Mark A. Talamini is

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and chairman of surgery as well as chief of surgical services at Stony Brook Medicine. He is

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of '' Surgical Endoscopy'', the official journal of the

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) is a 501c6 non-profit professional organization providing education on gastrointestinal minimally invasive surgery. It describes itself thus: The mission of the Society of Ame ...

(SAGES) and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery. Previous to his role as editor-in-chief, he was president of SAGES. Dr. Talamini specializes in gastrointestinal surgery with an emphasis on the treatment of

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(e.g.,

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and ulcerative colitis) and the use of minimally invasive technology to minimize pain and scarring. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery. With more than 200 publications, Talamini is the editor of ''Advanced Therapy in Minimally Invasive Surgery'' (Decker, 2006), an in-depth exploration of new and emerging surgical practices. Talamini joined

Stony Brook University School of Medicine The Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) is the graduate medical school of Stony Brook University located in the hamlet of Stony Brook on Long Island, New York. Founded in 1971, RSOM is consistently ranked the top public medical school in New Y ...

in 2013 as chairman of the Department of Surgery and founding director of the Stony Brook Medical Innovation Institute. He was appointed chief of surgical services in 2015. Talamini is also the co-director of Stony Brook's Surgical Outcomes Analysis Research (SOAR) Collaborative established in 2014.

References

"Appendectomy: No Cuts, No scars, No sweat." ''TIME'' Magazine: The Year in Medicine 2008 (Dec. 1, 2008).

"Dr. Mark Talamini of UCSD Named Chair of Surgery at Stony Brook." Stony Brook University (July 26, 2013).

FDA Transcript of Medical Devices Advisory Committee's Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel (May 10, 2012).

FDA Transcript of Medical Devices Advisory Committee's Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel (May 15, 2015).

FDA Transcript of Medical Devices Advisory Committee's Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel (Feb. 26, 2016).

"New Incision Free Procedure Leads to Weight Loss." NBC (May 6, 2009).

* ttp://www.newsweek.com/id/130600 "Open Wide. No, Wider: Are We Ready for an Era of 'Natural-Orifice Surgery'?" ''Newsweek'' (Apr. 14, 2008).
"UCSD Medical Center Study May Halt Heartburn." NBC (Feb. 20, 2009).

External links

Talamini's profile page at Stony Brook Medicine

Talamini's journal articles on PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

"Five Questions" video with Talamini (3:26 min)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talamini, Mark Living people American surgeons Stony Brook University faculty Year of birth missing (living people)