Faculty of the General Surgery Residency Program

Learn more about the faculty at Morristown Medical Center's General Surgery Residency Program:

Bariatrics

Aram Jawed, MD

Colin Creange, MD
Medical Education: UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School
Residency: NYU Langone Medical Center
Fellowship: Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center

Ashish Padnani, MD

Ashish Padnani, MD
Medical Education: SMT GS Medical College
Residency: New York Presbyterian Queens
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Saint Luke's Roosevelt Hospital

Ashish Padnani, MD

Saurabh Sharma, MD
Medical Education: Maulana Azad Medical College
Residency: New York Presbyterian Queens
Fellowship: Mount Sinai St. Lukes-Mount Sinai West

Breast Surgery

Faculty who specialize in breast surgery include:

William Diehl, MD

William Diehl, MD
Medical Education: Anahuac University

Marcella Fornari, MD

Marcella Fornari, MD
Medical Education: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Hackensack University Medical Center
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center 

Leah Gendler, MD

Leah Gendler, MD
Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center 
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center

Faith Goldman, MD

Faith Goldman, MD
Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Priya Jajeda, MD

Priya Jadeja, MD
Medical Education: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center

Colorectal

Patricia Stopper, APN

Varun Krishnan, MD 
Board Certification:  Surgery 
Specialties: General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery 
Medical Education: Northwestern University Medical School 
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital 
Fellowship: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 

Rolando Rolandelli, MD

Rolando Rolandelli, MD
Medical Education: University of Buenos Aires
Residency: Graduate Hospital
Fellowship: Temple University Hospital

Patricia Stopper, APN

Patricia Stopper, APN
Medical Education: William Paterson University

Patricia Stopper, APN

Julia Tolentino, MD 
Board Certification:  Surgery 
Specialties: General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery 
Medical Education: Temple University Medical School 
Residency: Saint Luke's Health and Hospital Network 
Fellowship: Saint Mark's Hospital 

General Surgery

Faculty who specialize in general surgery include:

Carey Dolgin, MD

Carey Dolgin, MD
Medical Education: Northwestern University

Samuel Echeverri, MD

Samuel Echeverri, MD
Medical Education: UMDNJ
Residency: Morristown Medical Center

Kennedy Gabre, MD

Kennedy Gabre, MD
Medical Education: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Morristown Medical Center
Fellowship: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Kory Heiken, MD

Kory Heiken, MD
Medical Education: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Morristown Medical Center

Juan J. Lujan, MD

Juan J. Lujan, MD
Medical Education:Instituto Superior Ciencias Medicas

Michael Hernando, MD

Michael Hernando, MD
Medical Education: Autonomous University of Guadalajara
Residency: Morristown Medical Center

Jeffrey Noll, MD

Jeffrey Noll, MD
Medical Education: UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Morristown Medical Center

Michael Most, MD

Michael Most, MD
Medical Education: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center

Shawn (Yun Hsiang) Wang 
Medical Education: Beijing Medical University
Residency: Morristown Medical Center

Pediatrics

Faculty who specialize in pediatric surgery include:

Juan J. Lujan, MD

Nicholas Saenz, MD 
Medical Education:New England Deaconess-Harvard Surgical Service
Residency: New England Deaconess-Harvard Surgical Service
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital

Erica Gross, MD

Erica Rachel Gross, MD
Medical Education: Hershey Medical Center of Penn State University
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowships: University of Colorado Medical Center, Babies and Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Jennifer Murphy, MD

Jennifer Murphy, MD
Medical Education: Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Plastics

Joseph Fodero, MD

Joseph Fodero, MD
Medical Education: Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan Hospitals

Hakan Kutlu, MD

Hakan Kutlu, MD
Medical Education: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dan Pyo, MD

Dan Pyo, MD
Medical Education: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital

Isaac Starker, MD

Isaac Starker, MD
Medical Education: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Fellowship: Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Surgical Oncology

Faculty who specialize in surgical oncology include:

Zubin Bamboat, MD

Zubin Bamboat, MD
Medical Education: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Kai Bickenbach, MD, FACS

Kai Bickenbach, MD, FACS
Medical Education: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Lawrence Harrison, MD

Lawrence Harrison, MD, FACS
Medical Education: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Irene Rossmer, MD

Irene E. Rossmer, MD, FACS
Medical Education: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Lee Starker, MD

Lee Starker, MD, PhD
Medical Education: Ross University School of Medicine; Uppsala University
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center  

Eric Whitman, MD, FACS

Eric Whitman, MD, FACS
Medical Education: Pennsylvania State University
Residency: Pennsylvania State University – Hershey Medical Center
Fellowship: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Rosemary Smith, APN

Rosemary Smith, APN
Medical Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Thoracic

Faculty who specialize in thoracic surgery include:

Federico Steiner, MD

Federico Steiner, MD
Medical Education: New York University, New York University School of Medicine
Residency: New York University
Research Fellowships: National Institutes of Health, New York University

Mark Widmann, MD

Mark Widmann, MD
Medical Education: Duke University, Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Research Fellowships: Yale University, University of Iowa 

Trauma/SICU

Faculty who specialize in trauma include:

John Adams, MD

John Adams, MD
Medical Education: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Fellowship: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Jaroslaw Bilaniuk, MD

Jaroslaw Bilaniuk, MD
Medical Education: SUNY Stony Brook
Residency: SUNY Downstate University Hospital
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate University Hospital

David Cho, MD

David Cho, MD
Medical Education: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Residency: Westchester Medical Center
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center

Terrence Curran, MD

Terrance Curran, MD
Medical Education: UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Louis Defazio, MD

Louis DiFazio, MD
Medical Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital

Priya Jajeda, MD

Chrystal Lynn Disant, APN
Medical Education: Drexel University College of Medicine

Cathryn C. Pocoroba, PA

Gary Lombardo, MD
Medical Education: Ross University School of Medicine
Internship/Residency: St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Vascular

Faculty who specialize in vascular surgery include:

Kevin James, MD

Kevin James, MD
Medical Education: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Morristown Medical Center
Fellowship: Good Samaritan Medical Center

Tom Lee, MD

Thomas Lee, MD
Medical Education: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: New York University Medical Center
Fellowship: New York Hospital Westchester Division

Jonathan Levison, MD

Jonathan Levison, MD
Medical Education: Chicago Medical School University of Health Sciences
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Michael Ombrellino, MD

Michael Ombrellino, MD
Medical Education: University of Bologna
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset

Amoit Patel, MD

Amit Patel, MD
Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Neil Poulsen, MD

Neil Poulsen, MD
Medical Education: Saint Georges University School of Medicine
Residency: Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Fellowship: Carolinas Medical Center

Michael Resnikoff, MD

Michael Resnikoff, MD
Medical Education: New York Medical College
Residency: Morristown Medical Center
Fellowship: Albany Medical Center

Combiz Rezayat, MD

Combiz Rezayat, MD
Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medical Center

Omer Riaz, MD

Omer Riaz, MD
Medical Education: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Laura Pesce, APN

Kunal Vani, DO
Medical Education: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency/Internship: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Fellowship: Pennsylvania Hospital

Laura Pesce, APN

Brian Daniel Wernick, MD
Medical Education: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency/Internship: Saint Luke's University Health Network
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Laura Pesce, APN

Laura Pesce, APN
Medical Education: Castleton State College