Meet the General Surgery Team
Team Leader

William S. Melvin, MD
Surgery, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Oncology, Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
Vice Chairman for Clinical Surgery, Division Chief, General Surgery, Director, Advanced GI Surgery
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Physicians

Abier A. Abdelnaby, MD, Fellow American College of Surgeons
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgery, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Director, Colon and Rectal Surgical Services
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Francis B. Baccay, MD
Surgery
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Diego R. Camacho, MD
Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic General Surgery, Site Director, Bariatric Surgery, Weiler Division
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Jenny J. Choi, MD
Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery, Associate Director, Clinical Affairs
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Iyare Esemuede, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgery
Attending Physician
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Renee Huang, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgery, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
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Rebecca A. Levine, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgery, Anal Cancer, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery
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John C. McAuliffe, MD, PhD
Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Cancer, Neuroendocrine Cancer
Attending Physician, Hepatobiliary and Upper GI Surgery
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Erin Moran-Atkin, MD
Surgery
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Katia T. Papalezova, MD
Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Cancer, Cancer - Melanoma/Sarcoma, Melanoma, Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery
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Robert L. Plummer, MD, Fellow American College of Surgeons
Surgery
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Anibal O. Puente, MD
Surgery
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Peter Shamamian, MD
Surgery
Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Vice Chairman, Quality Improvement and Performance
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Kenneth Shapiro, MD
Surgery
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Vance L. Smith, MD
Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Director, Acute Care Surgery, Moses Campus
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Prashanth V. Sreeramoju, MD, PhD
Surgery
Site Director, General Surgery, Jack D. Weiler Hospital
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Joseph T. Vazzana, MD
Surgery
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Othon Wiltz, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Surgery, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
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- Abier A. Abdelnaby, MD, Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Francis B. Baccay, MD
- Diego R. Camacho, MD
- Jenny J. Choi, MD
- Iyare Esemuede, MD
- Renee Huang, MD
- Rebecca A. Levine, MD
- John C. McAuliffe, MD, PhD
- William S. Melvin, MD
- Erin Moran-Atkin, MD
- Katia T. Papalezova, MD
- Robert L. Plummer, MD, Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Anibal O. Puente, MD
- Peter Shamamian, MD
- Kenneth Shapiro, MD
- Vance L. Smith, MD
- Prashanth V. Sreeramoju, MD, PhD
- Joseph T. Vazzana, MD
- Othon Wiltz, MD