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Meet Our Team

Robert E. Michler, MD
		Surgeon-in-Chief Samuel I. Belkin Chair Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 718-920-2400

GENERAL SURGERY

Peter Shamamian, MD
		Chief, Division of General Surgery Director, Pancreas and Upper GI Surgery Upper GI, Pancreas and Colorectal Surgery 718-920-4800

Arnold Berlin, MD
		Associate Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery 718-920-4800

Diego Camacho, MD
		Director, Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic General Surgery Site Director, Weiler Division, Bariatric Surgery Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800

David Hughes, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery 718-920-4059

David Lee, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery 718-405-8240

Katia Papalezova, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Melanoma Sarcoma 718-920-4800

Pratt Vemulapalli, MD
		Director, Bariatric Surgery Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800

Tyr Wilbanks, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery 718-920-9522
GENERAL SURGERY: BARIATRIC

Diego Camacho, MD
		Director, Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic General Surgery Site Director, Bariatric Surgery, Weiler Division Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800

Pratt Vemulapalli, MD
		Director, Bariatric Surgery Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800

Anirban Gupta, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800

Jenny Choi, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800
GENERAL SURGERY: COLORECTAL

Peter Shamamian, MD
		Chief, Division of General Surgery Director, Pancreas and Upper GI Surgery Upper GI, Pancreas, and Colorectal Surgery

Arnold Berlin, MD
		Associate Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery 718-920-4800

Alexis Grucela, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery 718-920-4800

Rebecca Levine, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery 718-405-8240
GENERAL SURGERY: ENDOCRINE

Steven Libutti, MD
		Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery Director, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care Professor, Department of Surgery Professor, Department of Genetics Endocrine Surgery, Surgical Oncology 718-862-8840

David Hughes, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery 718-920-4059
GENERAL SURGERY: MELANOMA/SARCOMA

Katia Papalezova, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery General Surgery, Melanoma Sarcoma 718-920-4800
GENERAL SURGERY: SURGICAL HOSPITALISTS

Prashanth Sreeramoju, MD
		917-729-0282 (pager)

Amalanshu Jha, MD
		917-218-4537(pager)

Emmanuel Agaba, MD
		718-920-4800

Sergio Baerga, MD
		718-920-4800
GENERAL SURGERY: UPPER GI AND PANCREAS

Peter Shamamian, MD
		Chief, Division of General Surgery Director, Pancreas and Upper GI Surgery Upper GI, Pancreas, and Colorectal Surgery 718-920-4800

Sarah Bellemare, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Upper GI, Pancreas and Transplant Surgery 888-795-4837

Diego Camacho, MD
		Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Director, Bariatric Surgery Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery 718-920-4800

Timothy Kennedy, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Upper GI, Pancreas and Minimally Invasive Surgery 718-405-8240
BREAST SURGERY

Leslie Montgomery, MD
		Chief, Division of Breast Surgery Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Department of Surgery Breast Surgery, Breast Cancer 718-862-8846

Lisa Wiechmann, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Breast Surgery, Breast Cancer 718-862-8845
PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Dominique Jan, MD
		Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Director, Pediatric Transplantation Professor, Department of Surgery Pediatric Surgery, Transplant Surgery 718-920-7200

Gerard Weinberg, MD
		Professor, Department of Surgery Professor, Department of Pediatrics Pediatric Surgery 718-920-7200

Steven Borenstein, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Pediatric Surgery 718-920-7200

Mindy Statter, MD
		Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Pediatric Surgery 718-920-7200

Elizabeth Renaud, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Pediatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery 718-920-7200
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Joseph Shin, MD
		Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial Surgery 718-405-8444

Teresa Benacquista, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Plastic Surgery, Breast Reconstructive Surgery 718-405-8444

Evan Garfein, MD
		Instructor, Department of Surgery Instructor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Plastic Surgery, Head, Neck and Breast Reconstructive Surgery 718-405-8444

Zachary Farris, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Plastic Surgery 718-405-8444

Oren Tepper, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Plastic Surgery 718-405-8444
TRANSPLANT SURGERY

Milan Kinkhabwala, MD
		Chief, Division of Tranplant Surgery Director, Abdominal Organ Transplantation Surgical Director, Renal Transplant Program Professor, Department of Surgery Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery 888-795-4837

Javier Chapochnick Friedmann, MD
		Director, Pancreas Transplant Program Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Transplant Surgery 877-287-3536

Sarah Bellemare, MD
		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Upper GI, Pancreas and Transplant Surgery 888-795-4837

Stuart Greenstein, MD
		Director, Angioaccess Surgery Professor, Department of Surgery Transplant Surgery 877-287-3536

Liise Kayler, MD
		Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation Program Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Transplant Surgery 877-287-3536