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Practice Highlight – Community Care General Surgery

Practice Highlight - Community Care General Surgery

Community Care General Surgery specializes in surgical intervention, with an on-site endoscopy suite. For more information, click here to visit their practice page.

Conditions Treated / Tests Offered

  • Traditional general surgery
  • Colon and rectal surgery
  • Laparoscopy
  • Upper and lower diagnostic and surveillance gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Abdominal surgery 
  • Treatment of begnin and melignant breast disease
  • Hernia repair
  • Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
  • Long term venous access
  • On-site *Endoscopy and Surgical Care Suite for endoscopy
  • Abdominal surgery (robotic and laparoscopic)
  • I&D procedures
  • Excisions of small lesions, cysts, lipomas, etc.
  • Treatment for thrombosed/bleeding hemorrhoids

Note: General Surgeons perform these procedures in a comfortable and private office setting which includes pre- and post-procedure areas. Patients are only responsible for an office-based copayment instead of a hospital-based copayment. 

Locations

713 Troy-Schenectady Road, Suite 310
Latham, NY 12110

250 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone:( (518) 783-3110 x3236
Fax: (518) 783-6890

Endoscopy and Surgical Care Suite
713 Troy-Schenectady Road, Suite 305
Latham, NY 12110
Phone: (518) 783-3110 x3236

Ages Seen: Adults ages 18 and older with limited procedures on children – please call with diagnosis

Practitioners

Robert Brasch, MD, FACS

Dr. Brasch earned his Doctor of Medicine Degree from Georgetown University. He is Board Certified in General Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Peter Fisk, MD, FACS

Dr. Fisk received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.

Eugene Hoffert, MD, FACS

Dr, Hoffert graduated from Albany Medical College. He is Board Certified in General Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Sharita Nagaraj, MD,FACS

Dr. Nagaraj earned her Bachelor Degree from Cornell Univsersity, and went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine from the Stony Brook School of Medicine.

Debbie Youngelman, MD, FACS

Dr. Youngelman earned her Doctor of Medicine Degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine. She is Board Certified in General Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. 
 

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