Daniel Tagerman, MD

About Daniel Tagerman, MD:

Daniel Tagerman, MD, MS, is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in minimally invasive surgery, with a focus on bariatric and hernia surgery. He is also board-certified in obesity medicine.

Dr. Tagerman earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine, then completed his internship and general surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. He went on to complete a fellowship in Advanced GI and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT.

Clinically, Dr. Tagerman is particularly interested in applying minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques to bariatric surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction. His research has focused primarily on abdominal wall reconstruction, surgical technique, and surgical education and training.

Expertise:

Abdominal Hernia

Bariatric Surgery

Bowel Surgery

General Surgery

Hernia Repair

Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery

Laparoscopic Surgery

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Robotic Surgery

Surgery

Weight Loss Surgery

Weight Management

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Residency: Montefiore Medical Center

Fellowship: St. Francis Medical Center

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

ColumbiaDoctors - 1 Pondfield Road

1 Pondfield Road
Bronxville, NY 10708

For new and current patient appointments, call:: 914-787-4000 / 718-881-7800

Other Locations:

ColumbiaDoctors at NewYork-Presbyterian The One

1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604

For new and current patient appointments, call:: 914-787-4000 / 718-881-7800

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [Aetna Signature Administrators, Medicare Managed Care, HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, NY Signature, Student Health]

Affinity Health Plan [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]

Amida Care [Special Needs]

CIGNA [PPO, HMO, Great West (National), EPO, POS]

ElderServe [Special Needs]

Emblem/GHI [PPO, Medicare Managed Care]

Emblem/HIP [Select Care (Exchange), Vytra, EPO, Medicare Managed Care, HMO, PPO, POS, ConnectiCare, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Medicaid Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Individual Network (Exchange)]

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [PPO, Medicare Managed Care, HMO, EPO]

Fidelis Care [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]

Healthfirst [Leaf (Exchange), Medicaid Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Medicare Managed Care]

Healthspring (Cigna Medicare) [Medicare Managed Care]

Local 1199 [Local 1199]

MVP Health Care [HMO, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care]

MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare]

Medicare [Traditional Medicare]

Multiplan [Multiplan]

UnitedHealthcare [HMO, POS, PPO, Empire Plan, Oxford Liberty, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, Medicare Managed Care, Medicaid (Community Plan)]

VNSNY CHOICE [SelectHealth, Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs]

WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]

World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Publications:

Chin, R., Lima, D., Tagerman, D., Zheng, X., Adrales, G., Sreeramoju, P. A comparison of outcomes between patients with Class I and Class II obesity undergoing umbilical hernia repair: a multicenter study using the ACHQC database. Hernia. 2026. In Press.

Tagerman, D., Nessen, M., Lima, D., Chin, R., Hindosh, N., Solomon, Z., Pereira, X., Sreeramoju, P., Malcher, F. Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair For The New Robotic Surgeon – Safety And Early Outcomes In A Large Academic Medical Center. JLAST. 2025. In press.

Pereira, X., Oliveira, P., Tagerman, D., Romero-Velez, G., Liu, R., Malcher, F. How I Do It: Using Physics And Progressive Defect Tensioning To Close Large Hernia Defects During MIS Ventral Hernia Repair. Hernia. 2024. In press.

Arias-Espinosa, L., Salas-Parra, R., Tagerman, D., Pereira, X., Malcher, F. Robotic-Assisted Endoscopic Onlay Repair (R-ENDOR) for Concomitant Ventral Hernias and Diastasis Recti: Initial Results and Surgical Technique. Surg Endosc. 2024. In press.

Chin R., Berk R., Tagerman, D., Friedmann P., Pereira X., Camacho D. Don’t fear the bleed: Assessing postoperative bleeding incidence after instituting a standardized prophylactic heparin protocol in bariatric patients. JLAST. 2023. In press.

Chin, R., Tagerman, D., Lima, D., Sreeramoju, P. Twitter and Surgery: How Social Media Can Impact Surgical Education. Minerva Surgical. 2023. In press.

Tagerman, D., In, Haejin. Author reflections: Potentially Avoidable and Prolonged Hospitalizations for Suspected Colon Cancer- Hospital Impact. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023. In press.

Tagerman, D., Ramos-Santillan, V., Kalam, A., Wang, F., Schriner, J., Arientyl, V., Solsky, I., Friedmann, P., Abdelnaby, A., In, H. Potentially Avoidable Admissions and Prolonged Hospitalization in Patients with Suspected Colon Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023. In press.

Tagerman, D., Pereira, X., Lima, D., Romero-Velez, G., Friedman, P., Sreeramoju, P., Malcher, F. Hernia Defect Closure with Barbed Suture: An Assessment of the Patient-reported Outcomes in Extraperitoneal Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2022 Aug 1;32(4):494-500.

Tagerman, D., Romero-Velez, G., Bellemare, S. Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm. Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2022;87:489–490.