The Aortic Surgery Center
Meet Our Team of Physicians
Constantinos Lovoulos, MD
Cardiac Surgeon, University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: University of Thessaloniki Medical School of Aristotle
- Residency: Henry Ford Hospital
- Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital & Medical School
Certification
- Board Certification: Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Clinical interests and expertise
- Cardiothoracic surgery, surgery of the Thoracic Aorta, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, lung and esophageal surgery, congenital heart disease, heart surgery
Michael A. Curi, MD
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
- Residency: University of Chicago
- Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine
Certification
- Board Certification: Vascular and General Surgery
Clinical interests and expertise
- Aortic Aneurysm, Dissection, Injury
- Lower extremity arterial disease
- Venous insufficiency
- Carotid occlusive disease
- Dialysis access
- Endovascular procedures: angioplasty, stenting, angiography
- Varicose Veins
Justin Sambol, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School (1997)
- Residency: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
- Fellowship: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Certification
- Board Certification: Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Interests
- Minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgery
- Lung cancer
- Tracheal surgery
- Aortic surgery
Ajay K. Dhadwal, MD
Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: University College London Medical School
- Residency: Boston University School of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center
- Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine
Certification
- Board Certification: Vascular and General Surgery
Clinical Interests
- Minimally invasive and endovascular techniques, including carotid stenting and endovascular aneurysm repair.
- Varicose Veins
Joe T. Huang, MD, RPVI
Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Fellowship: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Certifications
- Board Certification: Vascular and General Surgery
Clinical interests and expertise
- Aortic aneurysms
- Lower extremity arterial disease
- Venous insufficiency
- Carotid occlusive disease
- Dialysis access
- Endovascular procedures: angioplasty, stenting, angiography
- Noninvasive vascular imaging
- Varicose Veins
Frank T. Padberg, Jr., MD, FACS
Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: University of Arkansas
- Residency: Harvard Surgical Service, New England Deaconess and Affiliated Hospitals
- Registrar: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Lahey Clinic
Certification
- Board Certification: Vascular and General Surgery
Clinical interests and expertise
- Chronic venous insufficiency, aortic aneurysms, cerebrovascular disease, arterial insufficiency
- Varicose Veins
Yuriy Gubenko, MD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, University Hospital
Assistant Professor, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: Kharkov Medical Institute (1985)
- Residency: New York University Medical Center
- Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
Certification
- Board Certification: Anesthesiology
Clinical Interests
- Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
- Surgical treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF)
Other Languages Spoken
- Russian
Douglas T. Jackson, MD, JD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, University Hospital
Assistant Professor, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Medical School: Temple University Medical School (1983)
- Residency: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
- Fellowship: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Certification
- Board Certification: Anesthesiology, Echocardiography
Clinical Interests
- Cardiothoracic anesthesia