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Cardiologists
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Arun Agarwal, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.; internal medicine internship and residency, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City; cardiology fellowship, Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia.
General Info
Cardiologist
Primary Practice
Grove Hill Medical Center, 1 Lake St., New Britain: (860) 223-0220
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Talhat Azemi, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies; internal medicine internship and residency, University of Connecticut Health Center; chief medical resident, University of Connecticut Health Center/Hartford Hospital. Completed nuclear cardiology, clinical cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships, University of Connecticut/Hartford Hospital.
General Info
Cardiologist
Primary Practice
Hartford Cardiac Laboratory, P.C., 85 Seymour St., Suite 821, Hartford: (860) 545-5061
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Inku K- Lee, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Yonsei University Medical School, Seoul, Korea; internal medicine residency, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.; initial residency training, Huron Road Hospital, Cleveland, and Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. Cardiology fellowship, The Hospital of Saint Raphael (now Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael campus)
General Info
Accepting new patients. Interests include adult cardiovascular disease with a special focus on peripheral artery disease. Board-certified in interventional cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.
Primary Practice
Doctors of Central Connecticut Cardiology, 55 Meriden Ave., Suite 3G, Southington: 860-276-5107
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Joshua L. Rock, D.O.
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Education
Medical degree, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia; internal medicine internship and residency, University of Connecticut; echocardiography fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine and affiliates Yale-New Haven Hospital and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Newington; cardiovascular fellowship, Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut.
General Info
Accepting new patients. Registered physician in vascular interpretation
Primary Practice
Doctors of Central Connecticut Cardiology, 55 Meriden Ave., suite 3G, Southington: (860) 276-5107
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Chief, Pediatrics
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Nagwa Khadr, M.D., F.A.A.P.
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Education
Medical degree, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; internship, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo; senior house officer (general medicine resident), Charing Cross Hospital, London. Pediatrics residency, Henry Ford Health System/Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.
General Info
Areas of interest include children’s welfare; general pediatrics problems and disorders from birth to age 21; infectious diseases; asthma and allergies; ear, nose and throat problems; attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; and preventive medicine and immunizations.
Primary Practice
Hospital of Central Connecticut Pediatrics: 860-224-5691
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Colorectal surgeon
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Rafal Barczak, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; general surgery internship/residency, University of Connecticut Integrated General Surgery Residency Program; colorectal research fellowship and colorectal clinical fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Fla.
Primary Practice
Hartford Clinical Associates, 455 Lewis Ave., Meriden: (203) 238-1241
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Director, Hospitalist Program
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Daniel Kombert, M.D.
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Education
New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y.; internal medicine internship, residency Westchester County Medical Center (now Westchester Medical Center), Valhalla, where he was also a chief medical resident.
General Info
Past experience: Vice president, Hospitalist Services, Steward Health Care System, Boston, and a hospitalist medicine director. Quality medical director, Cape Cod Healthcare, Cape Cod, Mass. Founder and director of Hospital Medicine, chief medical officer and chief of medicine, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, Mass.; director, Bourne Bridge Medical Urgent Care/Primary Care/Occupational Health Center, Buzzards Bay, Mass.; clinical medicine instructor, Tufts University Medical School, Boston. New York Medical College: third year clerkship director, assistant professor of medicine, Student Health Services physician. Westchester Medical Center: Associate program director, Medical Residency Training Program; director, Hospitalist Program; director, Adult Primary Care Center. Primary care physician, St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, N.Y.
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3
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Emergency Physicians
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Michael J. Tiqui, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies; emergency medicine residency, Sinai-Grace Hospital/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit.
General Info
Emergency Medicine
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Gastroenterologists
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Krzysztof Kopec, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.; internal medicine internship/residency, Brown University – Rhode Island and Miriam hospitals, Providence, R.I.; gastroenterology fellowship, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Mass.
General Info
Fluent in Polish
Primary Practice
One Liberty St., 2nd floor, New Britain: (860) 229-9688
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Gynecologic Oncologists
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Jonathan Aaron Cosin, M.D.
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Education
Medical School: New York Medical College.
Residency: Baystate Medical Center.
Fellowship (Gynecologic Oncology): University of Minnesota.
General Info
Areas of Interest: Dr. Cosin specializes in pelvic and reconstructive surgery, and performs minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopy and robotics.
Board Certifications: Gynecologic Oncology, OB/GYN.
Faculty Appointments: Dr. Cosin previously served as an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology for Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
A practicing physician for nearly 15 years, Dr. Cosin most recently was section director of gynecologic oncology at Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
In 2012, he received the Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors award and Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors® for Cancer award—an honor which puts him in the top one percent of physicians in the nation specializing in gynecologic oncology.
Since 2006, Dr. Cosin has made two medical mission trips a year to Grenada, a small country where there is no gynecologic oncology specialist.
Primary Practice
440 New Britain Ave., Plainville: 860-826-1101
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M. Heather Einstein, M.D., M.S.
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Education
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City.
Residency (OB/GYN): University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wis.
Clinical Research Fellowship (Pelvic Reconstruction): Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.
Fellowship (Gynecologic Oncology): University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.
General Info
Gynecologic oncologist
Primary Practice
Hartford Hospital, 85 Seymour St, Suite 705, Hartford: 860-545-4341
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Hospitalists
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Muhammad Al Mounayer, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria; residency, Damascus Health Directorate; internal medicine residency, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn.
General Info
Fluent in Arabic.
Primary Practice
Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3
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Brian Beaulieu, M.D.
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Education
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass.; internal medicine internship/residency Yale-New Haven Hospital; infectious disease fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine.
General Info
Hospitalist
Primary Practice
Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3
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Ram Illindala, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India; rotating internship, Osmania General Hospital and affiliated hospitals, Hyderabad, India; internal medicine residency, Cook County Hospital (now John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital), Chicago.
General Info
Previously a hospitalist at the Hospital of Saint Raphael and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
Primary Practice
Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3
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Elizabeth A. Tillman, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia; residency, internal medicine, Rhode Island Hospital Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, R.I.
General Info
Hospitalist
Primary Practice
Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3
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Internal Medicine Specialists
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W. Richard McQueen Jr., M.D.
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Education
Medical degree: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans; internship and residency in internal medicine, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta.
General Info
Before joining HOCC, practiced primary care in New Orleans for 12 years and was medical director of the Loyola University Student Health Center.
Primary Practice
Southington Primary Care, 55 Meriden Ave; Suite 1D: (860) 276-5144
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Douglas P. Olson, M.D.
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Education
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; internal medicine internship and residency, and chief resident, Yale University School of Medicine.
Primary Practice
Community Health Center, 85 Lafayette St., New Britain: 860-224-3642
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Priya P Roy, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, J.J.M Medical College, Karnataka, India; internal medicine internship and residency, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine (now Drexel University College of Medicine), Philadelphia.
General Info
Before joining HOCC, in practice at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center and before that in Pennsylvania.
Primary Practice
Grove Hill Medical Center, 300 Kensington Ave., New Britain: (860) 832-8150
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Internal Medicine, Critical Care Specialist
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Constantine Manthous, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; internal medicine internship/residency, University of Connecticut; pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago.
General Info
Most recently director, Medical Intensive Care; and director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Bridgeport Hospital. Associate clinical professor of medicine, Department of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine.
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: 860-224-5011
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Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery
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David H. Okolica, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y.; general surgery residency, Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.; minimally invasive surgery fellowship, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa.; bariatric surgery fellowship, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.
General Info
Medical director of Bariatric Surgery. A minimally invasive surgeon, specializes in laparoscopic procedures, including gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding. Previously practiced bariatric and general surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pa.
Primary Practice
HOCC Center for Metabolic Health, 11 South Road, Suite 130, Farmington: (860) 224-5433
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Bernadette A. Hillman, M.D.
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Education
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.; pediatric residency and chief resident, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.; neonatology fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
General Info
Neonatologist
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: 860-224-5691
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Hussein I Alahmadi, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; internship, College of Medicine, King Saud University; neurosurgery residency and neuro-oncology/skull base surgery clinical fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Spine surgery clinical fellowship, Rush University, Chicago. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
General Info
Accepting new patients. Interests include general neurosurgery, brain and pituitary tumors and spine surgery, including minimally invasive procedures.
Primary Practice
40 Hart St., Building A, 3rd floor, New Britain: 860-229-0728
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Orthopedic Specialists
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Todd Applegate, D.O.
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Education
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia; general surgery internship/orthopedic surgery residency, Boston Medical Center, Boston; fellowship in orthopedic surgery of the spine, NYU Langone Medical Center’s Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York City.
General Info
Orthopedic surgeon
Primary Practice
Applegate Orthopedic Spine Center, 5 Pequot Park Rd., Suite 201A, Westbrook: 860-391-8068
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Evan S. Rashkoff, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.; general surgery internship, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, N.C. (now Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center); orthopedic surgery residency, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami Fla.; sports medicine fellowship, Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, N.Y.; hip and knee surgery fellowship, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital), New York City.
General Info
Former civilian employee of the U.S. Army.
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5540
Additional Practice
New Milford Orthopedic Associates, New Milford: (860) 355-8000
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Pediatric Hospitalists
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Lauren E Melman, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; internship and pediatrics residency, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine.
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3
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Pediatrician
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Evelyne Sousa, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Federal University of Alagoas State, Brazil; internship, Federal University of the State of Alagoas; pediatric internship and residency, Mount Sinai School of Medicine program, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, N.J.
General Info
Pediatrics
Primary Practice
Grove Hill Medical Center, 300 Kensington Ave., New Britain: 860-224-6282
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Psychiatrists
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Christopher L. Yergen, M.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands; adult psychiatry internship and residency, Hartford Hospital/Institute of Living, where he was also a chief resident; psychosomatic medicine fellowship, Hartford Hospital.
General Info
Previously worked at Hartford Hospital and Institute of Living.
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: 860-224-5285
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Rheumatologist
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Yousong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
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Education
Medical degree, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; internal medicine internship and residency, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City; rheumatology fellowship, Yale University; Ph.D. in pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.
General Info
Most recently worked at Hebrew Health Care, West Hartford; has also worked at VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven campus; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City; and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Cancer Center (now Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University), New York City.
Primary Practice
Grove Hill Medical Center, 300 Kensington Ave., New Britain: 860-224-6201
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Surgeons
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Albert L. Geetter, M.D.
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Education
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia; general surgery internship/residency, Tufts-New England Medical Center (now Tufts Medical Center), Boston.
General Info
Most recently worked for State Department of Public Health as medical director for bioterrorism and as chief forensic medical investigator. Before that he was in private practice in Hartford for more than 30 years. Prior to that, he was a surgeon with rank of captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, which included working at Army hospitals in Vietnam.
Primary Practice
HOCC Wound Care Center: 860-378-1400
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Surgical Critical Care Director
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Sharon Weintraub, M.D., M.P.H., FACS
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Education
Medical degree, New York University School of Medicine, New York City; general surgery internship/residency, University of Connecticut Integrated General Surgery Residency Program; surgical critical care fellowship, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, Calif. Master’s in public health/epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans.
General Info
Before joining HOCC, director, Surgical Critical Care, and a member of the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Previously a member, Section of Trauma and Critical Care, and general surgeon, Department of Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans and Shreveport, La. Also worked as a surgical intensivist, Veterans Administration Medical Center, New Orleans. Prior academic appointments: assistant professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; and assistant professor, Surgery and Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.
Primary Practice
The Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5011
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Surgical Oncologist
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Bret M. Schipper, M.D.
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Education
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies.
Internship (General Surgery): S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Residency (General surgery): University of Pittsburgh.
Fellowships (Research), (Surgical Oncology): University of Pittsburgh.
General Info
Areas of interest: Robotic surgery and surgical care for patients with colon, liver, pancreas and gastric cancers.
Offers HIPEC, Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, for peritoneal-based metastatic disease from cancers such as appendiceal cancer, mesothelioma, and colon cancer.
Primary Practice
Central Connecticut Surgical Oncology, 40 Hart St., Building D, New Britain: 860-827-1981
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Vascular surgeons
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Jonathan E. Hasson, M.D.
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Education
Albany Medical College of Union University, Albany, N.Y.; general surgery residency, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, and at the former Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago; vascular research fellowship and vascular surgery clinical fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
General Info
Former chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Waterbury Hospital; former chief, Vascular Surgery and other surgery sections, First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, N.C. Formerly with the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps, serving in Desert Storm with last rank of lieutenant colonel. Has served on the U.S. International Medical/Surgical Team and is part of the Connecticut Disaster Management Assistant Team. Assistant clinical professor of surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; has held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Primary Practice
MidState Medical Group, 455 Lewis Ave., Suite 203, Meriden: 203-634-1900
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Parth S. Shah, M.D., MPH
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Education
Medical degree, Smt. N.H.L. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India ( M.B.B.S.); Internship and residency, general surgery, Maimonides Medical Center; fellowship, vascular surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Master’s degree in public health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
General Info
Member, Greater Hartford Vascular Society
Primary Practice
40 Hart Street, Building C, New Britain, 06052: 860.229.8889
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