Stony Brook Medicine Department of Surgery

Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary in 2024

Founded in 1974, the Stony Brook Medicine Department of Surgery has grown from a group of "generalists" to specialized divisions with specific clinical skills and research areas. Over these past five decades, we've embraced our founding chairman's (Dr. Harry S. Soroff) challenge to provide the highest level of patient care, medical education and groundbreaking clinical research for Stony Brook Surgery's faculty, staff, students and community.