Dr. Michael R. Castellano is a board-certified general and laparoscopic surgeon. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He specializes in various areas of surgery, utilizing the latest techniques and minimally-invasive advancements.

Dr. Castellano was born and raised in Staten Island, New York, and graduated from Staten Island Academy. He received his Bachelor of Science degree at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dr. Castellano returned to New York and earned his Doctor of Medicine from SUNY College of Medicine at Downstate. He completed his surgical residency at Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, New York.

Over the course of the last fifteen years, Dr. Castellano has published numerous articles in the medical literature and has presented original surgical research at many national & international conferences, including Boston, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Orlando and France. He has received numerous awards and accolades for academic, research and clinical achievement.
Dr. Castellano continues to remain actively involved in all aspects of clinical research and teaching at Staten Island University Hospital and enjoys training and educating the surgical residents, as well as medical students and physician assistant students.

Dr. Castellano is member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of New York and The Academy of Medicine of Richmond.

Dr. Castellano spent his childhood summers in Italy with his extended family. He is near-fluent in Italian and continues to visit Italy regularly. He is proud to practice in the same community as his father, Dr. Michael A. Castellano, a prominent pulmonologist on Staten Island for over thirty years. In 2005, he moved his office to The Heart, Lung & Surgery Building, a state-of-the-art private medical facility conveniently located on the campus of Staten Island University Hospital. Dr. Castellano currently resides in New Jersey with his wife, son and daughter.