Farshad Shafizadeh, MD

Neal Patel, MD, is a urologic surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens and an assistant professor of urology at Weill Cornell Medicine. After graduating from George Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Patel completed his internship and residency at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. He then went on to complete a Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) which focused on the surgical and medical management of complex urologic cancers. In 2020, Dr. Patel was the honored recipient of the Distinguished Housestaff Award by Weill Cornell Medicine for his service and dedication. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and is an ad hoc reviewer for several journals.

Jing Li, MD, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and a board-certified vascular surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens, specializing in arterial and venous disease using both open surgical and minimally invasive endovascular techniques. After graduating from the accelerated BS/MD program at Pennsylvania State University in conjunction with Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Li completed her general surgery residency at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and a year of clinical and translational research at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. She then subspecialized in vascular and endovascular surgery, completing her fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Active in research, Dr. Li has presented her work at numerous regional and national meetings, co-authored a textbook chapter, and has published in medical and scientific journals including the Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Nature. Her personal interests include surgical education and improving access to care.

Varuna Sundaram, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Attending Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of the Society for Vascular Surger...