Sheldon Marc Feldman, MD is a Brooklyn born New York City native.He received his medical degree from New York University Medical School and was awarded membership to Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He then completed his residency training in surgery at New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital, and fulfilled a fellowship in peripheral vascular surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ. He is a board certified surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was in private practice of General and Vascular surgery from 1981-2000 where he established Hudson Valley Surgical Associates in Kingston, New York. He and his family partnered with Benedictine Hospital to establish The Fern Feldman Anolick Breast Center in 1994 where he served as medical director until joining Beth Israel in September 2000.

He is chairperson of the Committee on Cancer Activities and Surgical Quality Improvement Committee at Beth Israel. His program established a breast surgery fellowship in 2002 and is currently training it’s sixth fellow. This program has recently received a full five year certification. He is an active member of SSO(Society of Surgical Oncology), ASCO(American Society of Clinical Oncology), ASBD(American Society of Breast Disease) and is chairperson of the publication committee for ASBS(American Society of Breast Surgeons). He is a member of the editorial board for The Breast Journal, and is an invited reviewer for the Annals of Surgical Oncology and the American Journal of Surgery. He has lectured and published extensively on minimally invasive breast surgery, mammary ductoscopy, endoscopic/oncoplastic surgery, sentinel node biopsy, BSGI(breast specific gamma imaging)environmental factors and breast cancer, compassion in medicicine, physician-patient communication and holistic surgical practice.