The Department of Surgery at Franklin Hospital offers a comprehensive and diverse number of services in all of the following categories: general surgery, vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, thoracic surgery, plastic surgery, oral surgery and podiatric surgery. The Department of Surgery and its various subspecialties are fully staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provide an immediate consultative service for inpatients, ambulatory surgery patients and Emergency Department patients.

The entire area of operating suites has been totally renovated and two brand-new operating rooms have been added to ensure unquestioned capability to provide all of the procedures required for the surgical care of today's patients.

The seven operating suites are equipped with state-of-art minimally invasive technology, exceptional monitoring capabilities and advanced anesthesia equipment. In addition, the post-anesthesia care unit (recovery room) has also been renovated to ensure the safe recovery of all ambulatory and in-house patients. The dedicated, experienced and caring group of operating room nurses and technicians, recovery room nurses and ancillary personnel provide an aura of safety, caring and expertise to meet the individual physical and emotional needs of all surgical patients.

The Department of Anesthesia has been expanded and energized. These physicians and certified nurse anesthetists provide a variety of safe and innovative anesthesia techniques, as well as post-operative pain management protocols. A separate service focusing exclusively on the management of both acute and chronic pain has been initiated.

Diagnostics

The practice of surgery requires a wide variety of diagnostic support technology. Franklin Hospital has seen to it that all of these services are standardized and readily available.

Radiology

• Regular X-rays — chest, abdomen hip, knee, as well as studies of stomach, small intestine and large intestine
• CT scan — abdomen, pelvis, brain, extremities
• Sonograms — abdomen, pelvis, breast
• Digital mammograms — breast cancer screening certified by American College of Radiology
• Artery & vein doppler — blood circulation to extremities and brain (non-invasive)
• Angiograms — contrast study of blood vessels (invasive)
• CT and sonogram guided biopsy
• Nuclear medicine — gallbladder function, bleeding sites, thyroid disease
• MRI — brain, spinal cord, chest, ABD, extremities, bone disease

Endoscopy

• Upper endoscopy — esophagus, stomach, duodenum
• Colonoscopy — large intestine, rectum
• ERCP — bile ducts, pancreas, liver, gall bladder

Laboratory

• Complete panel of blood tests.
• Microbiology — Bacterial, viral, fungus studies

Surgery

• Diagnostic laparoscopy (minimally invasive)

Programs and Services

Franklin Hospital has been designated as a hospital to provide postgraduate medical training and serves as a teaching hospital for both general surgery and orthopedic surgery residency programs. Surgical residents are in the hospital on an around-the-clock basis. These residents participate in all phases of surgical care and are under the direct supervision of the patient's attending surgeon. Surgical residents are involved in all aspects of pre-operative, surgical and post-operative care. A variety of surgical care rounds, educational conferences and quality-of-care reviews are an integral part of the residents' educational training.

Innovations in Care

• Laparoscopic surgical treatment for obesity (stomach banding)
• Laparoscopic surgery of gallbladder, appendix, colon, abdomen
• Video-assisted lung surgery
• Pain management service — dedicated treatment service for treatment of acute and chronic pain disorders

Cancer

• Breast
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Colon
• Lung
• Thyroid
• Pancreas
• Intestine

General

• Hernia (groin, abdomen)
• Gallbladder surgery
• Ulcer surgery
• Appendicitis
• Diverticulitis
• Intestinal obstruction
• Crohn's and ulcerative colitis
• G.I. bleeding

Department Heads

John F. Lundie, MD, FACS
Director, Department of Surgery
(516) 256-6185 (hospital office)
(516) 741-5555 (outside office)

Michael G. Persico, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of General Surgery/Surgical Education
(516) 256-6185 (hospital office)
(516) 741-5555 (outside office)

Attending General Surgeons

Noel Blackman, MD
Devendra Brahmbhatt, MD
Anthony Colantonio, MD
Rulx Dupiton, MD
Nick Gabriel, DO
Alan Geiss, MD
Rafael Hernandez, DO
Warren Janus, MD
Ira Klonsky, MD
Mayur Kothari, MD
Ravi Kothuru, MD
Thomas Lubeski, DO
Abdalla Mishrick, MD
Sanjeev Rajpal, MD
Dan Reiner, MD
Simra Shein, MD
Sheldon Sirota, DO
Jerry Soraiano, MD
Victor Taranto, DO
Neysa Valentin, DO
Bassem Zeidan, MD

Location

Franklin Hospital
900 Franklin Avenue
Valley Stream, New York 11580