Category: New Faculty

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Smith as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Brandon W. Smith, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Dr. Smith completed his undergraduate studies in biology at Worcester State College and received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed general surgery training at UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate and a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery from Baylor University Medical Center.

Dr. Smith’s clinical and research interests include advancements in robotic surgery, surgical education, multidisciplinary colon and rectal cancer treatment, and inflammatory bowel disease. His practice will be primarily located at Kent Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Marcelino-Tineo as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Arfry Marcelino-Tineo, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care

Dr. Marcelino-Tineo received his medical degree from the Universidad Iberomericana in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He completed general surgery training at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center and a surgical critical care fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Marcelino-Tineo’s clinical interests include acute care and trauma surgery, critical care and minimally invasive procedures, including laparoscopic and robotic surgery. His research interests include minimally invasive techniques in the acute setting, as well as trauma.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Berlin as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Surgeon, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. Berlin joins us from the University of Michigan, where he recently completed his integrated plastic surgery training and fellowship in reconstructive microsurgery. Originally from Colorado, Dr. Berlin attended college at the University of Notre Dame and medical school at the University of Colorado. He holds an MPH in statistics and epidemiology from Yale University and an MS in health and health care research from the University of Michigan. While completing his training in Ann Arbor, he was also a National Clinician Scholar at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy.

Dr. Berlin brings additional expertise in health services and health policy research to the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. His research interests include health care spending, payment reform and financial toxicity. He has published in leading surgery, cancer and health policy journals and looks forward to building a collaborative health services research agenda to improve delivery of high-quality affordable surgical care.

His primary clinical areas of interest include breast reconstruction, gender affirming surgery, general microsurgical reconstruction and peripheral nerve surgery.