Our Team

Our surgical staff works in tandem with other medical specialists to keep patients aware of all treatment options and, after surgery, coordinates a detailed plan for a quick return to normal activities.

Meet our Surgical Services Team:

Name Specialties Location
Abay, Abera Hagos, MD 860.886.2655
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Norwich
Aitcheson, Elizabeth, MD, MPH, RPVI 860.522.4158
  • Endovascular Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • Hartford
  • Glastonbury
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
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Allen, Jerilyn Sasek, MD 860.886.6610
  • Otolaryngology
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
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  • Willimantic
  • Norwich
  • Waterford
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Ayach, Mouhanad, MD, RPVI 860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Endovascular Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • Hartford
  • Plainville
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Canavan, Sarah S., MD 860.447.2489
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Waterford
  • Norwich
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Casillas-Romero, Sergio Rafael, MD
4.9 /5
165 surveys
860.889.9080
  • General Surgery
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
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  • Norwich
  • Waterford
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Coletti, David Edward, MD, FACS
4.9 /5
104 surveys
860.886.0660
  • General Surgery
  • Breast Surgery
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
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  • Norwich
  • Mystic
  • Waterford
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Courtright, Darren Jay, DPM, FACFAS
4.9 /5
48 surveys
860.437.3737
  • Podiatry
  • Groton
Crawley, David F., MD
4.8 /5
260 surveys
860.443.0622
  • Urology
  • Waterford
  • Norwich
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DiFrancesca, Joseph William, DPM 860.889.0022
  • Podiatry
  • Norwich
Gifford, Edward D., MD, RPVI
4.9 /5
108 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Endovascular Surgery
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  • Hartford
  • Glastonbury
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
  • Waterford
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Hall, Tonya Elsa, MD 860.859.9061
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Norwich
Jain, Akhilesh Kumar, MD, FACS
4.8 /5
85 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Endovascular Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • Hartford
  • Norwich
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Kachala, Stefan, MD, FACS
4.9 /5
72 surveys
860.696.4923
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • New Britain
  • Hartford
  • Meriden
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Koliani-Pace, Jenna L., MD 860.657.1920
  • Gastroenterology
  • Glastonbury
  • Bloomfield
  • Farmington
  • Norwich
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Kurowski, Kathleen, MD, FACS
5.0 /5
176 surveys
860.204.9126
  • Breast Surgery
  • Norwich
  • Waterford
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Levine, Eric A., DPM 860.886.4747
  • Podiatry
  • Foot Surgery
  • Sports Medicine
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  • Norwich
  • Tolland
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Maguire, Kevin, MD, FACS, CPE 860.425.5300
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Breast Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
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  • Norwich
Marshall, Sonya Lisa, DPM
4.9 /5
39 surveys
860.437.3737
  • Podiatry
  • Groton
Martin, Richard J., MD, DMD 860.885.0444
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
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  • Norwich
Masoud, Amir E., MD 475.210.4727
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Fairfield
McCallum, Robert David, MD 860.423.5000
  • General Surgery
  • Putnam
  • Plainfield
  • Willimantic
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McLeod, Brian Scott, MD
4.9 /5
348 surveys
860.564.9250
  • Urology
  • Plainfield
Mehendiratta, Vaibhav, MD 860.246.2571
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Hartford
  • Bloomfield
  • Glastonbury
  • Norwich
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Myers, Tamara T., MD, FACS 860.423.5000
  • General Surgery
  • Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
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  • Willimantic
  • Norwich
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Pagnozzi, John Anthony, MD, FACS 860.887.6753
  • General Surgery
  • Breast Surgery
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
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  • Norwich
Pathy, Vinod V., MD, FACS 860.390.6000
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Old Lyme
Payette, Christopher Roger, DPM 860.928.3667
  • Podiatry
  • Putnam
Pirrello, Jon Robert, MD 860.425.8740
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • Norwich
Quinn, Anthony Dennis, MD, FACS
4.9 /5
289 surveys
860.443.0622
  • Urology
  • Waterford
  • Norwich
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Richardson, Elizabeth Ann, DO 860.657.1920
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hartford
Salek, Jefrey S., MD 860.886.2655
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Norwich
Sanchez, Mayra J., MD 475.210.4727
  • Gastroenterology
  • Fairfield
Sang, You Sung, MD 860.859.9061
  • Gastroenterology
  • Norwich
Schipper, Bret Mitchell, MD, FACS, CPE
4.8 /5
58 surveys
860.696.2040
  • Surgical Oncology
  • General Surgery
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  • Hartford
  • New Britain
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Shah, Nilay, MD 860.390.6000
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • Old Lyme
Shah, Parth S., MD, FACS
4.9 /5
151 surveys
860.223.0800
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Endovascular Surgery
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  • Plainville
  • Farmington
  • Southington
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Sood, Shivani, MD 860.886.2655
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Norwich
Stahl, Brandon Christopher, MD
4.9 /5
318 surveys
860.886.1956
  • Urologic Oncology
  • Urology
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  • Norwich
Stanat, Christy Ann, MD
4.8 /5
122 surveys
860.204.9126
  • Breast Surgery
  • Norwich
  • Waterford
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Stuart, Regina, MD, FACS
4.9 /5
94 surveys
860.423.5000
  • Breast Surgery
  • General Surgery
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  • Willimantic
  • Plainfield
  • Putnam
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Tarka, Edward M, DPM 860.887.3538
  • Podiatry
  • Norwich
  • North Windham
  • Norwich
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Telsey, Jonathan Ian, MD, FACS
4.6 /5
245 surveys
860.886.1956
  • Urologic Surgery
  • Urology
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  • Norwich
  • Waterford
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Tramontozzi, Mark Edward, MD 860.889.3841
  • General Surgery
  • Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
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  • Norwich
  • Norwich
  • Willimantic
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Van Stolk, Rosalind, MD 860.447.2489
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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  • Waterford
Wesolek, John Howell, MD, FACS
4.6 /5
64 surveys
860.886.0660
  • General Surgery
  • Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
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  • Norwich
Worth, Jennifer, MD, FACS 860.425.5305
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Norwich
Young, Ricardo, MD, FASMBS
4.8 /5
57 surveys
860.425.8740
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Norwich

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