Litina Eleni General Surgeon

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

• American College of Surgeons, Board Eligible in General Surgery 2005

• NY State Medical/Surgical License #237258

• Athens Greece Medical/Surgical License # 060388/1165

Work Experience

• General surgery practice- attending surgeon, Riverdale Surgical Associates at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein University Hospital, Bronx, New York ,USA 2003-2005

• General and oncologic surgery/advanced surgical laparoscopy, private practice, Ygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece 2006-today

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical interest:

• Advanced laparoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract

• Surgical oncology

• Breast oncology

Research Interest / Chapters / Lectures:

• Surgical and Anatomic Pathology Fellowship (Autopsy), Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA 5-7/1996

• Litina E: Gastric Surgery for benign disease- indications and surgical techniques. An update and historical overview. Surgical Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein University, Department of Surgery, Bronx , New York, USA 5/2003

• Litina E: Hepatobiliary physiology/ Enterohepatic circulation. Peri-operative significance for the surgeon, Surgical Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein University, Department of Surgery, Bronx, New York, USA 2/2003 

• Litina E: Laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer, Surgical Grand Rounds, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece, 4/2007 

• Litina E: Surgical Resection Principles for Early Rectal Cancer, in Cancer of the Colon and Rectum, Greek Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Dictynna, Athens, Greece 2009.

• Litina E: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Cancers of the Colon and Rectum, in Cancer of the Colon and Rectum, Greek Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Dictynna, Athens, Greece 2009

Honors & Awards

• ΦΒΚ honorary society member, 1994