull Hospital 2019 - Present
  • Surgery Rep. Member, Anesthesia, Operative & Invasive Procedures Committee (AOIPC) Woodhull Medical Center-NYU School of Medicine. Brooklyn NY 2014 - Present
  • Active member, SAGES Membership Committee 1999 - Present
  • General Surgery Department Member, Specialist Advisory for EPIC Woodhull Medical Center-NYU School of Medicine. Brooklyn NY 2018 - 2018
  • Member, Pain Management Committee. Woodhull Medical Center-NYU School of Medicine. Brooklyn NY 2014 - 2017
  • Active Member, SAGES Global affairs Committee 2013 - 2015
  • Board of Regents, Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugía. 2006 - 2008
  • Member Advisory, Committees in Thromboprophylaxis Sanofi-Aventis, Caracas, Venezuela 2004 - 2007
  • Active Member, SAGES International Liaison Group Members Committee 2004 - 2006
  • President, Venezuela Chapter American College of Surgeons 2002 - 2004
  • Active member, SAGES Fundamentals in Laparoscopic Surgery Committee 2000 - 2002
  • Active member, SAGES Technology Committee 1999 - 2002

Research History

  • Research AssistantMicrosurgery. Endothelium. Neo-intimal hyperplasia; proliferation studies. Microvascular Laboratory.Cardiovascular Institute. The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y1997 - 1998

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish, Italian