Connect Now Donna Tesi, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. Internal Medicine Biography Education: Undergraduate: University of Vermont Burlington, VT. Bachelor of Science Degree, 1976. Doctor of Medicine: SUNY Health Center At Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 1994. Internship: General Surgery Internship at Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA 1994-1995. Residency: General Surgery Residency at Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA 1995-2000. Certification: Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support. More/Other Information: Professional Affiliations: American College of Surgeons, Associate Active, American Medical Association, Louisiana State Medical Society, House of Delegates, St. Mary Parish Medical Society, President. Honors 1991 Creative Learning Fellowship, Dean's Task Force for Small Group Learning SUNY, Health Science Center at Brooklyn- Brooklyn, NY 1981 & 1982 U.S. Public Health Traineeship-UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 1976 Alpha Zeta Honor Society 1976 Mortar Board Honor Society Professional Experience: 2000-present Attending Surgeon, Franklin Foundation Hospital 1994-2000 Surgical Resident Department of Surgery Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA 1988-1990 Research Nutritionist and Co-Director Department of Dietetics Rockefeller University Hospital New York, NY 1985-1988 Public Health Nutritionist New York City Health Department New York, NY 1984-1985 Clinical Nutrition Coordinator Queen of the Valley Hospital West Covina, CA 1983-1985 Clinical Nutritionist UCLA Neuropsychiatry Institute Los Angeles, CA 1980-1985 International Health Care Management Consultant Togo & Ivory Coast, West Africa Peace Corps Volunteer Niger and Gabon, West Africa Miscellaneous Activities 2000-present St. Mary Parish Medical Society Louisiana State Medical Society House of Delegates 1991-1992 Treasurer American Medical Women's Association Student chapter SUNY Health Science Center Brooklyn, NY 1990-1992 Board Member Children's Center of Brooklyn SUNY Health Science Center Brooklyn, NY 1990-1992 Founder and President W.A.I.T.T. (We're All In This Together) Spouse and Significant Other Support Group SUNY Health Science Center Brooklyn, NY 1988-1990 Consultant Medfit of America Stanford, CT 1987-1990 Medical Workgroup Member Physically Handicapped Children's Program New York State Health Department Abstract Aliabadi-Wahle S. Madan A, Tesi D, Flint L, Steinberg S "Early Laproscopic Surgery for Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis," Southern Medical Association, 93rd Annual Scientific Assembly, Dallas, TX, November 12, 1999. Publications Wolf-Klein G. Silverstone F, Lansey S, Tesi D, Ciampaglia C, O'Donnell M, Galkowski J. Jaeger A, Wallerstein S, Leleiko N. Energy requirements in Alzheimer patients. Nutrition. Vol. 11, No. 3, May-June, 1995 Tesi DJ, Lin AN. "Nutritional Management of the Epidermolysis bullose Patient. "In Lin AN and Carter DM, Eds. Epidermolysis Bullosa: Basic Clinical Aspects. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992 Tesi, D. "How to Fit Good Nutrition Into Your Very Busy Life," Bottom Line/Personal. Vol.10, No. 21, November 1989. "Spotlight Dietician: Donna Tesi, MPH, RD," in The Digest. The American Dietetic Association, Nutrition Research Dietetic Practice Group. Vol 25, No. 3 September 1989 Tesi DJ and Rock CL. The UCLA High Fiber Guide. Los Angeles: UCLA Medical Center Publications, 1985. Presentations: "Energy Expenditure in Alzheimer Patients" at the Alpha Omega Research Symposium, SUNY, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 1993. "Nutrient Drug Interactions," "Fad Diets," and "The Hospital diet Manual". Lectures given to second year medical students as part of requires nutrition course, SUNY, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 1991-1993 "Screening for Nutrition Problems" at Nutrition and the Young Child: Meeting the Needs of Children who are Chronically Ill or Developmentally Disabled, Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled, Albany, New York, 1989. "Improving Nutrition Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Day Care." at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, 1988. "Can You Have Good Nutrition on the Run?" for the New York Women's Bar Association. New York City, 1986-1987