Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, MD – New York, NY

Overview of Dr. Michelassi

Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi is a general surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Pisa Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 42 years. Dr. Michelassi accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 315 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 110 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in General Surgery. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

• NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1984

• Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Research, 1981 - 1983

• NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1977 - 1981

• University of Pisa Faculty of MedicineClass of 1975

Certifications & Licensure

• FL State Medical License 2022 - Present

• NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025

• NY State Medical License 1979 - 2025

• IL State Medical License 1984 - 2008

• American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

• America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
• Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
• New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2005-2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

• A targetable pathway to eliminate TRA-1-60+/TRA-1-81+ chemoresistant cancer cells.

  Lei Tan, Xiaohua Duan, Pratyusha Mutyala, Ting Zhou, Sadaf Amin, Tuo Zhang, Brian Herbst, Gokce Askan, Tomer Itkin, Zhaoying Xiang, Fabrizio Michelassi, Michael D Lieb...> ;Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 2023 Nov 27

• Expert Commentary on Bowel-Preserving Surgery for Diffuse Stricturing Crohn's Jejunoileitis.

  Fabrizio Michelassi> ;Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2022 Oct 1
• 2 citations

  Active antiracism through surgical education.

  Solange Bayard, Josh Johnson, Misha Armstrong, James G Connolly, Emily Manin, Hillary Polk, Tamika Gillot, Lamisha Shah, Manmeet Malik, Michael Zenilman, Fabrizio Mich...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2022 Oct 1
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Journal Articles

• Association of Time to Attrition in Surgical Residency with Individual Resident and Programmatic Factors  

  Julie A Sosa, Matthew M Symer, Fabrizio Michelassi, Heather L Yeo, Art Sedrakyan, JAMA

• Delays in Initiating Post-Operative Prophylactic Biologic Therapy Are Common Among Crohn’s Disease Patients  

  Heather Yeo, Adam Steinlauf, Stephanie Gold, Fabrizio Michelassi, Madison Dennis, Digestive Diseases and Sciences

• Association of Expectations of Training with Attrition in General Surgery Residents  

  Julie A Sosa, Matthew M Symer, Heather L Yeo, Fabrizio Michelassi, Art Sedrakyan, JAMA
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Books/Book Chapters

• Current Surgical Therapy 

  Chapter: Strictureplasty in Crohn’s disease. 

  Page 118 - 122Maggiori L, Michelassi FEditors: Cameron AM, Cameron JL.Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 11th,2014

• Reoperative Abdominal Surgery. 

  Chapter: Chapter 19: Reoperative surgery for chronic inflammatory bowel disease. 

  Page 159 - 169Michelassi F, Maggiori LEditors: Mizrahi S, Polk HC, Reissman P.JP Medical Ltd., London, England2014

• Atlas of Advanced Operative Surgery. 

  Chapter: Chapter 53: Restorative proctocolectomy with J-pouch ileoanal anastomosis. 

  Page 408 - 413Lee SW, Michelassi FEditors: Khatri, VP.Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia, PA2013
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Abstracts/Posters

• NSQIP-focused departmental grand rounds reports: Utilizing an educational conference to improve outcomes.

  Abelson JS, Mitchell KB, Rich BS, Frey TJ, Gellman C, Pomp A, Michelassi F, ACS NSQIP National Conference, New York, NY, 7/28/2014

• Population-based trends of pancreaticoduodenectomy: Temporal and age-related outcomes.

  Afaneh C, O’Mahoney P, Giambrone G, Eskreis-Winkler J, Bhat AU, Zabih R, Michelassi F, Fleischut P, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 5/5/2014

• Accuracy of CTE and MRE imaging to detect lesions preoperatively in patients with Crohn’s disease.

  Seastedt KP, Trencheva K, Michelassi F, Alsaleh D, Milsom JW, Sonoda T, Lee SW, Shukla J, Garrett KA, Nandakumar G, ASCRS Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, 5/1/2014
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Lectures

• Novel strategies to reduce recurrence rates in Crohn’s disease. 

  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 5/1/2014

• Bowel sparing options in 2014. Do they still make sense? 

  Hollywood, FL - 5/1/2014

• Novel Strategies to Reduce Recurrence Rates in Crohn’s Disease. 

  Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - 5/1/2014
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Other

• Medical Tweezers and Surgical Tools having Built-in Silicon-based Microsensors, Microactuators, and Sensing Circuits. 

  Lal A, Michelassi F, Chen P, Wu C, U.S. Patent Provisional Application for Letters Patent: USPTO #61/863,413; Cornell Center for Techno
  1/1/2013

• Surgical alternatives in the treatment of ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. Educational motion picture for patients and their families, 

  Michelassi F
  1/1/1995

• Medical and surgical intervention in inflammatory bowel disease. 

  Hanauer SB, Michelassi F, The Network for Continuing Medical Education
  1/1/1992

Press Mentions

• Dr. Larissa v. Rodríguez Appointed Chair of the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Urologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterOctober 8th, 2021

• Red Blood Cell Alterations Contribute to LupusAugust 11th, 2021

• Dr. Geraldine McGinty Appointed Senior Associate Dean for Clinical AffairsAugust 10th, 2021

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Professional Memberships

• Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors, 2015-2016

• Society of Surgical Chairs

  President, 2010-2011

• New York Surgical Society

  President, 2011-2012

• Illinois Surgical Society

  President, 2001-2002

• Western Surgical Society

  President, 2003-2004

• Central Surgical Association

  President, 2005-2006

• Central Surgical Association Foundation

  President, 2009-2010

• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

  President, 2014-2015

• Society of Surgical Oncology James Ewing Foundation

  President, 2010-2011

• Spenser Surgical Society

  President, 1991-1992

• Academy of Surgical Research

  Member

• American Board of Surgery

  Senior Director, 2012 to present; Member of the Executive Council, 2009-2012; Director (Representative for CSA) 2006-2012; Chair, Surgical Oncology Advisory Council, 2009-2011; Surgical Oncology Board Chair, 2011-2012

• American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit

  Grand Award of Merit recipient, 2012

• American Surgical Association

  ASA Representative to the ACS Advisory Council for General Surgery, 2003-2009; Chair, Arrangements Committee, 128th Annual ASA meeting, 2008

• Association for Academic Surgery

  Member

• European Society for Surgical Research

  Member

• International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists

  Member

• Society of University Surgeons

  Member

• James IV Association of Surgeons

  Director and Secretary, US Chapter

• International Association of Pancreatology

  Member

• International Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association

  Member

• International Society for Digestive Surgery

  Vice President, 20014-present

• The Halstead Society

  Senior Member, 2013-present

• American Society of Clinical Oncology

  Member

• American Pancreatic Association

  Member

• American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons

  Member

• American Society of Liver and Pancreas Surgery

  Member

• American Gastroenterologic Association

  Member

• Chicago Surgical Society

  Member; Chair of the Program Committee, 1996-1999

• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

  Member

Hospital Affiliations

Insurance Accepted

• Aetna Choice POS II
  Aetna HMO
  BCBS Blue Card PPO
  Empire BCBS PPO
  

  Great West PPO
  Oxford Health Freedom
  United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
  United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
  

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