One measure of a residency is the success of its alumni. Our alumni have gone on to practices in General Surgery all over the country; the majority, however, have elected to go to Fellowships after leaving our program.

These include Vascular Surgery, Critical Care, Hand/Plastic Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and Minimally Invasive Surgery.   Institutions include Baltimore Shock Trauma, Cleveland Clinic, Westchester County Medical Center, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, and New York Hospital Queens.

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

CHAIRMAN

Stephen M. Di Russo, M.D. Ph.D. FACS

Residency: Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville (General Surgery)

Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Surgical Critical Care)

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

ASSOCIATE CHAIRMAN

Ronald J. Verrier, M.D.

Residency: Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Fellowship: Lincoln Medical Center and New York Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHAIRMAN

Gregory Fried, M.D. FACS

Residency: Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

TRAUMA DIRECTOR

Fausto Vinces, D.O.

Residency: Wycoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship:  Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

GENERAL SURGERY / TRAUMA / SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE

Ronald McLean, M.D.

Residency: St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Vic Vernenkar, D.O.

Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Fellowship: Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital, New Jersey

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Vascular

Michael Weitzen, D.O.

Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Fellowship: New York Hospital Queens, Queens, NY

Specialty: General Surgery, Trauma and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Joseph Edwards, M.D.

Residency:  Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY

Specialty:  General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

VASCULAR SURGERY

George Piccorelli, M.D.

Chief of Vascular Surgery

TRAUMA SERVICES

Lynn Kemp, R.N. BSN, CCRN, CFRN, CEN, NREMT-P

Administrative Director of Trauma Services

Nilda Gerene

Trauma Registrar

NEUROSURGERY

Kathryn Ko, M.D.

Chief of Neurosurgery

Specialty: Neurotrauma

Michael Kaplitt, M.D., Ph.D.,

Howard Riina, M.D.

Ted Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.

Mark Souweidane, M.D.

Martin Zonenshayn, M.D.

Roger Hartl, M.D.

John Boockvar, M.D.

Brenda Vecchione, PA-C

ORTHOPEDICS

Marc M. Silverman M.D.
Chief of Orthopedic Surgery

Specialty: Sports Medicine Surgery

Stuart S. Remer, M.D.

Specialty: Spine, Scoliosis and General Orthopedics

Paul Kleinman, M.D.

Specialty:   Pediatric, Hand and General Orthopedics

Carl E. Wilson, M.D.

Residency:

Fellowship:

Specialty: General Orthopedics

Kenneth J. Egol, M.D.

Specialty: Trauma Orthopedics

Frank Watkins, M.D.

Specialty: General Orthopedics

Toni Mclauren, M.D.

Specialty: Trauma Orthopedics

Felix P. Parache, RPA-C
Chief Physician Assistant

BREAST SURGERY

Section Chief:  Laura Klein, M.D.

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Section Chief:  Gene R. Matusow, M.D.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Section Chief: Robert Pincus, M.D.

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Section Chief:  William Middlesworth, M.D.

PLASTIC SURGERY

Section Chief:  Aloysious Smith, M.D.

PODIATRY

Section Chief Emilio A. Goez, D.P.M.

Associate Chief

Andrew Campbell, D.P.M.

THORACIC SURGERY

Section Chief:  Nasser Altorki, M.D.

UROLOGICAL SURGERY

Section Chief:  David Schwalb, M.D.