Dr. Gerard Baltazar received his D.O. degree from Touro University in 2007. He completed his general surgical residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and is currently finishing a fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at Rutgers University Hospital in Newark, NJ. He has received several regional, state and national awards for scientific research, writing and community service. His research interests include traumatic brain injury, international medicine and osteopathic manipulative treatment for surgical patients. He has volunteered for surgical missions on three continents and was the recipient of the 2015 Oriens Award from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma for an essay about his work in Haiti. In July, Dr. Baltazar will join the surgical faculty at St. Barnabas Hospital Regional Trauma Center in the Bronx. He is a proud native of Maryland and a graduate of Georgetown University.
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