Board Certified General Surgery and Vascular Surgery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2004-Present - Dunmore, PA
1998 Keystone Surgical Consultants, P.C., Clarks Summit, PA
1995-1998 - Dunmore, PA
1993-1995 Integrated Surgical Associates, Inc. Scranton, PA 18509
1979-1987 General Medical Practice, Brooklyn, NY
- Physicians Recognition Award 1984, 1985
1992-1993 Mount Sinai Hospital, Vascular Fellowship, Accredited, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
1991-1992 Chief Resident, General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY
1987-1992 Surgical Resident, General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY

EDUCATION:
1978-1979 Mount Sinai Medical Center, Surgery Internship
1976-1978 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Graduation
1973-1976 University of Rome, Italy
1970-1973 University of Scranton, PA
- Dean's List Cum Laude
- Outstanding College Athletes in America
- Who's Who Among Students
- Most Valuable Wrestler 1973
- President of Junior Class
1965-1969 Scranton Central High School, PA
- Honor Society
- Captain Wrestling Team 1969

MISCELLANEOUS:
Certified Wound Care Specialist
Certified Specialist in Hyperbaric Oxygen

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2005-Present - Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, Director, Department of Vascular Surgery
2005-Present - Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, Co-Medical Director, Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit
2004-Present Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, Medical Director, Wound Care Center
2004-Present Lackawanna College, Medical Director, Vascular Technology Program
2003-Present Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, Medical Director, Vascular Laboratory
1999-Present Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA, Medical Director, Vascular Laboratory
1999-Present Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA, Medical Director, Vascular Laboratory

MEMBERSHIPS:
Alpha Omega Alpha, Associate Fellow
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Medical Association
American Society of Breast Surgeons
Alumni of Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lackawanna County Medical Society
Pennsylvania Medical Society
New York Medical Society
International Society for Vascular Surgery
American Professional Wound Care Association
Americas Society for General Surgeons

PUBLICATIONS:
Batzel E.L., Schanzer H., Abernant High: Origin of Anterior Tibial Artery. Vascular Forum 2/94, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp 18-20.

Batzel E.L., Schanzer H., Prosthetic Bypass to the Popliteal to Spare the Vein. Vascular Forum 2/94, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp 21-23.

Katz R.N., Waye J.D., Batzel E.L., et al. Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis.  The  American Journal of Gastroenterology 1990, Vol. 85, No. 11, pp 1527-1530.

Freed J.S., Katz R.N., Batzel E.L., et al. Malignant Fibrohistlocytoma of the Colon.  Surgical Rounds 9/93, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp 717-718.

Batzel E.L., Boerhaave's Syndrome, Submitted for Publication, Journal Current Surgery.

Hanson J.N., Freed J.S., Batzel E.L., et al. Lipoleiomyoma.  Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine.