Nissin Nahmias , MD
2008-2009 MIS Fellow; Surgeon
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Mailing Address:
VCU Minimally Invasive Surgery Center
P.O. Box 980428
Richmond, VA 23298-0428

Principal hospital base:
VCU Medical Center

Medical Education:
Doctor of Medicine, Magna Cum Laude
Anahuac University, School of Medicine
Mexico City, Mexico

Postgraduate Medical Education:
General Surgery Residency
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA

Licensure:
States of Pennsylvania, Virginia unrestricted license
Board certified in General Surgery

Professional Organizations:
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS)

Certifications:
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Honors:
2003 Surgical Intern Award
1996 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM): Academic Scholarship

Languages:
Fluent in Spanish; conversational in Hebrew
             
Publications:
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Does Not Increase the Propensity to Develop Internal Hernias  
Nissin Nahmias MD, Tejwant Datta MD, Alfred Trang MD, Ramsey Dallal, MD FACS
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia , PA, Surgical Endoscopy March 11, 2008 (0930-2794 [Print] 1432-2218, [Online] )

Management of Ventral Hernias at the Time of Gastric Bypass
Tejwant Datta MD, George Eid MD, Nissin Nahmias MD, Ramsey Dallal MD, FACS
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (in press, online June 2, 2008)

Back to Basics: Clinical diagnosis in Bariatric Surgery. Routine Drains and UGI series are unnecessary
Ramsey M. Dallal, Linda Bailey, Nissin Nahmias MD
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, Surgical Endoscopy April 2007 (Vol.21, supplement 13, pages 358-492)

Cephalic Vein Cut-Down Verses Percutaneous Access: a Retrospective Study of Complications of Implantable Venous Access Devices
Jablon LK, Ugolini KR, Nahmias NC, The American Journal of Surgery July 2006 (Vol. 192, Issue 1, Pages 63-67)

Book Chapters:
Reflux and Obesity
Laparoscopy and Obesity
Encyclopedia of Obesity
SAGE Reference
Golson Books, Ltd., Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Published by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA

Oral Presentations:
Unusual Presentation of Splenic Artery Aneurysm
Delaware Valley Vascular Society 28th metting, Philadelphia PA
ACS chapter for Vascular Surgery November 14, 2006

Poster Exhibits:
Analysis of Weight Loss After The Gastric Bypass And The Adjustable Band
Ramsey M. Dallal, MD, Nissin Nahmias, MD, Tejwant Datta, MD, Frank Sergi, PhD,
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. Philadelphia, PA
2008 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Successful Graft Salvage with Partial Transplant Nephrectomy and Ureteral Stenting after Lower Pole Necrosis and Urinary Leak
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 4th Annual State of The Art Winter Symposium "Surgical Challenges in Transplantation"
Scottsdale Arizona January 2004

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