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Esteemed Colorectal Specialist Joins Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group
New Brunswick, NJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, the faculty practice of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is enhancing its colon and rectal services with the addition of locally and nationally renowned colorectal specialist Theodore E. Eisenstat, MD, FACS, FASCRS.
Dr. Eisenstat has been named professor of surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and will be seeing patients at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group’s offices in the Clinical Academic Building, 125 Paterson Street, Suite 4100.
Board certified in general and colon and rectal surgery, Dr. Eisenstat earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in New York City. His internship was at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and residency training in Philadelphia at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He received his fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery at Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, N.J., and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
“Dr. Eisenstat is a tremendous addition to our team,” says Alan M. Graham, MD, FACS, interim chair of the Department of Surgery, Norman and Ruth Rosenberg Professor of Vascular Surgery, and chief, division of vascular surgery, at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “Not only is he one of the top colorectal surgeons in the state, but he also has played an important role in educating future specialists, including having directed the colon and rectal residency program here for more than a decade, and demonstrated leadership in a variety of professional medical organizations.”
In fact, Dr. Eisenstat has held leadership roles in nine major professional organizations in his field. A long-time board member and past president of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, he currently serves as senior examiner for the board. He has also served as past vice-president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, as well as past president of the societies of colon and rectal surgeons in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Eisenstat was a founding member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Surgeons (SAGES) and served on its board of directors.
In 2004, he served on the state Department of Health & Senior Services’ Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey, which helps develop, apply, and promote the state’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan, a coordinated statewide approach to cancer control through education and outreach.
Locally and nationally recognized in colon and rectal surgery, Dr. Eisenstat has been named to the 2013 Best Doctors in America® list, noted as a Top Doctor in New York magazine and New Jersey Monthly, and cited in Castle Connelly Medical Ltd.’s America’s Top Doctors® for Cancer annually since 2005, the first year the list was compiled. He also has contributed many chapters to books and published more than 60 papers in surgical and colorectal journals.
About Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group
Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group is the faculty practice of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. One of the largest multispecialty physician practices in the state, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group consists of more than 500 physicians with expertise in more than 200 subspecialty clinical programs, providing a full range of highly specialized services for children and adults. In addition to its main practice location in New Brunswick, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group offers services in Hamilton, Monroe, Piscataway, Princeton, and Somerset.
The group supports the education, research, patient care, and community outreach missions of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, one of the nation's leading comprehensive medical schools. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and its principal affiliate, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, comprise one of the nation's premier academic medical centers. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.
More information about Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group can be found online at www.RWJMedicalGroup.org or by calling 1-877-4RWJDOC.
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