Our Practice
Over 40 Years of Compassionate Surgical Care
Surgical Associates of Venice & Englewood is dedicated to providing cutting edge surgical care. We are located in Venice and Sarasota, Florida and have been providing compassionate service to Sarasota and Charlotte County residents for more than 40 years. Our Board-Certified Surgeons are experts in robotic, laparoscopic, vascular, non-cardiac thoracic surgery, cancer, and vein surgery. Our Nurse Practitioner has worked in surgery for over twenty years and now works in our office, the wound care center, the hospital, and in surgery as a First Assistant.
Healthcare Providers:
Bryan L. Smith, MD, F.A.C.S.
Board Certified General Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL, 1979
SURGICAL TRAINING:
University of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, LA
Issam A. Halaby, MD, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Board Certified General Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
St. Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, 1996
SURGICAL TRAINING:
University of Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
Christopher M. Willkomm, MD, F.A.C.S.
Board Certified General Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of South Florida
College of Medicine
Tampa, FL, 2005
SURGICAL TRAINING:
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Wadi S. Gomero-Cure, MD, F.A.C.S.
Board Certified General Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 2008
SURGICAL TRAINING:
Washington Hospital Center/
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Jessica K. Wood, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois