General Surgery Residency Faculty

The faculty of the department of surgery includes general surgeons and surgical specialists. Each division of the department is under the direction of the chair, Michael Pasquale, MD.


Michael D. Pasquale, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery 


Daniel Relles, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Vice Chair, Educational Affairs


Arjumand Ali, MD
General Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency


Jason Weinberger, DO
Critical Care Medicine, Trauma Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Division of Burn Surgery

Daniel D. Lozano, MD, MBA

Chief, Department of Surgery- Division of Burn
Burn Surgery

Hamed Amani, MD

Burn Surgery

Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein, MD

Burn Surgery
Burn Recovery and Wound Care

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Richard S. Chang, MD

Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery (Lung Surgery)
Thoracic Surgical Oncology (Lung Cancer Surgery)

Sanjay M. Mehta, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Timothy S. Misselbeck, MD

Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ahmed R. Nassar, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jeffrey S. Veluz, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Heart Surgery

James K. Wu, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Linda L. Lapos, MD

Chief, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery

David S. Bub, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Kristen L. Halm, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

John S. Park, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Mikhail I. Rakhmanine, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

William Sangster, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery
General Surgery

Division of General and Bariatric Surgery

T. Daniel Harrison, DO

General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)
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Scott W. Beman, MD

General Surgery
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Richard C. Boorse, MD

Chief, Division of General Surgery
General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)
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Paul B. Cesanek, MD

General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)
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David B. Grossman, MD

General Surgery
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Division of General Surgery - LVH–Muhlenberg

Arjumand Ali, MD

General Surgery
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Thomas A. Diven, MD

General Surgery
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Guillermo Garcia, MD

General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)
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Mark J. Nicolau, MD

General Surgery
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Division of Pediatric Surgery

Marybeth Browne, MD, MS

Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery
General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
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Sarah A. Jones Sapienza, MD

General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
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Daniel M. Relles, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Education
General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Randolph Wojcik, MD

Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery

Wellington J. Davis, MD

Chief, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Marshall G. Miles, DO

Associate Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery

Nathan F. Miller, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic Hand Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Robert Murphy Jr

Robert
X.
Murphy
Jr., MD, MS, FACS, CPE

Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, Lehigh Valley Health Network; President and Chief Executive Officer, Populytics

Sean J. Wallace, MD, MS

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

Heiwon Chung Whang, MD

Chief, Section of Surgical Oncology
Surgical Oncology

Lori A. Alfonse, DO

Deputy Physician in Chief, Cancer Institute
Surgical Oncology

Aaron U. Blackham, MD

Surgical Oncology

Jeffrey T. Brodsky, MD

Surgical Oncology

Division of Transplant Surgery

Michael J. Moritz, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Surgery- Operations and Clinical Affairs
General Surgery
Transplant Surgery

Christine W. Du, MD

General Surgery
Transplant Surgery

Patty T. Liu, MD

General Surgery
Transplant Surgery

Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care

Mark D. Cipolle, MD, PhD, MS

Chief, Division of Trauma-Surgical Critical Care
Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

Robert D. Barraco, MD, MPH

Chief Academic Officer
Trauma Surgery

Michael S. Farrell, MD, MS

Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

E. James Frick, MD

Trauma Surgery

Jeffrey A. Glaser, MD, MS

Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

Timothy J. Harrison, DO, MS

Trauma Surgery

John J. Hong, MD

Chief, Section of Wound Management
Trauma Surgery

Jayme D. Lieberman, MD, MBA

Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, LVH-Hazleton
Trauma Surgery

Matthew D. Painter, MD

General Surgery

Rovinder S. Sandhu, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Quality and Patient Safety
Trauma Surgery

Jason M. Weinberger, DO

Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

Division of Vascular Surgery

Benjamin M. Jackson, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Heart Institute
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Mila H. Ju, MD, MS

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Mazen A. Roshdy, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

John F. Welkie, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Reach out.

If you have questions or would like to learn more about our General Surgery Residency Program, contact our Program Coordinator Wendy Hess at 610-402-7868 or via email below.

Wendy.Hess@lvhn.org

We’d like to hear from you.

You may also get information about the residency by contacting our Program Manager Kaitlyn Soranno at 610-402-1764 or via email below.

Kaitlyn.Soranno@lvhn.org