Chairman
and Program Director for the Department
of Surgery
Monmouth Medical Center
Michael Goldfarb,
M.D., FACS, received his medical degree
from New York University School of
Medicine. He completed his residency
in surgery at Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York.
Before taking on
the role of Chairman of Surgery at
Monmouth, Dr. Goldfarb was the associate
program director for the surgical
residency program at Monmouth Medical
Center. He also serves as medical
director of Monmouth's Cranmer Ambulatory
Surgery Center and Surgical Coordinator
of the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive
Breast Center at Monmouth. An attending
surgeon at Monmouth Medical Center
since 1974, he is an Associate Professor
of Surgery at Monmouth's teaching
affiliate, MCP o Hahnemann University
School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
He is a Founding
Member of the American Trauma Society
and is a Fellow of the American College
of Surgeons and the Royal Society
of Medicine. He is a member of the
New Jersey Society of Surgeons, the
Society of Breast Surgeons, and the
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons,
and he serves on the Board of Trustees
for Monmouth Medical Center.
Among his special
honors and achievements, Dr. Goldfarb
received the U.S. Army Commendation
Medal for the development of Kevlar
soft body armor and the creation of
a "bulletproof" definition
for the U.S. Bureau of Standards.
In 1975, Dr. Goldfarb led the development
of the first hospital-based ambulatory
surgicenter in New Jersey at Monmouth
Medical Center and in 1990 at Monmouth
he led the first surgical team in
the state to perform laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. He also was the principal
investigator for Monmouth's clinical
research study of sentinel lymph node
biopsy for breast cancer.
Most recently,
Dr. Goldfarb was named among the best
breast cancer surgeons in the country
by Red Book magazine, and was named
one of the top surgeons in the New
York metropolitan region by New York
magazine's annual listing of top doctors.
