Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Professor, Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education, Professor, Department of Surgery
I. Michael Leitman is an American surgeon and medical educator. He is Professor of Surgery and Medical Education and Dean for Graduate Medical Education[1] at the
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He previously held the position of Chairman of the Department of Surgery at
Mount Sinai Beth Israel in
New York City.
Education
A native of
Philadelphia, Leitman received both his bachelor's degree and Medical Degree from
Boston University. After medical school, Leitman moved to
New York City to receive his training in General Surgery at
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell and completed his fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at North Shore University Hospital-Weill Cornell. While at Cornell, Leitman was under the tutelage of American surgical pioneer
G. Tom Shires.
Career
As an innovator of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of abdominal conditions,[2] Leitman is also known for his research on the outcomes following the surgical treatment of breast cancer,[3][4] colon cancer,[5] lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage, gallbladder disease and morbid obesity.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Leitman has served as a medical educator. In addition to his current role as Professor of Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Dr. Leitman has also served as a professor of Clinical Surgery at the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City.
In addition, he was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa and
Alpha Omega Alpha honor societies. The winner of the 2008 Murry G. Fischer Distinguished Educator Award, in 2013, Dr. Leitman is included in New York Magazine's (Castle Connolly) lists of "Top Doctors."[7] In 2022, he was the recipient of the Mount Sinai Faculty Council Lifetime Achievement Award and he was awarded the Jacobi Medallion in 2023. In 2023, Dr. Leitman became the 106th President of the
New York Surgical Society (founded in 1879).
Publications (partial list)
Leitman IM, Paull DE, Barie PS, Isom OW, and Shires GT (1987). "Intra-abdominal Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Operations". Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics. 165 (3): 251–254.
PMID3498228.
Leitman, IM Sullivan J, Brams D, DeCosse, JJ (1989). "Multivariate Analysis of The Initial Surgical Management of Obstructing Carcinoma of The Colon". Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics. 174 (6): 513–518.
PMID1595029.
Leitman IM, Fisher ML, McKinley MJ, Rothman R, Ward RJ, Reiner DS, Tortolani AJ (1993). "The Evaluation and Management of Known or Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones in the Era of Minimal Access Surgery". Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics. 176 (6): 527–533.
PMID8322123.
Birmingham KL, Feigenbaum N, Leitman IM, Tortoloni AJ (1996). "Critical Comparison of Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Appendectomy versus Open Appendectomy for the Evaluation of Acute Right Lower Quadrant Pain". Current Surgery. 53: 231–234.
Adusumilli PS, Leitman IM, Ben Porat L, Roesler D (2004). "The Prevalence and Predictors of Herbal Medicine Use in Surgical Patients". Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 198 (4): 583–590.
doi:
10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.11.019.
PMID15051013.
Taylor JD, Leitman IM, Hon P, Horowitz M, Panagopoulos G (2006). "Outcome and complications of gastric bypass surgery in super-super obesity versus morbid obesity". Obesity Surgery. 16 (1): 16–18.
doi:
10.1381/096089206775222087.
PMID16417751.
S2CID22555926.
Taylor JD, Leitman IM, Hon P, Horowitz M, Panagopoulos G (2006). "Is routine cholecystectomy necessary at the time of roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity?". Obesity Surgery. 16 (6): 759–761.
doi:
10.1381/096089206777346781.
PMID16756738.
S2CID25856013.
Taylor JD, Leitman IM, Rosser JC, Davis B, Goodman EC (2006). "Does the Position of the Alimentary Limb in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Make a Difference?". Gastrointestinal Surgery. 10 (10): 1397–1399.
doi:
10.1016/j.gassur.2006.09.007.
PMID17175460.
S2CID35380966.
Avgerinos D, Leitman IM, Martinez RE, Liao EP (2006). "Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in a Population of Obese Adults undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery". Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 205 (2): 294–297.
doi:
10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.02.078.
PMID17660076.
Avgerinos A, Laguna OH, Leitman IM, Lo AY (2008). "Evolving management of iatrogenic colonoscopic perforations". J Gastrointest Surg. 12 (10): 1783–1790.
doi:
10.1007/s11605-008-0631-7.
PMID18683006.
S2CID20468167.
Clarke-Pearson EM, Jacobson AF, Boolbol SK, Leitman IM, Friedmann P, Lavarias V, Feldman SM (2009). "Quality Assurance Initiative at One Institution for Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy as the Initial Diagnostic Technique". Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 208 (1): 75–79.
doi:
10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.09.008.
PMID19228506.
Llaguna D, Avgerinos J, Martz Lugo J, Leitman IM, Abbadessa B (2010). "Incidence and risk factors for the development of incisional hernia following elective laparoscopic versus open colon resections". American Journal of Surgery. 200 (2): 265–269.
doi:
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.044.
PMID20122681.
^Shires, G. T.; Isom, O. W.; Barie, P. S.; Paull, D. E.; Leitman, I. M. (1987). "Intra-abdominal Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Operations". Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics. 165 (3): 251–254.
PMID3498228.
^Chorost, Mitchell I.; Datta, Rajiv; Santiago, Rosemary C.; Lee, Byrne; Bollman, Jyoti; Leitman, I. Michael; Ghosh, Bimal C. (2004). "Colon cancer screening: Where have we come from and where do we go?". Journal of Surgical Oncology. 85 (1): 7–13.
doi:
10.1002/jso.20008.
PMID14696082.
S2CID29277369.