Specialty	Surgery
Clinical Interests	Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
	Hernia Repair
	Laparoscopic Appendectomy
	Surgery, General
	Carcinoid Disease
	Colon Cancer
	Diverticular Disease
	Gastric Cancer
	Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
	Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery
	Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
	Surgery, Gall bladder
	Surgery, Small bowel and colon
	Surgery, Stomach
Languages	English
	Spanish
	Filipino
Gender	Female
E-mail	celia.divino@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, S.U.N.Y., Health Science Center
	Residency, Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
Awards	2005 The Robert Paradny Teaching Award in Surgery Surgical Attending of the Year Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	2003 Physician of The Year Award Pesha Elias Bikur Cholim D'Bobov
	2003 Attending of the Year Award The Brooklyn South Surgical Training Program, Maimonides Medical Center
	2002 Medical Leadership Award Aleh Foundation
	2000 Physician of the Year Award The Mount Sinai Medical Center
	1998 Dr. Robert Paradny Teaching Award in Surgery Surgical Attending of the Year The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery
	1997 Arthur A. Aufses, Sr., Prize in Surgery, Chief Resident The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
	1992 Distinction in Research College of Medicine State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
	1992 Janet W. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Award American Medical Women's Assoc
	1991 Alpha Omega Alpha
	1990 AOA Research Fellowship Award Transthyretin and Inflammation
	1987 Transthyretin and the Acute Phase Reaction NIH Research Fellowship Award

Dr. Divino is a Board-Certified surgeon, with extensive experience in advanced minimally invasive techniques. She is a member of the Faculty of the American College of Surgeons, and works actively with many other organizations. She also publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and leads the training of future surgeons in minimally invasive techniques.

Dr. Divino graduated from UC-Davis and earned her MD from SUNY-Brooklyn, where she graduated cum Laude, with Distinction in Research. Following her training in general surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Divino joined the faculty as an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical School. Prior to her most recent appointment at Mount Sinai, Dr. Divino served as Chief of Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center.

Dr. Divino is active in numerous professional societies. In addition to the American College, her affiliations include: Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery, Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Association of Women Surgeons.

In addition to professional societies, Dr. Divino is active in medical research and teaching. She has published numerous articles in leading medical journals and has presented her work at major professional conferences nationwide.

In The News

Dr. Divino discusses gallstones in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up. View the PDF.

Education and Training	MD, S.U.N.Y., Health Science Center
	Residency, Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
Board Certification	Surgery

Specialty	Surgery
Clinical Interests	Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
	Hernia Repair
	Laparoscopic Appendectomy
	Surgery, General
	Carcinoid Disease
	Colon Cancer
	Diverticular Disease
	Gastric Cancer
	Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
	Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery
	Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
	Surgery, Gall bladder
	Surgery, Small bowel and colon
	Surgery, Stomach
Languages	English
	Spanish
	Filipino
Board Certification	Surgery

Intervention of Immune tolerance by small molecules to enhance immune therapy

Nguyen SQ, Divino CM, Buch KE, Schnur J, Webber KJ, Katz LB, Reiner MA, Aldoroty A, Herron DM. Postoperative Pain after Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Prospective Comparison of Sutures versus Tacks. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (JSLS) 2008 Apr-Jun; 12: 113-116.

Miller AT, Saadai P, Greenstein AJ, Divino CM. Post-Procedural Necrotizing Fasciitis: a 10 Year Retrospective Review. The American Surgeon 2008 May; 74(5): 405-409.

Sarpel U, Vladeck BC, Divino CM. Fact and Fiction: Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System. Ann Surg 2008 Apr; 247(4): 563-569.

Greenstein AJ, Byrn JB, Zhang L, Swedish K, Jahn AE, Divino CM. Risk Factors for the Development of Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis. Surgery 2008 May; 143(5): 623-629.

Chin EH, Baril DT, Weber KJ, Divino CM. Laparoscopic Cortical-Sparing Adrenalectomy for Bilateral Pheochromocytoma. Surg Endosc 2008 Mar 18; Epub ahead of print.

Greenstein AJ, Nguyen SQ, Buch KE, Chin EH, Weber KJ, Divino CM. Recurrence after Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Prospective Pilot Study of Sutures versus Tack Fixation. The American Surgeon 2008 Mar; 74(3): 227-231.

Greenstein AJ, Litle VR, Swanson SJ, Divino CM, Packer S, McGinn TG, Wisnivesky JP. Effect of the Number of Lymph Nodes Sampled on Postoperative Survival of Node-Negative Esophageal Cancer. Cancer 2008 Mar 15; 112(6): 1239-1246.

Greenstein AJ, Litle VR, Swanson SJ, Divino CM, Packer S, McGinn TG, Wisnivesky JP. Racial Disparities in Esophageal Cancer Treatment and Outcomes. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2008 Mar 15; 15(3): 881-888.

Greenstein AJ, Litle VR, Swanson SJ, Divino CM, Packer S, McGinn TG, Wisnivesky JP. The Prognostic Significance of the Number of Lymph Node Metastases in Esophageal Cancer. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2008 Feb; 206(2): 239-246.

Buch KE, Genovese MY, Conigliaro JL, Nguyen SQ, Byrn JC, Novembre CL, Divino CM. Non-physician practitioners' overall enhancement to a surgical resident's experience. Journal of Surgical Education 2008 Jan-Feb; 65(1): 50-53.