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Office
430 Shore Road Suite B7D
Long Beach, NY 11561Phone+1 567-666-4666Fax+1 516-266-1165
Summary
- Dr. Leon Katz is a bariatrician specializing in medically supervised weight loss. He focuses on helping patients who want to lose weight but do not qualify for or prefer to avoid surgery. Based on the extensive knowledge of medical weight loss and bariatric surgery, Dr. Katz offers treatment for patients who had prior bariatric surgery. Primary care doctors who have been taking care of patients who had weight regain after bariatric surgery have sent patients to Dr. Katz for a collaborative treatment of such patients.
Originally from Long Island, New York, Dr. Katz attended medical school at New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency and general surgery training at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and St. Barnabas Medical Center. He further specialized with a fellowship in Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Northwell Syosset Hospital.
Dr. Katz has an extensive background in establishing successful medical and surgical weight loss programs. Dr. Katz was recently the director of medical weight loss program at one of the largest weight management programs. In addition, having developed and led programs at various institutions, including Crozer Chester Medical Center, where he earned a Center of Excellence designation. He was also a leader in robotic surgery, performing over 1,100 robotic procedures. Although he no longer practices bariatric surgery, Dr. Katz now focuses exclusively on non-surgical weight loss solutions.
He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery.
Education & Training
- Northshore medical center of SyossetMinimally invasive surgery, 2002 - 2003
- Rutgers Health/St Barnabas Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 2002
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
- New York University School of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2002 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2006 - 2024
- FL State Medical License 2006 - 2018
- NJ State Medical License 1999 - 2003
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsThe Use of Transient Elastography Technology in the Bariatric Patient: a Review of the LiteratureMax M Puthenpura, Vishal Patel, John Fam, Leon Katz, David S. Tichansky
Obesity Surgery. 2020-09-26 - 7 citationsOutcomes of primary versus revisional robotically assisted laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a multicenter analysis of ten-year experience.Pouya Iranmanesh, John Fam, Thomas Nguyen, David Talarico, Kavita D. Chandwani
Surgical Endoscopy. 2021-10-01 - 4 citationsIFSO Position Statement on New Technologies for Treatment of Obesity : The International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) and Its New Technologies Committee. E...Jerome Dargent, Ramon Vilallonga, Leon Katz, Dana Portenier, Erik B Wilson
Obesity Surgery. 2017-07-06
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Board of Obesity MedicineDiplomate
Other Languages
- Russian
External Links
- Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559983561231
- Linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-katz-5484843b
- X or Twitterhttps://x.com/drleonkatz
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