(631) 444-4545
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Surgery
General & Gastrointestinal Surgery
LOUIS MERRIAM MD
For Appointments:
(631) 444-4545
ABDOMINAL PAIN
ACHALASIA
ACID REFLUX (GERD)
ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
ANTI-REFLUX SURGERY (FUNDOPLICATION)
APPENDICITIS
BREAST BIOPSY
BREAST CANCER
CANCER
CANCER OF THE BREAST (BREAST CANCER)
COLON SURGERY
FUNDOPLICATION
GALLBLADDER DISEASE (GALLSTONES)
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
GENERAL SURGERY
GI SURGERY
HERNIA REPAIRS
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
LAPAROSCOPY
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
PANCREATIC DISEASES
SURGERY
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
TRAUMA
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
FIRST HEALTH
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN (NYSHIP)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY (1991)
- Residency:
- General Surgery, Northwestern University, IL
Academic & Other
- Academic Rank:
- Assistant Professor
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 1998
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1991
Locations
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SURGERY
37 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET,
NY 11733-3465.
Ph.: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-444-4539
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SURGERY
3 EDMUND D PELLEGRINO RD,
STONY BROOK,
NY 11794-9460.
Ph.: 631-638-1000
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SURGERY
225 W MONTAUK HWY,
HAMPTON BAYS,
NY 11946-3531.
Ph.: 631-723-5000
Fax: 631-723-5010
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SURGERY
222 MIDDLE COUNTRY ROAD,
SUITE 209,
SMITHTOWN,
NY 11787.
Ph.: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-638-2830


Selected Publications
1. Essani R, Scriven RJ, McLarty AJ, Merriam LT, Ahn H, Bergamaschi R. Simulated laparoscopic sigmoidectomy training: responsiveness of surgery residents. Dis Colon Rectum 2009;52:1956-61.
2. Kanaan SA, Murayama KM, Merriam LT, Dawes LG, Prystowsky JB, Rege RV, Joehl RJ. Risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. J Surg Res 2002;106:20-4.
3. Kemeny MM, Busch-Devereaux E, Merriam LT, O'Hea BJ. Cancer surgery in the elderly. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2000;14:169-92.
4. Merriam LT, Kanaan SA, Dawes LG, Angelos P, Prystowsky JB, Rege RV, Joehl RJ. Gangrenous cholecystitis: analysis of risk factors and experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgery 1999;126:680-6.
5. Merriam LT, Webster C, Joehl RJ. Complement component C5 deficiency reduces edema formation in murine ligation-induced acute pancreatitis. J Surg Res 1997;67:40-5.
6. Merriam LT, Wilcockson D, Samuel I, Joehl RJ. Ligation-induced acute pancreatitis increases pancreatic circulating trypsinogen activation peptides. J Surg Res 1996;60:417-21.
7.Rege RV, Merriam LT, Joehl RJ. Laparoscopic splenectomy. Surg Clin North Am 1996;76:459-68.
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