Dr. Alden is honored to be a member of Committee for Surgical Innovation(CSI) for the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association(AHPBA).
Read more »We are a highly specialized practice dedicated exclusively to surgery of the liver and pancreas. We have vast experience in diagnosing patients, establishing who is a candidate for surgery, and performing highly complex surgical procedures in this field. We use the latest state-of-the-art technology and instruments to treat various cancers and benign conditions.
Liver and bile duct surgery encompasses some of the most challenging operations that could be performed in the abdomen and possibly in the human body. Liver and bile duct pathology varies from congenital to benign and malignant disease.
Patients referred to us with complex liver and pancreatic problems have access to a vast array of specialists who are some of the best in their field in the country and possibly in the world.
Laparoscopic and robotic liver and pancreatic surgery is a new and emerging field. Surgeons need not only extensive experience in traditional operations on the liver and pancreas, but also separate laparoscopic and robotic training and experience.
Dr. Dmitri Alden completed extensive training in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation. He studied in Paris at the HepatoBiliary Center (CHB) at the Paul Brousse Hospital. Dr. Alden trained under Professor Henri Bismuth, considered by many the "founding father" of current liver surgery. In addition, Dr. Alden also dedicated 5 years to research in liver cancer and liver transplantation. Dr. Alden performs liver and pancreas surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
As a seasoned surgical services RN for 25 years, I have worked with many surgeons. In my opinion, There is NO one more capable or skilled to perform pancreas and liver disorders and cancers than Dr. Alden. I am truly grateful for Dr. Alden's expertise. My father has had 3 major surgeries performed by Dr. Alden, which went extremely well, with wonderful recoveries each time. He has literally saved my fathers life 3 times!
Dr. Alden is a fantastic surgeon who loves what he does. He loves a challenge and is obviously into constantly learning. I am in the medical field and taken care of many surgeons patients and I chose Dr. Alden to do my surgery. Everything went great and I never had any complications. He spent at least an hour with my husband and I in the office explaining what I had and showing us his research and why he believed he thought I had what I had. He really made me feel like I was in good hands and he would do whatever he could for me as a doctor.