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About St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

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History

A Heritage of Surgical Excellence

Academic Affiliation

Academic Affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Division of Breast Surgery

	Alison Estrabrook, MD,FACS
	Paul I. Tartter, MD, FACS
	Sharon Rosenbaum Smith, MD, FACS
	Ayemoe Thu Ma, MD, FACS
	Beth C. Freedman, MD

Roosevelt Comprehensive Breast Center

St. Luke’s Breast Services

Division of Cardiac Surgery

	Sandhya K. Balaram, MD, PhD
	Daniel Swistel, MD
	Karan Omidvari, MD

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Division of Colorectal Surgery

	Nipa D. Gandhi, MD
	Richard L. Whelan, MD, FACS, FASCRS
	Fadi F. Attiyeh, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Research
Colorectal Fellowship
Colonoscopy

Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery

	Scott J. Belsley, MD, FACS
	Faiz Bhora, MD, FACS
	Cliff Connery, MD, FACS
	Grace J. Kim, MD, FACS
	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Richard L. Whelan, MD, FACS, FASCRS

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Division of Pediatric Surgery

Leif O. Holgersen, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians

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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

	Joseph Dayan, MD
	Richard H.S. Karpinski, MD
	William Samson, MD
	Mark L. Smith, MD
	Mark Sultan, MD, FACS

The Division of Plastic Surgery is an extraordinarily active...

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Division of Thoracic Surgery

	Cliff P. Connery, MD, FACS
	Faiz Y. Bhora, MD, FACS
	Mariya Yakubov NP-BC
	Caitlin O’Shaughnessy NP-BC
	Yvonne Cruz, RN
	Renee Cortez, RN
	Patricia Stacey
	Andy Nabong, MA

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Transplant Surgery

	Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
	Germaine Chan, MD
	Stanley Cortell, MD, MPH
	Melvin Gilbert, MD
	James Jones, MD
	Fred Kimmelstiel, MD,FACS
	Ira Meisels, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Steven Smith, MD
	Vaughn Whittaker, MBBS
	Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD

Division of Trauma and Critical Care

	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	Danne Lorieo, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Susan Talbert, MD
	Raymond V. Wedderburn, MD

The Trauma Center at St. Luke's Hospital is one of the five state…
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Division of Vascular Surgery

	Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
	John C. Lantis, MD, FACS
	Donna M. Mendes, MD, FACS
	George J. Todd, MD, FACS
	Michael Dudkiewicz, MD

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Division of General Surgery

	Fadi Attiyeh, MD, FACS
	Arnold Belgraier, MD
	Scott Belsley, MD, FACS
	Cliff Connery, MD, FACS
	Alison A. Estabrook, MD, FACS
	Grace J. Kim, MD, FACS
	Fred M. Kimmelstiel, MD, FACS
	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	Danne Lorieo, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Eric D. Moore, MD
	Geoffrey Pollack, MD
	Susan Talbert, MD

Aneurysm Center

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Aneurysm Center

Bariatric

Bariatric Surgery Program

Endovascular

Endovascular Surgery Program

Hepatobiliary

Hepatobiliary Surgery Program

Surgical Missions

Surgical Missions Program

Latin Initiative

Latin Initiative Program

Limb Salvage & Wound Healing

Limb Salvage & Wound Healing Program

Robotics

Robotic Surgery Program

Residency Program

Surgical Residency Training Program
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Thoracic Surgery

Vascular Surgery

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Colorectal Surgery

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Physicians

James P. Jones, MD

James P. Jones, MD is a graduate of NY Medical College fifth pathway program and completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. He then completed a chief residency year followed by a fellowship in both nephrology and critical care at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. He is board eligible in critical care and certified in internal medicine and nephrology.

Our Physicians

Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS

Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery
Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University

Germaine Chan, MD

Donor Nephrologist

Stanley Cortell, MD, MPH

Nephrologist

Melvin Gilbert, MD

Transplant Psychiatrist

James Jones, MD

Nephrologist

Fred Kimmelstiel, MD, FACS

Donor Laparoscopic/Open and Transplant Surgeon

Ira Meisels, MD

Nephrologist

James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS

Donor Laparoscopic Surgeon

Steven Smith, MD

Medical Director, Transplant/Transplant Nephrologist

Vaughn Whittaker, MBBS

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Columbia University

Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD

Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease

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