Education:

Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 1992 (MD)

Training:

Fellow in Hepatobiliary Surgery, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse Villejuif, France, 1999-2001

Fellow in Laparoscopic Surgery, Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, White Plains, NY, 1998-1999

Resident in General Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons New York, NY, 1992-1998

Certification:

American Board of Surgery Diplomate (2000, 2007)

National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomate (1993)

New York State Medical License

New Jersey State Medical License

Academic Appointments:

Core Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, 10/17/17- present

Associate Professor of Surgery, St. George's University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, True Blue, Grenada, 4/1/15- present

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,
2010- present

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, 2002- present

Post-Graduate Residency Fellow, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1992-1998

Honors/Awards:

Patients´ Choice Compassionate Doctor Award (Vitals), 2014

Patients´ Choice Award (Vitals), 2013

Member, Compagnons Hépatobiliaires (Hepatobiliary Fellowship Society of Professor Henri Bismuth, Distinguished Surgeon and Teacher), 2012

First Place for Original Research, “Laparoscopic versus Open Liver Resection: A Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Outcome” Jersey Shore University Medical Center Research Day, Neptune NJ, 11 June 2013

Honorable Mention, Original Faculty Research (Highest Impact Factor Journal) “Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy is the Preferred Approach in Cirrhosis: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study” Jersey Shore University Medical Center Research Day, Neptune NJ, 11 June 2013

Blakemore Award for Excellence in Surgical Research, Columbia University College of P&S, 1998

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Alpha Chapter of Pennsylvania, 1991