Dr. Thomas Abbruzzese

  • Program Director

Cristiano Alpendre, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Completed MIS Fellowship
  • Medical School: Federal University of Parana in Curitiba-Brazil
  • Residency: Wayne State University
  • MIS Fellowship: Wayne State University

Henry Chang, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Pediatric Surgery
  • Board Certified in Surgical Critical Care
  • Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • Fellowships: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and Surgical Research Laboratories Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Keyur Chavda, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Completed Bariatric and MIS Fellowship
  • Medical School: B. J. Medical College in Ahmedabad, India
  • Residency: Gutrie Robert Packer Hospital
  • Bariatric and MIS Fellowship: University of Florida, Jacksonville

Francisco Itriago, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Completed a Minimally Invasive Colorectal Fellowship
  • Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela, School of Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • MIS and Colorectal Fellowship: Colorectal Clinic of Orlando

Stephen Jones, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Completed an Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Fellowship
  • Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Residency: Northside Medical Center/Western Reserve Health Education
  • Advanced GI Surgery Fellowship: The Valley Hospital/Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jeffrey Mino, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Medical School: Rutgers University
  • Residency: Cleveland Clinic of Ohio
  • MIS and Colorectal Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic of Ohio

Vijay Narasimha, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Vascular Surgery
  • Board Certified in Preventive Medicine – Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Medical School: M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga, India
  • Residency: Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
  • Vascular Fellowship: Robert Packer Hospital

In Soon Park, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Medical School: UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital

Richard Picciocca, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • Medical School: Downstate medical College
  • Residency: Albany medical Center
  • Thoracic Fellowship: Wake Forest University

Drew Rideout, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Pediatric Surgery
  • Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of South Florida
  • Pediatric Surgery Fellowship: Emory University

Michael Siegman, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • Medical School: Brown University Program in medicine
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Cardiothoracic Fellowship: Texas Heart Institute

Juan Socas, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Board Certified in Plastic Surgery
  • Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Medicine
  • Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Plastic Surgery Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine

Donovan Tapper, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • Residency: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
  • MIS and Advanced GI Surgery Fellowship: University of South Florida

Darshan Thakkar, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery
  • Medical School: Baroda Medical College, Baroda, India
  • Residency: MUSC, Charleston; and UMDNJ/Cooper University Medical Center

Keith Thatch, MD

  • Board Certified in Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care
  • Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Residency: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Chief Residency: Georgetown University Hospital
  • Fellowships: Michigan University Hospital, C. S. Mott Children’s
  • Hospital (Peds Surg Critical Care); St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (Peds Surg)
  • Vascular Fellowship: Robert Packer Hospital

Dr. Miguel Rivera

  • ENT Surgeon

Dr. Hester Shie

  • Pediatric Surgeon

Dr. Rosebel Monteiro