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