General Surgery Residency Faculty

The faculty of the Department of Surgery includes general surgeons and surgical specialists. Each division of the department is under the direction of the chair, Michael Pasquale, MD.

Michael D. Pasquale, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery

Jason Weinberger, DO
Critical Care Medicine, Trauma Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Arjumand Ali, MD
General Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Division of Burn Surgery

Daniel D. Lozano, MD, MBA

Chief, Division of Burn, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Burn Surgery

Hamed Amani, MD

Burn Surgery

Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein, MD

Burn Surgery

Burn Recovery and Wound Care

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Richard S. Chang, MD

Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Thoracic Surgery (Lung Surgery)

Thoracic Surgical Oncology (Lung Cancer Surgery)

Sanjay M. Mehta, MD

Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Chief of Quality

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Timothy S. Misselbeck, MD

Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ahmed R. Nassar, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jeffrey S. Veluz, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Surgery

James K. Wu, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Linda L. Lapos, MD

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Colon and Rectal Surgery

David S. Bub, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Kristen L. Halm, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

John S. Park, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Mikhail I. Rakhmanine, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

William Sangster, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

General Surgery

Division of General and Bariatric Surgery

T. Daniel Harrison, DO

Deputy Physician in Chief, Operations, Institute for Surgical Excellence

General Surgery

Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

Scott W. Beman, MD

General Surgery

Richard C. Boorse, MD

Chief, Division of General Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

General Surgery

Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

Paul B. Cesanek, MD

General Surgery

Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

David B. Grossman, MD

General Surgery

Division of General Surgery - LVH–Muhlenberg

Arjumand Ali, MD

General Surgery

Thomas A. Diven, MD

General Surgery

Guillermo Garcia, MD

Associate Chief, Division of General Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

General Surgery

Bariatric Surgery (Weight Loss Surgery)

Mark J. Nicolau, MD

General Surgery

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Marybeth Browne, MD, MS

Vice Chair, Pediatric Surgical Specialties, Institute for Surgical Excellence

General Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

Sarah A. Jones Sapienza, MD

Chief, Section of Pediatric Trauma, Institute for Surgical Excellence

General Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

Daniel M. Relles, MD

General Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Randolph Wojcik, MD

Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Cosmetic Surgery

Wellington J. Davis, MD

Chief, Section of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Marshall G. Miles, DO

Associate Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Cosmetic Surgery

Nathan F. Miller, MD

Associate Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Hand Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Robert

X.

Murphy

Jr., MD, MS, FACS, CPE

Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, Lehigh Valley Health Network; President and Chief Executive Officer, Populytics

Division of Surgical Oncology

Heiwon Chung Whang, MD

Chief, Section of Surgical Oncology

Surgical Oncology

Lori A. Alfonse, DO

Deputy Physician in Chief, Cancer Institute

Surgical Oncology

Aaron U. Blackham, MD

Surgical Oncology

Jeffrey T. Brodsky, MD

Surgical Oncology

Division of Transplant Surgery

George Rofaiel, MD

Chief, Section of Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Surgical Excellence

General Surgery

Surgical Oncology

Transplant Surgery

Christine W. Du, MD

General Surgery

Transplant Surgery

Patty T. Liu, MD

General Surgery

Transplant Surgery

Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care

Mark D. Cipolle, MD, PhD, MS

Vice Chair, Education and Research, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Critical Care Medicine

Trauma Surgery

Robert D. Barraco, MD, MPH

Chief Academic Officer

Trauma Surgery

Michael S. Farrell, MD, MS

Critical Care Medicine

Trauma Surgery

E. James Frick, MD

Trauma Surgery

Jeffrey A. Glaser, MD, MS

Critical Care Medicine

Trauma Surgery

Timothy J. Harrison, DO, MS

Trauma Surgery

John J. Hong, MD

Trauma Surgery

Jayme D. Lieberman, MD, MBA

Vice Chair, LVH-Hazleton and LVH-Carbon, Institute for Surgical Excellence

Trauma Surgery

Michael Mazzei, MD, MS, MPH

Trauma Surgery

General Surgery

Ahsan M. Merchant, DO

General Surgery

Trauma Surgery

Rovinder S. Sandhu, MD

Deputy Physician in Chief, Quality and Patient Safety, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence

Trauma Surgery

Jason M. Weinberger, DO

Critical Care Medicine

Trauma Surgery