Dr. Anthony Maffei, MD, F.A.C.S., is a minimally
invasive and bariatric surgeon, and the Director of Bariatric
Surgery at Putnam Hospital Center. Dr. Maffei completed his
general surgery residency at The Stamford
Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons. He was fellowship trained in minimal
access/bariatric surgery at The Institute of Minimally Invasive
Surgery in New York.
Dr. Maffei is a board certified general surgeon and a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). He is an
assistant professor of surgery at New York Medical College
and has been the director of the laparoscopic simulation lab
at NYMC since 2008. He has received numerous teaching
awards throughout his career.
In addition to being a Fellow of the ACS, Dr. Maffei is a
member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgeons and a member of the Society of American
Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
Dr. Maffei has been named as a 2018, 2019, 2020,2021 TOP
Doctor by Castle Connolly/Westchester Magazine. His highly
trained team is dedicated to providing the highest level of
patient care every step of the way. They have over 35 years
of combined experience at treating obesity and have
performed thousands of bariatric and general surgeries. The
team is one of three ranked in the top 5 percent by
HealthGrades . Dr. Maffei regularly
manages some of the most challenging and complex
patients, engages all levels of obesity, standards of care for
weight loss operations, ages, comorbid conditions, and
reoperations. Whether you’re 600lbs trying to get down to
200lbs, or an elite athlete trying to drop below 10% body fat
we could help you.
Dr Maffei also specializes and has a passion for in body
contouring and liposuction. He has successfully performed
these procedures on patients who travel from all over the
country to seek his expertise. He has gained the trust of
many in the bodybuilding community as some of his patients
have achieved “pro card” bodybuilding status following his
surgery.
Dr. Maffei also offers hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
where the goal is to take what we know about the aging
process and substantially mitigate its effects. Although time
eventually gets the best of us, through our HRT program we
strive to maintain healthy energy levels, lean muscle mass
and sexual vitality by providing in-depth hormone and
nutritional evaluations.
Dr. Maffei first became interested in age management
medicine as an avenue to improve his own health and wellbeing.
After starting the program, he quickly realized the
benefits as he dropped from 33 percent to 11 percent body
fat while still being able to put on lean muscle mass, as well
as lower his cholesterol and diabetes risk profile.