Stephen Dolgin

Life and work

Dolgin has published numerous articles and presented numerous papers on pediatric surgical procedures and consequences, particularly in the areas of inflammatory bowel disease, neonatal surgery and ovarian pathology. He received several awards for teaching from medical students and surgery residents at Schneider Children's Hospital and at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, where he served as chief of pediatric surgery from 1984, professor of surgery and of pediatrics and, in 2002-03, interim chief of surgery. In 2005 he became chief, division of pediatric surgery at Schneider Children's Hospital. This is now known as Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York. He was educated at Yale College, BA, and New York University Medical School, MD, where he was elected as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed a residency in general surgery at The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, in 1982, and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL in 1984. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, with certification in Pediatric Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He is Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Hofstra NS-LIJ School of Medicine. In September 2016 he became Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manattan.

Honors and awards

Dolgin has received the following honors and awards, among others:

Physician of the year 2004, awarded by The Mount Sinai Hospital community of nurses Attending of the year, 2006, NS-LIJ Department of Pediatrics Attending of the year, 2006, Department of Pediatrics, NS-LIJ Medical Center

Works

Some of Dolgin's published works are:

Stephen Dolgin and Chad Hamner, eds. Surgical care of major newborn malformations, World Scientific Publishers, 2012