Herschel Flax MD
Visiting Clinical Professor, Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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9 E 63rd StNew York, NY 10065
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Summary
- Herschel Flax, MD, is a General Surgeon based in New York, NY, with a medical degree from the University of Cape Town Faculty of Medicine, class of 1964, and completed a residency in Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1974-1975. He has contributed to the field with publications, including topics on suturing education, pleomorphic liposarcoma of the uterus, and eosinophilic enteritis. His work in these areas has been cited multiple times. Dr. Flax is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
Education & Training
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1974 - 1975
University of Cape Town Faculty of MedicineClass of 1964
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1982 - 2026
NY State Medical License 1975 - 2026
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 24 citationsEarly and prolonged opportunities to practice suturing increases medical student comfort with suturing during clerkships: Suturing during cadaver dissection.Edward P. Manning, Priti L. Mishall, Maxwell D. Weidmann, Herschel Flax, Sam Lan
Anatomical Sciences Education. 2018-11-01 - 15 citationsPleomorphic liposarcoma of the uterus: case report and literature review.Pascale Levine, Xiao-Jun Wei, Jean-Pierre Gagner, Herschel Flax, Khush Mittal
International Journal of Gynecological Pathology. 2003-10-01 - 4 citationsNonmucosal predominantly serosal eosinophilic enteritis A case reportTheodore R. Smith, Phyllis Schmiedeberg, Herschel Flax, Elizabeth Wu
Clinical Imaging. 1990-08-01
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