To contact our residents and fellows, please call the administrative office of the Education Program at (631) 444-1791/-8020, or send an email.
Meet Our Current General Surgery Residents
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General Surgery
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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| Dominique Betterbed, MD | 1 | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo (2025) |
| Evan Cain, MD | 1 | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (2025) |
| Jacob Geldner, MD | 1 | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Kevin Langbart, MD | 1 | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Allison Pernice, MD | 1 | State University of New York Upstate Medical University (2025) |
| Olivia Preston, MD | 1 | State University of New York Upstate Medical University (2025) |
| Dillon Rogando, MD | 1 | CUNY School of Medicine (2025) |
| Prelim | ||
| Marina Carro, MD | 1P | Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University (2025) |
| Rana Farman, MBBS | 1P | King Edward Medical University (2024) |
| Taylor Faust, DO | 1P | Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (2025) |
| Dajana Reci, DO | 1P | New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (2025) |
| Jermaine Robertson, MD | 1P | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2025) |
| John Santare, MD | 1P | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (2025) |
| Ashley Yoo, MD | 1P | Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Categorical | ||
| Jacob Bamberger, MD | 2 | SUNY Downstate (2024) |
| Argrios Gyftopoulos, MD | 2 | University of Athens (2022) |
| Hyun Woo Joo, MD | 2 | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2024) |
| Sophia Liu, MD | 2 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2024) |
| Abiramy Logeswaran, MD | 2 | Boston University(2024) |
| Micah Steele, MD | 2 | Washington State University (2024) |
| Seth Weir, DO | 2 | Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (2024) |
| Prelim | ||
| Nethra Jain, MBBS | 2P | Grant Government Medical College (2023) |
| Tawny Kim, MD | 2P | St. George's University School of Medicine (2024) |
| Princeton Pierre, MD | 2P | Ross University School of Medicine (2023) |
| Bill Pope, MD | 2P | University of Texas (2024) |
| Charles Williams, MD | 2P | St. George's University School of Medicine (2024) |
| Categorical | ||
| Tarek Afifi, MBBCH | 3 | October 6 University (Egypt) (2014) |
| Athanasisos Angistriotis, MD | 3 | University of Athens (2022) |
| Emelia Farnsworth, DO | 3 | Nova Southeastern Univ College of Osteopath(2023) |
| Hayley Howell, MD | 3 | Saba University (2022) |
| Brandon Pena, MD | 3 | Universidad Particular de Especialidades Espiritu Santo (2019) |
| David Roberts, DO | 3 | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (2023) |
| Isabelle Van Roy, MD | 3 | Boston University (2023) |
| Categorical | ||
| John Campbell, MD | 4 | Boston U (2020) |
| Michael Froehlich, MD | 4 | George Washington (2020) |
| Stergios Gatzoflias, MD | 4 | New York Medical College (2022) |
| Aleksandr Krichmar, MD | 4 | Jacobs School of Medicine (2022) |
| Mark Lee, MD | 4 | Lewis Katz School (2022) |
| Daniel Rodriguez, MD | 4 | Mayo Clinic (2022) |
| Matthew Staz, MD | 4 | Georgetown (2022) |
| Nikita Ahmad, MD | 5 | New York Medical College (2021) |
| Christopher Mazis, MD | 5 | U of Arizona College of Medicine (2021) |
| Priyanka Ramachandra, MD | 5 | Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2021) |
| Naina Rao, MD | 5 | New York Medical College (2021) |
| David Restle, MD | 5 | Stony Brook University (2019) |
| Niharika Singh, MD | 5 | Boston U School of Medicine (2021) |
| Daniel Wolbrom, MD | 5 | St. Georges U School of Medicine (2019) |
| Ahmad Aljobeh, MD | Research* | Mayo Clinic (2022) |
| Rahul Kanade, MD | Research* | Mayo Clinic (2021) |
| Nina Kosciuszek, DO | Research* | University of Connecticut (2027) |
| Brooke Rothberg, MD | Research* | Charles E. Schmidt (2022) |
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* Research year(s) is option for categorical residents in general surgery program. |
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| Vascular Surgery | ||
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Name
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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| Ryan Denis, MD | 1 | St. George’s University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Yuli Breier, DO | 2 | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (2024) |
| Spiro Koustas, MD | 3 | Queen's University Belfast School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences (2021) |
| Alex Houser, MD | 4 | Louisiana State U School of Medicine in New Orleans (2022) |
| Stefanos Giannopoulos, MD | 5 | Aristotle U of Thessaloniki Faculty of Medicine (2017) |
| Binit Katuwal, MBBS | 7 | Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (2012) |
| Otolaryngology | ||
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Name
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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| Ariana Shaari, MD | 1 | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2025) |
| Adam Daniels, MD | 2 | SUNY Downstate (2024) |
| Jacob Riordan, MD | 3 | Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (2023) |
| Alexander Bjorling, MD | 4 | Cooper Medical School of Rowan U (2022) |
| David Shimunov, MD | 5 | Sackler School of Medicine (2021) |
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| Plastic Surgery | ||
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Name
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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| Yasmina Samaha, MD | 2 | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine (2024) |
| Nia Nikkhahmanesh, MD | 3 | University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix (2023) |
| Christina Chopra, MD | 4 | California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine (2022) |
| Zachary Erlichman, MD | 5 | Tufts U School of Medicine (2021) |
| Christopher Liao, MD | 6 | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (2020) |
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| Colon and Rectal Surgery | ||
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Name
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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| Sarah Liu, MD | FELLOW | Tufts University School of Medicine (2019) |
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| Critical Care Surgery | ||
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Name
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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| Omar Itani, MD | FELLOW | American University of Beirut (2020) |
| Narayan Osti, MBBS | FELLOW | Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine,Tribhuvan University (2018) |
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| MIS/Bariatric Surgery | ||
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PGY
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Med School (Grad Year)
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