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Debbie G Bakes, MD
Director of Regional Practice Operations
Chief, Colorectal Surgery/Westchester Section

Call (914) 293-8752 for appointments.

About Debbie G Bakes, MD:

Debbie G. Bakes, MD, is a colorectal surgeon and chief of the Westchester Section of the Colorectal Surgery Division within NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her practice is primarily based out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital.

Dr. Bakes is a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the Hellenic Medical Society of New York. She has published and presented research on subjects such as laparoscopic colon resections, pancreatic cancer, and recovery after colorectal surgery. She won Third Place Podium Award at the New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' Residents Night and was granted an award for her research done while serving her residency at Stamford Hospital.

Dr. Bakes earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Stamford Hospital and NYP/Columbia, and went on to complete her fellowship at the University of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital. She also received additional training in robotics and advanced life support.

Expertise:

Colon Cancer
Colon and Rectal Cancer
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Colorectal Cancer
Rectal Cancer

Honors:

Research Award, Stamford Hospital General Surgery Residency Graduation, 2016

New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Third Place Podium Award at Residents' Night, 2016

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Education:

MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical Doctor (MD), New York Presbyterian Hospital
Internship: 2012 Stamford Hospital
Residency: 2016 Stamford Hospital
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami
Fellowship: 2017 Jackson Memorial Hospital - University of Miami

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

ColumbiaDoctors - 1985 Crompond Road

1985 Crompond Road
Suite Building E
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

Other Locations:

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 342-1155

Insurances:

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

AETNA [NYP Employee Plan, Student Health, NY Signature, Aetna Signature Administrators]
Affinity Health Plan [Medicaid Managed Care]
Amerigroup of New Jersey [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
Amida Care [Special Needs, Special Needs]
CIGNA [PPO, HMO, EPO, Medicare Managed Care, POS, Great West (National), PPO]
Emblem/GHI [PPO, Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/HIP [HMO, POS, EPO, Select Care (Exchange), ConnectiCare, PPO, Vytra, Medicare Managed Care, Essential Plan, ConnectiCare, EPO]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care]
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Fidelis Care [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Healthfirst [Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange)]
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO - New York Services, POS - New York Services, PPO - New York Services]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, Local 1199]
MVP Health Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only), Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care, HMO]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare, MagnaCare]
Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare]
Multiplan [Multiplan, Multiplan]
RiverSpring [Special Needs]
TRICARE [TRICARE, TRICARE]
UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), Medicaid (Community Plan), POS, Empire Plan, HMO, PPO, Oxford Liberty, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, POS]
VNSNY CHOICE [SelectHealth]
WellCare [Medicare Managed Care]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Publications:

Floriano Marchetti MD and Debbie Bakes MD. Laparoscopic Colostomy Reversal, in Steven D Wexner and James W Fleshman (eds). Colon and Rectal Surgery: Abdominal Operations, Second Edition. 2018.

Debbie Bakes MD, Christian Cain MD, Michael King MD, Xiang (Eric) Dong MD. Management of Afferent Loop Obstruction from Recurrent Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Using a Venting Gastrojejunostomy. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. Dec 2013; 5(12): 235-9.