Physician Maria Durdach has joined Highland Hospital as assistant professor in the department of surgery and will focus on bariatric and gastrointestinal surgeries. She will also perform general surgery.
Durdach recently finished a fellowship in bariatric surgery at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Before her fellowship, she completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2022. She was the recipient of both the resident of year award and the chief resident teaching award for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Durdach earned her Doctor of Medicine from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. She is especially interested in performing robotic bariatric procedures.