General Surgery Residency Program

The General Surgery Residency Program at Broward Health is a five-year training program designed to include emphasis on experiential learning that will develop each resident's knowledge of the core competencies of surgical care.

General Surgery Residency Program

The General Surgery Residency Program at Broward Health is a five-year training program designed to include emphasis on experiential learning that will develop each resident's knowledge of the core competencies of surgical care.

Director:

Ivan Puente, M.D., FACS

Coordinator:

Alex Hall

Phone:

954-468-4068

Welcome from Program Director

I am pleased to tell you about the General Surgery Residency training program at Broward Health! Led by an enthusiastic and dedicated faculty of qualified, board-certified multi-specialty surgeons, our program is built on the premises of fostering a hands-on educational and clinical experience, while maintaining a commitment to high quality patient care.

Our mission at Broward Health is to provide the surgical residents with a well-rounded education that will prepare them to be competent surgeons regardless of the type of practice they eventually choose to undertake.  With a consortium of 4 teaching hospitals and over 40,000 surgical cases performed annually, the residents are exposed to an invaluable clinical experience.  Our robust didactic curriculum provides weekly, monthly, and quarterly basic and clinical science lectures, journal clubs, morbidity and mortality conferences, Grand Rounds, and simulation laboratory skills which promote individual growth while always prioritizing resident wellness. By serving and supporting our resident’s needs, our faculty physicians strive to propel and prepare them to enter the field equipped for independent practice as surgeons.

Residents in our program will complete core and specialty rotations in General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotics, Bariatric Surgery, Endoscopy, Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplantation, Vascular Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and the Emergency Department. The high volume of patients, diverse patient population, and state of the art surgical facilities afford our residents a unique opportunity to gain a comprehensive surgical experience from the first day of their five-year residency.  For those who wish to pursue fellowship training after residency, we provide protected research time during the 5-year curriculum to strengthen the applicant's qualifications.

Thank you for your interest in the General Surgery Residency at Broward Health. I encourage you to contact us with any questions related to our program and what we have to offer. 

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Sincerely,
Ivan Puente, M.D., FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Curriculum

Training Blocks and Sites

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Following are detailed descriptions of the rotations for each post-graduate year of training in the General Surgery residency program.

Faculty Members

Faculty Members

Alexander G. Parr, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Camil Sader, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Charles Lago, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Chi Zhang, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgery

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Edward Czinn, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine

Eugene Costantini, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Gary Lehr, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

Hannah Kerr, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Heba N. Schiller, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Igor Nichiporenko, MD, FACS

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Ivan Puente, MD, FACS

Program Director

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery

John Abbensetts, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery, General Surgery

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John Berne, MD

Assistant Program Director

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

Jorge Vega Jr., MD, FACS

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

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Jose Lozada, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

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Joseph Catino, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

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Joseph Corallo, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgery

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Joshua Shaw, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Multiorgan Abdominal Transplant

Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Surgery

Surgical Oncology

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Kenneth Herskowitz, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

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Mario Gomez, DO

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgical Critical Care

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Mark Shachner, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Michael Parra, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery

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Mohammed Abdallah, DO

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Vascular Surgery

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Nicholas Tranakas, MD

Core Faculty

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgical Oncology

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Pedro Gonzalez, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery

Punell Traverso, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Ralph Guarneri, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Surgical Critical Care

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Ronald Moore, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery

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Ronald Stricoff, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

General Surgery

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Ryan Sobel, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Head and Neck

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Timothy Dickhudt, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Trauma Surgery, General Surgery

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Wilson DuMornay, MD

 GME FACULTY SPECIALTY:

Otolaryngology

2024 Alumni

We are proud of our 2024 Graduates and their Fellowship placements.

 

Vincent Athas, M.D. – Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, University of Louisville

Karen Burtt, M.D. – Plastic Surgery, Houston Methodist

Michael Clenshaw, M.D. – Vascular Surgery, Loma Linda University

Whitney Goering, M.D. – Colon and Rectal Fellowship, Orlando Health

Jennine Putnick, M.D. – Advanced Gastroenterology Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Weston

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Meet our Residents

Meet our residents from across the country and abroad, representing the diverse culture of South Florida. Broward Health takes pride in its training programs with broad perspectives that enrich the residents' learning experience. 

Residents