Our Faculty

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Attendings

Valerie Katz, MD

General Surgery/Trauma Attending ​

​Program Director, General Surgery Residency

​Interim Chair of Surgery

Meno Lueders, MD

General Surgery/Trauma/ICU Attending 

Chief of SICU

​Program Director, SCC Fellowship

​Evelyn Irizarry, MD

​Chief Colorectal Surgery

​​Associate Chief of Surgery

Sarah Choi Allen, MD

General Surgery/Trauma/ICU Attending 

​Associate Trauma Medical Director

Alexander Gart, MD

​Vascular Surgery Attending ​​

Yilmaz Gunduz, MD

​Chief Vascular Surgery

Laura Hyde, MD

General Surgery/Trauma/ICU Attending 

​Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Sydney McCalla, MD

​Chief Breast Surgery

Justin McKibbin, MD

Minimally Invasive Surgery

​General Surgery/Trauma/ICU Attending

​Soula Priovolos, MD

General Surgery/Trauma/ICU Attending

Ali Raza, MD

Chief Surgical Oncology

Ross Ratner, MD

Chief Plastic Surgery

​Clara Rivera, MD

Plastic Surgery Attending

Adriana Santiago de Marrero, MD

Breast Surgery 

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Advanced Practice Providers

Oumou Drame, PA-C

Vascular PA

Soumana Mounkaila, NP

Emergency General Surgery NP

Adlin Noel, PA-C

Surgical ICU PA

Regina Ozimek, PA

Trauma Surgery & Surgical ICU PA

Kateryna Shuba, PA-C

Vascular PA

​Stephanie Waldman, PA-C

Trauma Surgery & Surgical ICU PA

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Staff

David Angst

Trauma Program Manager

Roxy Gonzalez

Program Coordinator, General Surgery Residency

Jason Solis Marquez

Clerical Associate, General Surgery Department

Nilsa Velazquez

Administrator, General Surgery Department