Surgery Residency Faculty
The General Surgery expert team provides a combination of clinical experience, didactic teaching and guided research experience to develop each resident into a general surgeon. We prepare residents for a future in academic practice, private practice, or further training in the sub-specialty of their choice.
Leadership
![Cristina Ferrone, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/cristina-ferrone-.jpg)
Cristina Ferrone, MD
![Farin F. Amersi, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/farin-amersi-9813.jpg)
Farin F. Amersi, MD
![Andrew Brownlee, MD, BCh, BAO, BSc profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/andrew-brownlee-47711.jpg)
Andrew Brownlee, MD, BCh, BAO, BSc
![Ara Ko, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/ara-ko-14003.jpg)
Ara Ko, MD
Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Intensive Care Unit
![Rodrigo F. Alban, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/rodrigo-alban-7771.jpg)
Rodrigo F. Alban, MD
![Galinos Barmparas, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/galinos--barmparas-cropped.jpg)
Galinos Barmparas, MD
![Matthew B. Bloom, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/matthew-b-bloom-cropped.jpg)
Matthew B. Bloom, MD
![Tejal Brahmbhatt, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/education/team/a-e/brahmbhatt-tejal.jpg)
Tejal Brahmbhatt, MD
![Rex T. Chung, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/rex-t-chung-cropped.jpg)
Rex T. Chung, MD
![Yassar Hashim, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/h/yassar-hashim-40663.jpg)
Yassar Hashim, MD
![Morgan Hennessy, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/h/morgan-hennessy-65196.jpg)
Morgan Hennessy, MD
![Ara Ko, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/ara-ko-14003.jpg)
Ara Ko, MD
![Daniel R. Margulies, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/daniel-r-margulies-cropped.jpg)
Daniel R. Margulies, MD
![Nicolas Melo, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/nicolas--melo-cropped.jpg)
Nicolas Melo, MD
Colorectal
![Liza M. Capiendo, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/liza-m-capiendo-cropped.jpg)
Liza M. Capiendo, MD
![Eiman Firoozmand, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/eiman--firoozmand-cropped.jpg)
Eiman Firoozmand, MD
![Phillip Fleshner, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/phillip--fleshner-cropped.jpg)
Phillip Fleshner, MD
![Gary H. Hoffman, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/h/gary-h-hoffman-cropped.jpg)
Gary H. Hoffman, MD
![David P. Magner, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/education/team/k-o/magner-david.jpg)
David P. Magner, MD
![Beth Moore, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/beth--moore-cropped.jpg)
Beth Moore, MD
![Zuri Murrell, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/zuri--murrell-cropped.jpg)
Zuri Murrell, MD
![Karen N. Zaghiyan, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/z/karen-n-zaghiyan-cropped.jpg)
Karen N. Zaghiyan, MD
Endocrine Surgery
![Yufei Chen, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/yufei--chen-cropped.jpg)
Yufei Chen, MD
![Allen S. Ho, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/h/allen-s-ho-cropped.jpg)
Allen S. Ho, MD
General Surgery
![Jason Cohen, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/jason-cohen-7234.jpg)
Jason Cohen, MD
![Joshua Ellenhorn, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/e/joshua-ellenhorn-13261.jpg)
Joshua Ellenhorn, MD
![Moses J. Fallas, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/cedars-sinai-education.png)
Moses J. Fallas, MD
![David E. Fermelia, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/david-e-fermelia-cropped.jpg)
David E. Fermelia, MD
![Neel R. Joshi, MD, FACS profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/j/neel-joshi-cropped.jpg)
Neel R. Joshi, MD, FACS
![Yosef Nasseri, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/n/yosef-nasseri-9364.jpg)
Yosef Nasseri, MD
![Daniel Marcus, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/education/team/k-o/marcus-daniel.jpg)
Daniel Marcus, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatrics
![Miguel A. Burch, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/miguel-a-burch-cropped.jpg)
Miguel A. Burch, MD
![Scott A. Cunneen, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/scott-a-cunneen-cropped.jpg)
Scott A. Cunneen, MD
![Sergey Lyass, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/l/sergey--lyass-cropped.jpg)
Sergey Lyass, MD
![Monali Misra, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/monali--misra-cropped.jpg)
Monali Misra, MD
![Edward H. Phillips, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/p/edward-h-phillips-cropped.jpg)
Edward H. Phillips, MD
![Kulmeet Sandhu, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/kulmeet-sandhu-13447.jpg)
Kulmeet Sandhu, MD
![Daniel Shouhed, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/daniel--shouhed-cropped.jpg)
Daniel Shouhed, MD
![Shirin Towfigh, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/t/shirin--towfigh-cropped.jpg)
Shirin Towfigh, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma
![Carol A. Lin, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/l/carol-a-lin-cropped.jpg)
Carol A. Lin, MD
![Milton T. Little, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/l/milton-t-little-cropped.jpg)
Milton T. Little, MD
![Charles N. Moon, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/charles-n-moon-cropped.jpg)
Charles N. Moon, MD
![Guy D. Paiement, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/p/guy-d-paiement-cropped.jpg)
Guy D. Paiement, MD
![Mark Vrahas, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/v/mark-s-vrahas-cropped.jpg)
Mark Vrahas, MD
Pediatric Surgery
![David W. Bliss, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/david-bliss-cropped.jpg)
David W. Bliss, MD
![Steve C. Chen, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/steve-c-chen-cropped.jpg)
Steve C. Chen, MD
![Eugene Kim, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/eugene-kim-14464.jpg)
Eugene Kim, MD
![Juan Pelayo, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/p/juan-pelayo-47419.jpg)
Juan Pelayo, MD
![Eveline Shue, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/eveline-shue-46330.jpg)
Eveline Shue, MD
Plastic Surgery
![Philip Brazio, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/philip-brazio-41271.jpg)
Philip Brazio, MD
![Curtis Cetrulo, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/curtis-cetrulo-65289.jpg)
Curtis Cetrulo, MD
![Victor Chien, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/victor-chien-64442.jpg)
Victor Chien, MD
![Anna Howell, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/h/anna-howell_haldeman-46693.jpg)
Anna Howell, MD
![Ketan Patel, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/p/ketan-patel-64403.jpg)
Ketan Patel, MD
![Edward C. Ray, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/r/edward-c-ray-cropped.jpg)
Edward C. Ray, MD
![Mitchel Seruya, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/mitchel-seruya-40933.jpg)
Mitchel Seruya, MD
Surgical Oncology
![Farin Amersi, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/farin-amersi-9813.jpg)
Farin Amersi, MD
![Marc Attiyeh, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/marc-attiyeh-64441.jpg)
Marc Attiyeh, MD
![Marissa Boyle, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/marissa-boyle-40583.jpg)
Marissa Boyle, MD
![Alice P. Chung, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/alice-p-chung-cropped.jpg)
Alice P. Chung, MD
![Catherine M. Dang, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/d/catherine-m-dang-cropped.jpg)
Catherine M. Dang, MD
![Mark B. Faries, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/mark-b-faries-cropped.jpg)
Mark B. Faries, MD
![Cristina Ferrone, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/cristina-ferrone-.jpg)
Cristina Ferrone, MD
![Alexandra Gangi, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/g/alexandra--gangi-cropped.jpg)
Alexandra Gangi, MD
![Armando Giuliano, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/g/armando-giuliano-cropped.jpg)
Armando Giuliano, MD
![Scott R. Karlan, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/scott-r-karlan-cropped.jpg)
Scott R. Karlan, MD
![Allan Silberman, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/allan-silberman-3927.jpg)
Allan Silberman, MD
Thoracic
![Andrew Brownlee, MD, BCh, BAO, BSc profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/andrew-brownlee-47711.jpg)
Andrew Brownlee, MD, BCh, BAO, BSc
![Clark B. Fuller, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/clark-b-fuller-cropped.jpg)
Clark B. Fuller, MD
![Nguyen Le, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/l/nguyen-le-65415.jpg)
Nguyen Le, MD
![Amirhossein Mahfoozi, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/amirhossein--mahfoozi-cropped.jpg)
Amirhossein Mahfoozi, MD
![Harmik J. Soukiasian, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/harmik-j-soukiasian-cropped.jpg)
Harmik J. Soukiasian, MD
Transplant/Hepatobiliary
![Todd V. Brennan, MD, MS, FACS profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/todd-v-brennan-cropped.jpg)
Todd V. Brennan, MD, MS, FACS
![Irene K. Kim, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/irene-k-kim-cropped.jpg)
Irene K. Kim, MD
![Kambiz Kosari, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/kambiz--kosari-cropped.jpg)
Kambiz Kosari, MD
![Nicholas N. Nissen, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/n/nicholas-n-nissen-cropped.jpg)
Nicholas N. Nissen, MD
![Justin Steggerda, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/justin-steggerda-14005.jpg)
Justin Steggerda, MD
![Tsuyoshi Todo, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/t/tsuyoshi--todo-cropped.jpg)
Tsuyoshi Todo, MD
![Georgios Voidonikolas, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/v/georgios--voidonikolas-cropped.jpg)
Georgios Voidonikolas, MD
![Steven Wisel, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/w/steven-wisel-48429.jpg)
Steven Wisel, MD
Urology
![Michael Ahdoot, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/michael-ahdoot-48191.jpg)
Michael Ahdoot, MD
![Arash Akhavein, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/arash-akhavein_mohammadi-40956.jpg)
Arash Akhavein, MD
![Brian M. Benway, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/brian-m-benway-cropped.jpg)
Brian M. Benway, MD
![Andrew Chen, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/andrew-chen-45771.jpg)
Andrew Chen, MD
![Timothy J. Daskivich, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/d/timothy-j-daskivich-cropped.jpg)
Timothy J. Daskivich, MD
![Karyn S. Eilber, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/e/karyn-eilber-8919.jpg)
Karyn S. Eilber, MD
![Stephen J. Freedland, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/stephen-j-freedland-cropped.jpg)
Stephen J. Freedland, MD
![Andrew L. Freedman MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/f/andrew-l-freedman-cropped.jpg)
Andrew L. Freedman MD
![Maurice Garcia, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/g/maurice-garcia-41008.jpg)
Maurice Garcia, MD
![Howard H. Kim, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/howard-h-kim-cropped.jpg)
Howard H. Kim, MD
![Hyung L. Kim, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/hyung-l-kim-cropped.jpg)
Hyung L. Kim, MD
![Paul Kokorowski, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/k/paul-kokorowski-11198.jpg)
Paul Kokorowski, MD
![Anirban Mitra, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/anirban-mitra-64251.jpg)
Anirban Mitra, MD
![Ariel Moradzadeh, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/m/ariel-moradzadeh-40588.jpg)
Ariel Moradzadeh, MD
![Shannon Smith, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/shannon-smith-48328.jpg)
Shannon Smith, MD
![Mark Vogel, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/education/team/u-z/vogel-mark.jpg)
Mark Vogel, MD
Vascular Surgery
![Ryan Abdul-Haqq, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/cedars-sinai-education.png)
Ryan Abdul-Haqq, MD
![Cassra Arbabi, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/cassra-arbabi-47193.jpg)
Cassra Arbabi, MD
![Ali Azizzadeh, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/a/ali-azizzadeh_fard-41391.jpg)
Ali Azizzadeh, MD
![Donald Baril, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/b/donald-baril-47976.jpg)
Donald Baril, MD
![Elizabeth Chou, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/c/elizabeth-chou-64416.jpg)
Elizabeth Chou, MD
![Bruce Gewertz, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/g/bruce-l-gewertz-cropped.jpg)
Bruce Gewertz, MD
![NavYash Gupta, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/g/navyash-gupta-cropped.jpg)
NavYash Gupta, MD
![Heitham Hassoun, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/h/heitham-hassoun-46741.jpg)
Heitham Hassoun, MD
![Rameen Moridzadeh, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/cedars-sinai-education.png)
Rameen Moridzadeh, MD
![Neil Reddy, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/cedars-sinai-education.png)
Neil Reddy, MD
![Sally Schonefeld, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/s/sally-schonefeld-48718.jpg)
Sally Schonefeld, MD
![Theodore Teruya, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/t/theodore-teruya-65274.jpg)
Theodore Teruya, MD
![Allan W. Tulloch, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/cedars-sinai-education.png)
Allan W. Tulloch, MD
![Willis H. Wagner, MD profile image](/content/dam/cedars-sinai/doctor-bios/doctors/images/w/willis-h-wagner-cropped.jpg)
Willis H. Wagner, MD
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8700 Beverly Blvd.
North Tower, #8215
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