Weight Control Doctor Westchester, New York at Lawrence Hospital Center

Positions and Appointments

2002-present Surgical Director of Center for Obesity Surgery
Valley Hospital , Ridgewood, NJ

2002-present Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

2002-present Assistant Professor in Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

2002-present Surgical Director of Center for Obesity Surgery
Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, NY

Clinical SpecialtiesTraditional and laparoscopic surgery for obesity
Advanced laparoscopic surgery
Gastroesophageal reflux surgery
Esophageal surgery
Research InterestsBariatrics
New treatment options for obesity
New instrumentation for obesity surgery



Education and Training

2001-2003 Fellowship, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Legacy/Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

1995-2001 Residency, General Surgery
The Stamford Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Stamford, CT

1995 Rotating Internship Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

1994 DO New York College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Old Westbury, NY

Board CertificationsDiplomate, American Board of Surgery, 2002

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, 1995

Advanced Trauma Life Support

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Professional Experience2002-2003
Attendant Surgeon Hackensack Medical Center/Advanced Laparoscopic Associates, Hackensack, NJ

Professional Societies and CommitteesFellow of the American College of Surgeons, 2004
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
American Medical Association
American Osteopathic Association



Selected PublicationsPatterson E, Davis D, Swanstrom L: Comparison of objective outcomes following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication versus laparoscopic gastric bypass in the morbidly obese with heartburn. Surgical Endoscopy, 2003; 17: 1561-1565.

Davis D, Bears S, Barone J, Corvo P, Tucker J: Swallowing with a tracheostomy tube in place: Does cuff inflation matter? J Intensive Care Medicine, 2002;17:132-135.

Davis D, Patterson E, Swanstrom L: Objective assessment of the effect of laparoscopic gastric bypass on esophageal pH and motility in morbidly obese patients with GERD. Obesity Surgery, 2002.

Davis D, Bears S, Barone J, Corvo P, Tucker J: Swallowing with a tracheostomy tube in place: Does cuff inflation matter? J Intensive Care Medicine, 2002;17:132-135.

Davis D, Barone J: Firearm Violence in the United States: An Overview. Current Surgery, 2000;57/Number 1:32-37.

Davis D, Barone J, Blackwood M: Munchausen Syndrome Presenting as Trauma. J Trauma,1997;43:1179-81.


RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Bessler M, Daud A, Rivera L, Davis D: Early U.S. outcomes of gastric bypass versus laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for morbid obesity: 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

Bessler M, Daud A, Rivera L, Davis D: Adjustable gastric banding as a revisional bariatric procedure after failed gastric bypass: 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

Chau W, Ballantyne G, Davis D, Schmidt H: Patient characteristics impacting percent excess weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

Ballantyne G, Capella R, Capella J, Davis D, Schmidt H: Factors that impact operating time of laparoscopic and open gastric bypass: 2004 SAGES, Denver, CO.

Lew J, Daud A, DiGorgi M, Davis D, Bessler M: Routine preoperative esophageal manometry does not affect outcome of laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding. 2004 SAGES, Denver, CO.