Department of Surgery Faculty

Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery

Ernest J. Barthélemy, MD, MPH, MA
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Neurology, and Orthopedic Surgery

Natasha Becker, MD, MPH, FACS
Chief, Division of General Surgery
General Surgery Residency Program Director

Stanislav Bushik, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery

Justin Chin-Bong Choi, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery

Dale Distant, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Director of Hemodialysis Program
Department of Surgery

Lisa Dresner, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Surgical Education

Andrew Kamrouz, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Attending Surgeon, Division of Transplant Surgery

Jon D. Kirwin, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Clerkship Director, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Division of Vascular Surgery

Irina Kovatch, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery

Carlos A. Reck, MD FAAP FACS
Associate Director
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery

Alexander Schwartzman, MD, MBA, FACS
Vice Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of General Surgery

Francesco M. Serafini, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Attending Surgeon

Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical and Health Services Research, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Surgery

Aleksandr Shteynberg, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery

Nabil Sumrani, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery

Sumanth C. Suresh, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chief of Transplant Surgery and Surgical Oncology Surgery

Henry Talus, MD, FRCS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Colorectal Surgeon

Kevin Tehrani, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

John Tomasula, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery

Francisca Velcek, MD FACS FAAP MAMSE
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Warren D. Widmann, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Assistant Dean of Surgical Education
Department of Surgery

Yang Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Attending Surgeon
Division of Vascular Surgery