Employment
Appointments
Current Work Address
Education
Training
Medical Licensure
Board Certified
Military Background
Continuing Education
Abstracts, Posters & Presentations
Papers & Publications
Awards & Honors
Professional Memberships
Academic Achievements

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EMPLOYMENT

Peninsula Hospital Center
Affiliate of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director, General Surgery Residency
July 1, 2006 - Present

Affiliated Hospitals:
Peninsula Hospital Center
St. Vincent's Hospital
Victory Memorial Hospital
Cabrini Medical Center
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

L.A.N.Y.
Laparoscopic Associates of New York, LLC
January 1, 2004 - June 2006

C.L.A.S.S.
Comprehensive Laparoscopic Associates of Surgical Specialties
Valley Stream, New York
July 1, 2001 – December 31, 2003

Yale Endo-Laparoscopic Center
Department of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001

Part Time – House Physician, Department of Surgery, 
The Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens 
December 1999 – December 2000  

Consultant/Hernia Faculty & Proctor – Tyco/USSC
Consultant/Proctor – GORE
Consultant - Ethicon

APPOINTMENTS  (back to top)

Attending, General Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, NYCOM

Attending and Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001

CURRENT WORK ADDRESS  (back to top)

Laparoscopic Associates of New York - L.A.N.Y.
170 West 12th Street, Cronin Building #810
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 604-2475
Fax: 
E-mail: NHGSX@aol.com

EDUCATION  (back to top)

St. Francis of Paola Elementary School, Brooklyn, New York
Graduate 1982, Valedictorian

Xavier High School, New York, New York
High School Diploma, 1986

King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science, General Science, 1989

State University of New York, Stony Brook
Department of Anesthesiology, Research Technician, 1989-1990

New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York
Doctor of Osteopathy, 1994

TRAINING  (back to top)

Traditional Rotating Internship, July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Affiliate of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Yeshiva University, Brooklyn, New York

General Surgery Residency, July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1999
Chief Resident General Surgery, July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Teaching Affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Brooklyn, New York

Fellowship, July 1, 1999 - June 30, 2000
Advanced Laparoscopy and Technological Assimilation
Yale Endo-Laparoscopic Center, Department of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

MEDICAL LICENSURE  (back to top)

New York State # 200259 1994 ( Active )
State of Pennsylvania # 0S-010259 1999 ( Active )
State of Connecticut # 000541 1999 ( Inactive )

BOARD CERTIFIED  (back to top)

American Osteopathic Board of Surgery 2001
Written Boards: Passed – April 1999
Oral Boards: Passed – October 1999

MILITARY BACKGROUND  (back to top)

JROTC, Xavier High School 1982 – 1986, Cadet LTC, Battalion Commander
ROTC, King's College 1986 - 1987

CONTINUING EDUCATION  (back to top)

Certified - Basic Life Support (Current)
Certified - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Current)
Certified - Advanced Trauma Life Support (Current)
Cranial Osteopathy Course, New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
  Franconia, New Hampshire, June 1995
Current Trends in Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
  Orlando, Florida, February 1997
United States Surgical Corporation, Laboratory Training Program and Seminar in Advanced Laparoscopic Procedures
  Norwalk, Connecticut, 1997
Second Annual Symposium on Laparoscopic Surgery, Long Island
Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, May 1998
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
  Chicago, Illinois, September 1998
American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 1998
Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Course, North Shore University - Long Island Jewish System, Yale University
  April 1999
American College of Surgeons Spring Meeting, New York, New York, April 1999
One Month Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy
  Yale Endo-Laparoscopy Center, Yale University School of Medicine, May 1999
SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Colon and Solid Organ Course, Washington, D.C., June 1999
Third International Conference on Computers & Robotics, "Surgery in the OR 2000"
  Santa Barbara, California, July 1999
Yale Telemedicine Course, Yale University School of Medicine, August 28–29, 1999
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
  Seattle, Washington, October 1999
American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. October 1999
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Newport Beach, California, January 2000
SAGES Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA., April 2000
Frontiers of GYN Endoscopy, New York, NY, June 2000
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
  Boston, MA., September 2000
Intuitive "DaVinci" Robotics System, Greenberg, NC, October 2000
American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., October 2000
Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) Meeting, Orlando, FL., December 2000
SAGES Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 2001
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
  Palm Desert, CA, October 2001
Weight Loss Surgery: Care of the Morbidly Obese Patient, Montefiore Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery
  Novermber 2, 2001
Laparoscopic Band Workshop, Bioenterics Corporation, Tijuana, Mexico
USSC TEPP Hernia "Kryptonite" Workshop, Tijuana, Mexico

ABSTRACTS/ POSTERS/ PRESENTATIONS  (back to top)

Abstract - " Sigmoid Volvulus Caused by Pedunculated Uterine Leiomyoma Leading to Acute Intestinal Obstruction in Young Adult Female"
American Journal of Gastroenterology, September 1997.

Abstract - " Ampullary View ' Duodenal Leiomyoblastoma' ", American Journal of Gastroenterology, September 1998.

Poster - " Incidence of Gallbladder Carcinoma in Small Community Hospital: A Retrospective Analysis"
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
Chicago, Illinois, September 1998.

Poster - " Gastric Leiomyosarcoma - Case Report and Literature Review"
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
Chicago, Illinois, September 1998

Presentation – "Tactical Information Deployment "
The Third International Congress on Computers and Robotics in the O.R. 2000
Santa Barbara, California, July 14, 1999

Poster – " Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix Presenting as Appendicovesical Fistula: A Very Rare Presentation for a Rare Carcinoma "
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
Seattle, Washington, October 1999

Abstract - " Effect of Bandwidth Modifications on Performance Outcomes in a Laparoscopic Surgery Teleprocedural Model"
Rosser, Gabriel, Murayama
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 2000)

PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS  (back to top)

"Telementoring and Teleproctoring", Rosser, Gabriel, et al
World Journal of Surgery, November 2001 ( In Press ).

"The Use of Mini-Laparoscopy for Conscious Pain Mapping"
Saberski, Rosser, Gabriel, Goodwin
Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, October 2001.

"An ergonomic analysis of the effects of camera rotation on laparoscopic performance"
Gallager, Seymour, Quest, Hewlett, Gabriel, Rosser, Satava
Surgical Endoscopy.

"Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Solutions for the 21^st Century"
Rosser, Murayama, Gabriel
Surgical Clinics of North America, October 2000

Book: "The Art of Laparoscopic Suturing, 2^nd Edition", (publication pending)
Contributing author and editor

Small Bowel Phytobezoar Associated With A Congenital Adhesive Band: A Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction:
Case Report and Literature Review. (peer reviewed, non published)

Sigmoid Volvulus Associated With Pedunculated Uterine Fibroids Causing Acute Intestinal Obstruction In A Young Adult Female.
(peer reviewed, abstract in Journal of Gastroenterology, September 1997)

Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix Presenting as Appendicovesical Fistula: A Very Rare Presentation for a Rare Carcinoma
(peer reviewed, non published)

AWARDS/HONORS  (back to top)

Designation as Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, July  2002

Strathmore’s Who’s Who 2000-2001

Inductee - American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, September 23, 2000

1^st Place, "Top Gun" - North Shore University - Long Island Jewish System
Yale University Laparoscopic Skills Course, April 1999

1^st Place, Intracorporeal Suturing – North Shore University – Long Island Jewish System
Yale Laparoscopic Skills Course, April 1999

1^st Place, "Slam Dunk" Drill – North Shore University – Long Island Jewish System
Yale Laparoscopic Skills Course, April 1999

2^nd Place, "Cobra Rope" Drill – North Shore University – Long Island Jewish System
Yale Laparoscopic Skills Course, April 1999

2^nd Place - Scientific Poster at Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, General Surgery Discipline
" Incidence of Gallbladder Carcinoma in Small Community Hospital: A Retrospective Analysis"
September 1998

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS  (back to top)

American Osteopathic Association
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
American Medical Association
Medical Society of the State of New York
Medical Society of Kings County
New York Institute of Integral Human Development
  - Advisory Board Member

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS  (back to top)

May 3 – 27, 1999 One Month Post Doctoral Advanced
Laparoscopic Suturing Fellowship

May 22, 1999 North Shore University/ Long Island Jewish System
Minimally Invasive Surgery: Nursing Course - Assistant Course Instructor

May, 1999 "Operation First Look" – HUD (Heads Up Display) product evaluation.

June 11 – 12, 1999 SAGES Laparoscopic Colon & Solid Organ Course - Performed Laparoscopic Venous Injury Repair

June 16 – 17, 1999 Yale University School of Medicine
Surgical Residents Laparoscopic Skills Boot Camp
  - Instructor

July 13- 15, 1999 Computer Motion: Technologies of the OR 2000
Santa Barbara, California

Presentation " Tactical Information Deployment (T.I.D.)"
  - Co-Presenter

July 27- Aug. 1, 1999 Operation Primetime: RPV (Remotely Piloted Vehicles) Crystal City, Missouri.
  - Building and designing Heavier Than Air instant communications infrastructure.
  - Introduction to dynamics of Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  - Discovery Health Channel footage

Aug. 2- Sept.10, 1999 Six-Week Mini-Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopy and Technological Assimilation.
  - Assistant Course Coordinator & Instructor
  - Lecture: Laparoscopic Bowel Anastamosis
  - Animal Lab Procedures Instructor
    Laparoscopic Drills
      Intracorporeal Suturing
      Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
      Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Toupet Fundoplication
      Laparoscopic Hollow Organ Resection & Anastamosis
        Hand Sewn
        Stapled
      Laparoscopic Appendectomy
      Laparoscopic Splenectomy
      Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
      Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
      Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
      Laparoscopic Jejunostomy feeding tube
      Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
  - Developed CBD model for inanimate lab exercises.
  - Co-presenter – "Laparoscopic Presentations of Acute Appendicitis"

Aug. 23,1999 HealthQuest, New York, NY
  -Liaison and Assistant Coordinator for Yale at HealthExpo’99.

Aug. 28-29, 1999 Yale Telemedicine Course
  - Assistant Coordinator
  - Lab Instructor: Operation Housecall
  - Lecture: Introduction to Digital Imagery

September 3, 1999 "Minimally Invasive Approach to Common Bile Duct Stones" CD-ROM, final edited version.
  -Research and Support staff

September 15, 1999 Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy in Porcine Model
  - Successful Procedure

Sept. 22-26, 1999 "Operation Cowboy" at HealthExpo
Annual State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas.
  - Advocate and Representative
  - Set-up Teleconferencing for lectures, interviews, live surgery from Yale.
  - Set-up dexterity drills.
  - Set-up Patient Educational CD-ROMs for minimally invasive procedures.

Sept. 30 – Oct.3, 1999 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
  - Oral Boards Examination for General Surgery
  - Poster Presentation: " Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix Presenting as Appendico-Vesical Fistula"

Oct. 6, 8, 1999 "Operation Cyber-Baby"
Teleconferenced Laparoscopic Suturing Boot Camp Course
Telementored to Medical College of Virginia - Instructor

Oct. 7, 1999 Teleconference to HealthExpo, Dallas, Texas
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication: Live Telecast
  - Lecturer: Procedure Overview
  - Coordinator: Live Surgery
Tactical Information Deployment (T.I.D.)
  - Lecturer

Oct. 4-9, 1999 Laparoscopic Suturing and Drills
  - Instructor to Invited Residents to ACS Top Gun

Oct. 10-14, 1999 American College of Surgeons Meeting
San Francisco, California
4th Annual TOP GUN
Laparoscopic Skills Shootout.
  -Assistant Instructor & Coordinator

Centers of Excellence Meeting
  - Assistant Producer: Power Point of Yale Laparoscopy Projects

Stryker: E-Kit Presentation
  - Assistant Producer: Power Point & Video Footage

Mini Laparoscopy Without General Anesthesia
  - Assistant Producer: Power Point & Video Footage

Oct. 25-29, 1999 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy & Biliary Enhancement Course
  - Assistant Instructor & Coordinator
  - Co-Producer: Video "Different Presentations of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies"

Nov. 6-7, 1999 Spinal Endoscopy Course
  - Assistant Inanimate Drills Instructor
  - Animal Lab Coordinator

Nov. 19-21, 1999 "Operation Bright Star", AOS, Dallas, Texas.
  -Training with INMARSAT portable satellite communications systems in preparation for "Operation Primetime"   and future telemedicine missions.

Nov. 22-24, 1999 Laparoscopic Basic Skills & Suturing Course
  - Instructor

Nov. 28, 1999 "Operation Primetime" pre-mission briefing.
  - Assistant Telemedicine Communications Specialist
  - Test Run of INMARSAT-B
  - Power Point Presentation "Operation BrightStar"
  - Mission 1st Assistant to Director

Dec. 1, 1999 V-SPAN Bridge Certification with INMARSAT-B

Dec. 2- 6,1999 "Operation Primetime" Miami, Florida
  - Pre-flight mission to Ecuador
  - Continued testing and troubleshooting of INMARSAT-B
  - Live Teleconference to Yale for Morbidity & Mortality Conference

Dec. 7, 1999 Nomination for Computerworld Smithsonian Award for "Operation Primetime" Case Study
  - Co-produced

Dec. 14-16,1999 Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing Course
  - Instructor & Coordinator

Dec. 15, 1999 Original Concept: "Box Concept" model for Intracorporeal Suturing.

Dec. 20, 1999 Product Evaluation: Laparoscopic Hernia Stapling device on Cadaver Model

Dec. 21, 1999 INMARSAT-B portable satellite testing
  - Video-Teleconference to Yale Laparoscopy
  - Video-Teleconference to Rosser Cyber-Office, North Guilford, CT.

Jan. 6,12, 2000 Instructor: Skills and Procedural Review for Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.

Jan. 12, 2000   - Modification of Laparoscopic Skills Drills

Jan. 27, 2000 "The Effect Of Bandwidth Modifications On Performance Outcomes In A Laparoscopic Surgery Teleprocedural Model",
  - Co-Presenter, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Newport Beach, California.

Jan. 28, 2000 "Objective Evaluation Of A Laparoscopic Surgical Skill Program For Residents And Senior Surgeons"
  - Co-Presenter.
  - Debut of "Gabriel/Rosser Inanimate Proctor" (GRIP), Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Metrics Meeting, Newport Beach, California.

Feb., 2000 " The Art of Laparoscopic Suturing – 2^nd edition"
Contributing author and editor (pending publication)

Feb. 1-3, 2000 Laparoscopic Basic Skills & Suturing Course
  - Instructor  - Modified and defined the "attack angle" of laparoscopic suturing – "Line of Nick"

Feb. 8, 15, 2000 Laparoscopic Suturing Refresher Course for Surgical Residents – Instructor

Feb. 16, 2000 "Surgical Healthcare In The 21^st Century," Unitarian Inner City Youth Program
  - Co-Presenter

Feb. 17, 2000 Product Evaluation: Valley Lab Ligasure Laparoscopic Hemostatic and Ligation Device on Porcine Model.
  - Laparoscopic Nissen
  - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
  - Laparoscopic Spleenectomy
  - Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Feb. 19-20, 2000 North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System, Yale University Laparoscopic Skills Boot Camp
  - Instructor

March, 2000 "Operation Distant Angel" presentation
  - Co-produced

March, 2000 "Operation Iron-hand" – Ergonomics of Surgical Instrumentation
  - Project Assistant

March, 21- 28, 2000 "Operation Messiah" - Extreme Telemedical Applications and Advanced Surgical Technology
  - Featured Surgeon
  - Project 1^st Assistant
  - INMARSAT portable satellite communications specialist
  - Instructor : Advanced Suturing Course, Laparoscopic Nissen Repair, Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
  - Mentor/ Featured Surgeon:
      Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
      Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
      Laparoscopic Resection of Hepatic Cyst

Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2000 SAGES
  - Moderator/Faculty "TOP GUN" Shootout
  - Instructor and Mentor to 1^st and 2^nd Place Winners

April 3, 2000 Smithsonian Awards, Washington D.C.
  - 1^st Assistant to "Operation Primetime"

April 8-9,2000 North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System
Yale University Laparoscopic Skills Boot Camp
  - Instructor

May 6-7, 2000 Spinal Endoscopy Course
  - Assistant Inanimate Drills Instructor
  - Animal Lab Coordinator

May 12-15, 2000 Remotely Piloted Vehicle
  - Development and Testing of wireless aerial videography (to be featured on Discovery Channel)

May 19, 2000 Operation Ironhand – USSC Headquarters
  - Phase I Meeting, Participating Investigator

June 8 – 11, 2000 Frontiers of Gyn Endoscopy (F.O.G.E), New York
Staten Island University Hospital
  - Faculty, Telemedical Conferencing Supervisor
  - Suturing Course Instructor

June 19 – 20, 2000 Yale Surgical Residents Laparoscopic Skills Boot Camp
  – Instructor

July 15 – 16, 2000 Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
Abel Gonzalez Clinic of Advanced Surgery
  - Instructor

July 23, 2000 "Cyber-surgery: Dominican Republic" debut on Discovery Health Channel
  - Featured Surgeon

August 3, 2000 Laparoscopic Sigmoid Resection Review Course
  - Instructor

August 19, 2000 Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Instructor

August 30 – 31,2000 Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Instructor

Sept. 1, 2000 Advanced Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Instructor

Sept. 6 – 7, 2000 Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Instructor

Sept. 8, 2000 Advanced Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Instructor

Sept. 5 – Oct. 13, 2000 Six-Week Mini-Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopy and Technological Assimilation.
  - Assistant Course Coordinator & Instructor

Sept. 26 – 27, 2000 USSC Centers of Excellence Fellows Meeting
  - Faculty

Oct. 9 – 10, 2000 Intuitive "DaVinci" System
  - Training and Evaluation
  - Initiate Suturing Training Platform

Oct. 23 – 26, 2000 American College of Surgeons Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
5th Annual TOP GUN Laparoscopic Skills Shootout.
  - Debut of G.R.I.P. during competition
  - Assistant Coordinator & Instructor

"A Day At The American College of Surgeons"
Chicago Inner City Youth Program in Math & Science
  - Motivational Speaker/Co-Presenter

Nov. 4 – 5, 2000 Spinal Endoscopy Course
  - Faculty/ Instructor

Nov. 13, 2000 USSC North Haven
 "Operation Iron Hand" 1st Test Subject for demonstration of ergonomic data gathering hardware and software, surgery on live specimen.

Nov. 14, 2000 American College of Surgeons Meeting
Connecticut Chapter
Cine Clinics Presentation – "Laparoscopic Management of Perforated Duodenal Ulcer"

Dec. 7 – 8, 2000 Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) Meeting
Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills Shootout, Orlando, Fl
  - Faculty/ Instructor

Dec. 8, 2000 USSC/ Tyco International – Laparoscopic Hernia Revitalization Program Meeting, Orlando, Fl
  - Assistant Project Developer

Dec. 10, 2000 Minimally Invasive Center, University of Miami
"Operation Soundwaves" – Portable Ultrasound Teleradiology Applications
  - Assistant Project Developer

Jan. 26 – 27, 2001 Beth Israel Medical Center
Yale University Laparoscopic Skills Boot Camp, New York, NY
  - Faculty/ Instructor

Feb. 8 – 12, 2001 Congreso Internacional De Cirugia Laparoscopica
(USSC/Tyco International – Laparoscopic Hernia Revitalization Program)
Project Development Meeting, Tijuana, Mexico
  - Assistant Project Developer

Feb. 20 - 21, 2001 Basic Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Faculty, Instructor

Feb. 22, 2001 Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing Course
  - Faculty, Instructor

March 3, 2001 "A Day At Yale Laparoscopy" – Inner City Youth Program
  - Coordinator, Motivational Speaker

March 24-25, 2001 Basic Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical
  - Faculty, Instructor

March 27, 2001 "Laparoscopic Surgery of the Upper GI"
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
General Surgery Educational Day Program, Invited Speaker

April 18-20, 2001 SAGES
  - Moderator/Faculty "TOP GUN" Shootout
  - Instructor and Mentor to 1^st and 2^nd Place Winners

April 28-29, 2001 Laparoscopic Hernia Course
  - Faculty/Instructor

April 23-June 1, 2001 Six-Week Mini-Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopy and Technological Assimilation
  - Course Coordinator & Instructor

May 18, 2001 Minimally Invasive Aortic Interposition Graft in Porcine Model

May 19, 2001 Nurses Advanced Laparoscopic Course
  - Faculty/ Coordinator

June 2-3 ,2001 Basic Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course
  - Faculty/Instructor

June 6-7, 2001 Yale Surgical Residents Basic Laparoscopic Skills Course
  - Faculty/Instructor

June 14-17, 2001 Operation Beating Heart, Phase 1
Telemedical Applications for the Pre-Screening of Athletes
Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia
  - Faculty/Instructor

October 6, 2001 "Minimally Invasive Training Solutions for the 21^st Century "
General Session Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
  - Invited Speaker

Nov. 13, 2001 "Laparoscopic Hernia Repair" USSC Hernia Course
Norwalk, CT.
  - Guest Speaker

Nov. 20, 2001 "Laparoscopic Hernia Repair" Hernia Repair Fellowship, Cirugia Laparscopia Grupo De Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
  - Guest Speaker

Dec. 13, 2001 "Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery" Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  - Guest Speaker

Dec. 13, 2001 "Gallbladder and Biliary Tract"
"Minimally Invasive Surgery"
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
  - Invited Lecturer

Nov. 5, 2002 "Lap Band Solution for Morbid Obesity", Advanced Laparoscopic and Technology Fellowship, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
   - Invited Lecturer

Jan. 25 – 26, 2002 “Minilaparoscopy Without General Anesthesia” & “Laparoscopic Colectomy: Strategies and Techniques” 
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, In Depth Review, St. Augustine, FL
   - Faculty, Invited Lecturer

Feb. 14, 2002 “Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgical Education, Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repairs” St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York
   - Grand Rounds Guest Speaker

April 14, 2002 “Surgery in the New Millennium”, New York State Society of Physician Assistants Surgical Caucus, Hauppague, New York
   - Invited Speaker

May 2, 2002 “Current Surgical Technology and the Treatment For Morbid Obesity”, Eastern Regional Osteopathic Conference, New York, NY, May 2002
  - Guest Speaker

May 21, 2002 “Hernia Repair in the New Millennium”, 
American Hernia Society Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
  - Guest Speaker (USSC Lunch & Learn)

Aug 4 – 6, 2002  Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Summit,
TYCO/USSC, Norwalk, CT
  - Invited Consultant

Sept 18, 2002  Laparoscopic Skills and Intracorporeal Suturing Course
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, Orlando, Florida
  - Course Director

Sept 19, 2002  Modern Day Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic TEPP
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, Fl
  - Course Director

Sept 21, 2002  First Annual Laparoscopic Skills Challenge
Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, Orlando, Florida
  - Director and Sponsor (Co-Sponsored by Tyco/USSC, Karl Storz, SSI)

Oct 7, 2002 “Current Training Strategies in Minimally Invasive Surgery” 
Tyco/USSC Lecture Series
American College of Surgeons Meeting, San Francisco, CA
  - Invited Speaker

Nov 12, 2002 “Laparoscopic Gastric Band”
Advanced Laparoscopic Mini-Fellowship, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
  - Invited Speaker

Dec 17, 2002 “Morbid Obesity and Current Surgical Options”
Nursing Educational Series
Franklin Hospital Medical Center, Valley Stream, NY
  - Guest Speaker

Jan 15, 2003 “Hepatobiliary Surgery” 
                  “Morbid Obesity and Current Surgical Options”
Surgical Lecture Series, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
  - Faculty Speaker

Jan 16–18, 2003  Surgical Oncology : Current Issues and Controversies 
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons Annual In-Depth Review Conference
Scottsdale, AZ
  - Program Chair
”Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Management of Malignant Disease”
  - Speaker

Jan 28, 2003 “Morbid Obesity and Laparoscopic Gastric Band”
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, CORE Lecture Series, Dayton, Ohio
  - Invited Speaker  

Feb 11, 2003 "Surgery in the New Millenium"
Surgical Lecture Series, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
  - Faculty Speaker

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Dr. Nick H. Gabriel, DO, FACOS
51-15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, New York  11691


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