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Cardiothoraic
Surgery of the
Heart and Thorax

Colon & Rectal
Colon, Anus Rectum, and Small Bowel

General
Minimally Invasive and Robotic

Pediatrics
Childrens' General, Thoracic and Urological

Plastic
Cosmetic
and
Reconstructive

Craniofacial
Maxillofacial
Reconstruction

Transplant
Liver and IsletTransplant, and Pancreas

Vascular and Wound Care
Veins and Lymphatic

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery deals with different surgeries for Heart and Thorax.

Malek G. Massad, MD, FACS – Chief and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Norman Snow, MD, FACS – Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of Thoracic Surgical Services
Edgar G. Chedrawy, MD, FACS – Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Sunil M. Prasad, MD, FACS – Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Michel N. Ilbawi, MD – Clinical Assistant, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chawki F. El-Zein, MD – Clinical Assistant, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Alvaro Montoya, MD, FACS – Clinical Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Alexander S. Geha, MD, FACS – Professor Emeritus

Cardiothoracic Surgery Support Staff

Lona Ernst, MS, PAC – Visiting Physician Assistant

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery cares for and supplies treatment for diseases related to colon, rectum, anus and small bowel.

Leela M. Prasad, MD – Chief of Colon and Rectal and, Turi Josefsen Professor of Surgery
Herand Abcarian, MD – Professor of Surgery
Jose Cintron, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery
Vivek Chaudhry, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Slawomir Marecik, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
John Park, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jacqueline Harrison, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jennifer Blumetti, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotics Surgery

The Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery provides treatments utilizing the most advanced in proven surgical technology. Treatments include Thyroidectomies using precision robotics.

Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD – Chief of General Surgery and Lloyd Nyhus Professor of Surgery
Joseph M. Vitello, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery
Subhashini Manjula Ayloo, MD, FACS– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Physician, Surgeon
Enrique Fernando Elli, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery, Attending

General, Minimally Invasive and Robotics Support Staff

Celia Chretien – Surgical Nurse Coordinator

Division of Pediatric Surgery

The Division of Pediatric Surgery provides general surgery, thoracic and urological procedures for infants and children.

Mark J. Holterman, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACS – Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Professor of Surgery
Robert Kanard, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery
Thomas Weber, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery
Robert Arensman, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery
Srikumar Pillai, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

The Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery provide state of the art treatment for cosmetic and plastic surgeries.

Mimis Cohen, MD, FACS – Division Chief of Plastic Sugery and Professor of Surgery
David Erik Morris, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pravin K. Patel, MD – Professor of Surgery
Rudolph Dolezal, MD – Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Ramasamy Kalimuthu, MD – Clinical Professor of Surgery
Mansour Vincent Makhlouf, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Craniofacial Surgery – The Craniofacial Center

David Joel Reisberg, DDS – Medical Director, Professor of Surgery and Prosthodontics
Camille A. Rea, BFA, MAMS – Board Certified Clinical Anaplastologist
Maya Shahani, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor of General and Emergency Pediatric Services

Craniofacial Surgery Support Staff

Terri Kaisling, MBA, RN – Director, Physician Practice, Craniofacial Center
Rosemary Seelaus, MAMS – Clinical Assistant Professor, Senior Anaplastologist
Gabrielle R. Cager, MA, CCC-A – Audiologist
Robert Brown, BCO – Ocularist
Janine M. Rosenberg, PhD – Psychologist

Division of Transplant Surgery

The Division of Transplant Surgery provides kidney, liver, kidney-pancreas, isolated pancreas, small bowel and islet transplantation.

Enrico Benedetti, MD, FACS – Professor and Head of The Department of Surgery and Co-Director of the Transplant Center
Jose Oberholzer, MD – Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery
Amelia Bartholomew, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery and Molecular Genetics
Hoonbae Jeon, MD, FACS – Associate Professor of Surgery and Director, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Iro Tzelzhov, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Vascular Surgery and Wound Care

The Division of Vascular Surgery provides diagnosis and treatment of all types of arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases.

Martin Borhani, MD – Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
William Ennis, MD – Director, Division of of Wound Care and Professor of Clinical Surgery
Henry M. Baraniewski, MD, PhD, FACS – Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Wosley Wilder – Professor of Clinical Surgery
Malgorzata Plummer, MD – Professor of Surgery
Wesley Valdez, DO – Assistant Professor of Surgery

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