About Dr. Gabriel

Dr. Gabriel received his undergraduate degree from King's College in three years time. He attended New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, affiliate of Weill Medical College of Cornell University, in Brooklyn, New York. His laparoscopic skills were observed and recognized by James "Butch" Rosser, at a laparoscopic skills and suturing course where he was awarded the TOP GUN award for that course. Consequently, he was invited by Dr. Rosser to spend time as a post doctoral fellow at Yale. It was at the Yale Endo-Laparoscopic Center that Dr. Gabriel received his advance training as a fellow in minimally invasive surgery.

As a disciple of Dr. Rosser, Dr. Gabriel has amassed worldwide achievements. During his appointment as an Attending and Clinical instructor of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, he was responsible for mentoring many residents and attendings in the art of laparoscopic suturing. Dr. Gabriel has also developed a new concept and learning device called the G.R.I.P. (Gabriel/Rosser Inanimate Proctor) for teaching laparoscopic suturing which will be featured in the second edition of "The Art of Laparoscopic Suturing", and was debut at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) 2000 meeting. This device is currently being utilized to gather important data on laparoscopic skills and suturing, and a poster "The Use of a “Hybrid” Inanimate Trainer in an Established Laparoscopic Skill Development Program" has been accepted for presentation at the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual meeting in Denver, CO, 2004.

Dr. Gabriel has been an integral part in the production and publication of the "Minimally Invasive Approach to Common Bile Duct Stones" CD-Rom minimally invasive series and is currently involved in other CD-Rom educational projects. Besides these, he has co-authored a chapter in Surgical Clinics of North America and a chapter in the World Journal of Surgery. One of his most impressive achievement is a project undertaken with Discovery Health Channel. Dr. Gabriel was deployed to a small clinic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His responsibilities included establishing a high speed data link with a portable satellite communications (SAT-COM) unit for the featured telementoring program, training and mentoring local surgeons for advanced laparoscopic procedures, helping with the production of the documentary, and operating as well as assisting advanced laparoscopic surgery. His documentary responsibilities culminated with the deployment of wireless aerial videography from a remotely piloted aircraft, a platform for extreme telemedical applications as developed by Dr. James Rosser. This project has been recognized and was worthy of a Smithsonian award in April 2000.

In 2001, Dr. Gabriel moved back into the greater New York area where he joined a private surgical practice. His passion for laparoscopy remains unbridled. At Franklin Hospital, an affiliate of the North Shore University Hospitals, he was the first and only surgeon to perform laparoscopic colon resections, laparoscopic anti-reflux procedures, and laparoscopic adrenalectomies. This trend of advanced minimally invasive surgery is not only being felt at Franklin Hospital, but also at Beth Israel Medical Center - Kings Highway division and Brookdale University hospital where Dr. Gabriel has performed numerous advanced laparoscopic cases, including laparoscopic adrenalectomy, splenectomy, large ventral hernias, small bowel resections, colon resections, anti-reflux procedures, and other unusual cases. With the recent trend of surgery for morbid obesity, Dr. Gabriel was one of the first surgeons to perform the laparoscopic gastric banding procedures in Long Island and helped initiate the Lap Band program at North Shore University Hospital at Syosset. He was also an integral part in developing the Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery program and Unit at Brookdale Hospital where he performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass as well as laparoscopic gastric band.

Dr. Gabriel currently holds a position as Chief of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at Kingsbrook Jewish hospital in Brooklyn, where he has already performed laparoscopic colon resections. Dr. Gabriel has been currently appointed as Director of the Comprehensive Health and Obesity Management Program (C.H.O.M.P.), which offers conservative and surgical weight loss options for patients.

Dr. Gabriel also holds a position as the Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgical Education at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. He is credited for performing the first mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy at St. Vincent's with his signature three-port technique. He is well known as an educator in minimally invasive surgery and is a consultant, speaker and proctor for the leading laparoscopic industries.

Dr. Gabriel is also involved with performing advanced laparoscopic surgery abroad particularly in the Dominican Republic, Tijuana, and Cancun. He is in an elite group of surgeons who can perform laparoscopic gastric banding in Cancun.

Now, Dr. Gabriel along with Dr. John de Csepel have joined forces to form Laparoscopic Associates of New York, LLC, a surgical practice able to offer the most advanced minimally invasive surgical procedures performed today.

Laparoscopic Associates of New York, LLC
170 West 12th Street, Cronin Building #810, New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-604-2475

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