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 Pasquale, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery 


Daniel Relles, MD
General Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency 


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


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

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

Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Chief of Quality
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, Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

David S. Bub, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Kristen L. Halm, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Michael S. Johns, DO

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)

Scott W. Beman, MD

General Surgery

Richard C. Boorse, MD

Chief, Division of General Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence
General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

Paul B. Cesanek, MD

General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

David B. Grossman, MD

General Surgery

Division of General Surgery – LVH–Muhlenberg

Arjumand Ali, MD

General Surgery

Thomas A. Diven, MD

General Surgery

Guillermo Garcia, MD

Associate Chief, Division of General Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence
General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

Mark J. Nicolau, MD

General Surgery

Tina T. Thomas, MD

General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Marybeth Browne, MD, MS

Vice Chair, Pediatric Surgical Specialties, Institute for Surgical Excellence, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgical Specialties, Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery
General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery

Daniel M. Relles, MD

General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Deepak R. Bharadia, MD, MPH, MPH

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Randolph Wojcik, MD

Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery

Wellington J. Davis, MD

Chief, Section of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence
Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Lino F. Miele, MD, MS

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery
Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Marshall G. Miles, DO

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

Nathan F. Miller, MD

Associate Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence
Hand Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive 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

Lee Mayer Ocuin, MD

Surgical Oncology

Luke J. Rodriguez, MD

General Surgery
Surgical Oncology

Division of Transplant Surgery

Brian J. Chen, MD

General Surgery
Transplant Surgery

George Rofaiel, MD

Chief, Section of Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence
General Surgery
Transplant Surgery

Shahid M. Malik, MD

Transplant Hepatology

Ashraf I. Reyad, MD

General Surgery
Transplant Surgery

Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care

Mark D. Cipolle, MD, MS, PhD

Vice Chair, Education and Research, Institute for Surgical Excellence, Chief, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence, Chief, Section of Trauma Research, Institute for Surgical Excellence
Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

Robert D. Barraco, MD, MPH

Chief Academic Officer, Chief, Section of Geriatric Trauma, Institute for Surgical Excellence
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

Abigail P. Gotsch, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

Timothy J. Harrison, DO, MS

Trauma Surgery

Jayme D. Lieberman, MD, MBA

Vice Chair, LVH-Hazleton and LVH-Carbon, Institute for Surgical Excellence
Trauma Surgery

Michael Mazzei, MD, MPH, MS

Trauma Surgery
General Surgery

Ahsan M. Merchant, DO

General Surgery
Trauma Surgery

Rovinder S. Sandhu, MD

President-Elect, LVHN Medical Staff, Deputy Physician in Chief, Quality and Patient Safety, Institute for Surgical Excellence
Trauma Surgery

Jason M. Weinberger, DO

Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgery

Division of Vascular Surgery

Marissa Famularo, DO

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Benjamin M. Jackson, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Mila H. Ju, MD, MS

Division of Vascular Surgery, Chief of Quality
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Mazen A. Roshdy, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Eric K. Shang, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

John F. Welkie, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Eric P. Wilson, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Reach out

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

Wendy.Hess@jefferson.edu

We’d like to hear from you

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

Kaitlyn.Toro@jefferson.edu