Dr. Owen Pyke, MD

As a member of the patient-centered bariatrics care team at NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island, I help patients lose excess body weight and improve their health. I use minimally invasive and robotic surgery techniques that involve small incisions.

I was raised in Queens and Long Island after emigrating from Jamaica at an early age. I am pleased to provide surgical services to people living in the greater New York area, including Long Island.

I gravitated toward medicine early in my academic career because it offered a unique path for serving the community and lifelong learning in the sciences. After graduating from Amherst College with a degree in neuroscience, I completed graduate studies in public health as well as a joint MD/MBA degree. My older brother and sister are doctors; they served as my earliest role models in medicine

Weight loss surgery can resolve related health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obstructive sleep apnea, to increase your lifespan, which is why I chose this field of medicine. I am fellowship-trained in bariatric, minimally invasive, and robotic surgery. My rigorous training has prepared me to perform some of the most complex surgical weight loss procedures, including revisions to repair or change a previous surgery.

My research has focused on health literacy, surgical education, global surgery, and obesity surgery, particularly in the management of ulcers related to weight loss surgery. I have a special interest in the study of disease at both the population and individual level.

I am dedicated to compassionately caring for patients to help them achieve the best possible bariatric and surgical care outcomes. I enjoy working with patients after surgery to help them reach and maintain their weight loss goals.

Credentials:

Positions

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery at NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Education and Training

• Fellowship, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Surgery/Bariatric, 2020
• Residency, Stony Brook University Hospital, Surgery, 2019
• MD from SUNY – Stony Brook, 2014

Publications:

• Marginal Ulcer Continues To Be A Major Source Of Morbidity Over Time Following Gastric Bypass
  Pyke, Owen; Yang, Jie; Cohn, Tyler; Yin, Donglei; Docimo, Salvatore; Talamini, Mark A; Bates, Andrew T; Pryor, Aurora; Spaniolas, Konstantinos
  Surgical Endoscopy. 2019 10 ; 33(10):3451-3456
• Admission Of Elderly Blunt Thoracic Trauma Patients Directly To The Intensive Care Unit Improves Outcomes
  Pyke, Owen J; Rubano, Jerry A; Vosswinkel, James A; McCormack, Jane E; Huang, Emily C; Jawa, Randeep S
  Journal Of Surgical Research. 2017 11 ; 219:334-340
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Tonsil Managed By Conventional Surgery And Postoperative Radiation
  Rahmati, Rahmatullah; Dogan, Snjezana; Pyke, Owen; Palmer, Frank; Awad, Mahmoud; Lee, Nancy; Kraus, Dennis H; Shah, Jatin P; Patel, Snehal G; Ganly, Ian
  Head & Neck. 2015 Jun ; 37(6):800-7