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Jeffrey Zitsman

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Jeffrey Zitsman
CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Office

(212) 342-8585

 3959 Broadway Suite 216B New York, NY 10032
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Jeffrey Zitsman

Dr. Zitsman graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in natural sciences, and received his M.D. degree from Tufts University Medical School in 1976. He received his training in General Surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, and completed his Pediatric Surgery training at the Babies & Children's Hospital of New York. He is Board-Certified in General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery, and also holds a Certificate of Special Competence in Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Zitsman has maintained an active clinical practice in pediatric surgery in the New York area since 1985. He holds the rank of Professor of Surgery at the Columbia University Medical Center. His areas of interest include applications of minimally invasive techniques in pediatric surgery, chest wall deformities, and weight loss surgery in adolescents. Dr. Zitsman has been named to Castle Connolly’s Best Doctors in the New York area list annually since 2002. Dr. Zitsman is founder and Director of the Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. He is Principal Investigator for an FDA-approved adolescent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding study. He has performed over 200 minimal access weight loss procedures and serves as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Obesity of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. He is a member of the Program Committee and the Childhood Obesity Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and has served as a Consultant to the Medical Devices Evaluation Panel of the FDA.
Primary Specialty

Pediatric Surgeon

Practice CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Gender Male
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted UnitedHealthcare, Affinity Health Plan, World Trade Center Health Plan, Quality Health Management, WellCare, MVP Health Care, Multiplan, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Emblem/Hip, Emblem/GHI, Fidelis Care, CIGNA, Local 1199, Healthfirst, Amida Care, Magnacare (National), Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, AETNA
Degrees Medical Doctor
Office Name CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
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3959 Broadway Suite 216B, New York, NY 10032
Services Jeffrey Zitsman provides pediatric surgery in New York, NY. A Pediatric Surgeon specializes in surgical procedures on children. A pediatric surgeon can help with transplants, birth defects, and tumor removal.

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