
Specialty
Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Focus
Education
MD, University of Tennessee
Residency, Surgery
Mount Sinai Hospital
Biography
- Specialty Interests
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (including stones in the bile duct)
- Laparoscopic Colectomy (Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis, familial polyposis, benign and malignant tumors)
- Laparoscopic Small Bowel Surgery
- Laparoscopic Esophagogastric (GERD, hiatal hernia, Achalasia, tumors both benign and malignant, peptic ulcer disease) Surgery
- Laparoscopic solid organ (spleen, adrenal, pancreas)
- Laparoscopic lysis of adhesions (abdominal pain)
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy
In the News
Dr. Salky discusses heartburn disease in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up.
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Awards
2009 - present
Patient Choice Award
2009 -
Best Doctors
New York Magazine2004 - 2009
Franz W. Sichel Professor of Surgery
2004 -
Jacobi Medallion
2001 - present
Best Doctors in America
2000 - present
Best Doctors in New York
1995 -
Israeli Ambassador Award for Outstanding Achievement
Ramban Medical Center, Haifa, Israel1993 -
Dr. Robert and Evelyn Turell Professor of Endoscopic Surgery
The Mount Sinai Medical Center1991 -
Outstanding Achievement Award
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America1978 -
Arthur H. Aufses, Sr., Prize in Surgery
Research
- Laparoscopic Colectomy for ulcerative colitis
- Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia
- Laparoscopic Colectomy for cancer and Crohn's disease
- Laparoscopic Repair of Paraesophageal hernia
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (including stones in the bile duct)
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies 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 relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Salky during 2012 and/or 2013. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- Cook Medical
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website at http://icahn.mssm.edu/about-us/services-and-resources/faculty-resources/handbooks-and-policies/faculty-handbook. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
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