Performs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding ( Realize Band, Lap-Band), Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Gastric Bypass Revisions. Dr. Edward Yatco is a board certified surgeon specializing in bariatric surgery and minimally invasive and robotic surgery at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. Prior to being recruited to Valley Hospital, he served
as the Assistant Director of Bariatric Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City for 14 years. Dr. Yatco began his surgical career as a principal bariatric surgeon at The Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York and performed over twelve hundred laparoscopic bariatric procedures including laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypasses, laparoscopic insertions of adjustable gastric bands, bilio-pancreatic diversions, and sleeve gastrectomies. He served as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at The New York Medical College and was involved in the training of residents in general surgery and instructed surgical fellows on how to perform bariatric and minimally invasive surgery at The Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery. He has published numerous articles and has spoken at national conferences on the subjects of laparoscopic surgery and obesity surgery. Dr. Yatco graduated from Colgate University with a degree in molecular biology and has several publications in biomedical science from research performed at The Rockefeller University and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He received his medical degree with a Distinction in Research from The State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine. After his general surgery residency at St Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in New York City, he completed a fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at The Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Westchester Medical Center. Dr. Yatco was named in the 2004-2005 edition of Strathmore’s Who’s Who. He was named as one of America's Top Surgeons (2010). He is a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery.
