Danbury Hospital General Surgery Residency Program Faculty
Program Leadership
Ramanathan Seshadri, M.D.
Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, and Surgical Oncology
Krishan Patel, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery
Susana Vargas-Pinto, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Bariatric/Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Netanel Alper, M.D.
Bariatric and Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Craig Floch, M.D.
Bariatric and Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Royd Fukumoto, M.D.
Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Sameer Kaiser, M.D.
Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery
Sub-I MS 4 Clerkship Director
Jeraldine Orlina, M.D.
Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Kirstin Pilchard, M.D.
Breast Surgery, General Surgery
Breast Surgery
Carinne Anderson, M.D.
Breast Surgery, Breast Surgical Oncology
Kirstin Pilchard, M.D.
Breast Surgery, General Surgery
Christina Wolchok, D.O.
Breast Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
Richard Kaplon, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Kenneth R. Hassler, D.O.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Stuart Bussell, M.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Marc Casasanta, M.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Xiang (Eric) Dong, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, and Surgical Oncology
Daniel Labow, M.D.
Surgical Oncology
Network Chairman of Surgery
Ramanathan Seshadri, M.D.
Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, and Surgical Oncology
Susana Vargas-Pinto, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Thoracic Surgery
Mohir Hedeshian, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Lewis Jr., M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Constantine M. Poulos, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
Simon Eiref, M.D.
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery
Michael Nicoara, D.O.
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery
Krishan Patel, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery
Heath Walden, M.D.
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery
Chief of Acute Care Surgery
Vice Chair of Surgery
Patrick Zimmerman, D.O.
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery
MS3 Clerkship Director
Vascular Surgery
Alan Dietzek, M.D.
Vascular Surgery
Kathleen Maxfield, M.D.
Vascular Surgery
Dahlia Plummer, M.D.
Vascular Surgery