Associated Colon & Rectal Surgeons Medical Team

Suraj Alva, MD
Board Certification: Colorectal Surgery; General Surgery
Specialty: Colorectal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Fecal Incontinence, Anorectal Disorders and Surgery
Medical Education: Yale University, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Achievements: Past president, New Jersey Society of Colorectal Surgeons; council, Pennsylvania Society of Colorectal Surgeons; member on multiple committees in the American Board of Colorectal Surgery; new technology committee (chair, subcommittee for fecal incontinence); author of book chapters and author in multiple peer-reviewed journals; invited speaker at national and regional surgery meeting; chief division of surgery at JFK Medical Center

Bertram T. Chinn, MD
Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Overlook Medical Center
Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Board Certification: Colorectal Surgery; General Surgery
Specialty: Colorectal and Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Anorectal Disorders and Surgery
Medical Education: Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Achievements: Top Cancer Doctor: Inside Jersey magazine (2012-present); Top Doctor, New York Magazine, New Jersey Monthly, Inside Jersey magazine (2009 - present); Physician Clinical Excellence Award Recipient, Overlook Medical Center; author of numerous medical publications and textbook chapters; leadership roles for regional and national societies/committees; past president:  New Jersey Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Pennsylvania Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones Committee; President's Leadership Council, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System

Benjamin Kuritzkes, MD
Board Certification: Surgery, Colorectal Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
Specialty: Colorectal and minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, anorectal disorders and surgery
Medical Education: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowships: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (colorectal); Columbia University Medical Center (surgical critical care)
Achievements: Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching; Kenneth Forde Award for outstanding scientific research; author of multiple articles published in peer-reviewed journals; multiple presentations at national surgical and colorectal society meetings; member of: American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Society for Robotic Surgery, New Jersey Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Pennsylvania Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Joseph Notaro, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Board Certification: Colorectal Surgery; General Surgery
Specialty: Colorectal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Anorectal Disorders and Surgery
Medical Education: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Naval Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic
Achievements: Past president, New Jersey Society of Colorectal Surgery; past council member of New York Society of Colorectal Surgery; past chief of surgery, Muhlenberg Hospital; author of multiple book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals; presenter at National Colorectal Society meetings and National American College of Surgeons meetings

Kirsten Wilkins, MD
Board Certification: Colorectal Surgery; General Surgery
Specialty: Colorectal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Anorectal Disorders and Surgery
Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University, Duke University Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Achievements: President, Pennsylvania Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; past-president, New Jersey Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; director of colorectal resident research - Associated Colon and Rectal Surgeons; question writer for the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons written board examination; and fellow for: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, NJ Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and Pennsylvania Society of Colon