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Office
200 East 78th Street
Suite 1A
New York, NY 10075Phone+1 212-203-2146
Summary
- Dr. Lael Forbes is a general surgeon specializing in minimally invasive robotic surgery in New York, NY. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She recently relocated to Manhattan, NY to join fellow Albert Einstein Alum Dr. Daniel J. Rosen in private practice after having been a professor of surgery at the University of Rochester and prior to that at SUNY-Buffalo. She is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the Tristate area including Lenox Hill Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital. She specializes in both medical and surgical weight management and has over 20 years of experience in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.
Education & Training
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 1999
- Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2000 - 2026
- NJ State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 1995 - 2024
- CT State Medical License 2015 - 2023
- ME State Medical License 2018 - 2019
- SC State Medical License 2008 - 2009
- PA State Medical License 2002 - 2004
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsPerihepatic abscess formation in diabetes: A complication of silent gallstonesLael E. Forbes, Mandeep Bajaj, Thomas McGinn, Arnold Berlin
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 1996-04-01
Press Mentions
- Lael Elizabeth Forbes, MD, FACS, FASMBS, a General Surgeon with New York Hernia CenterDecember 19th, 2020
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