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Damien Lazar, MD, MBA
Surgery
About Me
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.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- The Derfner Foundation Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Abdominal Hernia
- Achalasia
- Acid Reflux / Heartburn
- Antireflux Surgery
- Appendectomy
- Appendicitis
- Bariatric Surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystitis
- Diverticulitis
- Gallstones
- Gastric Bypass Consultation
- Gastric Mass
- Hiatal Hernia
- Inguinal hernia repair
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
- Lipoma
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Overweight/Obesity
- Paraesophageal Hernia
- Paraesophageal Surgery
- Robotic Incisional Hernia Repair
- Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Ventral hernia repair
- Weight Loss Surgery Consultation
- Weight Management
Education
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency, Surgery (General Surgery)
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
New York University School of Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Lazar has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.