Madhu S. Rangraj, M.D., FA.C.S. is Board certified in Surgery, with a specialty in Bariatric Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is certified in Advanced Trauma Life Support. Dr. Rangraj began his pre-med education at Madras University, India and received his medical degree at Grant Medical College, Bombay, India. He subsequently moved to the United States and furthered his medical education by obtaining degrees in Medicine and Surgery and his Doctor of Medicine degree at the State University of New York. He continued his post-graduate training as a Medical Intern and Resident in General Surgery at the New Rochelle Hospital in New York (now Sound Shore Medical Center). He also completed training in RGH Laser Surgery at Rochester General Hospital. Dr. Rangraj intensively pursued his post graduate training in Laparoscopic (e.g., Colon & Rectal and Bariatric) and Lapraroendoscopic Surgery. Dr. Rangraj is an attending surgeon and the Chief of the Division of Laparoscopic Surgery and the Director of Surgery at the Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, and the Program Director at Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester. He is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at New York Medical College, and a Professor in the Department of Surgery at St. George's University School of Medicine. He specializes in laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery and laparoscopic hernia repair. Dr. Rangraj is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is an active member of the Surgical Society of New York Medical College, the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and the New York Minimally Invasive Surgical Society. He is the Past President of Westchester Surgical Society, the New Rochelle Medical Society and the Sound Shore Medical Center O.R. Committee. Dr. Rangraj has presented his work in baratric surgery (laparoscopic and laparoedoscopic techniques) extensively both nationally and internationally, and is widely published in his area of laparoscopic and laparoendoscopic surgical expertise. In 2005, Dr. Rangraj, considered a pioneer in laparoscopic surgery, along with his partner at Sound Shore Surgical Associates, and Sound Shore Medical Center received the highest level of approval for the bariatric program - Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has performed bariatric surgeries for the last six years with good clinical outcomes. The Program has recorded nearly 600 successful bariatric procedures and is a highly-regarded teaching center that offers bariatric and laparoscopic fellowship training. Dr. Rangraj is a three-time recipient of the Surgical Resident’s Attending Teacher of the Year Award at Sound Shore Medical Center. In 2006 he received the Professional of the Year Award from the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and has been named by the Westchester WAG as a Most Distinguished Doctor for Bariatric Surgery.