The Mount Sinai Hospital

The Mount Sinai Hospital, with 1,171-beds and located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, serves as the academic center for the residency program. It is home to our busiest plastic surgery service, led by interim chief and program director Peter J. Taub, MD, with 11 full time and more than 20 voluntary plastic surgery attendings performing numerous procedures on a daily basis. The case load is highly diverse, with a mixture of breast reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, pediatric plastic surgery, aesthetic surgery, and general reconstructive surgery. The chief residents run their own busy plastic surgery clinic, which meets twice weekly. Here, cases are seen and booked in dedicated resident operative block time.

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst Hospital Center is the major Level 1 Trauma Center and tertiary-care provider for the borough of Queens, which boasts the most diverse zip code in the country. Elmhurst is part of the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYHHC) system. This 525-bed hospital has one of the busiest emergency departments in New York City. The plastic surgery service is led by Ernest Kirchman, MD, and manages facial trauma, hand trauma, elective hand surgery, microsurgical reconstruction, pediatric, and general plastic surgery.

James A. Peters Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital

The Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital is the oldest veterans administration (VA) facility in New York, serving veterans for more than 80 years. The institution has over 300 inpatient beds and a busy outpatient specialty clinic. The service is directed by Jay Meisner, MD. The senior resident at the VA runs the plastic surgery clinics and schedules diverse cases including facial cosmetic surgery, Botox and filler injectables, body contouring procedures, general reconstruction, hand surgery, and flap reconstruction. PGY-3 level residents spend four months as chief resident at this location.

Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC), Cancer Center - Chelsea

The Mount Sinai Health System has recently expanded the network of facilities in the downtown Mount Sinai family. Residents now also operate at state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery centers in Union Square and on the first floor of the Google building in the vibrant Chelsea neighborhood. General plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, transgender outpatient surgery, breast reconstruction, and Mohs reconstructions are performed at these downtown sites.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai and the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS)

Mount Sinai boasts the first transgender surgery fellowship in the United States. Drs. Jess Ting, Bella Avanessian, and Elan Horesh operate one of the busiest transgender surgery programs in the country. Residents currently rotate with the transgender team for four months during the PGY-5 year. Operations performed include comprehensive bottom, top, and facial procedures. Many other Mount Sinai attendings also perform transgender procedures giving our residents one of the most robust transgender experiences of any program nationwide. Dr. Jess Ting was recently featured in the documentary about his practice Born to Be, which can be explored further at www.borntobefilm.com.

Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside

Mount Sinai West is a 514-bed hospital located a few minutes from Columbus Circle. The service is directed by Drs. Mark Sultan and Hani Sbitany. The plastic surgery service offers comprehensive plastic surgery reconstruction to patients within the hospital, but also features a robust service of cosmetic, outpatient, and breast reconstruction procedures.

Mount Sinai Morningside, a 495-bed hospital located adjacent to Columbia University in the Morningside neighborhood is one of only two trauma centers north of 60th Street. The service is directed by Dr. Peter Henderson. The resident experience includes comprehensive facial trauma and reconstruction, lower extremity orthopedic trauma reconstruction, breast reconstruction, and general plastic surgery.

Jacobi Medical Center

Jacobi Medical Center (JMC) is a 457-bed hospital and a busy level 1 trauma center located in the Bronx. Residents rotate at JMC during their PGY-2 year. At JMC, residents are exposed to complex burn reconstruction and medical management. In addition, the resident experience includes complex facial trauma and reconstruction, lower extremity trauma reconstruction, and general plastic surgery.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is one of the most well-known cancer institutes worldwide. Residents rotate at MSK for 4 months during the PGY-4 year. MSK boasts an extremely high volume of microsurgical cases including breast, head and neck, lymphedema, and other complex post-oncological resection reconstruction. Residents get the opportunity to work with some of the most influential plastic surgeons in the world such as Drs. Babak Mehrara, Peter Cordeiro, Joseph Disa, Colleen McCarthy, Joseph Dayan, and Evan Matros. Residents attend all conferences at MSK during their rotation and also participate in implant-based breast reconstruction at the renowned Josie Robertson Surgery Center.

PGY-1

• Two months of plastic surgery: one at The Mount Sinai Hospital and one at Elmhurst (Level 1 Trauma Center)
• One month each of dermatology, anesthesia, orthopedics, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery
• Four months of general surgery

PGY-2

• Six months of plastic surgery: four at The Mount Sinai Hospital and two at Elmhurst
• Two months of ear, nose, and throat (ENT)
• Two months of surgical oncology
• Two months of surgical ICU care

PGY-3

• Nine months of plastic surgery: six months as chief resident at the Bronx VA, and three months as senior resident at Westchester Medical Center
• One month of ENT
• One month of oral surgery
• One month of thoracic surgery

PGY-4

• Three months of plastic surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital
• Three months of plastic surgery at Elmhurst
• Three months of plastic surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside/Mount Sinai West
• Three months of plastic and burn surgery at Westchester Medical Center (Level 1 Trauma Center)

PGY-5

• Six months of plastic surgery, with focus on breast, microsurgery, and transgender surgery
• Three months of plastic surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital
• Three months of plastic surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside/Mount Sinai West

PGY-6

• Six months as chief resident at The Mount Sinai Hospital, including running the plastic surgery resident clinic, with one full OR day per week allotted to resident-run cases
• Six months as chief resident at Elmhurst (Level 1 Trauma Center), including running both the plastic surgery and hand clinics

PGY-6 Chief Residents

Carissa Patete, MD
Hometown: Sarasota, FL
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine

Dani Inglesby, MD
Hometown: Greenville, SC
Undergraduate: Clemson University
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Joshua Barnett, MD
Hometown: Reading, PA
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

PGY-5

Alex Sarosi, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: New York University
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jeffery Russell, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate: John Carroll University
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine

Madison Greer, MD
Hometown: Huntersville, NC
Undergraduate: Wake Forest University
Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine

PGY-4

Areeg A Abu El Hawa, MD
Hometown: Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Undergraduate: George Mason University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Abbey Tirrell, MD
Hometown: Naples, FL
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Joe Mellia, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Stony Brook School of Medicine

PGY-3

Brooke Barrow, MD
Hometown: Ridgefield, CT
Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: Brown University

Rebecca Suydam, MD
Hometown: Rockville Centre, NY
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Nissim Hazkour, MD
Hometown: Bat Yam, Israel
Undergraduate: Integrated BA-MD program at CUNY Brooklyn College
Medical School: SUNY Downstate

Sabrina Shih, MD
Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ
Undergraduate: Boston University
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

PGY-2

Jasmin Wilson, MD
Hometown: Chestnut Ridge New York
Undergraduate: Northeastern University
Medical School: University California, San Francisco

Alex Gibstein, MD
Hometown: Miami, FL
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: University of Miami

Perri Vingan, MD
Hometown: Saddle River, NJ
Undergraduate: Tulane
Medical School: SUNY- Downstate

Arjun Nanda, MD
Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK
Undergraduate: Duke University
Medical School: University of Oklahoma

PGY-1

Sydney Mathis, MD
Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Peter Shamamian, MD
Hometown: Tenafly, NJ
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sarah Diaddigo, MD
Hometown: Alpharetta, GA
Undergraduate: Berry College
Medical School: Columbia University

Neil Parikh, MD
Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia
Undergraduate: Boston University
Medical School: Boston University

• Tommaso Addona, MD
• Harvey Bluestein, MD
• Meredith Collins, MD
• Benjamin Cooper, MD
• Matthew Freeman, MD
• Jared Gopman, MD
• Marco Harmaty, MD
• Leo Keegan, MD
• John Ko, MD
• Aaron Kressel, MD
• Malik Kutty, MD
• Anthony Labruna, MD
• Joshua Lampert, MD
• Lloyd Landsman, MD
• Jonathan Lee, MD
• Elie Levine, MD
• Henry Lin, MD
• Matthew Lynch, MD
• RJ Mackool, MD
• Daniel Maman, MD
• Sandra Margolies, MD
• Paulo Piccolo, MD
• Paul Pierce, MD
• Brian Pinsky, MD
• Arvind Pothula, MD
• Justin Sacks, MD
• Alex Sailon, MD
• Andrew Salzberg, MD
• Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, MD
• Douglas Senderoff, MD
• Matthew Shulman, MD
• Elan Singer, MD
• Adam Strohl, MD
• Magda Soldanska, MD
• Phillip Torina, MD
• Michael Wolfeld, MD
• Alice Yao, MD