NJ Bariatric Surgeon voted NJ TOP DOC in Bariatric Surgery by New Jersey Monthly Magazine

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Sept. 23, 2014 - PRLog -- Dr. Alexander Abkin and his practice are dedicated to minimally invasive weight loss surgery and medical weight loss management. Dr. Abkin’s philosophy is that bariatric surgery is a highly successful way to resolve diabetes and other life-threatening medical problems found in morbidly obese patients. In the past 16 years he has performed more than 7000 bariatric procedures.

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Through regional affiliations, Dr. Abkin provides exceptional care throughout New Jersey by offering a full spectrum of options, including gastric bypass, adjustable gastric band and sleeve gastrectomy. Using the laparoscopic approach, he helps patients return to a better quality of life quickly and with less discomfort. The first surgeon in the Northeast to implement the Realize® Band procedure in 2007, he was also the first surgeon on the East Coast to offer single-incision gastric bypass in 2009.

Dr. Abkin is a board-certified surgeon and his practice is recognized as a Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is also medical director of bariatric care at JFK Medical Center. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Abkin is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American Medical Association. This is his eighth consecutive year as a New Jersey Monthly Top Doctor.

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Florham Park Surgery Center; JFK Medical Center, Edison; Morristown Medical Center. MEDICAL TRAINING: First Leningrad University, Russia (MD).

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