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Lisa Siracusa
Lisa Siracusa is a board certified Physician Assistant with specific specialization in the field of minimally invasive surgery (RPA-C). As a graduate from Wagner College and Bayley Seton Hostpital PA program in 1993 she has had several years of experience in the surgical medical field. Moreover, Mrs. Siracusa was the senior Physician Assistant in SIUH from 2000 to 2008. Her responsibilities included but was not limited to, training surgical residents, assisting surgeons during surgery, and managing surgical floor of SIUH. Being an important member of Advanced Surgical and Bariatrics of NJ, she is devoted to the needs of her patients. As a caring individual she is dedicated to secure satisfaction of her patients. She is currently responsible for follow up visits with patients, as well as assisting Dr. Sadek in the OR during surgery.
She is the mother of two beautiful boys, and is an active mother to say the least. Like many of our patients postoperatively, Lisa is determined to stay fit and keep the weight off by kickboxing and jogging 3 times a week.
Dr. Ragui Sadek is a premier surgeon who established a state-of-the-art and one of the safest bariatric surgery programs in the state. Dr. Sadek has fellowship training in both laparoscopic/bariatric surgery and surgical trauma/critical care, allowing him to safely perform complex surgeries on patients who have been turned down by other practices. As a Clinical Assistant Professor of surgery at RWJ Medical School & the Director of bariatric surgery program at RWJ University Hospital, Dr. Sadek offers a cutting-edge range of laparoscopic, robotic, & bariatric surgical procedures with a complication rate substantially below the national average.
Dr. Sadek is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Having performed more than three thousand advanced surgical procedures, Dr. Sadek has established a strong patient satisfaction rate and a solid reputation among the surgical community and is renowned as a top physician in his field by International Association of Healthcare Professionals. As a board-certified surgeon, he holds affiliations with the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the Society of American Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons. More about Dr. Sadek
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