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Jon R. Pirrello, MD, FACS, FASMBS

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EDUCATION / TRAINING

Fellowship – Minimally Invasive Surgery / Bariatric Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopy, July 2005 – June 2006 Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla, NY) / Sound Shore Medical Center (New Rochelle, NY) (Affiliated with New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY)

Training in advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques, including advanced laparoscopy, endoscopy, and bariatric surgery.

Residency – General Surgery, July 2000–June 2005

Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla, NY) / St. Vincent’s Medical Center (Bridgeport, CT) (Affiliated with New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY)

Administrative Chief Surgical Resident, 2004–2005

Resident General Surgery, 2000 - 2004

Doctor of Medicine, May 2000

New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Basic Science Honors in Neuroanatomy

Clinical Honors in Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Obstetrics & Radiology Master of Science in Physiology & Biophysics, April 1997 Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Graduated with Honors

Bachelor of Science in Biology, May 1995 Providence College, Providence, RI

Graduated with Honors

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS / EMPLOYMENT

Attending Surgeon- with privileges in General and Trauma Surgery- June 2023 to present

Weatherby Healthcare, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Consulting Physician, Specialty of General & Bariatric Surgery- June 2023 – present

Brown & Brown Insurance- Absence Services Group, LLC, Daytona Beach, FL Regional Medical Director, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery- Hartford Healthcare, East Region, William W. Backus Hospital- (November 2020 – May 2023)

Attending Surgeon- Appointed Faculty with privileges in Bariatric, General and Trauma Surgery, William W. Backus Hospital- (November 2020 – May 2023)

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group. 164 Otrobando Avenue, Norwich, CT 06360

William W. Backus Hospital. 326 Washington Street, Norwich, CT 06360 Page 2 of 6

Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery- Trinity Health Of New England, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center

(December 2014 – September 2020)

Attending Surgeon- Appointed Faculty with privileges in Bariatric & General Surgery Privileges December 2014 - September 2020

Trinity Health of New England Medical Group, 1000 Asylum Ave, Suite 4309, Hartford, CT 06105

St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, 114 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105 Attending Surgeon- with privileges in General and Trauma Surgery June 2014 – December 2014

(during transition from Novant job to Trinity job)

Delta Locum Tenens, Dallas TX

Onslow Memorial Medical Center, Jacksonville, NC Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, January 2015 - 2020 Medical Director- Bariatric Surgery Novant

Health Bariatric Center- Matthews April 2011

– May 2014

Attending Surgeon- Appointed Faculty with privileges in Bariatric & General Surgery Privileges – February 2009 – May 2014

Novant Health Bariatric Surgical Associates- Matthews, 1450 Matthews Township Parkway, Suite 110 Matthews, NC 28105 (formerly Presbyterian Bariatric & General Surgery- Matthews at the same address)

Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, 1500 Matthews Township Parkway, Matthews, NC 28105 Active Full Time Staff

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, 200 Hawthorne Ln, Charlotte NC, 28204 Courtesy Staff

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, 10030 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 Courtesy Staff

Attending Surgeon- Appointed Faculty with General Surgery, Bariatric, Vascular, Trauma and Thoracic Surgical Privileges- August 2006 – December 2008

Carolina Weight Loss Surgery, 1090 Vinehaven Drive, Concord, NC 28025

Carolinas Medical Center- Northeast, 920 Church Street, Concord, NC 28025 Clinical Instructor of Surgery (faculty appointment during Fellowship year), February 2005 New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Assistant Attending Surgeon- Appointed faculty for Trauma and General Surgery- November 2005 Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

Member at Large, Administrative Board for Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, January 2020 – November 2023 Recertified Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Accredited Program, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, December 3, 2018 Page 3 of 6

Chair, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Committee, William W. Backus Hospital, November 2020 – May 2023

Verified Surgeon Status, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

(MBSAQIP) Accredited Program, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, December 3, 2018 Chair, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Committee, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, January 2015 – September 2020

Chair, Bariatric Surgical Adverse Events Review Committee, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center April 2015

- September 2020

Recertified Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

(MBSAQIP) Accredited Program, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, October 15, 2015

Rebuilt failed program from ground up after losing MBSAQIP status in 2013 Verified Surgeon Status, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

(MBSAQIP) Accredited Program, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, May, 2015 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Accredited Program, Novant Health Matthews Medical Center; March, 2012 ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence (BSCOE)- Awarded March 2011 at Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

Fellow American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgeons (FASMBS)- Conferred April14, 2009 Instructor Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)- 2005 – 2009. Recertified October 2020 – October 2024

Fellowship American College of Surgeons (FACS)- Conferred October 12, 2008, in San Francisco, CA Women’s Choice Awards Excellence in Bariatric Surgery 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence (BSCOE)- Awarded September 3, 2008 at CMC Northeast Blue Cross / Blue Shield of North Carolina Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence Cigna Bariatric Surgery Center of Distinction

United Resource Network Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence BOARD CERTIFICATION

Board Certified for the American Board of Surgery (Passed Qualifying Examination 8/11/05, Certifying examination 3/20/2006)

Recertification completed December 2016 (Expires 2026) Page 4 of 6

LICENSURE

Connecticut State Medical License # 053626 issued November 2014- Active (expires 1/31/2024)

Montana State Medical License # 130003 issued September 2023 – Active (expires 3/31/2025)

DEA Certification – BP9478959 (expires 3/31/2026)

NPI- 111*******

CT Controlled Substances- CSP.0058778 (expires 2/28/2025)

North Carolina State Medical License # 2006-00634 (issued May 2006)- Inactive

New York State Medical License: # 237052 (issued July 2005)- Active (expires 7/31/2025) POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Current and New Approaches to Duodenal Switch, Johnson & Johnson Institute, Feb 25- 26, 2018 Shaping the Future of Bariatric Surgery, Johnson & Johnson Institute, June 2017 Da Vinci Robot Certification, Intuitive Surgical, Tufts University, Boston, MA November 2017 Da Vinci Robotic Surgical Training, Intuitive Surgical, June 2015, Houston, TX Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy, February 2015- Minimally Invasive Surgical Symposium, Las Vegas, NV University of Cincinnati

Ethicon REALIZE Adjustable Gastric Band Training Course- Completed April 2008, Ethicon Endosurgery Training Facility, Cincinnati, OH

EndoGastric Solutions Stomaphyx Training Course- Completed December, 2007 at Monroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala Florida

Allergan Lap Band Training Course- Completed February 2006, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia Cornell Medical Center Laparoscopic Colectomy Course- February 2005, New York, New York Covidien Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Course- Completed November 2005, White Plains, New York RESEARCH

Post Graduate:

“Internal Hernia at Peterson’s Space after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: 4.2% incidence without closure. A Single Surgeon Series of 1300 Cases.” Authored with Dr. Roc W. Bauman, CMC- Northeast. Accepted for publication in SOARD, Journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Residency:

“Liver Disease in Obese Patients - Is it the Hepatitis C of the Next Decade?” With Dr. Ashutosh Kaul, Department of Surgery at Westchester Medical Center. Results presented as Poster Presentation at SAGES, April 2005

“Use of Antibiotics Shows No Survival Benefit in Necrotizing Pancreatitis.” With Dr. Stephen DiRusso, Dept. of Trauma and Critical Care, Westchester Medical Center. Results presented as Poster Presentation at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, October 2004.

“Management of Malignant Esophageal Disease.” With Dr. Rocco Lafaro, Dept. of Thoracic Surgery at Westchester Medical Center. Poster presentation at Louis Del Guercio Research Forum, New York Medical College, 2004.

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“Peritoneal Urinary Diversion for Control of Intractable Ascites.” With Dr. Grigory Rosenblit, Dept. of Surgery

& Radiology at Westchester Medical Center. Results presented at Louis Del Guercio Research Forum, New York Medical College, 2003.

“Penetrating Nail-gun Injuries to the Chest.” With Dr. Stephen DiRusso, Dept. of Trauma Surgery at Westchester Medical Center. Poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 2003. Medical School:

“Post-intubation Morbidity in Trauma Patients: Emergency Room vs. EMS Intubation in the Field.” With Dr. Stephen DiRusso and Department of Trauma Surgery at Westchester County Medical Center, Summer 1997– 1998.

Graduate School:

“Upper Limit of Vulnerability vs. Extension of Refractoriness: Two Possible Mechanisms of Cardiac Defibrillation.” With Dr. Janice Jones and the Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Georgetown University, August 1995–August 1996.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Connecticut State Chapter of American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (CTASMBS)

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Connecticut Chapter of American College of Surgeons (CTACS)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Surgical Society of New York Medical College (SSNYMC)

International Society for Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient PRESENTATIONS

Intercity Grand Rounds, University of Connecticut, Department of OB/Gyn, “Prenatal Management of Post Op Bariatric Surgery Patients, Effects on Fertility and Other Physiologic Changes After Bariatric Surgery” August 18, 2018, Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT.

Intercity Grand Rounds University of Connecticut, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine,

“Update on Bariatric Surgery; Indications, Contraindications, Current Techniques and Concepts” September 8, 2016, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT.

“Update on Bariatric Surgery- Current Techniques and Concepts”, North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Winter Meeting, Ashville, NC, December 2, 2012

"Obesity- Surgical vs. Non-surgical Treatment.” Bariatric Surgery Symposium, Carolinas Medical Center Northeast, September 2008.

“Morbid Obesity Surgical and Non-surgical Options for Weight Loss”, Medical Grand Rounds, Carolinas Medical Center- Northeast July 2008

“Ideal Post-Operative Care of the Bariatric Patient,” Bariatric Surgery Symposium, Carolinas Medical Center, Concord, NC September 2007.

“Bariatric Surgery Procedures, Complications and Outcomes,” Primary Care Bariatric Symposium, Northeast Medical Center, Concord, NC April 2007.

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“Bariatric Surgery Risks, Complications & Emergencies,” Bariatric Surgery Symposium Northeast Medical Center, Concord, NC, November 2006.

“Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in Morbidly Obese Bariatric Surgery Patients,” Poster Presentation, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, October 2005

“Use of the Swan Ganz Catheter in Management of Critically Ill Surgical Patients,” Surgical Grand Rounds, Sound Shore Medical Center, New Rochelle, NY, August 2005.

“Peri-operative Cardiac Risk Assessment,” Morbidity & Mortality Conference Westchester Medical Center, July 2004.

“Penetrating Trauma of the Chest and Abdomen,” Surgical Grand Rounds, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, November 2003.

“Peritoneal Urinary Diversion in Patients with Intractable Ascites,” Louis Del Guercio Day Scientific Exposition, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, May 2004.

“Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries,” Surgical Grand Rounds, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, September 2003.

“Anatomy & Embryology of the Abdominal Cavity,” General Surgery Basic Science Session, Westchester Medical Center, June 2004.

“Management of Sepsis in the Surgical Patient,” Surgical Grand Rounds, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, August 2002.

APPROXIMATE CASE VOLUME TO DATE

Laparoscopic RNY Gastric Bypass- 1500

Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy- 1550

Revision / Conversion Bariatric procedures- 600

Adjustable Gastric Banding- 500

Laparoscopic reduction / repair internal hernia- 250 Gastric Band Removals Hiatal hernia repair)- 375 Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair Nissin Fundoplication)- 650

- With mesh: 200

Upper Endoscopy:

Diagnostic- 1300

Therapeutic (Dilation, biopsy, control of hemorrhage)- 425 References available upon request.

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