Long Island Colon Cancer Treatment

Insurance Plans

Dr. David Rivadeneira is a specialist participating provider in most managed care programs* and insurance carriers. If you do not see your insurance listed here, please call the office at (631) 470-1450.

  • Access Medicare
  • Aetna Inc.
  • Affinity
  • AmeriChoice by UHC
  • Atlantis Health Plan
  • Beech Street
  • Cigna
  • Elderplan
  • Empire BCBS
  • Fidelis
  • First Health Group
  • GHI
  • Great West Healthcare
  • Health First
  • Health Plus
  • Healthcare Partners
  • HIP
  • Island Group Administrator
  • Liberty Health Advantage
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan/PHCS
  • Neighborhood Health Plan
  • Oxford
  • Tricare
  • UHC Empire Plan
  • United HealthCare
  • Vytra

* Acceptance of insurance coverage may vary and the list of insurance on this page is subject to change.

Contact David E. Rivadeneira, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Phone: (631) 470-1450 • Fax: (631) 470-1451

Smithtown Office
222 Middle Country Road, Suite 211  •  Smithtown, NY 11787
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (Extended Hours Available)
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Port Jefferson Office
931 Hallock Road  •  Port Jefferson NY 11777
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (Extended Hours Available)
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Babylon Office
400 West Main Street, Suite 301  •  Babylon, NY 11702
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (Extended Hours Available)
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Riverhead Office
31 Main Road, 2nd Floor • Riverhead, New York 11901
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (Extended Hours Available)
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Woodbury Office
321-B Crossways Park Drive • Woodbury, New York 11797
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (Extended Hours Available)
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Long Island Colon Cancer Treatment

Quick Facts about
Dr. David Rivadeneira

MD: Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC (1995), graduated with honors (election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; inclusion in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities).

Residency Training: General Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University (New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center).

Fellowship Training: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic (Burlington, MA); Cancer Research Clinical Fellowship (funded by National Institute of Health), Cornell Medical Center.

Board Certification: Colon and Rectal Surgery; Surgery.

Specialties: Management of diseases of the small bowel, colon, rectum and anus, including colon, rectal and anal cancer, diverticulitis, familial polyposis, chronic ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, ileoanal reservoir (J-pouch), colon polyps, incontinence, rectal prolapse, anorectal abscess, fistulas, fissures pelvic floor disorders, constipation, diarrhea and hemorrhoids, pilonidal disease, rectocele; use of laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery and other minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of colorectal diseases, including cancer; colonoscopy.

Memberships: Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS); fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS); Fellow, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO); member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons; member, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of Surgical Oncology.

Publications: Selected journal and book publications (click here for online abstracts/full text of journal articles via National Library of Medicine).

Honors: Dr. David Rivadeneira has been recognized by Castle Connolly as one of America’s Top Doctors 2014. Selected for inclusion in Best Doctors in America, 2010-2011; selected for inclusion in Guide to America’s Top Surgeons (2007 and 2009) published by the Consumers’ Research Council of America; recipient of Patients’ Choice Award, 2008, 2011; selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who in America (2009), Marquis Who’s Who in the World (2009), Cambridge Who’s Who Among Professionals in Research and Medicine (2009; 2008), and Marquis Who’s Who (2008; 2007); Lahey Clinic Alumni Association award for outstanding academic achievement in colon and rectal surgery (2003); American Association of Cancer Research Scholar Award (1995).

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese.

Click here for Dr. Rivadeneira’s full Curriculum Vitae.