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William P. Homan, MD, DPhil, FACS
170 Maple Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Tel: 914-948-1000
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EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Preceptorship in Bariatric Surgery, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, 1998.
  • Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop, (Philip R. Schauer, MD, et al.), The Mark Ravitch/Leon C. Hirsch Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health System, December 2000.
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, October 1985.
  • Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) Degree in surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford England, June 1981.
  • Board Certified, The American Board of Surgery, September 1979.  Recertified by the American Board of Surgery 1989 and 1997.
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, June 1973.
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree, magna cum laude, with highest honors in chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, June 1969.  Admitted to Phi Beta Kappa, 1968.


CURRENT POSITIONS

  • Director, Department of Surgery, White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY, since January 2000.
  • Chief, Section of General Surgery, White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY, since January 2000.
  • Private practice of surgery, White Plains, NY, since July 1981.  Currently in partnership with Carl Weber, MD.  Formerly partners with John Carnevali, MD (retired).
  • Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY, since December 1998.


PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Associate Attending Surgeon, Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 1982-1995.
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 1982-1995.
  • Attending Surgeon, St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, NY, 1981-1991.
  • Assistant Attending Surgeon, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1978-1981.
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, 1978-1981.
  • Director, Emergency Department, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1981.
  • Senior Surgical Registrar, Oxfordshire Area Health Authority (University of Oxford), Oxford, England, 1978-1981.
  • Clinical Tutor, University of Oxford Medical School, Oxford, England, 1978-1980.


SURGICAL RESIDENCY AND TRAINING

  • Chief Resident in Surgery, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1977-1978.
  • Surgical Residency, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1973-1978.
  • Surgical Resident and Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1973-1978.
  • Preceptorship in Bariatric Surgery, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, 1998.
  • Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop, (Philip R. Schauer, MD, et al.), The Mark Ravitch/Leon C. Hirsch Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health System, December 2000.
  • Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery Seminar, (Peter Geiss, MD), Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Institute, St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 1999.
  • Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Seminar,( Peter Geiss, MD), Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Institute, St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 1999.
  • Advanced Laparoscopic Bowel/Colon and Rectal Seminar & Advanced Herniorhaphy Procedures, Ethicon Endo-Surgery Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 1993
  • Laparoscopic Gastric Seminar on Advanced Gastric Procedures, Ethicon Endo-Surgery Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 1996.
  • Advanced Operative Laparoscopy for General Surgery Course, Education Design, Inc. (Eddie Joe Reddick, MD), Marietta, GA, 1991.
  • Laparoscopic Laser Cholecystectomy Workshop, HCA Center for Research and Education (Eddie Joe Reddick, MD), Nashville, TN, 1990.


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Regular Member
  • President, Westchester Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Westchester County, NY, 1992.
  • Executive Committee, Westchester Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Westchester County, NY, 1982-1995.
  • Westchester County Medical Society, Westchester County, NY, since 1981.
  • New York State Medical Society, since 1981.
  • Association of Academic Surgery, since 1978.
  • Chirurgio Society, since 1978.
  • Medical Board, White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY, since 1997.


LICENSURE

  • Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1974.
  • New York State Medical License (No. 122378), 1974.
  • Certified, Workers Compensation Board, State of New York, (No. 122378-3; code CS), 1981.
  • Certified, United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, (No. AH7444083).


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Homan, WP: Osmotic Regulation in Rana pipiens.  Copeia 4:876-877, 1968.
  • Markgraf JH, Homan WP, Katt RJ, Scott W: Strained Heterocyclic systems. iii. Cyclobuta[b]quinoxaline Derivatives.  Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 6:135-137, 1969.
  • Homan WP: Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Krebs Cycle Acid Derivatives.  Honors Thesis, Williams College, 1969.
  • Homan WP, Harman E, Braun NMT, Felton CP, King TKC, Smith JP: Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting as Acute Respiratory Failure: Treatment by Membrane Oxygenator and Ventricle Pump.  Chest 67:366-369, 1975.
  • Homan WP, Thorbjarsarson B: Crohn's Disease and Pregnancy.  Archives of Surgery 111:545-547, 1976.
  • Drusin LM, Homan WP, Dineen P:  The Role of Surgery in Primary Syphilis of the Anus.  Annals of Surgery 184:65-67, 1976.
  • Homan WP, Thorbjarnarson B:  Acute Massive Hemorrhage from Intestinal Crohn's Disease:  Report of Seven Cases and Review of the Literature.  Archives of Surgery 111:901-905, 1976.
  • Dineen P, Homan WP, Grafe WR: Tuberculous Peritonitis: 43 Years’ Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment.  Annals of Surgery 184:717-722, 1976.
  • Homan WP, Thorbjarnarson B: Anal Lesions Complicating Crohn's Disease.  Archives of Surgery 111: 1333-1335, 1976.
  • Homan WP, Grafe WR, Dineen P:  A 44-Year Experience with Tuberculous Enterocolitis.  World Journal of Surgery 1: 245-250, 1977.
  • Drusin LM, Homan WP, Dineen P: Anorectal Lesions:  Don't Excise Until Syphilis is Ruled Out.  Modern Medicine 45:106, 1977.
  • Homan WP, Thorbjarnarson B:  Crohn's Disease and Pregnancy.  Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 31:778-779, 1976.
  • Homan WP, Cheigh JS, Kim SJ, Mouradian J, Tapia L, Riggio RR, Stenzel KH, Rubin AL, Stubenbord WT:  Renal Allograft Fractures:  Clinicopathological Study of 21 Cases.  Annals of Surgery 186:700-703, 1977.
  • Homan WP, Dineen P:  The Role of Splenectomy in the Treatment of Thrombocytopenic Purpura due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.  Annals of Surgery 187:52-56, 1978.
  • Homan WP, Dineen P:  Comparison of the Results of Resection, Bypass and Bypass with Exclusion for Ileocecal Crohn’s Disease.  Annals of Surgery 187:530-535, 1978.
  • Homan WP, Grafe WR, Dineen P: Intestinal Tuberculosis: A Review of 31 Cases from New York City.  Chirurgia Gastroenterologica 11:91-94, 1977.
  • Homan WP, Gray GF, Dineen P: Granulomas in Crohn's Disease.  Lancet II:112, 1978.
  • Homan WP, Beaton H, Grafe WR, Dineen P: The Bacterial Flora of Human Bile in Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Disease.  Chirurgia Gastroenterologica 13:77-81, 1979.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, French ME, Millard PR, Denton TG, Morris PJ: Reversal of Acute Rejection Episodes by Cyclosporin A in Dogs Receiving Renal Allografts.  Transplantation 29:262-263, 1980.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, French ME, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Treatment of Kidney-Allograft Rejection with Cyclosporin A. Lancet II:421, 1979.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Interaction of Cyclosporin A with Antilymphocyte Serum and with Enhancing Serum for the Suppression of Renal Allograft Rejection in the Rat.  Transplantation 29:219-222, 1980.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Morris PJ: Nature of the Unresponsiveness Induced by Cyclosporin A in Rats Bearing Renal Allografts.  Transplantation 28:439-441, 1979.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Williams KA, Millard PR, Denton TG, Fabre JW, Morris PJ: Cyclosporin A: Effect and Mode of Action Upon Renal Allografts in the Dog and Rat.  British Journal of Surgery 66:873, 1979 (abstract).
  • Graduate Medical Education: Proposals for the Eighties.  Prepared by the Task Force on Graduate Medical Education of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 1980, Washington, D.C.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Williams KA, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Studies of the Immunosuppressive Properties of Cyclosporin A in Rats Receiving Renal Allografts.  Transplantation 29:361-366, 1980.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Denton TG, Morris PJ: The Interaction of Cyclosporin A with other Immunosuppressive Agents in Dog  Recipients of  Renal Allografts. Transplantation Proceedings 12:287-290, 1980.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Millard PR, Denton TG, Fabre JW, Morris PJ: Studies on the Effects of Cyclosporin A Upon Renal Allograft Rejection in the Dog. Surgery 88:168-173, 1980.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Morris PJ: Effect of Cyclosporin A Upon the Function of Ischemically Damaged Renal Autografts in the Dog.  Transplantation 30:228-230, 1980.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Millard PR, Morris PJ: A Study of Eleven Drug Regimens Using Cyclosporin A to Suppress Renal Allograft Rejection in the Dog.  Transplantation Proceedings 13:397-401, 1981.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Williams KA, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Prolongation of Cardiac Xenograft Survival in Rats Receiving Cyclosporin A.  Transplantation 31:164-166, 1981.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Effect of Cyclosporin A Upon Second-Set Rejection of Rat Renal Allografts. Transplantation
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Morris PR: Effect of Cyclosporin A Upon Second-Set Rejection of Rat Renal Allografts.  British Journal of Surgery 67:826.
  • DuToit DF, Homan WP, Reece-Smith H, McShane P, French ME, Denton TG, Morris PJ:  Canine Intestinal Intussusception Following Renal and Pancreatic
     TransplantationVeterinary Record 108:34-35, 1981.
  • Beaton H, Homan WP, Dineen P: Gastrointestinal Carcinoids and the Malignant Carcinoid syndrome:  Thirty year Experience at The New York Hospital.  Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics 152:268-272, 1981.
  • Homan WP, Williams KA, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Prolongation of Renal Allograft Survival in the Rat by Pretreatment with Donor Antigen and Cyclosporin A. Transplantation
  • Kurtz JB, Homan WP: Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection and Cyclosporin A.  Transplantation.
  • Homan WP: Studies on the Immunosuppressive Properties of Cyclosporin A in Rats and Dogs.  Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.  Michaelmas Term, 1980.
  • Reece-Smith H, Homan WP, DuToit DF, McShane P, Morris PJ:  A Technique for Transplanting Pancreatic Islets as a Vascularized Graft and Prevention of Rejection with Cyclosporin A Transplantation 31:442-222, 1981.
  • Reece-Smith H, Homan WP, DuToit DF, McShane P, Morris PJ: Indefinite Survival of Isolated Islet Allografts in Rats Rendered Immunologically Unresponsive with Renal Allografts.  Transplantation 33:452-453, 1982.
  • Morris PJ, Reece-Smith H, DuToit DF, Homan WP: Studies on Pancreatic Transplantation and Cyclosporin A.  Exerpta Medica 13:29-33, 1982.
  • Homan WP: Clinical Organ Transplantation with Cyclosporin A.  Sandorama, the Physician's Panorama 4:26-30, 1981.
  • Homan WP: The Hippocratic Oath Still Stands.  The Scarsdale (NY) Inquirer, Friday, July 31, 1992, P. 7.
  • Homan WP, Rothbart B: The Hernia Book.  Consumer Reports Books, Mount Vernon, NY, April 1993, 193 pp.
  • Homan WP: Hernias: When to do What and Where.  Health Confidential 7:13-14, 1993.
  • Goldberg S, Rivers P, Smith K, Homan WP: Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: A Treatment for Morbid Obesity. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Journal 72:988-1003, 2000.


PRESENTATIONS (PARTIAL LIST)

  • Homan WP, Grafe WR, Dineen P: Intestinal Tuberculosis: A Review of 31 Cases from New York City.  Paper presented at the Fourth World Congress of the Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, Davos, Switzerland, 9 September 1976.
  • Homan WP, Cheigh JS, Stenzel KH, Kim SJ, Moradian J, Stubenbord WT, Riggio RR, Tapia L, Rubin AL:  Renal Allograft Fracture: Clinicopathological Study in 21 Cases.  Clinical Dialysis and Transplant Forum, Washington, DC, 20 November 1976.
  • Stubenbord WT, Homan WP, Stenzel KH, Rubin AL: Use of Intestinal Conduits in Renal Transplantation.  Ninth International Course, Lyon, France, 6-8 June 1977.
  • Homan WP: Supervisory Relationships in Graduate Medical Education.  Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, 8 November 1977.  Council of Deans, Council of Academic Societies, and Council of Teaching Hospitals Joint Program, Washington DC.
  • Homan WP, Dineen P: Comparison of the Results of Resection, Bypass and Bypass with Exclusion for Ileocecal Crohn's Disease.  89th Annual Session of the Southern Surgical Association, 6 December 1977, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia.
  • Homan WP: Graduate Surgical Education.  Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation Study Group on Graduate Medical Education, New York, NY, 27 January 1978.
  • Homan WP: Surgical Treatment of Crohn's Disease;  Splenectomy in Childhood;  Small Bowel Obstruction;  Renovascular Hypertension.  Surgical Grand Rounds Presentations, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, 1977-1978.
  • Homan WP:  The Role of Surgery in Crohn's Disease.  Continuing Medical Education Lecture, Phelps Memorial Hospital, North Tarrytown, NY, 26 June 1978.
  • Homan WP, Beaton H, Grafe WR, Dineen P: The Bacterial Flora of Human Bile in Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Disease.  Fifth World Congress of the Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, San Paulo, Brazil, September 1978.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Preliminary Studies on Cyclosporin A Using the Rat Kidney Allograft Model.  British Transplantation Society, Royal Free Hospital, London, 4 April 1979.
  • Beaton H, Homan WP, Dineen P: Carcinoid Tumors and the Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome.  First International Congress on Hormones and Cancer, Rome, Italy, 3-6 October 1979.
  • Homan WP:  The Use of Cyclosporin A to Suppress Kidney Allograft Rejection in the Rat and Dog (Guest Lecture Series).  Department of Immunology, Wright-Fleming Institute, Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 22 October 1979.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Williams KA, Millard PR, Denton TG, Fabre JW, Morris PJ: Cyclosporin A: Effect and Mode of Action Upon Renal Allografts in the Dog and Rat.  Surgical Research Society, Society of University Surgeons, European Society of Surgical Research.  Fourth Joint Meeting, Oxford, England, 5-7 July 1979.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Morris PJ:  Cyclosporin A: Effectiveness and Toxicity in Rats Receiving Renal Allografts.  Surgical Research Society, Society of University Surgeons, European Society for Surgical Research.  Fourth Joint Meeting, Oxford, England, 5-7 July 1979.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Denton TG, Morris PJ: Cyclosporin A: Investigation into its Use as an Addition to Existing Immunosuppressive Agents.  International Symposium on Pharmacological Immunosuppression in Organ Transplantation, Cardiff, Wales, 25-26 September 1979.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, William KA, Millard PR, Morris PR: Studies on the Mechanism of Action of Cyclosporin A.  British Transplantation Society, Oxford, England, 9 April 1980.
  • Homan WP:  Cyclosporin A in Rats; Cyclosporin A in Dogs; A Review of Experimental Work in Progress with Cyclosporin A; Cyclosporin A Further Experimental Studies in the Dog.  Four Guest Lectures give at the Renal Transplantation Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England, 1979-1980.
  • Homan WP, French ME, Millard PR, Morris PJ:  Alternative Strategies Using Cyclosporin A for the Treatment of Renal Allograft Rejection in The Dog.  VIIIth International Meeting of the Transplantation Society, Boston, MA, 30 June - July 1980.
  • Homan WP, Fabre JW, Millard PR, Morris PJ: Effect of Cyclosporin A Upon Second-Set Rejection of Rat Renal Allografts.  Surgical Research Society Meeting, Nottingham, England, 10-11 July 1980
  • Homan WP, Gray G, Dineen P:  Granulomata in Crohn's Disease.  Sixth World Congress of the Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, Lisbon, Portugal, 16-19 September 1980.
  • Reece-Smith H, Homan WP, DuToit DF, McShane P, Morris P:  Indefinite Survival of Islet Allografts Following Prevascularisation and Cyclosporin A Treatment.  53rd Meeting of the Surgical Research Society, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 8-9 January 1981.
  • Homan WP:  How Good is Cyclosporin A?  Meeting of the New York Transplantation Society, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, 15 April 1981.
  • Reece-Smith H, Homan WP, DuToit D, McShane, Morris PJ:  How Short a Maturation Interval is Necessary to Give Prolonged Survival of Islets?  Surgical Research Society of Great Britain, July 1981.
  • Homan WP:  Trials and Tribulation with Cyclosporin A.  Guest Lecture before the Westchester Surgical Society, Purchase, NY, November 1981.
  • Homan WP: Numerous presentations on bariatric surgery for doctors, nurses and the public, Westchester County, NY 1998-2000