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Faculty Educators

Eric L. Lazar, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP
Chair of Surgical Services, Valley Medical Group;General Surgery Residency Program Director

Igor Elyash, DO
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Michael Leitman, MD, FACS
Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official
Professor of Surgery, Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education
President-Elect, New York Surgical Society

Moira Christoudias, MD
Breast Surgery

Carl Winkler, MD
Surgical Oncology

Michael Passeri, MD
Surgical Oncology and Pancreatic Surgery

Seema Dhorajia, DO
Bariatric Surgery