John Smith Berry IV, MD, FACS
Dr. John Smith Berry is an experienced, board certified and fellowship trained colorectal surgeon with a focus on minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Berry is committed to providing personalized treatment plans and ensuring patients receive the highest standards of care. His clinical interests include sphincter-preserving techniques for advanced rectal cancer and enhanced recovery protocols that allow patients to experience shorter, safer hospital stays and less time away from work.
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Jooyeun Chung, MD
Dr. Jooyeun Chung is a fellowship trained bariatric surgeon who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders with a focus on minimally invasive gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, placement of lap band and other surgical procedures with potential to successfully affect obesity and diabetes.
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Joseph M. DellaCroce, MD, FACS
Dr. Joseph DellaCroce is a board certified general surgeon with more than three decades of experience as an attending surgeon at Capital Health. He received his medical degree at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA and completed his surgery internship and residency at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
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Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS
Dr. Cataldo Doria is an internationally renowned surgeon who specializes in the treatment of patients with benign conditions and cancer of the liver, pancreas, and bile duct. He is director of the Capital Health Cancer Center.
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Joshua A. Eisenberg, MD, FACS
Dr. Joshua Eisenberg is a fellowship trained open and endovascular surgeon who specializes in full spectrum treatment of the vascular system, including abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease (PAD), peripheral vein disease (PVD), carotid blockages, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and other related conditions. He is director of the Capital Health Heart & Vascular Institute.
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Louis Fares, MD
Dr. Fares is board certified in general surgery and has more than 40 years of experience in the surgical field. He completed his general surgery residency at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, where he was both chief resident and administrative chief. He received his medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas Medical School in Manila, Philippines.
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Niveen Hanna, MD, FACS
Dr. Niveen Hanna is available to both medical and surgical colleagues alike for immediate consultation on complex or unusual acute care, surgical critical care and general surgical cases. She specializes in elective as well as emergent general surgical procedures, including complex re-operative surgery, complex abdominal wall reconstruction/hernia repair using component separation and complex wound care and fistula care management.
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Steven A. Johnson, MD, FACS
Dr. Steven Johnson is medical director of both the Multi-Specialty Surgical Practice and Surgical Critical Care at Capital Health. In addition to providing state-of-the-art surgical care to critically ill and injured patients at Capital Health, Dr. Johnson is available to both medical and surgical colleagues alike for immediate consultation on complex or unusual general surgical and trauma cases. He is also available to assist other subspecialists in acute emergency situations that may arise in the operating room, emergency room, ICU, inpatient or outpatient setting (e.g. pelvic bleeding intraop for OB/GYN, massive hemorrhage during vascular emergencies, the outpatient acute abdomen, multisystem trauma, etc.).
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Michael Kalina, DO, FACOS, FACS
Dr. Michael Kalina, medical director of Acute Care Surgery, is a board certified general surgeon who holds specialty certification in surgical critical, trauma, and acute care surgery. Dr. Kalina has extensive experience in emergency general surgery, neurologic critical care, complicated soft tissue wound management, and complex hernia repair.
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Michael E. Kelly, DO
Dr. Michael E. Kelly is a fellowship trained critical care surgeon with extensive experience in general surgery and trauma surgery. Prior to joining Capital Health, Dr. Kelly was a surgical critical care fellow at Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, NJ where he received training in both trauma surgery and critical care.
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Christine Lotto, MD
Dr. Christine Lotto is a board certified, fellowship trained general and vascular surgeon. After receiving her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, Dr. Lotto completed her general surgery residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where she completed a research fellowship in fibrotic diseases, conditions that affect the connective tissues of organs such as aneurysmal diseases (blood vessels), cardiomyopathy (heart) and cystic fibrosis (lungs).
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James McPherson, III, MD, MPH, FACS
Dr. James McPherson is a board certified thoracic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience. Dr. McPherson’s clinical focus is on minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and other thoracic (chest) diseases. He is an expert on the daVinci Xi robotic platform, a cutting edge technology that results in smaller incisions, less pain and blood loss and a more rapid return to active living compared to open surgery.
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Kogulan Nadesakumaran, MD
Dr. Nadesakumaran completed his fellowship training in vascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. After receiving his medical degree from Stony Brook University School of Medicine in Stony Brook, New York, he completed his residency in general surgery at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. During his residency, he received an award for best surgical resident teacher.
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Yuri Rojavin, MD
Dr. Yuri Rojavin is a fellowship trained critical care surgeon and board certified general surgeon. He received his fellowship training in surgical critical care at the University of Connecticut Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT. He is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
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Ashlee N. Godshalk Ruggles, MD
Dr. Ashlee N. Godshalk Ruggles is a board certified, fellowship trained colorectal surgeon with a focus on minimally invasive procedures. After receiving her medical degree at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, Dr. Godshalk Ruggles completed her internship and general surgery residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She continued her education by completing two fellowships at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX—the first in minimally-invasive colon and rectal surgery where she focused entirely on a laparoscopic and robotic approach to colorectal surgeries. She furthered her expertise by completing an additional fellowship in colon and rectal surgery the following year, this time expanding her focus to include advanced endoscopy and all approaches to surgery.
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Raja Salem, MD
Dr. Raja Salem is a fellowship trained and board certified critical care surgeon and general surgeon. He received his fellowship training in surgical critical care at Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, NJ. He is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery.
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Joyce Varughese, MD, FACOG
Dr. Joyce Varughese is a board certified, fellowship trained gynecologic oncology surgeon who specializes in performing minimally invasive procedures using the Da Vinci® robotic surgery system. Dr. Varughese completed her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology and residency in obstetrics and gynecology, serving as administrative chief resident, at Yale University. She received her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York and her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard University.
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Jillian Walsh, MD
Dr. Jillian Walsh is a fellowship trained vascular surgeon. After receiving her medical degree at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Walsh completed her general surgery residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She then pursued fellowship training in vascular surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, part of Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. During this time, Dr. Walsh also served as a clinical Instructor for medical students and surgical residents.