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Department of Surgery Faculty

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Ariel Mariano Aballay, MD, MBA*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Ali Ahmadinejad*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Mercy Health System


Casey Allen, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Jordan Allen, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Melanie Amster*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Mercy Health System


Peter Anastasius*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: UPMC Pinnacle Hospital


Lindsay Grier Arthur, III, MD*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery and Pediatrics
Location: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children


Donald Atkinson*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Alexander Axelrad, MD*
Clinical Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Shahin Ayazi, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Pietro Bajona, MD, PhD*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery [Cardiothoracic]
Location: Allegheny Health Network


P. Kurt Bamberger, MD*
Adjunct Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


David Bartlett, MD*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Amber Batool, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Amir Behnam, MD*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


Alana Beres, MD*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery and Pediatrics
Location: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children


Nicholas A. Bonazza, MD, MHA*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Bernard Roger Boulanger, MD, MBA*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


William Boyer*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Michael Brown, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


John Burger*
Adjunct Instructor
Department: Surgery
Location: Bayhealth Medical Center


Jeffrey Butcher, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer Keystone Medical Center


Thomas E. Butler, II*
Clinical Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Christopher A. Butts, PhD, DO*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health

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Eric Cain, MD, MBA*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Leah Candell, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Orlando Castillo*
Clinical Instructor
Department: Surgery
Location: Mercy Health System


Scott Celin*
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Sricharan Chalikonda, MD, MHA*
Professor of Surgery
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


John K. Chan*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Nasir Chaudry, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Allen Chen, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny General Hospital


Douglas Chen*
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Jennifer Chen, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Christine H. Cho, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Christine A. Chu*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Eunice Chung*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Joseph Cillo*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


William Cimino*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Anne P. McLendon, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Jeffrey Cohen*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Abigail Coots, MD*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Vicente Cortés, MD*
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital

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Uday Dasika, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Cardiothoracic]
Location: Tower Health


David Dattilo*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Harsh Desai, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Sanjoy Kumar Dutta*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area

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Howard David J. Edington*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


George Eid*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Joseph P. Esposito*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: UPMC Pinnacle Hospital

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John Fam, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Emil Fernando, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Hiran C. Fernando, MBBS*
Department: Surgery


Sunny Fink*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Richard A. Fortunato, DO*
Department: Surgery

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James Gallagher, MD, MHA*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Joy Garg*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Robert Gary*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Kevin Geffe, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Bayhealth Medical Center


Charles M. Geller, MD*
Clinical Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Thomas A. Geng, Jr., DO*
Clinical Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


Mark Ginsburg*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


David Goldberg, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Ophthalmology]
Location: Tower Health


Harsh Grewal, MD*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

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Linwood R. Haith Jr., MD*
Professor and Academic Chair; Associate Dean of External Affairs
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Terrance P. Hanley, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Danielle Hashmi, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Joshua P. Hazelton, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: WellSpan York Hospital


Robert Jeremy Howard, DO, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Yun Katherine Hu, MD, MS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine


Stephen Huffaker*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area

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Suresh G. Joshi, MD, MSc, PhD*
Research Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis and biofilms; wound infection and healing


Thomas Julian*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Mark Kahn*
Clinical Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Angela Keleher*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Hyunjin Jane Kim*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Karen Kish*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Mercy Health System


Yoshihiro Komatsu, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Danielle E. Ladie, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: UPMC Harrisburg


Kathleen Lamb, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Samuel Laucks*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: WellSpan York Hospital


Joseph R. Levan, MD, MBA, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Jessica Lickiss, DPM*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Podiatry]
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Christina Marie Lippe, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Ophthalmology]
Location: Tower Health


Stephen Mark Lu, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: UPMC Harrisburg


Robert Luo, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health

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Colin Mansfield*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Michael C. Marcucci, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


James McCormick, DO*
Professor
Department: Surgery [Colon and Rectal Surgery]
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Ralph Miller, Jr.*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Filip Moshkovsky, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Kian Mostafavi*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Ebondo Mpinga*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: WellSpan York Hospital


Darryl T. Mueller, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Thomas Murickan, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Michael Musso, DO, FACOS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


Stephan Ray Myers, MD, FACS, FASMBS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health

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Mehul H. Nagarsheth, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Ophthalmology]
Location: Tower Health


Abhishek K. Nemani, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Ophthalmology]
Location: Tower Health


Kirsten Newhams*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Carlo Giorgio Nicolis*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center

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Lynn Paik*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Steven Pandelidis*
Adjunct Clinical Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: WellSpan York Hospital


Joseph Pirolo*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Jandie Posner, DO*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Rajeev Prasad, MD*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery and Pediatrics
Location: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children


Jonathan David Primack, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Ophthalmology]
Location: Tower Health

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Prashanth Ramachandra*
Clinical Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Mercy Health System


Assar Rather, MD, MS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Bayhealth Medical Center


David J. Reich, MD, FACS*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


Ari Reichstein, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Eugene Reilly, MD*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


Andrew Richards*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: UPMC Pinnacle Hospital


Francisco Rodriguez, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Bayhealth Medical Center


Gina M. Rooker, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Carlos Rosales, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Cardiothoracic]
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Sumit Saini, MD*
Instructor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Abhindrajeet Sandhu*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Ryan D. Sauber*
Instructor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Suzanne Schiffman, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Kyle Schuyler, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Scott K. Schweizer, MD*
Department: Surgery


Brady Sieber*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Randy Michael Smargiassi, DPM, FACFAS*
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital


Raymond L. Smith, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Renganaden Sooppan, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Steven Stappaerts*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Erin Rhodes Suydam*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Raymond Talucci, II, MD, FACS*
Professor
Department: Surgery


Peter Tang, MD, MPH*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Aley Tohamy*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Thomas C. Tung*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area

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Naval Kishor Udgiri, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Tadahiro Uemura, MD, PhD*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Ravi Ved*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network

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Stephen Walker*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Crozer-Chester Medical Center


Michael S. Weingarten, MD, MBA, FACS*
Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine


Benny Weksler, MD, MBA*
Professor
Department: Surgery [Cardiothoracic]
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Shawn E. White, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery [Urology]
Location: Tower Health


Brigham J. Wise*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area


Elaine I-Hui Wu*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Kaiser Permanente - Bay Area

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Gary S. Xiao, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital

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Ali Hussainy Zaidi, MBBS*
Associate Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Allegheny Health Network


Michael Zaragoza, MD*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Bayhealth Medical Center


Hong Zheng, DO, RPVI*
Assistant Professor
Department: Surgery
Location: Tower Health


Emeritus Faculty

Nabil Abaza, DMD, MS, PhD*
Professor Emeritus
Department: Surgery


John R. Clarke, MD, FACS*
Emeritus Professor
Department: Surgery


J. Yasha Kresh, MB, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FAPS
Professor Emeritus of Surgery [Cardiothoracic]
Department: Surgery
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine


* Physician's practice is independent of Drexel University College of Medicine.

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