Surgical Department at Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Other Consulting Hospitals
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
East Orange General Hospital

Practicing Specialties
General Surgery
Bariatric surgery
Surgical Oncology – Cancer surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery including single port and single incision surgery
Gastro esophageal reflux disease and Foregut surgery

Clinical Interests
Minimally invasive approaches to:
Esophageal disease, including reflux, achalasia, diverticula and cancer
Laparoscopic gastric surgery, including bariatric and cancer Laparoscopic adrenal and colon surgery
Thoracic surgery including lung and thymus; surgical endoscopy

Fellowship
July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania
Fellow, Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chief Resident
July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009: Saint Barnabas Medical Center, affiliated to University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Academic Chief Resident in General Surgery

Residency
July 1, 2005-June 30, 2008: Saint Barnabas Medical Center, affiliated to University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, resident in General Surgery.
February 1987-Januvery 1990, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University Bangalore. Resident in General Surgery

Internship
July 1, 2004- June, 2005: Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, New York, affiliated to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, N.Y, PGY 1 Resident in General Surgery.

Medical School
January 1991- July 1985, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore university, Bangalore.

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
September 2001 – June 2003: Post Doctoral Reseach Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Foundation Department of Molecular Cardiology and Integrated Medicine,  Ohio, USA

July 1991 - December 1991: Research Scientist, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Bangalore, India

Academic and Professional Appointments
August 1, 2009: Full-time Faculty, Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey

July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004: Clinical Instructor in General Surgery,
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania

February 1993 - January 1994, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Karnataka, India

February 1991 - January 1994, Lecturer Government Homeopathic Medical School Department of Surgery, Bangalore, India

Academic Degrees
June 30, 2009: Board Eligible, American College of Surgeons

January, 1991: MBBS Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore university, Bangalore

January, 1991: MS (General Surgery) Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore university, Bangalore

Certifications and Licensures
June 2009, State of New Jersey, New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affaires

April, 2004: Certificate, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates,  Philadelphia, PA

January, 1991: Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner and General Surgeon, Karnataka Medical Council, State of Karnataka, India
 
Professional Memberships
American College of Surgeons
Society American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Association of Surgeons of India
Indian Medical Council
Bangalore Oncology Group
Ostomy Association- Bangalore
YMCA

Publications
Krishnamurhty SK, & Prakash PR. Tube Intubation-its necessity in palliation of advanced Esophageal Cancer. The Antiseptic, 03 / 1992, Vol. 89 (3), P 148-151.

Krishnamurthy. SK & Prakash PR et al. Cystosarcoma Phylloides in adolescent and adult females – A Review of 7 cases. The Antiseptic, 09 / 1991, Vol. 88(9), P 467-469.

Cooperman R, Paragi P.R, & Shah S. 09/2007, Adult Congenital Bronchoesophageal fistula. Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeon, (9/2007) Vol:55, P:322-323

Potteiger CE, Paragi PR, Inverso NA, Still C, Reed MJ, Strodel W 3rd, Rogers M, & Petrick A. Bariatric surgery: shedding the monetary weight of prescription costs in the managed care arena. Obes Surg, (06 / 2004), Vol: 14(6), P: 725-30.

Langan R, Paragi PR, & Chamberlain, RS.  Lymphoepithelial Cyst of the Pancreas: A Sheep in wolf’s clothing.  Am Surg. 2009 Jun; 75(6):520-2.

Chamberlain RS, Gupta C, and Paragi PR. In defense of the Whipple: an argument for aggressive surgical management of pancreatic cancer. Oncologist. 2009 Jun; 14(6):586-90. Epub 2009 May 27.

Babel N, Paragi PR, Chamberlain RS. Management of Enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma (EATL): An algorithmic approach. Case Rep Oncol 2009; 2:36-43.

Babel N, Sakpal SV, Paragi PR, Wellen J, Feldman S, & Chamberlain RS. Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury Associated with Anomalies of the Right Hepatic Sectoral Ducts: A Misunderstood and Underappreciated Problem. HPB Surgery, vol. 2009, Article ID 153269, 4 pages, 2009.

Presentations
Prakash R Paragi MD,  Matthew Tichauer MSIII ,  Zachary Klaassen MSIII, , Jason Wellen MD, Steven H Fletcher, Harry Sun MD and Stuart Geffner MD. “Use of flexible retractor to facilitate vascular length in living related total laparoscopic donor nephrectomy”. SAGES 2009, Phoenix, Arizona.

Paragi PR, Ingram M, Barone J, Chamberlain RS.Horseshoe Kidney: Anatomical constraints in trauma, case report & review of literature”. 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, February 3-6, 2009 in Fort Myers, FL.

Paragi PR, Sundaram V, Kigongo S, Barone J, Chamberlain RS. Pyogenic
Myositis Mimicking Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature. 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, February 3-6, 2009 in Fort Myers, FL

Prakash R. Paragi MD, Jennifer Serfin, Hima Ghanta MD, Paul Burns MD, Bruce J. Brener MD, Ronald S. Chamberlain MD, and Steven M. Hertz MD. “Combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft procedures: Analysis of procedures performed on and off pump”. Departments of Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Presented at the Vascular Society of New Jersey, 2007. 

Paragi PR, and Fox JB, “Effect of Energy Healing on the Cardiovascular System- Emotional states and impact on health”– Fellows seminar, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, Cleveland.

Prakash Paragi, Gregory Dalencourt, Craig Wood, Mary Jane Reed, Christopher Still, Marc Rogers, William Strodel, Anthony Petrick, "Effect of Co-Morbidities on Excess body weight loss"- following Roux-en-Y gastric Bypass. Publication Date: 09 / 2004. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Abstract: (Hon. Mention).

Paragi PR, Petrick AT; “Pharmaceutical cost savings following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication”. Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA.

For more information please e-mail us at PParagi@barnabashealth.org or call 973-322-8954 and request for an appointment.

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