MichaelTarnoffMD

General Surgery • Boston, MA

Adjunct Associate Professor, Surgery, Tufts Medical Center

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Office
800 Washington St
Nemc Box 7105
Boston, MA 02111
Phone+1 617-636-5000

Education & Training

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 2000
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 1996 - 2007
ME State Medical License Active through 2003
OH State Medical License 2000 - 2001
PA State Medical License 1995 - 1995
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Multi-Center Pre-Bariatric Weight Loss Study Start of enrollment: 2007 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
The prevalence of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 as determined by routine preoperative testing
Joshua A Bloom, Zachary Erlichman, Tina Tian, Shira Doron, Lilian Chen
Journal of Infection Prevention. 2021-01-01
1 citations
Dissecting the Important Difference Between Good Surgeons and Good Leaders.
Michael Tarnoff
JAMA Surgery. 2020-09-01
3 citations
Intraoperative identification of adrenal-renal fusion.
Griffin Boll, Rishi Rattan, Osman Yilmaz, Michael Tarnoff
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 2015-07-01

Press Mentions

The Top 25 Hospital Executives for 2023May 17th, 2023
Tufts Medical Center Names Colon and Rectal Surgeon New Surgery ChiefJuly 13th, 2022
Jason Hall, MD, Named Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Tufts Medical Center, Professor of Surgery and Benjamin Andrews Chair of Surgery at Tufts University School of MedicineJuly 12th, 2022
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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