Surgery Residency Faculty

James Nitzkorski, MD, FACS, FSSO
Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Dr. James Nitzkorski serves as the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program.  He is an attending Surgical Oncologist specializing in Gastrointestinal Cancer, Melanoma, complex and rare tumors.  Dr. Nitzkorski is the co-chair of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Management Team (DMT) across Nuvance Health.  Dr. Nitzkorski is a passionately dedicated to outstanding clinical care, research, and education.  Dr. Nitzkorski has served as the principal investigator for several cooperative group trials at Vassar Brothers, and is a researcher in the areas of GI malignancies and malignant melanoma.

Dr. Nitzkorski was raised in the Hudson Valley.  He earned his medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.  He completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia and has been on staff at Vassar Brothers Medical Center since 2011.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Pranat Kumar, MD
Associate Program Director
General Surgery
Colorectal Surgery

Ryan Swan, MD
Associate Program Director
Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Elvita Genelus-Dominique, MD
Core Faculty
Trauma Surgery

Michael Minarich, MD
Core Faculty
Surgical Oncology

Daniel Labow, MD
Surgical Oncology
System Chair of Surgical Services

John Choi, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
General Surgery
Colorectal Surgery

Fausto Vinces, DO
Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

Susan K. Boolbol, MD
Chief, Breast Surgery

Andreas Spirig, MD
Chief, Vascular Surgery

Byron Patton MD
Chief, Thoracic Surgery

Haitham Al Shetawi, MD, DMD
Head and Neck Surgery
Reconstructive Surgery

Carrine W. Anderson, MD
Breast Surgery

Claudia Lago MD
Breast Surgery

Lisa D. Curcio, MD
Breast Surgery

Sarah S Sims, MD
Endocrine Surgery

Lee Farber, DO
General Surgery

LK Lau MD
Colorectal Surgery

Sanjay Thomas, MD
General Surgery
Program Director, Transitional Year Residency

Erion Qaja, DO
Vascular Surgery

Mohamed Y. Elsagga, DO
Vascular Surgery

Sean Lee, DO
Trauma Surgery
Medical Student Clerkship Director

Mitchell Gorman DO
Trauma Surgery

Erika Flashburg DO DO
Trauma Surgery

Setu Dalal, MD
Trauma Surgery
Surgical Critical Care

Zubair Zoha, MBBS
Trauma Surgery

Huan Huan “Joanne” Sun, MD
Thoracic Surgery

Cleveland Lewis, MD
Thoracic Surgery

Vadim Meytes DO
Trauma Surgery

Northern Dutchess Hospital

Brian Binetti, MD
Bariatric Surgery

Gregory Zale, MD
General Surgery

Shawn Liechty, MD
Bariatric Surgery

Adam Petchers, MD
Bariatric Surgery