Liver Surgeon since 1999 in liver transplant, hepatobiliary surgery and laparoscopic hepatobiliary surgery. Director of Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Surgery at St Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson New Jersey 2012-2017. Specialization in laparoscopic liver surgery and pancreas surgery. Recently published "A Sling Technique for Laparoscopic Resection of Segment Seven of the Liver" JSLS. 2018 Apr-Jun;22(2)Specialist in population health using smart algorithms and machine learning embedded within electronic health record systems combined with patient navigation to improve early diagnosis of liver disease and liver cancer, and add new revenue streams. A summary of my work was published in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis, "Electronic Health Record Year and Country of Birth Testing and Patient Navigation to Increase Diagnosis of Chronic Viral Hepatitis", J Viral Hepat. 2019 Jul;26(7):911-918On the Medical Advisory Board of the New York/New Jersey Chapter of the American Liver Foundation, member of the New Jersey State Viral Hepatitis Advisory Board since 2006, medical adviser to the Latino Organization for Liver Awareness from 2004-2009, and Assistant Medical Director for New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network from 2007-2010. Inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver disease in 2020.Principal Investigator on numerous grants and clinical trials focusing on early diagnosis of liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatobiliary cancers.Specialties: 1) Minimal access surgery of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts 2) Use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics within hospital electronic health record systems to improve early diagnosis of liver disease and cancer3) Clinical trials in hepatobiliary disease and cancer4) Basic science research in liver cancer studying the effects and possible clinical use of type III interferons