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CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted
Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- EPO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- POS - New Jersey Services
- PPO - New Jersey Services
- HMO - New Jersey Services
- EPO - New Jersey Services
- Special Needs
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO - New Jersey Services
- POS - New Jersey Services
- EPO - New Jersey Services
- PPO - New Jersey Services
- New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Railroad
- Multiplan
- HMO
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicaid Managed Care
- POS - New Jersey Services
- HMO - New Jersey Services
- PPO - New Jersey Services
- Special Needs
- TRICARE
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Empire Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Cary B. Aarons, MD
Cary B. Aarons is a Professor of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. He then completed his general surgery training at Boston University Medical Center followed by his colorectal surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He has an interest in the management of the full spectrum of benign and malignant colorectal diseases including anorectal conditions, pelvic floor disorders, diverticulitis, colon and rectal cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease using minimally invasive and open surgical procedures.
Dr. Aarons is currently the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program and the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Surgery. He has been involved in medical education in various capacities, both regionally and nationally, and received a master's degree in Medical Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Board Certifications
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
- Fellowship: Mayo Clinic
- Residency: Boston Medical Center
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Professor of Surgery at CUMC
- Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
- Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2022 Department of Surgery Teaching Award of Distinction (UME)
- 2022 Department of Surgery Cary B. Aarons Advocacy Award
- 2019 Keynote Speaker Penn Med Student Clinician's Ceremony, Gold Humanism Honor Society
- 2018 Penn Medicine Minority Hall of Fame Inductee
- 2002 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
- 2002 LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D. Surgical Award
- 2001 Patrick E. Gorman Scholarship
- 2000-2001 Howard University College of Medicine Trustee Scholarship
- 2000 Mitchell-Kiernan Surgical Fellowship Award, Howard University College of Medicine
- 1996 Scientific American College Scholarship
- 1995 Hundred Year Association College Scholarship
- 1994-1998 Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Science College Scholarship
