2012-2013 Catalogue
Faculty for Surgery Department
Joseph T. Alexander
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2007
BS 1981 University of California Davis
MD 1985 Columbia University
Konrad N. Barth
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1995
BS 1983 Tufts University
MD 1988 Columbia University
Robert Bazuro
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1996 Villanova University
DO 2000 Des Moines University
William Begg III
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1985 Fairfield University
MD 1989 New York Medical College
Gayle M. Belin
Clinical Associate Professor of Communication Sciences
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1991
Communication Sciences and Disorders Department
BA 1975 Michigan State University
MA 1976 Michigan State University
John Alfred Bisson
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1993
AB 1969 Dartmouth College
MD 1973 University of Vermont
Paul Gregory Boerman
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1989
BS 1980 Calvin College
DDS 1984 University of Detroit
Charles Alan Bookwalter
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2000
BS 1974 Ohio Wesleyan University
DDS 1976 Ohio State University
MS 1984 University of Michigan Ann Arbor
John Borruso
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1977 St. John's University
MD 1981 Hahnemann University
Charles Raymond Bowen
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1972
AB 1962 Susquehanna University
DMD 1966 Harvard University
Patrick Broderick
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1979 SUNY Stony Brook
MD 1983 SUNY Downstate
Stuart Bussell
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BA 1992 Kalamazoo College
MD 1996 Michigan State University
David W. Butsch
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1998
BA 1962 Princeton University
MD 1966 Case Western Reserve University
David R. Charnock
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1995
BA 1980 SUNY Buffalo
MD 1984 New York Medical College
Rose B. Colletti
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1995
BA 1964 Seton Hill University
MS 1967 University of Pittsburgh
PHD 1971 University of Pittsburgh
Stephen Colmenero
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1993
AAS 1979 Corning Community College
BS 1981 Hahnemann University
Thomas William Connolly
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1979
BA 1971 Dartmouth College
DMD 1976 Fairleigh Dickinson University
Matthew Aloysius Conway
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2000
BA 1984 Earlham College
MD 1993 University of Vermont
Marion Couch
Interim Chairperson of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
PHD 1990 Rush Medical College
MD 1990 Rush Medical College
MBA 2010 Duke University
William Francis D'Angelo
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1991
BA 1974 College of the Holy Cross
MD 1978 Tufts University
Paul Albert Danielson
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1978
BS 1967 St Lawrence University
DMD 1971 Tufts University
William R. Drucker
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BS 1943 Harvard University
MD 1946 Johns Hopkins University
Eugene Fernandes
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
MBBS 1977 B.J. Medical College
ABS 2002 Montefiore Medical Center
Jeffrey Evan Florman
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2003
BS 1990 Bucknell University
MD 1994 University of Louisville
Christopher Foglia
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1995 Cornell University
MD 1999 SUNY Stony Brook
Patrick M. Forgione
Associate Professor of Surgery - General
Appointed in 2001
BA 1987 Saint John's University
MD 1997 University of Vermont
Kalev Freeman
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2007
PHD 2000 University of Colorado Boulder
MD 2003 University of Colorado Boulder
Bradbury Fuller
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1994
BA 1978 Harvard University
MD 1982 Cornell University
Joseph Gordon
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1977 Stanford University
MD 1981 University of Chicago
Eugene W. Grabowski
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1988
BS 1964 Holy Cross College
MD 1968 Tufts University
Scott Graham
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 2000 University of New Hampshire
MD 2005 New York Medical College
Albert S. Hardy
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1998
BS 1982 SUNY Potsdam
DMD 1986 University of Connecticut
Molly M. Hastings
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1998
BS 1970 Le Moyne College
Robert R. Herrington
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BA 1997 University of Mississippi
MD 2003 University of Alabama
Peter Igneri
Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine
Instructor of Family Medicine
Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1996
BA 1992 Kenyon College
MMS 1994 Emory University
Brian H. Irwin
Assistant Professor of Surgery - Urology
Appointed in 2009
BS 1997 Bates College
MD 2001 University of Vermont
Wendy James
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BA 1987 University of Vermont
MD 1993 Tufts University
Emily R. Kavouksorian
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BS 2002 University of Vermont
MSPA 2004 University of New England
Samuel B. Labow
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1996
BSC 1958 McGill University
MD 1962 McGill University
James Raymond Lasaponara
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1990
BS 1984 Boston College
DDS 1988 SUNY Buffalo
Paul Aaron Levi Jr
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1971
BS 1962 St Lawrence University
DMD 1966 Tufts University
Donald Anthony Majercik
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1989
BS 1967 University of Massachusetts Amherst
MD 1971 University of Vermont
Patrick Mannal
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2007
BS 1998 Colgate University
MD 2007 Albany Medical College
Stephen Marcus
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1996
BS 1986 Alderson Broaddus College
CERT 1987 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Wesley D. McMillian
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BS 2000 Purdue University
PharmD 2005 Purdue University
Bentley A. Merrick
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1997
BA 1983 Middlebury College
DMD 1988 University of Pennsylvania
Deanna Nelson
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BS 2002 University of Vermont
MD 2008 University of Vermont
Jeraldine Orlina
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BA 1997 University of Chicago
William B. Owens Jr.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1996
BA 1971 Dartmouth College
MD 1976 University of Cincinnati
John Andrew Pane
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1986
AB 1968 Holy Cross College
DDS 1972 Columbia College
Cary Passik
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1978 City College of New York
MD 1980 New York University
Reshma Patel
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BS 2000 Emory University
MD 2008 Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Stephen Russell Payne
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1988
BA 1977 Tufts University
MA 1978 Tufts University
MD 1983 University of Vermont
Sarah Pesek
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BS 2003 Johns Hopkins University
MD 2008 Pennsylvania State University
Carl B. Petri
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1994
BS 1976 Western Illinois University
MD 1979 Loyola University Chicago
William David Purdy
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1990
BS 1979 Syracuse University
DDS 1986 SUNY Buffalo
MS 1990 Ohio State University
Victor Leonard Ratkus
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1976
DDS 1967 University of Michigan Ann Arbor
George Mansfield Richardson
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1973
BS 1967 University of Notre Dame
DDS 1971 Georgetown University
Kevin J. Risko
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1997
DMD 1991 University of Pennsylvania
Monique M. Salter
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2007
BS 2000 University of Vermont
MS 2006 Albany Medical College
Adrian Seah
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2007
BS 2000 University of Michigan
MD 2007 Michigan State University
Steven Robert Shackford
Professor of Surgery Emeritus
Appointed in 1989
BA 1968 University of Southern California
MD 1973 Saint Louis University
Brian David Shuman
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 1986
BA 1978 Haverford College
DMD 1982 University of Pennsylvania
Amy L. Sitterly
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2007
BS 1999 University of Massachusetts
MS 2006 Northeastern University
Benjamin G. Smith
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BA 1994 Princeton University
MD 2002 Columbia University
Laurie Spaulding
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BS 1979 Wheaton College
MD 1984 University of Vermont
Brian Sprague
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1999 Cornell University
MS 2002 University of Minnesota
PHD 2009 University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth A. Stampfl
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BS 2000 Trinity College
AS 2003 Albany Medical College
Andrew Carl Stanley
Associate Professor of Surgery - General
Appointed in 1998
BS 1987 College of the Holy Cross
MD 1991 Brown University
Mary A. Stanley
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BA 1986 Dartmouth College
MD 1990 Brown University
David Stockwell
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BA 2003 Wabash College
MD 2008 Indiana University
Yujing Sun
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
MD 1996 Fourth Military Medical University
MS 2002 Fourth Military Medical University
PHD 2005 Fourth Military Medical University
Lee Lawrence Thibodeau
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1991
MD 1982 Tufts University
Shawn Tittle
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1993 David Lipscomb University
MD 1997 Wayne State University
Mario E. Trabulsy
Associate Professor of Surgery - Emergency Medicine
Appointed in 1996
BA 1987 University of Vermont
MD 1991 University of Vermont
Dennis William Vane
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Emeritus
Appointed in 1990
BA 1970 Cornell University
MS 1974 Universite Libre DeBrussells
MD 1978 University of Brussels
David J. Weissgold
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2008
BS 1986 Cornell University
MD 1991 SUNY Syracuse
George C. Wellman
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 1997
BS 1986 University of Vermont
MS 1990 University of Vermont
PHD 1995 University of Vermont
Daniel Wolfson
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2006
BS 1980 Hampshire College
MS 1986 Antioch University New England
MD 2000 University of Vermont
Keith Zuccala
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Appointed in 2010
BS 1984 SUNY Albany
MD 1995 SUNY Buffalo
