Course Directors

Mark A. Hardy, MD, FACS
Course Co-Director
Auchincloss Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery,
Columbia University,
College of Physicians
and Surgeons

Warren D. Widmann, MD, FACS
Course Co-Director
Associate Clinical
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery,
Columbia University,
College of Physicians
and Surgeons

Featuring Faculty from
Columbia University
College of Physicians
and Surgeons

Michael Argenziano, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive and
Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Tracey D. Arnell, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair, Medical Education
Program Director,
Surgical Residency

Marc Bessler, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Director, Center for Metabolic
and Weight Loss Surgery
Director of Minimal Access Surgery

Aaron H. Chevinsky, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
of Surgery New Jersey;
Medical School Chief,
Surgical Oncology; Co-Director,
Carol G. Simon Cancer Center, Morristown Memorial Hospital

David Jonathan Cohen, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director
Renal Transplantation

John M. Cosgrove, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,Chair, Department of Surgery, Bronx Lebanon Hospital

Saundra Curry, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

Rajeev Dayal, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Surgery
Director, Carotid Stenting

David L. Diuguid, MD
Associate Professor of
Clinical Medicine;
Associate Professor
of Clinical Pathology
Head, Hematology

Mahmoud El-Tamer, MD
Associate Professor
of Clinical Surgery
Medical Director, Breast Center
NYPH Palisades Affiliate

Daniel Feingold, MD
Assistant Professor,
Director of Clinical Trials,
Section of Colorectal Surgery,
Reviewer, Diseases of the Colon
and Rectum, Consultant, Covidien

Sreedhar Gaddipati, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Director, Critical Care Obstetrics

Michael J. Goldstein, MD
Surgical Director,
Pediatric Abdominal Transplantation
Columbia University Medical Center
Medical Director, New York Organ
Donor Network

Faculty Continued

Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
of Surgery, Director, Minimal
Access Thoracic Surgery

Robert T. Grant, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery;
Chief, Plastic Surgery,
Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program,
Columbia and Cornell

Mark A. Hardy, MD, FACS
Auchincloss Professor of Surgery,
Director Emeritus,
Transplantation Program

Brian Jacob, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center,
Director, Baricenter Laparoscopic
Surgical Center of NY

Jack Knightly, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery,
Morristown Memorial Hospital;
Vice-Chair, Atlantic
Neuroscience Institute

James M. McKiernan, MD
John and Ireene Given
Assistant Professor Urology,
Chairman of the Herbert Irving
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Research Committee

James F. McKinsey, MD
Associate Professor of
Clinical Surgery;
Interim Chief, Bi-Campus
Division of Vascular Surgery,
Columbia and Cornell

Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Clinical Trials,
Vascular Surgery

Roman Nowygrod, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Vein Disorder Center

Mario Romagnoli, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Medicine

Beth A. Schrope, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Course Instructor in Ultrasound
American College of Surgeons

Craig R. Smith, MD
Calvin F. Barber
Professor of Surgery
Interim Chairman,
Department of Surgery;
Chief, Division of
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Paul M. Starker, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery;
Chief, Surgery, Overlook Hospital

Robert J. Strauch, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical
Orthopaedic Surgery

Steven Stylianos, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Florida International University College of Medicine, Miami, FL
Voluntary Associate Professor of Surgery University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Mark D. Widmann, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery;
Chief Thoracic Oncology;
Carol Simon Cancer Center,
Atlantic Health System

Warren D. Widmann, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Department of Surgery
Staten Island University Hospital

Michael E. Zenilman, MD, FACS
Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center