Phone: 814-467-3653
Fax: 814-467-3655
600 Somerset Ave.
Windber PA, 15963 Bariatric Surgery
English
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s School of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Kennedy Health System
Hackensack University Medical Center at Palisades
Allegheny Health Network
Bariatric Surgery
General Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
1. What is your specialty?
General surgery with sub-specialty of advanced GI endoscopy and minimally invasive foregut surgery.
2. Why did you want to become a Physician?
My desire to become a physician began in my elementary years due to my fascination with the human body and its function. I became even more interested after shadowing multiple medical professional and admiring how much they contributed to optimizing a patient’s health and total quality of life. I became a surgeon because I enjoyed the instant gratification of relieving a patient’s pain from surgical intervention.
3. What is one aspect of the job that you find rewarding?
The most rewarding aspect of being a surgeon is the gratitude from my patients and being able to provide to them personalized care to optimize there quality of life.
4. In your opinion, what’s the future of your field?
The future of surgery is broad. Not only will there be more innovation and optimization to provide patients with even less invasive procedures but there will be more preventative surgical procedures being performed.
5. What do you do to achieve work/life balance?
Work life balance is important in any field if you want to be content. In order to achieve work life balance it takes being organized and having a good time management skills.
Selection of a health care provider is a personal choice. Most or all of the health care providers performing services in this Hospital are independent contractors who have privileges to practice at the Hospital but they are not Hospital employees, representatives or agents. This includes but is not limited to radiologists, pathologists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, surgeons and others. Independent contractors are responsible for their own actions and the Hospital is not liable for the acts or omissions of any such independent contractors.
If understanding the relationship between your Health Care Provider and this Hospital is important to you, you may ask your Health Care Provider.