I have been an assistant professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY since November 2020. I am a bariatric and minimally-invasive general surgeon. I am passionate about robotic surgery as well as obesity medicine. I passed the Certification Examination for Obesity Medicine Physicians in 2023. I have been a member of ASMBS since I was a PGY2 in residency when I was accepted for a poster presentation.