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Education: BA, Rutgers University, 2008 MD, Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, 2013
Residency: Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, 2013-2019
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Connecticut Children’s, 2019-2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
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