Faculty

AJ Henty is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Medisource Management and the lead training consultant for the VERSAJET Hydrosurgery System. He has been in partnership with VERSAJET for the past 14 years and manages the Northeast/New England area sales team. Since 2019, AJ has led dozens of hydrosurgical training and educational events across the US and Canada. Additionally, he has been a key strategist in product development, marketing, and digital media.

Chris Caggiano has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry and is currently in his twelfth year working at Smith and Nephew as a member of the commercial team in the Advanced Wound Management division. Throughout his tenure, he has held increasing roles of responsibility with a variety of product offerings. Since 2021, Mr Caggiano has served as the national director of Sales and Marketing for the VERSAJET Hydrosurgery System.

Dr David Zabel is the professor of surgery and the chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery in the division of plastic surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. He graduated college with a degree in biomedical and polymer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. He completed his general surgery residency at the Medical Center of Delaware and, during this time, completed a 2-year research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in the wound healing research laboratory. He then completed his plastic surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr Zabel is a retired commander in the United States Navy Reserve. He was the chief of plastic surgery of Christiana Care Health Systems in Newark, Delaware for 24 years, along with an associated faculty appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. His clinical interests include complex abdominal wall reconstruction and wound care.

Dr Jason Toranto is a plastic, reconstructive, and craniofacial surgeon. He is board-certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, and is fellowship trained in craniofacial surgery. Dr Toranto is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and the vice-chair of the department of surgery at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla in San Diego, Calfornia. Dr Toranto was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University with honors. He then attended the University of Michigan Medical School, where he earned his medical degree. Dr Toranto is fluent in Spanish, and while at the University of Michigan Medical School, he received two awards–the International Institute Award for Latin American Studies and the Global REACH International Studies Award–to study alongside Latin American doctors and serve Latin American patients in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After medical school, Dr Toranto matriculated to the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he completed his general surgery residency. He then completed a plastic surgery residency at Duke University. During his plastic surgery residency, he was selected as a Regan Fellow and worked with Operation Smile in Jamshedpur, India performing cleft lip and cleft palate repairs for indigent patients with no other access to such care. Upon the completion of his second residency, Dr Toranto continued to train and completed a craniofacial fellowship at the University of Southern California, Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Before opening his own Private Practice, Dr Toranto was the chief of plastic surgery at Senta Clinic. Prior to joining Senta, he was an assistant clinical professor, director of craniofacial surgery, and co-director of research in the department of plastic surgery at the University of California, Irvine.