Surgical Residency Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

08/07/2019

With great sadness, we note the passing of Christopher Mills, MD. Dr. Mills was an exemplary surgeon and former Chair at St. Vincent’s Medical Center before coming to Mount Sinai Beth Israel in 2010.

He recently retired from active practice.

06/10/2018

Congratulations to our six graduating Chief Surgical Residents.

05/31/2018

Beth Israel Hospital House Staff 1921-22

02/03/2018

Great to see our graduate now vascular fellow Joseph Sabat who presented a great paper at the Academic Surgical Congress in Jacksonville on ligation or repair of portal venous injury following trauma. Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

09/20/2016

Beth and Heidi practicing bowel anastomosis during the Surgical Skills Lab.

06/08/2016

House Staff Graduation 6/8/2016

06/04/2016

05/15/2016

With Burton SURICK, MD program director at 47th Commencement ceremony for Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

04/29/2016

The American Board of Surgery has issued a statement regarding Residency Redesign. Significant changes are coming to the structure of surgical training.

The American Board of Surgery envisions a new paradigm for general surgery training, with greater autonomy and flexibility.

03/31/2016

Two of our residents have been accepted to very prestigious fully funded NIH T32 Research Training Programs.

Dagny Von Ahrens (PGY-2) - T32 Research Training program in Surgical Oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine with PI Dr. Steven Libutti (2 years).

Thinzar Helmi Lwin (PGY-3) - T32 Cancer Therapeutics Training Program at the University of California at San Diego with PI Dr Michael Bouvet (2 years).

03/19/2016

Congratulations to our Program Director Burton Surick, MD, FACS and Program Coordinator LaVerne Powell for an excellent match.

Welcome new Mount Sinai surgeons:

Lilyanne Chen, Tulane
Jani Lee, Stony Brook
Manuel Sanchez Casalongue, AECOM
Marah Tillman, Florida International University
Samantha Wu, University of Cincinnati

05/11/2015

The Chief Surgical Residents organized a surgical skills "top gun" competition, held on Saturday, May 9th. Rising PGY-4 Residents, Nirav Desai, MD, and Jon Villena, MD, pictured were doing a vascular anastomosis exercise.

The winner of the "Top Gun" competition was Rising PGY-3 resident, Helmi Lwin, MD. Rising PGY-4 resident, Julie Kim, MD, came in second place.