CORE SURGICAL RESIDENCY FACULTY
Robert Madlinger, DO, MPH, FACOS, FACS, LTC, USAR, USARC
Chief of Trauma, Acute Care and Surgical Critical Care, MVHS, Utica, NY
SEMC PMSR Rotation Director: General Surgery
Dr. Madlinger received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience in Kansas City, Missouri. He performed his internship and residency in General Surgery at St. Barnabus Hospital in Bronx, New York. He also received fellowship training in Trauma and Critical Care from Lincoln Hospital in Bronx, New York.
Dr. Madlinger is board certified by the American Board of Osteopathic Surgery in both Surgical Critical Care and General Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgery and the American College of Surgeons.
Paul Davidson, MD, FACS
Dr. Davidson is a surgeon at Surgical Associates of Utica in New Hartford, New York. He received his Doctor of Medicine from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York, and a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Davidson is chairman of the Medical Records Committee, a member of the Mohawk Valley Health System Medical Staff Advisory Committee and is one of SEMC’s trauma surgeons.
GENERAL SURGICAL RESIDENCY FACULTY
William A. Graber, MD, FACS
Fayez Chahfe, MD
Danielle Thesier, MD
Matthew Denson, DO

Kathryn Fitzgerald, DO
Ransford Commey, MD
Tracey Barone
Jorge Ferreiro, MD
John Sperling, MD
John DeTraglia, MD
Nicholas Qandah, DO, FACOS
Nabeel El-amir, MD, FACS
Natalie Pavelock, MD
Kayla Panko, FNP
ADMINISTRATIVE FACULTY
Marissa Dauber
General Surgery Program Coordinator
(315) 624-6158