**ABBREVIATED
CURRICULUM VITAE

B.S., cum laude, Chemistry-Biology, 1961  QUEENS COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NY

M.D., 1965
State University of New York (SUNY)

SURGERY RESIDENCIES

General & Thoracic, 1966-1971
SUNY-KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL

Cardiovascular & Thoracic, 1971-1973
N.Y.U.-BELLEVUE-NY VAMC

CERTIFIED BY:
         
         The American Board of Surgery          
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
 

FULL-TIME FACULTY: 

N.Y.U.-BELLEVUE-NY VAMC
 Instructor of Surgery, 1973-1974

   L.S.U. MEDICAL CENTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA  Assistant Professor, 1974-9 
Associate Professor of Surgery, 1979-1984
Acting-Head, Section of Thoracic & CV Surgery, 1977-1981

U.C., IRVINE
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, 1984-1996

CURRENT SURGICAL INTERESTS 

ALL THORACIC PROCEDURES: PECTUS, NEOPLASMS OF THE LUNG, ESOPHAGUS,  CHEST WALL 

ASBESTOSIS and MESOTHELIOMA. 

THORACIC OUTLET & INDUSTRIAL

ALL PERIPHERAL VASCULAR & LIMB SALVAGE, TRAUMA, & RELATED CRITICAL CARE. 

PACEMAKERS, IVC FILTERS, DIALYSIS & CHEMOTHERAPY ACCESS.

Special Attention to the numb, painful leg & foot with or without gangrene in the 
DIABETIC PATIENT*

 

 

 

**A complete copy of Dr. Schechter's resume, Curriculum Vitae, will be sent, faxed, or online instructions e-mailed to you on request at the INQUIRE PAGE, for your online viewing. 

Dr. Schechter closed his surgical private practice in the State of Florida  12/04/2002.
 

Over 30 years of Successful Operating Experience

 


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