Michael E. Zenilman, M.D., FACS           Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor & Chairman Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Phone: 718-270-1421 Fax: 718-270-2826   Click Here For Map Email: michael.zenilman@downstate.edu Curriculum Vitae
Michael E. Zenilman, M.D has been the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate since 2001. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1984. He completed his residency training in general surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in 1991. His first academic appointment was in the Department of Surgery at John Hopkins School of Medicine. He then served as Vice Chairman, Associate Professor of Surgery and Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, and the Director of Surgical Services at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Zenilman is an established clinician, teacher and researcher. In 1993, he was awarded an American College of Surgeons Faculty Fellowship and is the principal investigator of a NIH funded project, entitled Physiology of Pancreatic regeneration. An author or more than 70 articles, he has published papers on techniques in pancreatic and laparoscopic surgery and recently edited a textbook entitled Principles and Practices of Geriatric Surgery. He serves on the editorial board of two major journals, and is a member of the Geriatric Surgery Task Force of the American College of Surgeons. His clinical interests are in gastrointestinal, pancreatic and geriatric surgery.
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