Steven J. Binenbaum, MD, FACS
Education
- St. George’s University, School of Medicine – Grenada, WI -Medical Doctor (M.D.)
- SUNY Stony Brook – Stony Brook, NY – Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (Cum Laude)
Internship/ Residency/ Fellowship
- Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ – General Surgery Residency, Chief Surgical Resident
- St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital – New York, NY – Minimally Invasive/Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Specialties
- Minimally invasive general, foregut
- Bariatric surgery
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- RWJ BarnabasHealth – Monmouth Medical Center/ Community Medical Center
- Hackensack Meridian – Riverview Medical Center/ Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Academic/ Professional Affiliations
- Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
- Member, New Jersey Chapter of American College of Surgeons
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Fellow, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Administrative Positions Held
- Chapter Councilor – New Jersey Chapter, American College of Surgeons
- Monmouth Medical Center – Clinical Teaching Supervisor, Surgical Resident Rounds
- Monmouth Medical Center – Clinical Teaching Supervisor for Residents, Operating Room
Publications
- Binenbaum SJ, Goldfarb MA. Inadvertent enterotomy in minimally invasive abdominal surgery. JSLS. 2006;10(3):336–340 (Accepted for publication)
- Binenbaum SJ, Dressner RM, Borao FJ. Laparoscopic repair of a free perforation of a marginal ulcer after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a safe alternative to open exploration. JSLS. 2007;11(3):383–388 (Accepted for publication)
- Binenbaum SJ, Teixeira JA, Forrester GJ, Harvey EJ, Afthinos J, Kim GJ, Koshy N, McGinty J, Belsley SJ, Todd GJ. Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using a flexible endoscope. Arch Surg. 2009; 144:734–738 (Accepted for publication)
- Teixeira J, McGill K, Binenbaum S, Forrester G. Laparoscopic single-site surgery for placement of an adjustable gastric band: initial experience. Surg Endosc. 2009;23:1409–1414 (Accepted for publication)
- Afthinos JN, Forrester GJ, Binenbaum SJ, Harvey EJ, Kim GJ, Teixeira JA. Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using flexible endoscopy: Saline infiltration gallbladder fossa dissection technique. Surg Endosc. 2009;23:2610-4 (Accepted for publication)
Awards
- Bachelor of Science, Cum laude honors – Stony Brook University – Stony Brook, NY
- Resident Achievement Award – Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- Chief Surgical Resident – Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ
- Dr. Cyril S. Arvanitis Award of Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ – For the surgical resident who has epitomized the important virtues of dependability, efficiency, and promptness in the conduct of his work
- America’s Top Surgeons – April 2011 – Consumer Research Council of America
- America’s Top Surgeons – April 2012 – Consumer Research Council of America
- America’s Top Surgeons – April 2013 – Consumer Research Council of America
- Top Doctors, Bariatric Surgery – November 2014 – New Jersey Monthly Magazine
- Top Doctors, Bariatric Surgery – November 2015 – New Jersey Monthly Magazine
- Top Doctors, Bariatric Surgery – November 2016 – New Jersey Monthly Magazine
- Top Doctors, Bariatric Surgery – November 2017 – New Jersey Monthly Magazine
- Top Doctors, Bariatric Surgery – November 2018 – New Jersey Monthly Magazine
- “NJ Top Docs” – January 2019