Faculty & Staff

Mercy Catholic Medical Center’s faculty members bring their day-to-day experience of caring for patients into their approach to teaching. Their commitment is reflected in their willingness to share the knowledge and skills they have developed over their professional lifetime. Each faculty member, a board-certified physician in his or her specialty, strives to provide a quality and productive experience for residents during the transitional year.

Ali S. Ahmadinejad, MD

• Chief, Vascular Surgery, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
• Specialty: General and Vascular Surgery
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine

Orlando Castillo, MD

• Specialty: General Surgery
• Interest in wound care, minimally-invasive, laparoscopic and robotic surgery

Leon E. Clarke, MD

• Specialty: General Surgery
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine

Karen Kish, MD

• Program Director, General Surgery Residency
• Specialty: Breast and Colorectal Surgery
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine

Prashanth Ramachandra, MD

• Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
• Director, Mercy Bariatrics
• Specialty: General Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine

Kanika Trehan, MD

• Director of Robotic Surgery
• Specialty: General Surgery and Bariatric Surgery

Aley E. Tohamy, MD

• Chair, Department of Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center
• Minimally Invasive, Robotic, Bariatric and General Surgery

Rashad G. Choudry, MD

• Specialty: Vascular Surgery

John Fernandez, MD

• Specialty: Plastic Surgery
• Microvascular Surgery
• Lymphedema Surgery

Tiffany Schatz, MD

• Specialty: Thoracic Surgery