Clinical and Research Fellowship Programs
NOTE: Surgeons listed with current affiliatons unless otherwise noted (*)
Clinical Laparoscopic Fellows
2006—2007
Murali Naidu, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente
Walnut Creek, CA
Alfred Trang, M.D.
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
2005—2006
Edward Chin, M.D.
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
David Hazzan, M.D.
Carmel Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
2004—2005
Richard Bloomberg, M.D.
Orange Regional Medical Center
Middletown, NY
2003—2004
Ahmad Assalia, M.D.
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
Gregory Dakin, M.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
Patricia Turner, M.D.
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
2002—2003
Emilie Comeau, M.D.
Universite de Sherbrooke
Quebec, Canada
Joseph Regan, M.D.
Columbia Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Don Selzer, M.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
2001—2002
Christine Chu, M.D.
Bay Area Surgical Associates
San Francisco, CA
John Feng, M.D.
Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
David Voellinger, M.D.
Charlotte Surgical Group
Charlotte, NC
2000—2001
John de Csepel, M.D.
St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York, NY
Theresa Quinn, M.D.
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison, WI
1999—2000
Marina Kurian, M.D.
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Emma Patterson, M.D.
Legacy Minimally Invasive
Surgery Center
Portland, OR
Christine Ren, M.D.
NYU Hospital Center
New York, NY
1998—1999
Valeriu Andrei, M.D.
Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Greg Jossart, M.D.
Sutter Health
San Francisco, CA
Clinical Colorectal Fellows
2000—2002
Alessandro Fichera, M.D.
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL
2000—2001
Martin Weiser, M.D.
Memorial Hospital
New York, NY
Moris Venturero, M.D.
New York Hospital
New York, NY
Jeffrey Strain, M.D.
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ
1999—2000
Margi Aleali, M.D.
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Alex Jenny Ky, M.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
1998—1999
Toyooki Sonoda, M.D.
New York Hospital
New York, NY
Hermann Kessler, M.D.
University of Erlagen
Erlagen, Germany
Richard Sim, M.D.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Research Laparoscopic Fellows
2002—2003
Ahmad Assalia, M.D.
Rambam Medical Center *
Haifa, Israel
Federico Cuenca Abente, M.D.
University of Buenos Aires *
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tomasz Rogula, M.D.
Jagiellonian University *
Krakow, Poland
Gianmattia del Genio, M.D.
University of Turnio *
Turino, Italy
David Nocca, M.D.
Institut des Maladies de L’Appareil Digestif
Montpellier, France
2002
Nik Sekhar, M.D.
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
2001—2002
Anne Waage, M.D.
Karolinska Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Laurent Biertho, M.D.
Univeristy of Liege
Belgium
Barbara Caridad, M.D.
University Hospital General
Calixto, Cuba
Brian Jacob, M.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
Tsung Hung, M.D.
Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
Taiwan
Won-Woo Kim, M.D.
St. Mary’s Hospital,
Catholic University of Korea
Seoul, Korea
2000—2001
Shoji Fukuyama, M.D.
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Paolo Gentileschi, M.D.
Columbus Hospital, University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Subhash Kini, M.D.
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Bronx, NY
Greg Dakin, M.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
1999—2000
Francesco Rubino, M.D.
European Institute of Telesurgery
Strasbourg, France
Jiang Fan Zhu, M.D.
Jinan General Hospital
Jinan, China
Vic Pamoukian, M.D.
Lenox Hill Hospital *
New York, NY
Richard Nahouraii, M.D.
United States Air Force
California
1998—1999
Marina Kurian, M.D.
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Yasusuke Murakami, M.D.
Tohoku University School of Medicine
Sendai, Japan
Stephen Burpee, M.D.
St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, Canada
Sebastian Benavides, M.D.
Clinica Union Privada
Cordoba, Argentina
Research Colorectal Fellows
2000—2001
Wen Yang, M.D.
Long Island Jewish Hospital
New Hyde Park, NY
Hiro Kuroyangi, M.D.
Kyoto National Hospital
Kyoto, Japan
1999—2000
Jung Myong Cho, M.D.
Seoul Clinic for Colorectal Disease
Seoul, Korea
Min Young Cho, M.D.
Korea University Hospital
Seoul, Korea