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Founding Members

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Fellowship Director
Program Name
Location
Maurice E. ARREGUI, MD St. Vincent Hospital & Healthcare Center Indianapolis, IN
Garth H. BALLANTYNE, MD Hackensack University Med. Ctr Hackensack, NJ
Marc BESSLER, MD Columbia Unversity New York, NY
Daniel W. BIRCH, MD Department Of Surgery Hamilton, ON
Jo BUYSKE, MD Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA
Eugene CHO, MD Univ. Of Maryland Hospital Baltimore, MD
Eric Joel DEMARIA, MD Medical College Of Virginia Richmond, VA
Michael B. EDYE, MD NYU New York, NY
W. Stephen EUBANKS, MD Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC
Timothy M. FARRELL, MD University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
George S. FERZLI, MD Private Practice Staten Island, NY
Dennis L. FOWLER, MD New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY
Morris E. FRANKLIN, MD Texas Endosurgery Institute San Antonio, TX
Gerald M. FRIED, MD McGill University Montreal, QU
Gary R. GECELTER, MD LI Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY
Randy S. HALUCK, MD Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA
B. Todd HENIFORD, MD Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC
Dan HERRON, MD Mount-Sinai Medical Center New York, NY
Santiago HORGAN, MD Univ. Of Illinois At Chicago Chicago, IL
Daniel B. JONES, MD Southwestern Medical School Dallas, TX
Namir KATKHOUDA, MD University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Philip L. LEGGETT, MD Private Practice Houston, TX
Demetrius E. M. LITWIN, MD UMASS Memorial Medical Center Worcester, MA
Joseph MAMAZZA, MD St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, ON
W. Scott MELVIN, MD Ohio State University Columbus, OH
Adrian E. PARK, MD University Of Maryland Lexington, KY
Joseph B. PETELIN, MD Private Practice Shawnee Mission, KS
Edward H. PHILLIPS, MD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey PONSKY, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH
Eric Charles POULIN, MD St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, Ontario,
David W. RATTNER, MD Massachusett’s General Wellesley, MA
Patrick R. REARDON, MD Private Practice, University of Texas Affiliated Houston, TX
William O. RICHARDS, MD Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Center Nashville, TN
Raul J. ROSENTHAL, MD Cleveland Clinic Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL
Philip R. SCHAUER, MD Presbyterian University Hospital Pittsburgh, PA
Bruce D. SCHIRMER, MD Health Sciences Ctr, U Of VA Charlottesville, VA
Brett C. SHEPPARD, MD Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, OR
Mika N. SINANAN, MD University of Washington Seattle, WA
C. Daniel SMITH, MD Emory Univ. School Of Medicine Atlanta, GA
Lee L. SWANSTROM, MD Legacy Health System Portland, OR
Gary C. VITALE, MD University Of Louisville Louisville, KY

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