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Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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SURGICAL TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
03/2020-current General, minimally invasive, robotic and bariatric surgry Director Minimally invasive surgery
Clinical Assistant professor of surgery
Division of General Surgery
State University New York Downstate Health Science University
Establishing an advance laparoscopic and robotic general surgery program
Founding a new bariatric service
11/2015 –02/2020 Bariatric and minimally invasive surgeon Director Bariatric and metabolic Surgery
Assistant professor University of Illinois College of medicine, Rockford. General & Minimally invasive surgery
Mercyhealth. Rockford Health Physicians, Rockford, IL. Founded a new bariatric surgery service.
Achieving MBSAQIP accreditation.
Doing laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, duodenal switch, revisional surgery and advance endoscopy.
2013 – 2015 Surgery attending- bariatric, minimally invasive and general surgery.
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH.
2011 – 2013 Surgery resident - PGY 4 +5
Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
2009 - 2011 Surgical Science Research Instructor,
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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2008-2009 Clinical Fellow Bariatric & MIS Surgery, Bariatric Center, Highland Hospital,
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. 1998- 2008 Surgery resident and Attending,
Tel Aviv University, Sackler school of Medicine, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2004 Research Fellow: The Liver Research Laboratory, Tel Aviv University, Sackler school of Medicine Sourasky Gastroenterology Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1997-1998 Intern, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
MEDICAL EDUCATION
1993 - 1996 Medical Doctor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Medicine, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1990-1993 Bachelor of Medical Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Medicine, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Active medical license: Ohio, New York, Illinois, Connecticut. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American College Of Surgeons (ACS)
American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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AWARDS
2013 Outstanding teacher award, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, students’ clerkship.
2017 Best hands on teaching, University of Illinois College of medicine, Rockford students’ clerkship.
2018 WOW award for excellent in patients service
RESEARCH INTEREST Glucose homeostasis after bariatric surgery. BOOK CHAPTERS
MASTERY OF SURGERY, 6th edition (2012), Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Metabolic and inflammatory response to trauma and infection. Abumrad, N.N., Breitman. I, Wattacheril J., Hubbard J.W., Chaudry H.I MASTERY OF SURGERY, 7th edition Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Metabolic and inflammatory response to trauma and infection. Vance L. Albaugh • Igal Breitman Naji N. Abumrad
INVITED LECTURES
Physiological changes in Glucose homeostasis after a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. Ground round Rockford Health system. 10/2015 Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease in the bariatric population: is a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy a right choice? Surgical division ground round. East Tennessee State University. March 2015. Changes in insulin resistance and glucose homeostasis after Roux-N-Y gastric bypass surgery. Endocrinology ground rounds. Case Western Reserve University, January 2014.
“Metabolic Surgery” A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure! ? Surgical division ground round. Case Western Reserve University, September 2013.
“Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Syndrome a Chance to cut is a Chance to Cure!” Surgical division ground round. East Tennessee State University. May 2013.
“Bariatric Surgery procedures and complications” Surgery residences’ education rounds. East Tennessee State University. August 2012 ORAL PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2020 Risk factors for barorauma in Intubated covid-19 patients at University Hospital of Brooklyn. Edwards JA, Kwak M, Sun K, Rancy SK, Yates TA, Bienstock J, Daniel M, Abramowitz B, Simon T, Rubin D, Hildebrand D, Schwartzman A, Breitman I. ACS quality and safety conference July 2020 2018 Ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm following gastric bypass surgery. Breitman I, Tobin MN, Froehling MN, Shah PN, ASMBS weekend June 2018 NYC.
2014 Is Heparin prophylaxis with aggressive ambulation enough to prevent thrombo-embolic complications even in higher risk patients undergoing bariatric surgery? Singhal V, Darvin H, Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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Breitman I, Khaitan L. SAGES 2014 Salt Lake City, UT 2013 Idiopathic Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage: A Case report and review of literature. Bassante M, Breitman I, Cobble AD The Southeastern Surgical Congress, February 2013
2012 Effectiveness of Thoracoscopic Truncal Vagotomy in the Treatment of Marginal Ulcers after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. John Hunter, Richard Stahl, Manasi Kakade, Igal Breitman, Jayleen Grams, Ronald Clements. Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Feb 2012, Birmingham, AL. 2011 Metabolic effects of gastric bypass without caloric restriction: preliminary findings. Tamboli RA, Breitman I, Marks-Shulman PA, Flynn CR, Jabbour K, Saliba J, Isbell JM, Abumrad NN. Obesity Society 29th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL 2011 Oral antiseptic mouth rinse can decrease the morbidity due to surgical site infections in circular stapled Roux-N-Y gastric bypass: A single surgeon experience. Thatigotla B, Breitman I, Clements RH, Williams B. SAGES 2011 San Antonio, TX 2010 The effects of an amino acid supplement on glucose homeostasis, inflammatory markers and incretins after laparoscopic gastric bypass. Clements RH, Breitman I, Manasi K, Yellumahanthi K, Hackett J. Southern Surgical Association meeting.
2008 Bariatric Surgery-Changes and developments. Abu-Abeid S, Breitman I, Koriansky Y, Klausner J. Israeli Surgical Society Meeting
Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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2008 Early Reoperation – A Quality Parameter For Monitoring Laparoscopic Surgery? Breitman I, Kuriansky J, Szold A, Klausner J. SAGES 2008 Philadelphia, PA.
2007 Roux-N-Y Gastric bypass, The Tel Aviv Medical Center experience and learning curve in the first 100 patients. Breitman I, Kuriansky J, Klausner JM, Abu-Abid S. Israeli Surgical Society biennial Meeting.
2007 Is early reoperation, a quality indicator in laparoscopic surgery? Breitman I, Kuriansky J, Szold A, Klausner JM. Israeli Surgical Society Biennial Meeting. (Second presentation).
2006 Is early reoperation, a quality indicator in laparoscopic surgery? Breitman I, Kuriansky J, Szold A, Klausner JM. Israeli Endoscopic Surgery Society Meeting.
2005 Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, The Tel Aviv Medical Center experience . Breitman I, Szold A, Ben-Haim M, Nakash R, Klausner JM. Israeli Surgical Society biennial Meeting. 2005 Early reoperation in general surgery: characteristics of patients and procedures; analysis of risk factors and outcomes . Breitman I, Klausner JM, Israeli Surgical Society Meeting. 2003 Operation room Emergency Thoracotomy, post trauma. Breitman I, Shimcha M, Shagie B, Alagem D, Grinberg R, Mayo A, Kluger Y. Israeli Annual Trauma Association Meeting. Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEW JOURNALS
Pulmonary barotrauma in mechanically ventilated coronavirus disease 2019 patients: A case series Edwa rds, JA ., Breitman, I. Bienstock, J., Badami, A., Kovatch, Dresner, L., Schwartzman, A., Annals of Medicine and Surgery Volume 61, January 2021, Pages 24-29
The impact of obesity on COVID-19 complications: a retrospective cohort study. Nakeshbandi, M., Maini, R., Daniel, P., Rosengarten, S., Parmar, P., Wilson, C., Kim, J.M., Oommen, A., Mecklenburg, M., Salvani, J., Joseph, M.A., Breitman, I . Int J Obes 44, 1832 – 1837 (2020)
Lessons Learned at a COVID - 19 designated hospital . Edwards JA, Breitman I, Kovatch I, Dresner L, Smith TY, Brunicardi FC, Schwartzman A. Lessons Learned at a COVID-19 designated hospital. Am J Surg. 2020 Aug 4:S0002- 9610(20)30483-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.07.029. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32778399; PMCID: PMC7402213.
Early weight regain after gastric bypass does not affect insulin sensitivity but is associated with elevated ghrelin. Tamboli RA, Breitman I, Marks - Shulman PA, Jabbour K, Melvin W, Williams B, Clements RH, Feurer ID, Abumrad NN. Obesity 2014 Jul;22(7):1617-22
Effects of foregut bypass on Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity in Humans . Breitman I, Isbell JM, Saliba J, Jabbour K, Flynn CR, Marks - Shulman P, Laferrère B, Abumrad NN, Tamboli RA. Diabetes Care. 2013 Apr;36(4):e57. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) in Morbidly Obese Surgical Patients with ALI and ARDS. Testerman GM, Breitman I, Hensley S. Am Surg. 2013 Mar;79(3):242-6
Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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Effectiveness of Thoracoscopic Truncal Vagotomy in the Treatment of Marginal Ulcers after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Hunter J, Stahl RD, Kakade M, Breitman I, Grams J, Clements RH. Am Surg. 2012 Jun;78(6):663-8.
Hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivity and diabetes remission at 1 month after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in patients randomized to omentectomy.Dunn JP, Abumrad NN, Breitman I, Marks-Shulman PA, Flynn CR, Jabbour K, Feurer ID, Tamboli RA. Diabetes Care. 2012 Jan;35(1):137-42. The effects of an amino acid supplement on glucose homeostasis, inflammatory markers, and Incretins after laparoscopic gastric bypass. Breitman I, Saraf N, Kakade M, Yellumahanthi K, White M, Hackett J, Clements RH. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 212 (2011) pp. 617-625 Nicotinamide induces apoptosis and reduces collagen I and pro- inflammatory cytokines expression in rat hepatic stellate cells. Traister A, Breitman I, Bar-Lev E, Zvibel I, Harel A, Halpern Z, Oren R. Scand J Gastroentrol. 2005 Oct:40(10):1226-34
Whole fetal liver transplantation--a new approach to cell therapy. Oren R, Breitman I, Gur E, Traister A, Zvibel I, Brazovsky E, Shafritz DA, Halpern Z. Liver Transpl. 2005 Aug;11(8):929-33.
Pancreas and kidney transplantation: Tel Aviv Medical Center experience. Kariv Y, Ravid A, Breitman I, Merhav H, Nakache R. Transplant Proc. 2003 Mar;35(2):601-2.
Igal Breitman, M.D. FACS
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
University Hospital of Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson ave. Brooklyn NY 11203 Office Phone 718-***-**** Cell 615-***-****
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Left paraduodenal hernia: a report of a case and a review of clinical and diagnostic CT findings. Blachar A, Sagie B, Brietman I, Levine C, Graif M Harefuah. 2003 Feb;142(2):91-3, 160
Surgical risk of pancreas transplantation: the influence of pretransplant management with peritoneal dialysis. Nakache R, Weinbroum A, Breitman I, Merhav H, omi-Wasserlauf R, Klausner J. Transplnt Proc. 2001 Sep;33(6):2947. LANGUAGES
English – fluent
Hebrew – fluent
Russian – fluent
MILITERY SERVICE
1986-1989 Mandatory Service, Israel Defense force (IDF), Rank – Captain INTERESTS
Winter sports
Tropical fish
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