George Thaddeus Saj, MD FACS
George Thaddeus
Saj received a BA degree from Dartmouth College and an MD degree from
the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University.
After an internship at Bellevue Hospital (Cornell Division), he
trained in surgery at the Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston
and the North Shore-Cornell Medical Center in Manhasset, NY. Commissioned
as a Major in the US Army, he served as one the 8 Staff
Surgeons at the 95th
Evacuation Hospital in DaNang, Viet Nam.
Since
1973, he has practiced surgery in New Jersey.
Over the years, he has served as Director of Surgery and as
President of the Medical Staff at Mountainside Hospital. He has also
held the post of President of the Combined Staffs of the Atlantic
Health System and
served on the Board of Trustees of Mountainside Hospital and
Atlantic Health System. Dr. Saj has been active in the governance of
New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons which he
served as President and also on the national level as Governor from
NJ at the American College of Surgeons.
Dr
Saj is a member of the Society of American Gastro-Intenstinal
Endoscopic Surgeons, as well as the Society of Laparoscopic
Surgeons.
Dr.
Saj has a particular interest in intestinal and hernia surgery. He
has performed over 4000 hernia repairs under local anesthesia. Dr.
Saj lives in Montclair. His chief enthusiasms are surgery, his wife,
large family and sculpture.
