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Dr. Panos Kougias

Milestone Achievement for Dr. Panos Kougias

- June 4 , 2025

The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery congratulates Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS, Chair of the Department of Surgery, Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor of Surgery on being elected as a Fellow of the American Surgical Association (ASA).

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Surgical Olympics

Sharpening Skills through Friendly Competition | Highlights from the 2025-2026 Surgical Olympics

February 28 , 2026

The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery announces a new educational initiative, conceived and led by Program Director Dr. Natasha Becker, the Surgical Olympics.

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Dr. Serafini

Grand Rounds Highlight | IPMN with Francesco M. Serafini, MD, FACS

February 28 , 2026

The Department of Surgery was honored to welcome Francesco M. Serafini, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Surgical Oncology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and South Brooklyn Hospital, as our Grand Rounds speaker.

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Dr. Carson

Grand Rounds Highlight | “Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Cardiac Patients: How low can you go?” — Jeffrey L. Carson, MD, MACP

February 28 , 2026

The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery was honored to welcome Jeffrey L. Carson, MD, MACP (Provost–New Brunswick, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences; Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) as our featured...

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Dr. Prince

Grand Rounds Highlight | “Life on the Hyphen: Surgeon” — Jose M. Prince, MD

February 28 , 2026

The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery was honored to welcome Jose M. Prince, MD, Senior Vice President for Children’s Surgery and Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief at Northwell Health, as our featured Grand Rounds speaker.

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ASC Conference

Downstate Surgery Represented at 2026 American Surgical Congress

February 28 , 2026

The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery congratulates senior surgery residents Dr. Sukaina Alikhan and Dr. Maryam Ali Khan, fourth-year medical student Steven Medvedovsky, and BA/MD student Tony Joseph on their outstanding presentations at the 21st...

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nyss

New York Surgical Society Winter Scientific Session – Attendance Call

December 31 , 2025

The Department of Surgery encourages faculty and residents to attend the upcoming New York Surgical Society Winter Scientific Session.

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Dr Chu

Grand Rounds Spotlight | Dr. Danny Chu on Aortic Valve Neocuspidization

December 31 , 2025

The Department of Surgery was honored to host Danny Chu, MD, FACS, FAHA, for Surgical Grand Rounds titled “Aortic Valve Neocuspidization (Ozaki Procedure) for Treatment of Aortic Valve Diseases.”

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ramy gilani

Grand Rounds Spotlight | Dr. Ramy Gilani on Lessons from Surgical Complications

December 31 , 2025

The Department of Surgery was honored to welcome Ramy Gilani, MD for Grand Rounds on “Complications in Surgery | Lessons for Life.”

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Interns

December Intern Spotlight

December 31 , 2025

The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery is excited to continue our new social media and newsletter initiative: the Surgical Intern Spotlight Series.

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Best of Luck on the ABSITE

December 31 , 2025

The Department of Surgery extends its best wishes to all residents taking the upcoming ABSITE.

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Downstate Surgery Heads to Orlando | Academic Surgical Congress 2026

December 31 , 2025

The Department of Surgery congratulates our residents and medical students whose abstracts were accepted for presentation at the 2026 Academic Surgical Congress.

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