Eric D Edwards, MD Email Eric Edwards
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- Position
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Metabolic, Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery
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- Specialties
- Bariatric Surgery
- Surgery
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- Mount Sinai Doctors 212-824-2350212-824-2350
- Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice 212-824-2350212-824-2350
He received his medical degree from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He then completed a residency in surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center during which time he became interested in helping patients with the metabolic complications of obesity. He went on to complete a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery at Lutheran Medical Center/SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn.
Dr. Edwards performs advanced minimally invasive surgery in which procedures are performed through small incisions with the aid of a camera and specialized instruments. This allows a patient to have a shorter recovery period and less discomfort than that experienced with conventional surgery.
He performs both laparoscopic and conventional open surgical procedures including gallbladder removal, hernia repair, appendectomy, and colon and rectal surgery. His clinical focus is on bariatric surgery which treats patients with obesity through a variety of procedures such as gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass surgery and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. Dr. Edwards finds treating patients with bariatric surgery very rewarding as he sees the transformative effect that it has on his patients’ health and lives. By helping patients achieve significant weight loss, Dr. Edwards enables them to improve the metabolic complications of obesity including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He is currently involved in research evaluating the outcomes of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery.
Dr. Edwards has published in peer reviewed journals on the subjects of bariatric surgery, hernia repair, and colon surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery and the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
Certification
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Focus
- Abdominal Hernia
- Adrenalectomy
- Antireflux Surgery
- Appendectomy-Laparoscopic Surgery
- Appendicitis
- Bariatric Revision Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Colectomy
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Resection
- Diverticulitis
- Enterocutanaeus Fistula
- Gastrectomy
- Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Intestinal Surgery
- Laparoscopy
- Mechanical Bowel Obstruction
- Overweight/Obesity
- Peptic Ulcer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Single Incision Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Small Bowel Obstruction
- Splenectomy
- Stomach Cancer
- Wound Dehiscence
Education
MD, Univ of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
Residency, Surgery
New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship, Minimal Invasive - Bariatic Surgery
Lutheran Medical Center/NYU
Language
English
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED. Combined laparoscopic and open extraperitoneal approach to scrotal hernias. Hernia 2013 April; 17(2): 223-8.
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED. Ante-hepatic gastrojejunostomy. American Journal of Surgery 2008 May; 195(5): 708-10.
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED, Al-Khoury G, Hardin R. Postherniorrhaphy groin pain and how to avoid it. Surgical Clinics of North America 2008 February; 88(1): 203-16.
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED, Khoury G. Chronic pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007 August; 205(2): 333-41.
Kim J, Edwards ED, Bowne W, Castro A, Ferzli G. Medial-to-lateral laparoscopic colon resection: a view beyond the learning curve. Surgical Endoscopy 2007 September; 21(9): 1503-7.
Edwards ED, Jacob B, Pomp A, Gagner M. Presentation and management of common post-weight loss surgery problems in the emergency room. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2006 February; 47(2): 160-6.
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED. Laparoscopic preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair. In: Frantzides CT, Carlson MA, editors. Atlas of minimally invasive procedures for general surgery. New York, Elsevier;.
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED. Gasless laparoscopy. In: Frezza EE, Gagner M, editors. International principles of laparoscopic surgery. Woodbury, CT, Ciné-Med;.
Castro AE, Edwards ED. Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. In: Frezza EE, Gagner M, editors. International principles of laparoscopic surgery. Woodbury, CT, Ciné-Med;.
Ferzli GS, Edwards ED. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. In: Cameron J, editor. Current surgical therapy. New York, Elsevier;.
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