Joseph Thomas Vazzana, MD, a General Surgeon with Montefiore Medical Center

Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Joseph Thomas Vazzana, who serves patients in Bronx, New York.

A general surgeon, Dr. Vazzana works within the Department of Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. It is a premier academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City. 

Referring patients to other facilities, he is affiliated with Montefiore Weiler Hospital, Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion, Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place, Montefiore Wakefield Campus, St. John’s Riverside Hospital Dobbs Ferry, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, and St. John’s Riverside Boyce.

A graduate of SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Dr. Vazzana went on to perform both his residency and fellowship training at Montefiore Medical Center.

Dedicated to surgical excellence, he is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

Teaching students, Dr. Vazzana serves as an Assistant Professor within the Department of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. 

Learn more about Dr. Joseph Thomas Vazzana:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/2055470-Joseph-Vazzana-Surgeon or through Montefiore Medical Center, https://www.montefiore.org/doctors/profiles/1265698427/joseph-vazzana

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