Dr. Barry E. LoSasso

Dr. Barry LoSasso was born in New York City and received his undergraduate degree from Yale University. He attended Medical School at the University of Florida and completed his Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at Babies Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Dr. LoSasso is a Board-Certified Adult and Pediatric General Surgeon who has directed nationally recognized Centers of Excellence for the treatment of chest wall deformities since 1999 in California, and in Bergen County since 2016. Dr. LoSasso has performed over 1,400 minimally invasive Nuss Procedures to correct Pectus Excavatum (sunken chest syndrome) in both adolescents and adults (10-55 years old).

Dr. LoSasso trained with Dr. Donald Nuss, the creator of the Nuss Procedure, at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter in Norfolk, Virginia before developing his own successful Nuss Program.

Dr. LoSasso has continued to be recognized by his peers for his contributions to improving the care and outcome for patients requiring surgery. Dr. LoSasso performs the Nuss Procedure at the award-winning Valley Hospital, while providing general surgical care for infants and children at Hackensack University Medical Center, Englewood Hospital Medical Center, Holy Name Medical Center and St. Joseph’s University Medical Center.

    • Peters, E., LoSasso, B.E, Foley, J., Rodarte, A., Duthie, S., Senac, M., Blunt Bowel and Mesenteric Injuries in Children: Do Non-Specific CT Findings Reliably Identify Head Injuries Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Vol. 7, 551-556. November 2006

    • Textbook: Chapter: Pediatric Trauma: Textbook of Critical Care 5th Editi on, Chapter: Abdominal/Renal Injuries Edited by Fink et al; 2005

    • Prince, J.S., LoSasso, B.E. Unusual Seat Belt Injuries in Children (accepted for publication in Journal of Trauma), January 2003

    • McAleer , IM, Kaplan, GW, LoSasso, B.E, et al. Genitourinary Injury and Pelvic Fractures in Pediatric Patients. American Urological Association 15 (l ); 123-6 discuss io n 126. January 2002 Else vier Science Inc. 2002

    • McAleer, IM, Kaplan, GW, LoSasso, BE, Renal and Testis Injuries in Team Sports. The Journal of Urology. 168M 1805-1807, October 2002.

    • Bichell, DP, Saenz, NC, LoSasso, BE, Sobo, EJ Pediatric Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Associated with Gunshot wound to the chest. The Journal of Trauma. 48 (4): 791 January 2000

    • Meltzer, H., LoSasso, BE, Sobo, E, Depressed Occipital Sku ll Fracture with Associated Sagittal Sinus Occlusion, The Journal of Trauma. 49 (5); 981 2000

    • Canty, TO, Collins, D, LoSasso, BE, Lynch, FP, Brown, C Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Simple and Perforated Appendicitis in Children: The Procedure of Choice’! Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 35(11); 1582-1585. November 2000

    • LoSasso, B, Cox, S, Douglas, R, Maresh, L. Pacyna, S., CIREN: A study to Correlate Crash Data: Matching Human Injuries with Vehicular Damage (approved 8/97 – ongoing)

    • D. Bischell, M.D., N. Saenz, M.D., B. LoSasso, M.D., E. Sobo, PhD

    • Pediatric Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Associated with a Gunshot Wound to the Chest, The Journal of Trauma-Injury, Volume 48, No. 4 – January 25, 2000

    • T. Canty, Sr., M.D., B. LoSasso, M.D.

    • One-Stage Esophagectomy and In Situ Colon Interposition for

    • Esophageal Replacement in Children, Journal of Pediatric Surgery February 1997

    • K. Greason, M.D., W. Thompson, M.D., E. Downey, M.D., B. LoSasso, M.D. Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy for Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis-Report of Eleven Cases, Journal of Pediatric Surgery December 1994

    • Child Abuse Screening: A Collaborative Approach in an ACS Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center, Susan Cox, R.N., M.S., Renee Douglas, R.N., A.S., Marilyn Kaufh old, M.D., Cynthia Kuelbs, M.D., Barry LoSasso, M.D., Society of Trauma Nurses, 2007 Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

    • Age-Specific Bypass: One Innovative Solution to a Pediatric Trauma Center’s Bed Capacity Management Challenge, Susan Cox, R.N., M.S., Renee Douglas, R.N., A.S., Peg Hollingsworth­ Fridlund, R.N., B.S.N., David Hoyt, M.D., F.A.C.S., Barry LoSasso, M.D. F.A.C.S., Pamela Stein, R.N., M.S.

  • Board Certified in Pediatric Surgery

    Board Certified in General Surgery

    • Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center, February 1, 1986 – December 31, 2017

    • Sharp Memorial Hospital, February 1, 1986 – December 31, 2017

    • The Valley Hospital, October 2016 – Present

    • Hackensack University Medical Center, October 2016 – Present

    • Englewood Hospital Medical Center, October 2016 – Present

    • Holy Name Medical Center, October 2016 – Present

    • St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, January 2022 - Present

    • Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - New York, New York, Fellow, Pediatric Surgery - 1982 – 1984

    • Cedars-Sinai, Medical Center at Los Angeles Resident 111-V, General Surgery - 1980 – 1982

    • University of Southern California Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles - Resident, 11, Research Follow - April 1980 – June 1980

    • The University of California at Los Angeles Resident II, Head and Neck Surgery - 1979 – 1980

    • The University of California at Los Angeles Resident I, General Surgery - 1978 – 1979

Dr. LoSasso’s Team will help you every step of the way through your entire Pectus Journey!