Dr. Filippo Filicori

General and Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Filicori is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Hofstra/Northwell and a Board Certified Minimally Invasive Surgeon who specializes in Robotic, Laparoscopic and Endoscopic treatment of Obesity and Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal tract. He offers several treatment modalities for weight loss including medication, endoscopic options such as Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty and Bariatric Surgery

He is the Director for Surgical Research at Northwell Health/Lenox Hill Hospital, and he leads the Intraoperative Performance Analytics Laboratory, a collaboration with Columbia Engineering Department which focuses on the application of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery.

Dr. Filicori is the Program Director for the MIS Bariatric fellowship program and a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) and the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES).

Meet The Other Surgeons at
Lenox Hill Bariatric Surgery Program

Chief of Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Mitchell Roslin

Dr. Mitchell Roslin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, has dedicated his professional career to the treatment of severe obesity. He is considered one of the best bariatric surgeons in New York.

General and Bariatric Surgery 

Dr. Vikrom Dhar

Dr. Vikrom Dhar, MD is a board-certified and fellowship-trained Bariatric and Minimally Invasive surgeon.

General and Bariatric Surgery 

Dr. Marc Bessler, MD, FACS

Marc Bessler, MD, FACS serves as the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is a nationally recognized minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon, specializing in laparoscopic surgery.

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