Stephen G. Pereira, M.D.

90 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Phone (201) 343-3433
Fax (201) 343-0420

Background  and Education

Born:

January 5, 1965 Belleville, New Jersey

High School:

NORTH ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, Valedictorian  1983 North Arlington, New Jersey

College:

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY,  B.A. 1987 Middletown, Connecticut

Medical School:

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL,  M.D. 1991 Piscataway, New Jersey

Residency

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL General Surgery, 1991-1996 Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship

HACKENSACK  UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, July 1, 1998-June  30, 1999 Hackensack, New Jersey

Clinical Practice

STEPHEN GOMES PEREIRA, M.D., L.L.C. Private Surgical Practice, Hackensack, New Jersey

Hospital Appointments and Positions

HACKENSACK  UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER – Hackensack, New Jersey

  • Chief, Gastrointestinal  Surgery 2010-present
  • Attending Surgeon March 2000-present

Certification

DIPLOMATE,  AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY, 1997 Recertification:  2007

Licensure

New Jersey #MA65318

Societies

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Society of Robotic Surgeons
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
  • Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
  • American Hernia Society
  • Fellow, New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
  • Medical Society of New Jersey
  • Bergen County Medical Society

Research Experience

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY  MEDICAL SCHOOL – Chicago,  Illinois

Conducted  analysis and comparison  of research published in five major general surgery journals in 1983 and in 1993 with regard to type of research and country of origin; results presented by Dr. David L. Nahrwold at the meeting of the American Surgical Association, April 6, 1995

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL – Piscataway, New Jersey

“Investigation  and analysis of the evidence supporting  carcinogenicity  of the occupational  and environmental  exposures  listed by IARC,” under Daniel Wartenberg,  Ph.D., Dept of Environmental  and Community Medicine,  1989

WESLEYAN  UNIVERSITY – Middletown, Connecticut

“Electrical stimulation of the rat ventromedial  tegmental  track in an effort to elicit offense behavior” under David Adams, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, 1987

Original Publications

  • Nahrwold DL, Pereira SG, Dupuee J. United States research published in major surgical journals is decreasing.  Annals of Surg 1995;222(3):263-6
  • Pereira SG, Davies RJ, Ballantyne GH, Duperier T. Laparoscopic wedge resection of a gastric leiomyoma. Surg Endosc 2001;15(8):896-7
  • Duperier T, Ali A, Pereira S, Davies RJ, Ballantyne GH. Laparoscopic cryoablation  of a metastatic carcinoid tumor. J Laparoendosc Adv Sur Tech 2001;11(2):105-9.
  • Hourmont  K, Chung W, Pereira SG, Wasielewski  A, Davies R, Ballantyne GH. Robotic versus telerobotic laparoscopic cholecystectomy: duration of surgery and outcomes.  Surg Clin N Am 83 (2003) 1445-1462

Text Book Chapters

  • Pereira SG, Knoetgen J, Ballantyne GH. Laparoscopic Management  of Rectal Prolapse. In: Zucker K, ed. Surgical Laparoscopy,  3′” edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001:275-293.
  • Pereira SG, Ballantyne GH. Laparoscopic Abdominal Perineal Resection for Rectal Carcinoma. In: Zucker K, ed. Smgical Laparoscopy,  3′d edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001:295-311.
  • Pereira SG, Ballantyne GH. Colonic Volvulus. In: Bland K, ed. The Practice of General Surgery. Philadelphia: Saunders, 200 I :549-553.

Podium Presentations

  • Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy, presented at New York Society of Gastroenterology. New York City, November, 1998.
  • Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication,  presented at Grand Rounds, St. James Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, October, 1999.
  • Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair, presented at meeting of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, December  1, 2001.
  • Robotic Laparoscopic  Hernia , presented at meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic  Surgeons. New York City, March 2002.

Video Presentations

  • Pereira SG, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne GH. Laparoscopic  extraperitonea l femoral hernia repair, presented at national meeting of The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2000.
  • Pereira SG, Trevedi A, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne GH. Laparoscopic  Heller Myotomy with Dor Fundoplicarion, presented at national meeting of The Society of Laparoendoscopic  Surgeons, 2000.
  • Trivedi A, Pereira SG, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne GH. Laparoscopic intraluminal excision of gastric polyp, presented at national meeting of The Society of Laparoendoscopic  Surgeons, 2000.
  • Merola S, Weber P, Pereira S, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne GH. Early experience with robot-assisted  laparoscopic cholecystectomy,  presented  at New York Minimally Invasive Surgery Society, November, 2001.
  • Merola S, Weber P, Pereira S, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne GH. Solo laparoscopic right hemicolectomy  with the assistance of a voice controlled robot, presented at Congreso Peruano e Intemadonal de Coloproctologia. Lima, Peru, April 2001.
  • Merola S, Weber P, Pereira S, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne  GH. Remote Solo laparoscopic right hemicolectomy  using a three armed robot, presented at Congreso Peruano e Intemacional  de Coloproctologia.  Lima, Peru, April 2001.
  • Weber P, Merola S, Pereira S, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne  GH. Remote solo laparoscopic right hemicolectomy using a three armed robot, presented at Congreso Peruano e Internacional de Coloproctologia. Lima, Peru, April 2001.
  • Honuount  C, Pereira SG, Wasielewski A, Ballantyne GH. Telerobotic laparoscopic repair of a Morgagni Hernia, presented at Emopean  Association of Endoscopic Surgery, 1O u’ International  Congress. Lisbon, Portugal, June 2002.

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