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David Rivadeneira named director of Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Huntington

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David Rivadeneira was named director of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Huntington. For the past seven years, Rivadeneira has led surgical services and colorectal surgery at Huntington Hospital.

Rivadeneira specializes in laparoscopic, and other minimally invasive procedures including advanced robotic procedures for the treatment of colon and rectal diseases, including cancer. He is a professor of surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

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