Dr. Kessler received his M.B.B.Ch. from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1968, and subsequently received his General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery training at the same institution.  Dr. Kessler was Visiting Fellow at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London in 1977.  He was appointed Lecturer in Anatomy in 1970, and was a Consulting Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in Surgery from 1977 to 1995 at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Dr. Kessler moved to the United States in 1995, and rapidly developed a busy clinical practice centered in Long Island and Brooklyn.  He joined the division of Pediatric Surgery at Babies Hospital as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1998.

Dr. Kessler is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the South African College of Surgeons, and the International College of Surgeons. He is a member of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, the South African Paediatric Surgical Association, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and a surgical affiliate member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. His interests include neonatal and general pediatric surgery – including childhood tumors – and endocrine and gastrointestinal pediatric surgery. Dr. Kessler's publications reflect his particular interests in neonatal issues and pediatric and adolescent breast disorders.

Contact Dr. Kessler

Address:
16 East 60 Street, Suite 410
New York NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 326-3364
Fax: (516) 498-9005