Dr. Sanda Tan, FACS, FASCRS
Program Director
Dr Tan has over a decade of experience in graduate and undergraduate medical education. She served on the faculty at the University of Florida General Surgery Residency Program before joining HCA Florida West Hospital as Program Director in June 2021. Dr. Tan received her M.D. and completed her General Surgery Residency at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Soon after, Dr. Tan went on completed her Colon and Rectal Surgery fellowship at the Brown University in Providence, RI.
Jeffrey B. Comitalo, MD
Dr. Comitalo earned his medical degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and completed his residency training in General Surgery at The Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was also named Chief Resident. While finishing his residency, Dr. Comitalo served as Clinical Instructor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Patrick F. Dial, MD
Dr. Dial earned his medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans and completed his surgical residency at Charity Hospital, Louisiana State University and his General Surgery Fellowship and Clinical Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Boston. He later served as Chief Resident, General Surgery, at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
Dr. John Hahn, MD
Dr. Hahn is a board-certified general surgeon caring for patients in Pensacola, Florida and the surrounding communities. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and served at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. After he completed his military service, he attended the University of West Florida where he majored in Molecular Biology. He then went on to earn his Medical Degree from the Florida State University College of Medicine, and completed his General Surgery residency training at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. He is trained in General Surgery and Acute Care & Emergency Surgery.
Dr. Jon Moore, MD
Jon M. Moore, M.D., is board-certified General Surgeon caring for patients in Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Moore earned his medical degree and graduated with honors from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City. He completed a General Surgery Residency at Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, in 2001, followed by a Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at the Biloxi VA Medical Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. He joined the U.S. Air Force and earned the rank of Major as a surgeon at Eglin AFB, Florida. After completing his military service, Dr. Moore joined West Florida General Surgery in 2010.
Dr. Shonak B. Patel, MD, FACS
Dr. Patel graduate cum laude from Mercer University in Macon Georgia in 2002 with a B.A in Philosophy and a minor in Biology and Chemistry. He earned a doctorate of medicine from Ross University School of Medicine in 2006. In 2011, Dr. Patel concluded his general surgery residency and his vascular surgery fellowship in 2013. He is board certified in both general and vascular surgery.
Dr. Amit Sharma, MD
Amit Sharma, MD, FACS, FASCRS earned his medical degree from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Nepal and completed his residency training in General Surgery at Tribhuvan University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Sharma received a Colorectal Fellowship from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ. Certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Dr. Sharma has published relating to the specialty of colorectal surgery. After completing his post-graduate training, Dr. Sharma joined a practice at a UPMC hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania until relocating to the Pensacola area.