Northern Westchester Hospital has appointed Alexis Lorraine Grucela, M.D., an accomplished colon and rectal surgeon, as director of its Institute for Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery (IRMIS). She also serves as director of colorectal surgery at the hospital and practices at CareMount Medical in Westchester County.
NWH”™s highly credentialed”¯surgical specialists”¯routinely perform minimally invasive robotic surgery to treat a wide range of conditions in areas of colorectal, gynecologic, thoracic, urologic and general surgery.
Grucela is extensively trained and highly skilled at treating colon and rectal disease using minimally invasive colorectal surgery, including robotic and laparoscopic surgery as well as Robotic Transanal Surgery (R-TAMIS), which helps improve patient recovery, surgical precision and alleviates the limitations of laparotomy and conventional laparoscopy to improve scarring, postoperative pain and allows the patient to return to life and work more quickly.
“All of us who have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Grucela know her to be an outstanding surgeon committed to excellence at all levels of care,” said Sherri Sandel, D.O., FACP, medical director, Northern Westchester Hospital.
Before joining Northern Westchester Hospital in 2019, Grucela was at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York.
She succeeds Warren Bromberg, M.D., who will retire on June 27 after 40 years in health care, the last 32 at Northern Westchester.
“Under the guidance of Dr. Warren Bromberg, former director of IRMIS, our robotics and minimally invasive surgical program and expertise has grown tremendously, from one to four robots in seven different surgical specialties,” said Sandel. “We thank Dr. Bromberg for being instrumental in the formation of this program and wish him well in his upcoming retirement. But we are excited to have Dr. Grucela, a skilled surgeon and leader, to take on this challenging and critical position at our hospital, which allows our surgical team to perform delicate and complex procedures that may be difficult with other methods.”
Academically involved at local, national and international levels, Grucela is widely published and contributes to scientific advancement in the field of colon and rectal surgery. She received her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2005 after completing her bachelor”™s degree from Cornell University, graduating cum laude in biological sciences. She received her general surgery residency training from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 2005-2010 and completed her clinical fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, in 2011. She is board certified in both colorectal and general surgery.
