General Surgery Residency Program Faculty
- Leadership
- Core Faculty - Outside Rotations
- Breast Surgery [BRRH]
- Cardiac and Vascular Surgery [BRRH]
- Critical Care [BRRH]
- General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, HPB & Surgical Oncology [BRRH]
- General Surgery & Vascular Surgery, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgical Oncology [BHE]
- General and Pediatric Surgery [WBMC]
- Other Specialties [DMC, BRRH, BHE]
- Pediatric Surgery [SMMC, BHE, WBMC]
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery [BRRH]
- Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Program Leadership

Lawrence Lottenberg, M.D., FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Interim Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Clinical Affiliate Professor of Surgery
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, St. Mary's Medical Center

Jessica Buicko, M.D., FACS
Bethesda Health Physician Group, Endocrine and General Surgery

Andrew Ross, M.D.
Interim Associate Program Director

Lawrence H. Brickman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery

Anthony Dardano Jr., D.O., FACS
Site Director, Boca Raton Regional Hospital

Matthew Klein, M.D.
Assistant Director of Surgical Education

Miguel Lopez-Viego, M.D., FACS
Site Director, Bethesda Hospital East

Ronald Stricoff, M.D., FACS, FAARM
Site Director, West Boca Medical Center

George R. Luck, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Mario Rueda, M.D., FACS
Site Director, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Core Faculty - Outside Rotations

Samer Ebaid, M.D.
Head Transplantation Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Rotation Director for Transplant Surgery

Neerja Agrawal, M.D.

Surafel Gebreselassie, M.D.

Antonio Pinna, M.D.

Diego Reino, M.D.

Salwa Rhazouani, M.D.

John Rivas, M.D.

Joshua Shaw, M.D.

Phoenix Vuong, M.D.

Xaralambos Zervos, D.O.

Ian Driscoll, M.D.
Director, UF Health Shands Burn Center, Rotation Director Burn Surgery

Joshua Carson, M.D.

Saleem Islam, M.D.

Mustafa Moiz, M.D.

Larson Shawn, M.D.

Janice Taylor, M.D.
Breast Surgery [BRRH]

Joseph Colletta, M.D.
Surgery Associates of Palm Beach County, Boca Care Director of Breast Surgery Rotation

Kathy Schilling
Medical Director, Imaging and Intervention, Women's Center for Breast Care

Hilton Becker, M.D., FACS, FRCS
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Albert Dabbah, M.D., M.S., FACS

Anthony Dardano, D.O., FACS

Kerry-Ann McDonald, M.D.

Hilary Shapiro-Wright, D.O.
Cardiac and Vascular Surgery [BRRH]

Richard Cartledge, M.D., FACS
Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute

Alexander Kulik, M.D., M.P.H., FRCSC, FACC, FAHA
Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiovascular Surgery

W. Anthony Lee, M.D., FACS
Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute Vascular Surgery, Director of Endovascular Program

John C. Motta, M.D., FACS, RPVI
Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute Vascular Surgery

Eileen de Grandis, M.D.

Ahmad Hamzah, M.D.
Critical Care [BRRH]

Ralf Palumbo, M.D., FCCP
Pulmonary and Sleep Associates of South Florida, Critical Care

Deborah Baum, M.D.

Chad Loutfi, M.D.

Jeremy Breit, M.D.

Heather Kessler-Reyes, M.D.

Andrew Toma, M.D.

Juan Restrepo, M.D.

Barry Davis, M.D.
General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, HPB & Surgical Oncology [BRRH]

Avraham Belizon, M.D., FACS
Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County, Boca Care Minimally Invasive Surgery

Matthew A Klein, M.D., FACS
Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County, Boca Care General Surgery

S. Forrest Dodson, M.D., FACS
Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County, Boca Care Hepatobiliary Surgery and Surgical Oncology

Jordan Moseson, D.O.
Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County, Boca Care, Colon and Rectal Surgery and General Surgery

John Roberts, M.D., M.B.A., FACS
Medical Director of Thoracic Surgery, Boca Raton Regional Hospital

Andrew S. Ross, M.D., FACS, FASCRS
Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County, Boca Care Colon and Rectal Surgery

Jose Yeguez, M.D.
General Surgery & Vascular Surgery, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgical Oncology [BHE]

Ralph Breslaw, M.D., FACS
South Florida Surgical Specialists, General Surgery

Jessica Buicko, M.D., FACS
Interim Program Director
Bethesda Health Physician Group, Endocrine and General Surgery

Aidan Hamm, M.D.
Bethesda Health Physician Group, General and Vascular Surgery

Jesus Jimenez, M.D., FACS
Bethesda Health Physician Group, General and Vascular Surgery

Matthew D’Alessio, M.D., FACS
Surgical Oncology

Mariano M. Faresi, M.D., FACS, FASCRS
General and Colorectal Surgery

Raymond Leveille, M.D.
Director, Bethesda Center for Advanced Robotics and Urologic Care

Miguel Lopez-Viego, M.D., FACS
Site Director Bethesda Hospital East, Bethesda Health Physician Group, General and Vascular Surgery

Todd Parnes, D.O.
Otolaryngology/Headn and Neck Surgery

Reagan Ross, M.D., MPT, RPVI
Bethesda Health Physician Group, General and Vascular Surgery

Eva Styperek Grohman, M.D.
Breast and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
General and Pediatric Surgery [WBMC]

Gary Lehr, M.D., FACS
South Florida Surgical Specialists

Melvyn Karp, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Pediatric Surgery

Randy S. Kimmelman, D.O.
South Florida Surgical Specialists

Camil N. Sader, M.D., FACS
South Florida Surgical Specialists

Ronald Stricoff, M.D., FACS, FAARM
South Florida Surgical Specialists, Site Director, West Boca Medical Center
Other Specialties [DMC, BRRH, BHE]
Urology

Ray Leveille, M.D.

Ari Silverstein, M.D.

David Taub, M.D.

BocaCare Urology

Bethesda Health Physician Group
GI

Rodney Cohen, M.D.

Theodore Duikides, M.D.

Todd Eisner, M.D.

Steven Miller, M.D.

Vito Proscia, M.D.

Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D.

Steven Steinberg, M.D.

Andrew Zwick, M.D.
GYN/Oncology

Fernando Recio, M.D., FACS, FACOG

South Florida Gynecologic Center
Pediatric Surgery [SMMC, BHE, WBMC]

Anne Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
St Mary’s Med. Center, Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Surgery

Melvyn Karp, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Pediatric Surgery

Marshall Stone, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Pediatric Surgery

Avi Schlager, M.D.
Pediatric Surgery
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery [BRRH]

Albert Dabbah, M.D., M.S., FACS
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Andrew Klapper, M.D., FACS
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wound Care Surgery

Hilton Becker, M.D.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Breast Reconstructive Surgery

Anthony Dardano Jr., D.O., FACS
Site Director Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery [SMMC]

Faris Azar, M.D.
Palm Beach Trauma Associates, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care

Robert Borrego, M.D., P.A., FACS
Palm Beach Trauma Associates, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care

Lawrence Lottenberg, M.D., FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Interim Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Clinical Affiliate Professor of Surgery
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, St. Mary's Medical Center

Dimiter Hristov, M.D., FACS
Palm Beach Trauma Associates, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care

Mario Rueda, M.D., FACS
Palm Beach Trauma Associates, Site Co-Director, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care

Matthew Ramseyer, M.D.
Palm Beach Trauma Associates, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care