Dr. Elisa E. Burns received her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1982. She completed her Internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in 1983. Dr. Burns was a Resident at Columbia-Presbyterian from 1983-1986. Dr. Burns was Chief Resident from 1985-1986. Dr. Burns is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Burns is affiliated with Northern Westchester Hospital. She was Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northern Westchester Hospital from 1993-2008. She is a trustee of Northern Westchester Hospital. Her practice is limited to Gynecology and Gynecologic Surgery.
F. Michael Shaw MD FACOG
Dr. Shaw received his MD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1989. He completed his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York Medical College – Westchester Medical Center/Metropolitan Hospital in 1993. Dr. Shaw is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is affiliated with Northern Westchester Hospital and White Plains Hospital Center.
C. Robert Verhoest MD FACOG
Dr. Verhoest is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is affiliated with Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Northern Westchester Hospital. Dr. Verhoest received his MD at SUNY Downstate Health & Science Center in 1984. He completed his Internship and Residency at New York University, Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Verhoest completed the Galloway Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in 1992. He was also a fellow in Urogynecology at the University of Toronto from 1994-1996.
Urology Department:
Sheldon Axelrod MD
Dr. Sheldon Axelrod received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY in 1982. In 1983, he completed his internship in surgery at the Long Island Jewish Hospital Center in New Hyde Park, NY. From 1983-1984, Dr. Axelrod was a resident in surgery at the Long Island Jewish Hospital Center. In 1988, Dr. Axelrod completed his residency in urology at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, NY. Dr. Axelrod is board certified in Urology. He was the attending urologist for Katonah Medical Group from 1990-2007.
Warren Bromberg MD
Dr. Warren Bromberg is a board certified urologist who has performed hundreds of prostate cancer surgeries. Dr. Bromberg is the Division Chief of Urology at Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, N.Y. and the Medical Director of the Prostate Program at the hospital's Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University Medical School and completed his surgery and urology training at Northwestern University. He completed his training in robotic surgery at programs offered by Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hackensack University Medical Center, and Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Dr. Bromberg has been asked to proctor other urologists who wish to learn robotic prostatectomy and is a member of the Northeast Robotics Committee.
Mark Nogueira MD
Dr. Mark Nogueira is a specialist in minimally invasive urologic oncology. He received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed surgery and urology training at the University of Buffalo. He completed a fellowship in minimally invasive urologic oncology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Dr. Nogueira has been performing robotic surgery early since its inception. He has performed hundreds of robotic prostatectomies for prostate cancer and laparoscopic radical and partial nephrectomies for kidney cancer. Dr. Nogueira was part of one of the first teams of doctors to perform and develop robotic radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. He also has extensive experience performing laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer and laparoscopic pyeloplasty for congenital ureteropelvic junction obstructions. Dr. Nogueira has published several articles and textbook chapters about robotic and laparoscopic surgery in major medical journals and texts. Furthermore, he has presented his research to other doctors at many national and international meetings.
Roger Riechers MD
Dr. Roger Riechers is a board certified urologist who has been in active clinical practice for over 25 years. He attended Columbia College and completed his medical training at New York University School of Medicine as well as the Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he also had a teaching position. Dr. Riechers has performed numerous surgeries for prostate and kidney cancer during his career.
