Douglas Held

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Douglas Held
LIJMC - Dept of Surgery Office

(516) 488-2743

1999 Marcus Avenue New Hyde Park, NY 11042
About

Douglas Held

Douglas Held, MD is a board-certified general and colon and rectal surgeon specializing in hernia surgery and was accredited in 2020 by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Surgeon of Excellence in hernia surgery. Dr. Held's relationship with Northwell Health dates back to when he was just a young child, when his uncle served as chairman of anesthesiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center when it first opened in 1953. After seeing several surgeries performed, he knew it was something he would eventually do, and later in his teenage years he became an operating room tech at the same hospital. After attending medical school at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Dr. Held completed both his internship and residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed his fellowship training in colorectal surgery at Allentown Hospital-Lehigh Valley Center. As his focus turned more and more to hernias, a common problem for both men and women, Dr. Held recognized that the treatments are not a one-size-fits-all approach. "Different technologies allow us to provide different ways to help each individual person," he says. And Dr. Held is at the forefront of these technologies. As the section director of hernia surgery at LIJ Medical Center, Dr. Held works closely with new innovations in hernia care and is heavily involved in the robotic hernia center at LIJ Valley Stream, which achieved dual accreditations from the SRC as a Center of Excellence in both hernia surgery and robotic surgery. Averaging about 900 cases a year for the better part of three decades, Dr. Held has seen a lot over his career and has become very sensitive to patient feedback and observation. "You sort of develop a sixth sense," he says, and he has become acutely attuned to what works and doesn't work in each individual case. With his expertise in high demand, Dr. Held also works to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of surgeons, training medical students as part of the Initial Clinical Experience (ICE) program at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. With such a longstanding career, its this opportunity to act as mentor that keeps him coming back for more.
Primary Specialty

Surgeon

Practice LIJMC - Dept of Surgery
Gender Male
Certification Surgery - American Board of Surgery, Colon / Rectal Surgery - American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Not Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted Aetna, Affinity by Molina Healthcare, Agewell, AmidaCare, Centers Plan for Healthy Living, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth (GHI), EmblemHealth (HIP), Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Empire Healthplus, Fidelis, Healthfirst, Humana, Humana Military (Tricare), MagnaCare, Medicaid, Medicare, MultiPlan, Northwell Direct, NYS Empire Plan (NYSHIP), Oxford, Partners Health Plan, United Healthcare, VNS Health, Wellcare, WTC (World Trade Center Program)
Degrees Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, North Shore University Hospital
Office Name LIJMC - Dept of Surgery
Languages English
Services Douglas Held provides surgery in New Hyde Park, NY. The most common types of surgeons are: General, Cardiovascular, Otolaryngology, Neurological, Reconstructive, Neonatal and Orthopedic.

Please call LIJMC - Dept of Surgery at (516) 488-2743 to schedule an appointment in New Hyde Park, NY or to get more information.
Consumer Feedback
(9 Reviews)
Service
4 star average for Service
Environment
4.5 star average for Environment
Staff
4 star average for Staff
Recommended
5 star average for Recommended
Expertise
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Recent Reviews
the best. thats it !!!!!!
by CARRETTA xxx.xxx.222.168
June 16, 2017
Stay away!! He performed unessary surgery on my mother and didn't tell her about it. She only found out he removed gall bladder and uterus after her new Doctor told her. He is a BUTCHER!!!!
by Thomas xxx.xxx.76.84
March 04, 2016
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Completely!
Were the waiting room chairs comfortable at this doctor's office?
Extremely comfortable; I could have fallen asleep
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Yes, they went above and beyond
Did this doctor answer all of your questions?
Every question I had was answered thoroughly
Does this provider maintain a professional appearance?
Absolutely
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.171.70
April 10, 2014
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August 27, 2012
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