Surgery Residency Faculty

James Nitzkorski, MD
Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Dr. James Nitzkorski serves as the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program, and the Director of Gastrointestinal and Cutaneous Oncology program at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.  He is an attending Surgical Oncologist specializing in Gastrointestinal Cancer, Melanoma, complex and rare tumors.  Dr. Nitzkorski is a passionately dedicated to outstanding clinical care, research, and education.  Dr. Nitzkorski has served as the principal investigator for several cooperative group trials at Vassar Brothers, and is currently running a phase-II melanoma gene therapy trial.

Dr. Nitzkorski was raised in the Hudson Valley.  He earned his medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.  He completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia and has been on staff at Vassar Brothers Medical Center since 2011.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Pranat Kumar, MD
Associate Program Director
General Surgery
Colorectal Surgery

Ryan Swan, MD
Associate Program Director
Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Elvita Genelus-Dominique, MD
General Surgery and Trauma Surgery

Sean Lee, DO
General Surgery &
Trauma Surgery

Haitham Al Shetawi, MD, DMD
Head and Neck Surgery

Carrine W. Anderson, MD
Breast Surgery

Susan K. Boolbol, MD
Breast Surgery

Daniel Labow, MD
Surgical Oncology, System Chair of Surgical Services

John Choi, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
General Surgery

Mohamed Y. Elsagga, DO
Vascular Surgery

Lee Farber, DO
Core Faculty
General Surgery

Andreas Spirig, MD
Vascular Surgery

Huan Huan “Joanne” Sun, MD
Thoracic Surgery

Sanjay Thomas, MD
General Surgery

Fausto Vinces, DO
Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Zubair Zoha, MBBS
Faculty
General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Michael Minarich, MD
Surgical Oncology

Erion Qaja, DO
Vascular Surgery

Lisa D. Curcio, MD
Breast Surgery, Breast Surgical Oncology

Sarah S Sims, MD
Endocrine Surgery & General Surgery

Cleveland Lewis, MD
Thoracic Surgery

Zeah Venitelli, MD
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

Mitchell Gorman DO
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

Northern Dutchess Hospital

Brian Binetti, MD
General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery

Gregory Zale, MD
General Surgery