ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor of Surgery (July,
2001 Present)
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Department of Surgery, Box 900
750 Washington Street
South Building, 4th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
EDUCATION
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
(July 1, 2000 June 30, 2001)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland,
Ohio
General Surgery Residency (July 1, 1994-
June 30, 2000)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden,
New Jersey
Surgical Research Fellowship (July 1,
1996 June 30, 1997)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden,
New Jersey
Doctor of Medicine (May, 1994)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway,
New Jersey
Bachelor of Arts (May, 1990)
Washington University in St. Louis, St.
Louis, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Associate Fellow - American College of
Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal and
Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgeons
LICENSURE
Massachusetts State License (June 2001)
Massachusetts State CDS (August 2001)
DEA (May, 1997)CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery
National Board of Medical Examiners
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Basic Life Support
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Slotman G. The
Effect of Advance Directives on the
Management of Elderly Critically Ill
Patients. Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Princeton, New Jersey - September,
1996.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Jones F, Moncure
M, Ross S. The Value of Chest Radiography
After Tracheostomy. Society of Critical
Care Medicine - Princeton, New Jersey
- September, 1996.
- Hewitt C, Strande L, Santos M, Goodman
M, Tarnoff M, Zaontz M, Doolin E. Rat
Renal Allograft Tolerance is Associated
with Local TGF-B and Absence of IL-2r
Expression Within Chimeric Immunocytic
Foci. Cell Transplant Society 3rd International
Congress - Miami, Florida - September,
1996.
- Hewitt C, Ramsamooj R, Chin V, Tarnoff
M, Goodman M, Doolin E. Use of 3-D Microscopy
With Multiple Oblique Illumination in
Evaluating Cytopathology Preparations.
The 10thInternational Conference on
Diagnostic Quantitative Pathology -
Sendai, Japan - October, 1996 .
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Hewitt C, Tatem
L, Salartash K, Matthews M, Dalsey R,
Born C, DeLong W. Cellular Immune Alterations
in the Joints of Composite Tissue Allograft
Recipients Associated with Mixed Chimerism,
GVHD and Tolerance as Analyzed by a
Novel 3-D Microscope. American Society
of Reconstructive Microsurgery - Boca
Raton, Florida - January 13-15, 1997
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, DelRossi A,
Hewitt C. Quantitation of Rejection
in Cryopreserved Aortic Valve Allograft
Explants Using Digital Image Analysis.
Experimental Biology - New Orleans,
Louisiana - April 6-9, 1997.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Hewitt C, Doolin
E. Mathematical Analysis of High Definition
3-D Microscopy using Digital Image Analysis.
Experimental Biology - New Orleans,
Louisiana - April 6-9, 1997.
- Ramsamooj R, Levin S, Tarnoff M, Matthews
M, Dalsey R, Hewitt C. Site-Specific
Immune Suppression by Topical Cyclosporine:
Subtle Rejection Determined by Digital
Image Analysis. Experimental Biology
- New Orleans, Louisiana -April 6-9,
1997.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Kain M, Slotman
G,. The Effect of Cisplatin Sensitized
Radiation on Survival in Patients with
Head and Neck Cancer. Society of Head
and Neck Surgeons - Cancun, Mexico -
April 10-12, 1997.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Kain M, Doolin
E, Hewitt C. Evaluation of High Definition
3-D Microscopy in Pap Smear Analysis.
88thAnnual American Association of Cancer
Research - San Diego, California - April
12-16, 1997.13. Goodman M, Tarnoff M,
Strande L, Doolin E, Hewitt C. Local
TGF-B and IL-2 Expression Patterns Associated
with Chimerism in Tolerant and Rejecting
Rat Renal Allograft Tubules. The 16thAnnual
American Society of Transplant Physicians
- Chicago, Illinois - May 10-12, 1997.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Kain M, Doolin
E, Hewitt C. Novel Microscope Enhances
Imaging in Cytopathology Specimens.
The 1997 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research
- Princeton, New Jersey - May 30, 1997.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Thoman D, Benfield
R, Slotman G. The Apache III Scoring
System as a Predictor of ICU Length
of Stay, Hospital Costs, and Mode of
Death. The 7th World Congress of Intensive
and Critical Care Medicine - Ottawa,
Canada - June 29-July 3, 1997.
- Ramsamooj R, Goodman M, Tarnoff M,
Doolin E, Hewitt C. Evaluation of Thyroid
Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA) Using High
Resolution 3-D Microscopy with Multiple
Oblique Illumination. XVI European Congress
on Pathology - Maastricht, The Netherlands
- September 3-7, 1997
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Doolin E, DelRossi
A, Hewitt C. Mathematical Comparison
of Multiple Oblique and Axial Illumination
in Bright Field Microscopy Using Digital
Image Analysis. 13thAnnual Meeting of
the Academy of Surgical Research - San
Antonio, Texas - September 4-6, 1997.
- Hewitt C, Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Ramsamooj
R, Doolin E. Microscopy Utilizing Multiple
Oblique Illumination for Cytopathology.
36th Annual Scientific Meeting for the
British Society for Clinical Cytology
- Nottingham, England - September 7-10,
1997.
- Goldstein M, Benfield R, Goodman M,
Tarnoff M. The Utility of Post-Jejunostomy
Jejunogram. Society of Critical Care
Medicine - Regional Meeting - Eatontown,
New Jersey - September 5, 1997.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Hewitt C, Strande
L, Tatem L, Kain M, DelRossi A, Doolin
E. The Relationship Between In-Situ
Chimerism, Local TGF-B and IL-2 Expression
in Rat Renal Allograft Tolerance. 83rd
Surgical Forum - American College of
Surgeons Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois
- October 14-18, 1997 .
- Antinori C, Tarnoff M, Goodman M,
Abbate M, Lotano V, Mortman K, Santaspirit
J, Kuhchler J, DiPaola D, Heim J, Villanueva
D. Ten Year Experience with Mersilene
Reinforced Sternal Wound Closure. 31st
Scientific Assembly of the Annual Meeting
of the American College of Chest Physicians
- New Orleans, Louisiana - October 26-30,
1997.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Kroon D, Mortman
K, DeLeon M, Cody W. Early Experience
with Total Extra-Peritoneal Laparoscopic
Inguinal Hernia Repair. 6th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- Orlando, Florida -December 3-6, 1997.
- Thoman D, Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Ross
S. Analysis of Routine Blood Culturing
of Injured Critically Ill Patients.
Annual Meeting of the Eastern Association
for the Surgery of Trauma - Sanibel,
Florida - January 4-6, 1998.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, DelRossi A,
Hewitt C. Digital Image Analysis of
Major Histocompatability Complex II
Expression in Human Cryopreserved Tissues.
Experimental Biology - San Francisco,
California - April 18-22, 1998.
- Chrzanowski F, Geldizler B, Goodman
M, Tarnoff M, Martucci M, Doolin E,
Hewitt C. Relationship of Specimen Thickness
to Image Detail in Breast Fine Needle
Aspirate Specimens using Multiple Oblique
Illumination and High Definition 3-D
Microscopy. Experimental Biology - San
Francisco, California - April 18-22,
1998.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Li Y, Soll D,
Hewitt C, DelRossi A. The Effect of
Surface Modification on Thrombogenicity
of Mechanical Aortic Valves. Scanning
98 - Baltimore, Maryland - May 9-12,
1998.
- Tarnoff M, Shikora S, Libby E. Endoscopic
Injection of Fibrin Glue: An Adjunct
to Non-Operative Management of Post-Gastric
Bypass Anastamtoic Leak and Gastrogastric
Fistula. Society of Gastrointestinal
and Endoscopic Surgeons New York,
New York March 14-17, 2002.
- Tarnoff M, Rosen M, Brody F. Planned
Totally Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic
Spigelian Hernia Repair. Society of
Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
New York, New York March
14-17, 2002.
- Brody F, Tarnoff M, Rosen M, et. al.
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Utilizing
Local Anesthesia and a Laryngeal Mask
Airway. Society of Gastrointestinal
and Endoscopic Surgeons New York,
New York March 14-17, 2002.
- Arnold W, Tarnoff M, Shikora, SA.
Comparing seam burst pressure: Buttressed
versus Non-Buttressed Linear Cutting
Staple Devices in a Porcine Model of
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. American
Society for Bariatric Surgery, 19th
Annual Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada -
June 2002.
- Tarnoff M, Trigilio C, Shikora SA.
Bypassing the Bypass: A Novel Technique
for Dealing with an Obstructed Enteroenterostomy
after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. American
Society for Bariatric Surgery, 19th
Annual Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada -
June 2002.
- Shikora S, Tarnoff M. Reinforcing
gastric staple lines with Peri-Strips
Dry may prevent gastric leak after laparoscopic
roux-en-y gastric bypass. 7th World
Congress of the International Federation
for the Surgry of Obesity San
Pauol, Brazil August 27-31, 2002.
- Live Case Broadcast Laparoscopic
Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass - 88th Clinical
Congress American College of Surgeons
San Francisco, CA - October 6-10,
2002
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Finger S, Green L, Tarnoff M, Mortman
K, Anderson A. Nimodopine Enhances New
Learning After Hippocampal Damage. Exp
Neurol 1990; 109: 279-285.
- Hewitt C, Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Ramsamooj
R, Chin V, Doolin E. Use of 3-D Microscopy
with Multiple Oblique Illumination in
Evaluating Cytopathology Preparations.
Analytical and Quantitative Cytology
and Histology 1999; 21(2):139-42.
- Hewitt C, Strande L, Santos M, Goodman
M, Tarnoff M, Zaontz M, Doolin E. Rat
Renal Allograft Tolerance is Associated
with Local TGF-B and Absence of IL-2r
Expression within Chimeric Immunocytic
Foci. Transplant Proceedings 1997; Vol.
29(4): 2183-2184.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Strande L, Tatem
L, Kain M, Doolin E, DelRossi A, Hewitt
C. The Relationship Between InSitu Chimerism,
Local TGF-B, and IL-2r Expression in
Rat Renal Allograft Tolerance. Surgical
Forum 1997; 48: 508-509.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Slotman G. The
Effect of Cisplatin Sensitized Radiation
on Survival in Patients with Head and
Neck Cancer. Am J Surg 1997; 174:527-531.
- Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Cataldo T, Atabek
U, Alexander J, Koniges F, Costabile
J, Pello M. Successful Treatment of
Fissure-in-Ano Using Topical Nitroglycerin.
J Clin Gastroent 1997; Vol. 25(1):399-400.
- Goodman M, Tarnoff M, Slotman G. The
Effect of Advance Directives on the
Management of Elderly Critically Ill
Patients. Crit Care Med 1998;Vol. 26(4):701-704.8.
Tarnoff M, Goodman M, Jones F, Moncure
M, Ross S. The Value of Routine Post-Tracheostomy
Chest Radiography. Chest 1998;Vol. 113(6):
1647-9.
- Tarnoff M, Atabek U, Goodman M, Camishon
R, Alexander J, Pello M. Comparison
of Laparoscopic and Open Appendectomy.
J Soc Laparoendosc Surg 1998;2:153-158.
- Chrzanowski FA Jr, Goodman M, Tarnoff
M, Hewitt, C. The Effect of Surface
Modification of Mechanical Aortic Valves
on Thrombogenicity. Scanning 1998;20(3):189-90.
- Puc MM, Tran H, Goldstein M, Tarnoff,
M, Slotman, G. Efficacy of Jejunogram
after Jejunostomy Insertion. Am Surg.
1999;65(11):1097-100.
- Puc MM, Antinori CH, Tarnoff, M,
Villanueva DT. Ten-Year Experience with
Mersilene
- Reinforced Sternal Wound Closure.
Ann Thor Surg. 2000;70(1): 97-9.
- Brody F, Rosen M, Tarnoff M, et al.
Laparoscopic Lateral L4-L4 Disc Exposure.
Surg Endosc Apr 2002, 16(4) p650-3 .
- Tarnoff M, Rosen M, Brody F. Planned
Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal
Spigleian Hernia Repair. Surg Endosc
Feb 2002, 16(2) p359.
- Rosen M, Brody F, Walsh RM, et al.
Outcome of Laparoscopic Splenectomy
Based on Hematologic Indication. Surg
Endosc. Feb 2002, 16(2) p272-9.
- Rosen MJ, Malm JA, Tarnoff M, et al.
Cost Effectiveness of Ambulatory Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc
Percutan Tech. Jun 2001, 11(3) p182-4.
- Tran HS, Moncure M, Tarnoff M, et
al. Predictors of Operative Outcome
in Patients with HIV and AIDS. Am J
Surg. Sep 2000, 180(3) p228-33.
- Duperier T, Rajeeva R, Brody FJ, Tarnoff
M. Laparoscopic Resection of a Hepatic
Cystadenoma. Surg Rounds. June 2002,
286-290.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Tarnoff M, Shikora S. Complications in
Obesity Surgery in Sugerman H. Surgery
for Morbid Obesity (in press)
Tarnoff M, Shikora S. Surgery in Thaler
D., Hope R., Longmore J., Oxford Handbook
of Clinical Medicine, 2nd Edition, Oxford
University Press, NY, NY, 2002.
Tarnoff M. Pancreatitis in Ponsky J.
The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Surgical
Patient Management. Mosby Publishing,
St Louis, MO, 2002.
Tarnoff M. Acute Pancreatitis in Unbound
Surgery (in press)
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