Dr. Jacob, MD, is a board-certified minimally invasive general and bariatric surgeon, with more than 26 years of surgical experience. His area of expertise includes – Weight loss surgery (lap band, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass), Hernia repair (inguinal (groin), ventral (abdominal wall), and paraesophageal / Hiatal), Groin Pain (revisional hernia repair, sports hernia, hernia mesh removal), Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic Small Bowel and Colorectal resection, Laparoscopic Lysis of Adhesions, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis), Reflux Disease (Nissen fundoplication), and Endoluminal Surgery.

Medical background:

He did his Medical Degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He completed his Surgical Residency training from Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC. He did his Fellowship raining, from New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Membership:

• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons – SAGES
• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery – ASMBS
• American Hernia Society
• American College of Surgeons – ACS

Practice:

• At, Laparoscopic Surgical Center of New York, New York, NY

Affiliated with other hospitals:

• Mount Sinai Hospital New York, New York
• NYC Hernia New York, New York