Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at
Monmouth Medical Center

About the Faculty

The department’s 23 attending surgeons are all board certified.  Nineteen members of the staff are fellowship trained in the area of sports medicine, pediatric orthopaedics, hand , spine, total joint replacement and foot and ankle.

Faculty

Jason Cohen, M.D.
Chairman

Steve Paragioudakis, M.D.
Program Director

General Orthopaedic Surgery

Angelo J. Lopano, M.D.
Residency: Harvard University

Irving Strouse, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center

Spine

Jason Cohen, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

Lambro Demetriades, M.D.
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Gordon D. Donald, III, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic

Cary Glastein, M.D.
Residency: Albert Einstein, Montefiore
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery

Hoan-Vu T. Nguyen, M.D.
Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Fellowship: San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders

Steve Paragioudakis, M.D.
Residency: UMDNJ, Newark
Fellowship: Stanford University

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Total Joint Replacement

Michael Absatz, M.D.
Residency: NYU
Fellowship: Kerlan-Jobe (Dorr)

Harry A. Bade, III, M.D.
Residency: St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery

David Chalnick, M.D.
Residency: Albany Medical Center
Fellowship: Insall/Scott/Kelly, NYC

Arthur K. Mark, M.D.
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

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Sports Medicine

Kenneth Chern, M.D.
Residency: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: Sports Medicine Center at Baptist Hospital, Nashville

Gregg Foos, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: SCOI (Southern California Orthopaedic Institute)

Robert Grossman, M.D.
Residency: University of Vermont
Fellowship: Lenox Hill Hospital

Charles Rizzo, M.D.
Residency: NYU
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Spagnuola, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University

Brian Torpey, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

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Foot and Ankle

Glenn Gabisan, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania

Aron Green, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowhship: University of Pittsburgh

Lance Markbreiter, M.D.
Residency: Columbia University
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery

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Pediatric

J. Andrew Bowe, M.D.
Residency: University of Virginia
Fellowship: Tufts University

Heather Harnley, M.D.
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Fellowship: duPont Children’s Hospital, Delaware

Samuel J. Laufer, M.D.
Residency: U. of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: U. of Toronto (Hospital for Sick Children)

Thomas McPartland, M.D.
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Fellowship: Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital

Lawrence Stankovits, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: duPont Childrens Hospital, Delaware

Phillip Therrien, M.D.
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: The Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

David Weisman, M.D.
Residency: UMDNJ-NJ Medical School
Fellowship: University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children

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Hand

Teddy L. Atik, M.D.
Residency: NYU / Hospital for Joint Diseases
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital

Raymond G. Decker, Jr., M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: Tampa General Hospital

Gregory Fedorcik, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center

George M. Gabuzda, M.D.
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: Tufts University Combined Program

David R. Gentile, M.D.
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Utah

Christopher D. Johnson, M.D.
Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Fellowship: Indiana Center for Surgery and
Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity

Gary M. Pess, M.D.
Residency: NYU
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Arthur P. Vasen, M.D.
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Fellowship: Harvard University-Brigham & Women’s Hospital

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Direct all inquiries to:

Jason Cohen, M.D.
Department Chairman and Program Director
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Monmouth Medical Center
300 Second Ave
Long Branch, New Jersey 07740
1-800-807-9191

mmcorthosurgery@sbhcs.com

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