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
General Surgery | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| Categorical | ||
| John Cerjak, MD | 1 | New York Medical College (2026) |
| Justina Henein, MD | 1 | Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (2026) |
| Kayla Lieb, MD | 1 | State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine (2026) |
| Savanna Macchio, DO | 1 | New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (2026) |
| Manjot Singh, MD | 1 | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2025) |
| Princess Spencer, MD | 1 | State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine (2026) |
| Prakhyat Sunuwar, DO | 1 | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown (2026) |
| Prelim | ||
| Edouard Augustin, MD | 1P | CUNY School of Medicine (2026) |
| Derrick Chatad, MD | 1P | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine (2026) |
| Jacklyn Cho, MD | 1P | Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (2026) |
| Georgios Fanariotis, MD | 1P | University of Ioannina Medical School (2021) |
| Danielle Itshaik, DO | 1P | Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (2026) |
| David Musheyev, MD | 1P | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine (2026) |
| Chiemeka Uwakwe, MD | 1P | Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (2026) |
| Leon Zhao, MD | 1P | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2026) |
| Categorical | ||
| Dominique Betterbed, MD | 2 | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo (2025) |
| Evan Cain, MD | 2 | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (2025) |
| Jacob Geldner, MD | 2 | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Kevin Langbart, MD | 2 | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Allison Pernice, MD | 2 | State University of New York Upstate Medical University (2025) |
| Olivia Preston, MD | 2 | State University of New York Upstate Medical University (2025) |
| Dillon Rogando, MD | 2 | CUNY School of Medicine (2025) |
| Prelim | ||
| Johana Austin, MD | 2P | Medical University of South Carolina (2025) |
| Robert Bhatia, DO | 2P | Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (2025) |
| Marina Carro, MD | 2P | Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University (2025) |
| Megha Mehta, MD | 2P | St. George's University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Ashley Yoo, MD | 2P | Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (2025) |
| Categorical | ||
| Jacob Bamberger, MD | 3 | SUNY Downstate (2024) |
| Argyrios Gyftopoulos, MD | 3 | University of Athens (2022) |
| Taylor Hartlein, MD | 3 | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (2022) |
| Hyun Woo Joo, MD | 3 | Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2024) |
| Princeton Pierre, MD | 3 | Ross University School of Medicine (2022) |
| Micah Steele, MD | 3 | Washington State University (2024) |
| Charles Ryan Williams, MD | 3 | St. George's University School of Medicine (2024) |
| Categorical | ||
| Tarek Afifi, MBBCH | 4 | October 6 University (Egypt) (2014) |
| Athanasisos Angistriotis, MD | 4 | University of Athens (2022) |
| Emelia Farnsworth, DO | 4 | Nova Southeastern Univ College of Osteopath (2023) |
| Michael Froehlich, MD | 4 | George Washington (2020) |
| Hayley Howell, MD | 4 | Saba University (2022) |
| Brandon Pena, MD | 4 | Universidad Particular de Especialidades Espiritu Santo (2019) |
| David Roberts, DO | 4 | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (2023) |
| Isabelle Van Roy, MD | 4 | Boston University (2023) |
| John Campbell, MD | 5 | Boston U (2020) |
| Stergios Gatzoflias, MD | 5 | New York Medical College (2022) |
| Aleksandr Krichmar, MD | 5 | Jacobs School of Medicine (2022) |
| Mark Lee, MD | 5 | Lewis Katz School (2022) |
| Daniel Rodriguez, MD | 5 | Mayo Clinic (2022) |
| Matthew Staz, MD | 5 | Georgetown (2022) |
| 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) |
| Sophia Liu, MD | Research* | Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2024) |
| Abiramy Logeswaran, MD | Research* | Boston University (2024) |
* Research year(s) is option for categorical residents in general surgery program. | ||
| Vascular Surgery | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| 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 | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| 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) |
| Plastic Surgery | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| 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) |
| Colon and Rectal Surgery | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| Sarah Liu, MD | FELLOW | Tufts University School of Medicine (2019) |
| Critical Care Surgery | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| Omar Itani, MD | FELLOW | American University of Beirut (2020) |
| Narayan Osti, MBBS | FELLOW | Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine,Tribhuvan University (2018) |
| MIS/Bariatric Surgery | ||
Name | PGY | Med School (Grad Year) |
| TK | TK | TK |
| TK | TK | TK |