Graduate Medical Education

Faculty

Surgical critical care

Program Directors


Roberto Castillo, MPH, FACS, FACOS
Program Director
  • Residency: St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center (General Surgery)
  • Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Critical Care)

Areas of Interest: Trauma systems Damage control resuscitation

Charles Bendas, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Associate Program Director
  • Residency: St. Luke’s University Health Network (Emergency Medicine)
  • Fellowship: St. Luke’s University Health Network (Critical Care)

Areas of Interest: Resuscitation Science, Ultrasound, Delirium treatment and prevention


Core Faculty


Jennifer Axelband, DO
  • Residency: St. Luke’s University Health Network (Emergency Medicine)
  • Fellowship: St. Luke’s University Health Network (Critical Care)

Areas of Interest: Clinical Education, Neuro critical Care, Simulation training, Ultrasound

Maxwell Braverman, DO
  • Residency: Christiana Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Texas Health System - San Antonio

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

James Cipolla, MD, FACS
  • Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical System

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery

Nicolas Reis, DO, MS, FACEP
  • Residency: Nassau University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: St. Luke's University Health Network

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, Emergency Medicine

Stanislaw P. Stawicki, MD, MBA, FACS, FAIM
  • Residency: St. Luke’s University Health Network (General Surgery)
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania (Critical Care)

Areas of Interest: Clinical Research, quality improvement

Eric Tesoriero, DO
  • Residency: Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-West Campus; Mount Sinai Beth Isreal

Areas of Interest: Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Neurocritical Care

Peter G. Thomas, DO, FACS, FACOS
  • Residency: Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Lauryn Ullrich, DO, FACS, FACOS
  • Residency: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
  • Fellowship: St. Luke’s University Health Network

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery


Faculty


Kendra Davis, DO
  • Residency: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
  • Fellowship: St. Luke's University Health Network

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery

Brian A. Hoey, MD, FACS
  • Residency: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery

John Lukaszczyk, MD, FACS, FACCWS
  • Residency: Drexel College of Medicine Hahnemann University Hospital

Areas of Interest: Breast Disease, General Surgery, Laparoscopic (Minimally Invasive) Surgery, Thyroid Diseases, Trauma Surgery

Ryan Rambaran, DO
  • Residency: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

Areas of Interest: General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Christine L. Ramirez, MD, FACS
  • Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical System

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Jennifer To, DO
  • Residency: St. Joseph’s Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Westchester Medical Center

Areas of Interest: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery