Assistant Program Director Robert Packer Hospital Assistant Professor of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical School

General Surgery

Burt Cagir practices General Surgery. He attended New York Medical College. He over the years received 16 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Presidents Award for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty", "Outstanding Leadership Award, Presented by Guthrie Health Care System Board", "Faculty Teacher of the Year, Presented by Medical Students/ Upstate Medical University", "Faculty of the Year Award, Presented by Surgical Residents", "Subspecialty Attending of the Year, Presented by Surgical Residents", "Physician Recognition Award", "Fellow", "Commendation, Exemplary Compliance in Completion of Medical Records, Medical Record Department", "Resident Achievement Award", "Certificate of Appreciation", "Most Outstanding Surgical Trainee of Year", "Commendation, Department of Veterans Affairs. Outstanding Resident of Year", "Surgical Teaching Resident of Year", "Certificate of Appreciation, Research Fellow" and "Fellow (FACS)". Burt Cagir is a published physician. He published 21 publications, including: 'Use of guanylyl cyclase C for detecting micrometastases in lymph nodes of patients with colon cancer.' Burt Cagir accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Ventral hernia repair: outcomes change with long-term follow-up.
• Pulmonary scar Carcinoma: report of three cases and review of the literature.
• Pulmonary blastoma presenting as a solitary lip metastasis: case report and review of the literature.
• The learning curve for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
• A retrospective Analysis of laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies.
• Aortic blebs: an indication for urgent surgery.
• Use of guanylyl cyclase C for detecting micrometastases in lymph nodes of patients with colon Cancer.
• Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the colon, rectum, and anus: epidemiology, distribution, and survival characteristics.
• Changing epidemiology of anoRectal melanoma.
• Guanylyl cyclase C messenger RNA is a biomarker for recurrent stage II coloRectal cancer.
• Strictureplasty for Crohn's disease: meta-Analysis.
• ColoRectal cancer staging and adjuvant chemotherapy.
• Risk of second cancers in patients with coloRectal carcinoids.
• The safety and efficacy of the artificial bowel sphincter for fecal incontinence: results from a multicenter cohort study.
• CT scans and acute appendicitis: a five-year Analysis from a rural teaching hospital.
• Malignant transformation in periAnal fistulas of Crohn's disease: a systematic review of literature.
• Characteristics of Perforated Appendicitis: Effect of Delay Is Confounded by Age and Gender.
• A comprehensive review of strictureplasty techniques in Crohn's Disease: types, indications, comparisons, and safety.
• Biliary Dyskinesia: How Effective is Cholecystectomy?
• Full-thickness skin graft anoplasty: novel procedure.

Schools

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• Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

• Sound Shore Med Center

• New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center

• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

• New York Medical College

Procedures Preformed

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• Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Colectomy
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Conditions Treated

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• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• AnoRectal Abscess
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Coventry Health America PPO
• EBS-RMSCO
• Emblem Health
• GHI PPO
• Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Excellus Bue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Fidelis Care HMO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Community Blue PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• MVP Health Care PPO
• PHP-Physicians Health Plan
• POMCO Group
• Priority Health
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• Universal American

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• President’s Award for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty
• Outstanding Leadership Award, Presented by Guthrie Health Care System Board
• Faculty Teacher of the Year, Presented by Medical Students/ Upstate Medical University
• Faculty of the Year Award, Presented by Surgical Residents
• Subspecialty Attending of the Year, Presented by Surgical Residents
• Physician Recognition Award
• Fellow
• Commendation, Exemplary Compliance in Completion of Medical Records, Medical Record Department
• Resident Achievement Award
• Certificate of Appreciation
• Most Outstanding Surgical Trainee of Year
• Commendation, Department of Veterans Affairs. Outstanding Resident of Year
• Surgical Teaching Resident of Year
• Certificate of Appreciation, Research Fellow
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• New York Medical College
• Ankara University Faculty of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1467426031
NPPES Provider LastName		CAGIR
NPPES Provider FirstName		BURT
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		188401625
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		General Surgery
Total Claim Count		99.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		12.0
Percent Opioid Claims		12.12

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1467426031
Last Name Of The Provider	CAGIR
First Name Of The Provider	BURT
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