Alexander D. Abkin, MD, FACS
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: September 8, 1963
Leningrad, USSR
Marital Status: Married
United States Citizen
EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine, July 1986
First Leningrad University
Leningrad, USSR
ECFMG Certification, July 1991
FMGEMS Part I & II, passed on first attempt
Residency: 7/91 - 6/96
General Surgery
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ 07960
WORK HISTORY
1/01 - Present: Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris, LLC
Florham Park, NJ Attending physician at Morristown Memorial Hospital
and St. Clare's Hospital (Denville and Dover) Since 8/98
8/98 - 1/01 - Morris County Surgical Associates, P.C. Morristown, NJ 07960
8/96 - 8/98 - Private practice; general surgery and
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Sussex County, NJ
1987 - 1989 - City Hospital #21, Leningrad, USSR
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
BOARD STATUS
11/97 - Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery (ABS)
12/07 - Recertified by ABS
PROFFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
Medical Society of Morris County
Medical Society of New Jersey
Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons
POST GRADUATE
10/00 - Laparoscopic Gastric Band Treatment Study Group
Site Co-investigator Bioenterics Corporation
9/00 - Laparoscopic Gastric Pacemaker Study Group
Site Co-investigator Transneuronix Incorporated
6/00 - Art of Laparoscopic Surgical Preceptorship Course
Ethicon, Inc. - Cincinnati, Ohio
6/00 - Masters Course in Bariatric Surgery
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
6/00 - Essential Course in Bariatric Surgery
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
6/99 - Laparascopic Morbid Obesity Surgical Techniques
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 - Named as TOP DOCS in Bariatric Surgery
by New Jersey Monthly
2007 - Present: Medical Co-Director, Bariatric Program,
Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
2005 - Present: Medical Co-Director: Bariatric Program, Saint Clare's
Hospital, Dover, NJ
2004 - Present: Consultant to ALLERGAN (Lap-Band Manufacturer)
2003 - Present: Consultant/ Proctor to Johnson & Johnson
(REALIZE BAND Manufacturer)
2002 - Present: Consultant/Proctor to Covidien
PRESENTATIONS
2006 - American Society for Bariatric Surgery Meeting,
San Francisco, CA Video Presentation: Adventures in
Lap Band Surgery: "The Troublesome Slip"
2004 - Sages Meeting, Denver, CO Poster Board Presentation: An
Alternative Technique for Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
2003 - American Society for Bariatric Surgery Meeting Boston, M.A.
Baxter Healthcare Video Presentation: Tissel Fibrin Sealant for
Gastroenteric Anastomosis Support
2002 - Poster Presentation of "New 4-Port Technique of LAGB
Placement" at the June 2002 meeting of the American
Society for Bariatric Surgery
1995 - Presented and published: "Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors: 10
Years Experience at a Community Hospital." Published in
Journal of Pennsylvania Society of Thoracic Surgery
1994 - "Radioimmunoguided Surgery (RIGS) for Colerectal
Cancer"; presented and published at the Oncology Society
of New Jersey
