Dr. Steven Hofstetter's
Bio/CV
Steven Roy Hofstetter, MD, FACS
Chief of Surgical Services,NYU Hospital Center
Date
of Birth: December 7, 1946
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Office
Address: 530 First Avenue, 6C
New York, NY 10016
Office Telephone: (212) 263-7302
Fax: (212) 263-7511
Email: hofsts01@endeavor.med.nyu.edu
Education
1967 - 1971: College of Medicine, Upstate Medical Center of the State University of New York, Syracuse, New York. Doctor of Medicine, Cum Laude 1971
1963 - 1967: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Cum Laude 1967
Post-Graduate Training
1975 - 1976: New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital Center, Chief Resident Surgeon
1972 - 1975: New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital Center, Residency Straight Surgery
1971 - 1972: New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital Center, Internship Straight Surgery
Academic Appointments
1985 - Present: Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, New York University School of Medicine
1978 - 1984: Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine
1972 - 1976: Clinical Instructor in Surgery, New York University School of Medicine
1971 - 1972: Teaching Assistant, New York University School of Medicine
Professional Appointments
2001 - Present: Chief of Surgical Services, NYU Hospital Center, New York
1993 - Present : Director, B Surgical Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York
1978 - Present: Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital, New York
1978 - Present: Co-Director, Shock and Trauma Unit, Bellevue Hospital, New York
Hospital Appointments
Associate Attending Surgeon, Tisch Hospital, New York University Medical Center
Attending Surgeon, Bellevue Hospital, New York
Attending Surgeon, Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital, New York
Military Service
1976 - 1978: Major, United States Army Medical Corps, Chief, General Surgery Service, Patterson Army Hospital, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Specialty Boards
Re-certified, American Board of Surgery: 2000 (Certificate #22819)
American Board of Surgery: 1977
National Board of Medical Examiners: 1972
Certifications
Instructor: Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, 1984
Laparoscopic Cholecystecomy, Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska, July 1990
Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Cincinnati Ohio, February 1993
Solid Organ Laparoscopy, Cincinnati Ohio, August 1998
Academic Honors
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery "Attending of the Year" : 1993
Barnett Memorial Teaching Award, New York: 1976
Upjohn Academic Achievement Award, Syracuse: 1971
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society: 1970
Professional Societies
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons: 1993
Critical Care Society: 1988
New York Surgical Society: 1985
American College of Surgeons: 1981
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons: 1981
New York County Medical Society: 1980
New York State Medical Society: 1980
American Medical Association: 1976
Committees
Chairman, Communications Task Force, 1998 - Present
Chairman, Work Environment Task Force, Tisch Hospital, 1998 - Present
Chairman, Surgical Case Review Committee, Tisch Hospital, 1997
Clinical Resource Utilization Management Committee, Tisch Hospital, 1997 - Present
Surgical Chairman’s Operating Room Committee, Tisch Hospital, 1996 - Present
Housestaff Committee, Department of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, 1995 - Present
Executive Committee of The Medical Board, Tisch Hospital, 1995 - Present
Chairman, Multidisciplinary SICU Committee, Manhattan VA Hospital, 1982 - Present
Operating Room Committee, Tisch Hospital, 1996 - Present
Credentials Committee, Bellevue Hospital, 1989 - 1995
Assistant Chairman, Surgical Case Review Committee, Tisch Hospital, 1985 - 1996
Formulary Committee, Tisch Hospital, 1985 - 1996
Visiting Professorships
Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem Israel, June 1983
University of Rome, Polyclinico Hospital, Rome Italy, August 1984
University of the Philippines, Manila, February 1999
