RESIDENCY:
General Surgery
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1978-1981
Chief Resident (1981–1982)

LICENSURE:
State of Pennsylvania 1978 (21130E)
State of New York 1978 (136634)
State of New Jersey 1982 (401070)

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, July 1978
American Board of Surgeons (Board Certification), October 1983
Recertification – American Board of Surgeons, October 1991 and October 2004
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, October 1985 – Active

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
   Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986 - present
Lecturer: Post Graduate Peri-Operative Nursing Program Shore Memorial Hospital

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES:
Attending Surgeon, Shore Memorial Hospital
Attending Surgeon - Consultant, Atlantic City Medical Center
Attending Surgeon - Consultant, Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation
Founding and Active Member – Shore Memorial Hospital Vascular Laboratory (Inception 1985) – Active

SOCIETIES:
Medical Society of New Jersey, since 1982
Medical Society of Atlantic County, since 1982
American College of Surgeons, since October 1985
National Association of Residents and Interns - Past Member
Physician Fellowship Incorporated For Medicine in Israel - current
Vascular Society of New Jersey
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery – Fellow
The Academy of Medicine of New Jersey
Delaware Valley Vascular Society
Eastern Vascular Society
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, since 1992
American Society of General Surgeons, since 1996
Society for Vascular Ultrasound, since 2003
Southeastern Surgical Congress, Fellow

APPOINTMENTS/COMMITTEES:
Atlantic County Medical Society Executive Committee, 1984-1986

Atlantic County Medical Society - Scholarship Committee (Past Member)

American Cancer Society Professional Education Committee - Atlantic County
(Past Member)

President of Medical Staff, Shore Memorial Hospital - 1988 - 1989

South Shore Health Services - Member Finance Committee, 1989 - 1991

Atlantic County Medical Society Scholarship Committee Member, 1991 - 1996

Credentials Committee, Shore Memorial Hospital, 1991-1997

Ethix-Mid Atlantic Credential Committee, 1994-1995

Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, Shore Memorial Hospital, 1992-1996

New Jersey Committee on Applicants, District No. 5, for the American College of Surgeons, 1994- present

Column writer for The Jewish Times, South Jersey Shore column on "Medical Ethics," 1998-2000

Chairman, Department of Surgery, Shore Memorial Hospital, January 2000 - Present

Surgical Faculty Member for the Post-Graduate Peri-Operative Nursing School,
Shore Memorial Hospital, 2000 - present

Selected as a Top Doctor in the State of New Jersey by
New Jersey Monthly Magazine for the year 2001

Cancer Committee Member, Shore Memorial Hospital Surgical Representative,
1997 - present

Named America's Top Surgeon 2002/2003 by the Consumer's Research
Counsel of America

America's Registry of Outstanding Professions honored Dr. Leonard Galler, M.D., F.A.C.S., as an individual who has demonstrated leadership and dedication in the profession for the year 2002-2003

Interim Medical Director, Quality Improvement at Shore Memorial Hospital,
October 1, 2002-March 2003

Selected as a Top Doctor in the State of New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly Magazine for the year 2003 in the September 2003 issue

Selected as Top Doctor in Philadelphia Magazine 2004

Listed in the Guide to America’s Top Surgeons, 2004-2005

Medical Resource Council Member, Gilda’s Club, South Jersey, August 2005

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH STUDIES:
Galler, L, Bar A. An Unusual Presentation of an Extra-peritoneal Colostomy Perforation. American Journal of Proctology, Gastroenterology and Colon and Rectal Surgery. October 1992.

Galler, L. Meckle's Diverticula - A Brief Review. Hospital Medicine. October 1983.

Kauffman, B, Spaar, J, Galler, L. Failure of Peritoneojugular Shunt After Injection Sclerotherapy. Letter to the Editor: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 29:4 1983.

Galler, L, Beach, R. Cystosarcoma Phyllodes with Liposarcomatous Stroma Arising in the Female Breast. Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. March 1986.

Galler, L, Goldberg, R, Wilson, J. Spontaneous Migration of a Hickman Catheter. Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. June 1986.

Galler, L, Feinberg, G, Joshi, S. Toxic Shock Syndrome Following a Pilonidal Cystectomy. Poster Presentation at Southeastern Surgical Congress. January 1990.

Galler, L, Feinberg, G, Scarano, J. Cystic Duct Carcinoma. New Jersey Medicine 88: 337-339, 1991.

Galler, L, Portner, W. Radiographic Markers in Grafts. Letter to the Editor: Radiology. August 1991.

Investigator - TOPAS - (Abbott 76126 - Protocol #: M92-859)

Recombinant Urokinase versus Operative Intervention as Initial Therapy for Acute Lower Limb Arterial Occlusion.

Primary Investigator for Abbott's Purpose Trial, "A Phase II Dose- ranging Trial of Intraarterial Recombinant Prourokinase (ABT-187) Versus Urokinase (ABT-790) in the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Thromboembolic Occlusions, Incorporating Amendments 1 - 3, dated 10-24-97." 8/97 - Current

Primary Investigator for Merck and Company, Inc., Protocol Study 004-00, "A Prospective, Multiclinic, Double-Blind, Randomized, Comparative Estimation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of L-749,345 Versus Ceftriaxone Sodium Plus Metronidazole in the Treatment of Serious Complicated Intra- Abdominal Infections of Mild to Moderate Severity in Adults." This is a Phase IIA study.

Primary Investigator for Merck and Company, Inc., Protocol Study 017, "A Prospective, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Comparative Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of MK-0826 Versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam in the Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections in Hospitalized Adults." This is a Phase IIB study.

Investigator, Sanofi-Synthelabo Apollo (EFC 3558), "A randomized, double-blind, parallel group trial to demonstrate the efficacy of fondaparinux sodium in association with Intermittent Pneumatic compression vs Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (IPC) along for the prevention of venous thromboembolic events in High Risk Abdominal Surgery. 12/2001 to 06/2003.

Galler, L. Giant Sigmoid Diverticula - A Case Presentation. Submitted for evaluation to The Judea Medical Journal, November 2001.

Co-Investigator in ECOG study, E5194, regarding local excision alone for selected patients with DCIS of the breast, July 2002.

Shore Memorial Hospital Cancer Program, Member of the University of Pennsylvania Network.

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