Dr. Daniel Popowich, MD – East Hills, NY

Overview of Dr. Popowich

Dr. Daniel Popowich is a General and Colon and Rectal Surgeon in Long Island NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including St. Francis Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, St. Catherine's and St. Joe's. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College. He completed a 7 year General Surgery program at Northwestern in Chicao Il and then completed an advanced Colorectal Fellowship at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC. He has been in practice 14 years. He specializes in colon & rectal surgery as well as many general surgical conditions. This includes expertise in Colorectal Cancer, diverticulitis, Inflammatory Bowel disease (Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis), the surgical management of constipation and fecal incontinence, hemorrhoids fissures, abscess/fistula, condyloma, anal cancer amongst others. Within general surgery he performs hernia surgery (ranging from routine to extremely complex), gallbladder surgery, appendectomy, splenectomy amongst others. He has particular expertise in Minimally Invasive surgery. This includes not only laparoscopic surgery, but single incision laparoscopic surgery and Robotic Surgery. This allows patients, even when undergoing major operations, to have minimal pain and quick recovery.

Education & Training

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai Hospital)Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2011

• Northwestern McGaw/NMH/VA2010

• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2003

• Emory UniversityB.S., Anthropology, With Honors, 1995 - 1998

Certifications & Licensure

• NY State Medical License 2011 - 2025

• IL State Medical License 2003 - 2014

• MA State Medical License 2011 - 2014

• American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
• American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

• Alpha Omega Alpha 2017
• Fellow ASCRS American Society of Colorectal Surgeons, 2016
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

• Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Anastomosis.

  Robert N Goldstone, Daniel A Popowich> ;Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 2023 Jan 1
• 5 citations

  Same day discharge following elective, minimally invasive, colorectal surgery : A review of enhanced recovery protocols and early outcomes by the SAGES Colorectal Surg...

  Elisabeth C McLemore, Lawrence Lee, Traci L Hedrick, Laila Rashidi, Erik P Askenasy, Daniel Popowich, Patricia Sylla> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2022 Nov 1
• 12 citations

  How to report educational videos in robotic surgery: an international multidisciplinary consensus statement

  Valerio Celentano, Neil J. Smart, John S. McGrath, Ronan A. Cahill, Antonino Spinelli, Ben Challacombe, Igor Belyansky, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Venkatesh Munikrishnan, Gia...> ;Updates in Surgery. 2021 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

• "Effect of nitric oxide on neointimal hyperplasia based on sex and hormone status"  

  Hogg ME, Varu VN, Vavra AK, Popowich DA, Banerjee MN, Martinez J, Jiang Q, Saavedra JE, Keefer LK, Kibbe M, Free Radical Biology Medicine, 5/1/2011

• "Insulin enhances the effect of nitric oxide at inhibiting neointimal hyperplasia in a rat model of type 1 diabetes"  

  Varu, VN, Ahanchi, SS, Hogg, ME, Bhikhapurwala, HA, Chen, AC, Popowich, DA, Vavra, AK, Martinez, J, Jiang, Q, Saavedra, JE, Hrabie, JE, Keefer, LK, Kibbe, MR, American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 9/1/2010

• "Regulation of Reactive Oxygen Species by p53: Implications for Nitric Oxide-Mediated Apoptosis"  

  Popowich DA, Aalami, OO, Walsh, CP, Rossi, NB, Bhikhapurwala, HA, Jiang, Q, Kibbe, MR, American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 6/1/2010
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Books/Book Chapters

• Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery 

  Chapter: "Approaching the Consults for Hemorrhoids" 

  Page 72 - 75Popowich DA, Orkin BANew England Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons2013

• Trends in Vascular Surgery 

  Chapter: Modified Prosthetic Vascular Conduits 

  Kapadia M, Popowich DA, Kibbe MEditors: Yao JST, Pearce WH, Matsumura JS.Greenwood Academic, Chicago, IL2006

Lectures

• Responsible CT Scanning in Crohn's Disease. 

  American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Phoenix, AZ; New England Society of Colon and Rectal - 5/1/2013

• Update on the management of Diverticulitis. 

  Surgical Grand Rounds, MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, MA - 4/3/2013

• Update on Surgery for Colorectal Cancer 

  Medical Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford MA; Oncology Grand Rounds, Milton Hospital, M - 6/19/2012
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Insurance Accepted

• Aetna Choice POS II
  Aetna HMO
  BCBS Blue Card PPO
  BCBS Massachusetts Blue Care Elect PPO
  CIGNA HMO
  CIGNA Open Access
  CIGNA PPO
  First Health PPO
  

  Great West PPO
  Harvard Pilgrim HMO
  Multiplan PHCS PPO
  Multiplan PPO
  Tufts Health Plan PPO
  UniCare PPO
  United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
  United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
  

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