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