Aaron B. Hoffman MD, FACS
Aaron B. Hoffman
MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor, Division Chief of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Site Chief: Buffalo General Hospital
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Bariatric Surgery; Gastrointestinal Surgery; Robotic Surgery; Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic
Education and Training:
- MD, Laparoscopic and Bariatric, North Shore University Hospital, NA (2007)
- Residency, Surgery, State University of NY at Buffalo (2005)
- General Surgery, Surgery, State University of NY at Buffalo (2005)
- Surgery, Kingsbrook Medical Center (2002)
- Residency, Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital (2002)
- MD, Medicine, State University of NY at Buffalo (1998)
- MB, Union College, Cum Laude (1994)
Employment:
- Program Director, Surgery, State University of NY at Buffalo (2017-present)
- , Surgery, State University of NY at Buffalo (2017-present)
- Division Chief, General Surgery, Medicine, State University of NY at Buffalo (2016-present)
- Clinical Associate Professor, Universty at Buffalo (2016-present)
- Minimally Invasive Surgery, Buffalo General Medical Center (2011-present)
- general surgery, Surgery (2007–2015)
- surgery, Surgery, University at Buffalo, Dept. of Surgery (2007–2012)
- surgery, Surgery, Western NY Veteran‘s Administration Hospital (2007–2008)
Awards and Honors:
- Best Oral Presentation, - Research Day 2020 (2020)
- Best Poster Presentation-Research Day-Surgery 2019 (2019)
- Kaleida Health Press Ganey Top-Rated Patient Satisfaction Score Award (2011)
- American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) (2011)
- Worthington B. Schenck Award (2006)
- William E. Lasnick, MD Award (1994)
Journal Articles:
- Hoffman AB, Myneni AA, Orom H, Schwaitzberg SD, Noyes K. Disparity in access to bariatric surgery among African-American men. Surg Endosc. 2020; 34(6).
- Noyes K, Myneni AA, Schwaitzberg SD, Hoffman AB. Quality of MBSAQIP data: bad luck, or lack of QA plan? Surg Endosc. 2020; 34(2).
- Hoffman AB, Myneni AA, Orom H, Schwaitzberg SD, Noyes K. Disparity in access to bariatric surgery among African-American men. Surg Endosc. 2019; 34(6).
- Noyes K, Myneni AA, Schwaitzberg SD, Hoffman AB. Quality of MBSAQIP data: bad luck, or lack of QA plan? Surg Endosc. 2019; 34(2).
- Hoffman AB, Bindman AB. Varying Charges and Questionable Costs. J Gen Intern Med. 2015; 30(11).
- Hoffman AB, Rehder B. The costs of supervised classification: The effect of learning task on conceptual flexibility. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2010; 139(2).
- Hoffman AB, Harris HD, Murphy GL. Prior knowledge enhances the category dimensionality effect. Mem Cognit. 2008; 36(2).
- Bott L, Hoffman AB, Murphy GL. Blocking in category learning. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2007; 136(4).
- Rehder B, Hoffman AB. Thirty-something categorization results explained: selective attention, eyetracking, and models of category learning. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2005; 31(5).
- Rehder B, Hoffman AB. Eyetracking and selective attention in category learning. Cogn Psychol. 2005; 51(1).
- Hoffman AB, Collins DM, Day VW, Fleischer EB, Srivastava TS, Hoard JL. The crystal structure and molecular stereochemistry of -oxo-bis( , , , -tetraphenylporphinatoiron (3)). J Am Chem Soc. 1972; 94(10).
Presentations:
- "Deja Vu All Over Again? The Early Experience with Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in New York State" SAGES 2020 Annual Meeting (2020)
- "Dissecting a Department of Surgery: Exploring Organizational Culture and Competency Expectation" Association for Surgical Education (ASE) 2020 Annual Meeting (2020)
- "Evaluation of a Novel Gastric Stapler in a Porcine Model" SAGES 2020 Annual Meeting (2020)
- "AutoSleeve" SAGES Annual Meeting
- "When innovation does not spread: What can we learn from the analysis of surgeon and provider use of robotically assisted surgery" SAGES Annual Meeting