General Surgery Residents
The Surgical Residency Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is fully approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. There are 5 categorical positions per year as well as 6 preliminary PGY-1 residents. The Department of Surgery employs a number of very experienced physician's assistants who assist in the management of the inpatients.
Residents obtain rich, and varied clinical experiences. They benefit from a fully structured didactic program to which the faculty devotes considerable effort. There are many opportunities for clinical research within the institution. Residents are fully trained in all aspects of general surgery and also enjoy full, undiluted exposure to all the major surgical specialties. They are exposed to a large volume of complex cases. Clinical material in the subspecialties is entirely the purview of the general surgical residents.
Surgical residents trained at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens typically develop broad experience in the treatment of the full range of clinical problems. A wealth of general surgical material ensures that each graduate will have established proficiency in the major areas of general surgical endeavor, and the absence of sub-specialty fellows in the institution allows for extensive resident exposure to surgical procedures within the various specialty areas.
Surgery Chief Residents
Amory de Roulet, MD, MPH
Medical School
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Hometown
Syosset, NY
Post-graduate Plan: Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Alexandra Halevi, MD
Medical School
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hometown
Boulder, CO
Post-graduate Plan: Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Dana Ferrari-Light, DO
Medical School
A.T. Still University School of osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Hometown
Lake Orion, MI
Post-graduate Plan: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Adora Santos, DO
Medical School
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown
Hewlett, NY
Post-graduate Plan: Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Teagan Thorson, DO
Medical School
Kansas City University — Medicine
Hometown
Seattle, WA
Post-graduate Plan: Breast Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Arturo Torices Dardon, MD
Medical School
Universidad Anahuc
Hometown
Mexico City, Mexico
Post-graduate Plan: Minimally Invasive Surgery (Open my own practice in Mexico)
Work Email: [email protected]
PGY-4
Abdulaziz Khaled Alkattan, MD
Medical School
Alfaisal University College of Medicine
Hometown
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Post-graduate Plan: Bariatric MIS Fellowship
Work Email: [email protected]
Ingrid Schmiederer, MD
Medical School
Drexel University College of Medicine
Hometown
Yardley, PA
Post-graduate Plan: MIS/Bariatric
Work Email: [email protected]
Eric Zimmermann, MD
Medical School
University of Tennessee
Hometown
Murfreesboro, TN
Post-graduate Plan: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Global Health Work
Work Email: [email protected]
PGY-3
Claire Eden, MD
Medical School
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hometown
New York, NY
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Christine Kang, MD
Medical School
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
Post-graduate Plan: Plastic Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Christopher Hazzard, MD
Medical School
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hometown
Portland
Post-graduate Plan: Thoracic Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Nakia Josephine Sarad, DO
Medical School
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown Campus
Hometown
Yorba Linda, CA
Post-graduate Plan: Vascular Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Deanna Marie Plewa, DO
Medical School
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown
Dyersburg, TN
Post-graduate Plan: Fellowship
Work Email: [email protected]
Sagar Patel, MD
Medical School
University of Central Florida
Hometown
Florence, SC
Post-graduate Plan: Vascular Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Daniel Peyser, MD
Medical School
Albany Medical College
Hometown
Flushing, NY
Post-graduate Plan: Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Work Email: [email protected]
PGY-2
Julie Hong, MD
Medical School
Stony Brook School of Medicine
Hometown
Flushing, NY
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Angelina Kim, MD
Medical School
University of Illinois
Hometown
Buffalo Grove, IL
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Veronica Layrisse Landaeta, MD
Medical School
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Hometown
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Post-graduate Plan: Trauma Surgery Fellowship
Work Email: [email protected]
Agnieszka Zak, DO
Medical School
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown
Berlin, CT
Post-graduate Plan: Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Work Email: [email protected]
Charles Zhang, MD
Medical School
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Hometown
Palo Alto, CA
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
PGY-1
Victoria Yuan, MD
Medical School
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Gabriela Dincheva, DO
Medical School
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown
Sofia, Bulgaria
Post-graduate Plan: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Work Email: [email protected]
Phillip Wooyeon Hwang, MD
Medical School
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Hometown
Port Washington, New York
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
William Davis, MD
Medical School
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Hometown
Paulsboro, NJ
Post-graduate Plan: most likely Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery fellowship, maybe MIS
Work Email: [email protected]
Ananias Motta Burgos, MD
Medical School
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Hometown
Corozal, Puerto Rico
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Andrew Geng, MD
Medical School
Northwestern
Hometown
Portland
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Gurbani Suri, MD
Medical School
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Hometown
Tenafly, NJ
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Omar Font-Torres, MD
Medical School
University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine
Hometown
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Lola Castro Gil, MD
Medical School
University of Illinois at Chicago
Hometown
Miami, Fl
Post-graduate Plan: Save the world!
Work Email: [email protected]
Royce Brown, MD
Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine
Hometown
Royersford, PA
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Residents on Research
Vina Chhaya, MD
Medical School
Chicago Medical School at RFUMS
Hometown
Villa Park, IL
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Leslie Kim, MD
Medical School
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Hometown
Honolulu, HI
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Nicholas Jonas, MD
Medical School
Tufts
Hometown
East Bethel, MN
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]
Alison Ricardo, MD
Medical School
Hofstra/Northwell
Hometown
Westfield, NJ
Post-graduate Plan: Undecided
Work Email: [email protected]