Sander S. Florman

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Sander S. Florman
Alma mater Brandeis University, University of Louisville, Tulane University
Scientific career
Fields transplant surgery
Institutions The Mount Sinai Hospital

Sander S. Florman is an American transplant surgeon and Director of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, the American Society of Transplantation and the American College of Surgeons. [1] [2]

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Florman's work as the Director of the Transplant Institute at Tulane University in New Orleans earned him recognition as one of New Orleans Magazine's "People to Watch". He was twice named "Health Care Hero" by New Orleans CityBusiness (in 2007 and 2009) and was chosen as one of Gambit Weekly's "40 Under 40" in their "Best of New Orleans" class of 2004. [3] [4] [5] He was recognized by Louisiana Life magazine as one of Louisiana's "Top Doctors" and "Best Doctors" in 2007–2009. [6] Various awards include the Kremetz Resident Research Award, the ASTS Vanguard Prize and Tulane University's Promise in Research Award.

Florman is the author of nine book chapters and more than 75 publications.

Biography

Florman graduated cum laude with honors from Brandeis University with a degree in philosophy. He received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1994. He did general surgery training at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, also spending a year in the Liver Transplant Lab at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, where he investigated the effects of hypernatremia in brain death and ischemia/reperfusion injury in liver transplantation. [7] He was recognized as Resident of the Year at Charity Hospital in 1998 and was named Administrative Chief Resident in 1999.

Florman completed a fellowship in multi-organ transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at Mount Sinai, after which he returned to Tulane University as the Director of Transplantation. He was then named the Director of the Abdominal Transplant Institute [8] and the Director of Transplantation at Children's Hospital of New Orleans.

He was named Director of Mount Sinai's Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute in October 2009.

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References

  1. ↑ "American Society of Transplant Surgeons" . Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sander Florman – research profile on BiomedExperts" . Retrieved 30 March 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Top Doctors in Louisiana". New Orleans Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "CityBusiness to recognize 68 Health Care Heroes". 30 April 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "40 Under 40". Gambit Weekly. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "Louisiana's Top Doctors" . Retrieved 30 March 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Tulane University". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Tulane Surgical Society" . Retrieved 30 March 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ ASTA Previous Grants & Award Recipients
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