DANIEL HERRON, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Salky Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai System Chief, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Chief, Garlock Division of General Surgery
Medical Director, Ambulatory Surgery Center
Director, Fellowship in Advanced GI, MIS and Bariatric Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Dr. Herron is System Chief of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System and also serves as Chief of the Garlock Division of General Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. As the Salky Professor of Surgery, he directs the Fellowship in Advanced Gastrointestinal/MIS/Bariatric Surgery and has trained 29 laparoscopic/bariatric fellows since 1999. He has published extensively in both laparoscopic and bariatric surgery and serves as an Associate Editor of both major American bariatric journals: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD) and Obesity Surgery. He additionally sits on the Editorial Board of Surgical Endoscopy and The Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.
After receiving his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Harvard College in 1987 and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, Dr. Herron completed a residency in general surgery at Tufts University–New England Medical Center. He additionally completed a research fellowship in general surgery at Tufts and a clinical fellowship in laparoscopic surgery at Legacy Health System in Portland, Oregon with Lee L. Swanstrom.
An active leader in the field of minimally invasive surgery, Dr. Herron has served on the SAGES Board of Governors for a total of 12 years and has sat on the Executive Council as a Vice President and chaired numerous SAGES committees. He completed 2 years of service on the Board of Directors and served as the treasurer of the Fellowship Council. He has served on numerous ASMBS committees and was Program Chair for Obesity Week 2014. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Herron has maintained a longstanding interest in surgical devices and information technology and previously served as the Vice Chair for Surgical Technology at Mount Sinai.
Contact Information:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1 Gustave L. Levy Place #1259
New York, NY 10029
Voice: 212-241-3662
Fax: 212-534-2654
daniel.herron@mountsinai.org