Course Directors
Robert E. Michler, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief
Samuel I. Belkin Chair
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center
W. Scott Melvin, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Surgery
Director, Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery
Professor, Department of Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center
2022 Program Committee Members
- Robert E. Michler, MD – Course Director
- W. Scott Melvin, MD – Course Director
- Diego Camacho, MD
- Sheldon Marc Feldman, MD
- Ragini Mehta, PhD
2022 Keynote Speaker
Dana A. Telem, MD MPH
Lazar J Greenfield Professor of Surgery
Section Chief General Surgery
Vice Chair Quality and Safety
Department of Surgery
University of Michigan
2022 Invited Faculty
Montefiore Medical Center Faculty:
Diego Camacho – Director Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Surgery; Fellowship Program Director; Associate Professor of Surgery
David Ciocon – Director of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Procedural Dermatology
Philipp Fassbender – Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Sammy Ho – Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology; Director of Interventional Endoscopic Services; Director of Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Chavi Eve Karkowsky – Medical Director of Outpatient Obstetrics
Sriram Machineni – Assistant Professor Of Medicine; Director of Fleischer Institute Weight Management Program
John McAuliffe – Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Assistant Professor; Clinical Member of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
Maureen P. McEvoy – Director, Breast Surgery Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Breast Surgery
Beth McLellan – Chief, Division of Dermatology; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Dermatology)
Erin Moran-Atkin – Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery
Katia Papalezova – Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery; Director, Melanoma/Soft Tissues Program; Chair, Cancer Committee; Assistant Professor of Surgery
Peter Shamamian – Vice President and Chief Quality Officer; Vice Chairman, Quality Improvement and Performance
Vance L. Smith – Director, Acute Care Surgery; Co-Director, Surgical ICU; Chair, Surgery Quality Improvement Committee
Prashanth Sreeramoju – General Surgery Site Director, Weiler Hospital
Joseph Vazzana – Assistant Professor, Acute Care Surgery, Bariatric, General and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Outside Faculty:
Brian Dunkin – Chief Medical Officer at Boston Scientific
Robert Sammartano – Professor of Surgery; Master in Physician Assistant Program at College of Mount Saint Vincent