The Division of General Laparoscopic Surgery is run under the direction of Garth Ballantyne, M.D., professor of surgery at The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School and director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center. The following physicians perform laparoscopic procedures at the medical center: Anti-reflux surgery (Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication) Garth H. Ballantyne, M.D. Peter Fan, M.D. Stephen Pereira, M.D. Hans Schmidt, M.D. Amit Trivedi, M.D. Laparoscopic colectomy (bowel resection) Garth H. Ballantyne, M.D. Peter Fan, M.D. Stephen Pereira, M.D. Hans Schmidt, M.D. Amit Trivedi, M.D. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair Garth H. Ballantyne, M.D. Anthony C. Barbara, M.D. Peter Fan, M.D. Stephen Pereira, M.D. Hans Schmidt, M.D. Amit Trivedi, M.D. Laparoscopic ventral (incisional) hernia repair Garth H. Ballantyne, M.D. Peter Fan, M.D. Stephen Pereira, M.D. Hans Schmidt, M.D. Amit Trivedi, M.D.