Robotic Surgeon, Dr. James J. Giannone, Joins the Award-Winning Surgical Team at St. Joseph’s Health

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— St. Joseph’s Physicians is pleased to announce James J. Giannone, DO, MS, FACS, FACOS has joined its award-winning General Surgery team.

Dr. Giannone is a board-certified, fellowship-trained general surgeon specializing in Foregut, Hernia, GI, and Wound Healing. He will use da Vinci robotic surgery technology, ensuring less pain and scarring, shorter hospital stays, faster recoveries, and few infections. St. Joseph’s Health has performed approximately 13,300 robotic surgeries to date and is the leader in robotic general surgery cases in Central New York. Dr. Giannone is an excellent addition to the team.

“I am excited to be joining St. Joseph's award-winning general surgery team,” said Dr. Giannone. “I am proud to call Syracuse my home and I am looking forward to being a part of the positive healthcare efforts in this community.”

Dr. Giannone earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY and Master of Science Certification from New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Biology (with honors) from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Upon receiving his D.O., Dr. Giannone completed an internship and general surgery residency at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Physicians, he also completed an advanced GI/MIS fellowship at the Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY.

Dr. Giannone is a member of the Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and received “Top Doctors 2020: Main Line and Western Suburbs, General Surgery”—a peer voted region award.

Dr. Giannone is seeing patients at 5100 West Taft Road, Suite 1C, Liverpool, and at 4100 Medical Center Drive, Ste. 117, Fayetteville. Contact (315) 634-3399 for an appointment.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. It is ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, a designated Primary Stroke Center and a U.S. News & World Report “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health.

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.