Damien Lazar, MD, MBA

Dr. Lazar received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Civilizations and History from Cornell University.  He earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, and concurrently earned a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the Brandeis Heller School For Social Policy and Management, where he was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was awarded the prestigious Arthur H. Aufses Award for leadership, mentorship, clinical excellence, and dedication to education, as well as the Adrian J. Greenstein Award for professionalism, humanism, and civility. Dr. Lazar then completed a fellowship in Advanced Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive, and Bariatric Surgery at New York University Langone Health.

Dr. Lazar is a board-certified general surgeon with clinical interests in minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery including bariatric surgery, hernia repair, and foregut disorders. He is an accredited bariatric surgeon by the Fellowship Council and is experienced in bariatric surgeries including sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and revisional bariatric surgery. Dr. Lazar has advanced training in robotic surgery, utilizing the da Vinci surgical system for robotic bariatric surgery, hernia surgery, and foregut surgery.

Dr. Lazar is committed to improving patient outcomes while increasing efficiency as well as lowering costs and waste within our medical system. He is also committed to enhancing surgical and medical education, and to providing excellent clinical care within general and minimally invasive surgery including metabolic and bariatric surgery.