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Scott J Belsley, MD
Surgery, Bariatric Surgery
About Me
Dr. Belsley is a board-certified minimally invasive surgeon. He is the Director of the Mount Sinai West General Surgery Division, and a Professor of Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Belsley earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University and medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. He trained at St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center for general surgery and received additional fellowships in robotics, advanced laparoscopy and bariatric surgery from Hackensack University Hospital.
Dr. Belsley has been continually practicing at Mount Sinai West since 2006. The epicenter of Dr. Belsley’s clinical practice is bariatric surgery with an interest specific to the gastroesophageal junction and intestinal foregut. Dr. Belsley performs bariatric surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s), a Center of Excellence for Bariatric surgery. His office at Mount Sinai West offers a personalized approach with his own orientation sessions, support groups and nutritionist, available in both English and Spanish. He performs many different types of operations including laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve, hernia surgery and minimally invasive cancer surgery on the stomach. Dr. Belsley has published close to one hundred abstracts, papers and book chapters and lectured at both national and international conferences.
Language
English, Spanish
Position
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
- Bariatric Surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Colectomy
- Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Gastrectomy
- Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Intestinal Surgery
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Splenectomy
Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Residency, Surgery (General Surgery)
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Fellowship, Surgery, Laparoscopic
Hackensack University Medical Center
Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Awards
2001
Charles McBurney Prize in Surgery
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Department of Surgery
Research
Dr. Belsley collaborates with a number of physicians across the Mt. Sinai health system with clinical studies relating to obesity and nutrition.
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
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Effect of sitagliptin on glucose control in type 2 diabetes mellitus after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Ankit Shah, Kiarra Levesque, Esmeralda Pierini, Betsy Rojas, Michael Ahlers, Sarah Stano, Marlena Holter, Roxanne Dutia, Scott Belsley, James McGinty, Blandine Laferrère. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
- Acute pancreatitis after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Ashley T. Tsang, Scott Belsley. JAMA Surgery
- Glucose metabolism after gastric banding and gastric bypass in individuals with type 2 diabetes: Weight loss effect. Marlena M. Holter, Roxanne Dutia, Sarah M. Stano, Ronald L. Prigeon, Peter Homel, James J. McGinty, Scott J. Belsley, Christine J. Ren, Daniel Rosen, Blandine Laferrère. Diabetes Care
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.8 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.8 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.6 out of 5
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. Belsley 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.