Peter F. Rovito, M.D., F.A.C.S.
General and Laparoscopic Surgery
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Graduate, Temple University School of Medicine

Graduate, Pennsylvania State University


Education:

Temple University Medical School, MD, 1979-83.

Bloomsburg University, Masters Candidate in Biology, 1977-79

Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Arts in General Arts and Sciences, 1976.


Training:

Comprehensive Training in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery (Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, March, 2000

Recertified, American College of Surgeons, October, 1998

Certified, Stereotactic Needle Biopsy and Breast Ultrasound, March, 1996

Certified, Laparoscopic Laser Cholecystectomy, July, 1990

Certified, Percutaneous Endoscopy Gastrostomy, June, 1989

Comprehensive Training in Bariatric Surgery (Vertical Banded Gastroplasty), Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia (affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania), April, 1987

Certified, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Board Certified, American College of Surgeons, October, 1989

Chief Surgical Resident, The Allentown Affiliated Hospitals (now Lehigh Valley Hospital), 1987-88

Graduate, Residency in General Surgery, The Allentown Affiliated Hospitals, 1988

Resident in General Surgery, The Allentown Affiliated Hospitals, 1983-88


Fellow of the American College of Surgeons