Leadership Team
Ebondo Mpinga, MD, FACS
Residency Program Director
Medical school: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Howard University College of Medicine (general surgery)
Post-residency training: Washington Hospital Center (trauma/critical care)
Undergraduate: George Washington University
Dr. Mpinga is board certified in general surgery and critical care. Prior to coming to WellSpan York Hospital, she founded Grace Surgical Associates in Washington, D.C., and served on the faculty at Howard University College of Medicine. Dr. Mpinga also serves as a clinical assistant professor of surgery at Drexel University and at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
Diane Shih-Della Penna, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Medical school: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Internship: Rush University Medical Center (general surgery)
Residency: WellSpan York Hospital (general surgery)
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Dr. Shih-Della Penna is board certified in general surgery. After completing her residency at WellSpan York Hospital, she joined a private practice with Dr. Tiruchelvam, where she practiced as a general surgeon. In 2018, she joined the WellSpan community as the associate program director of the general surgery residency. She oversees the chief-run Rhoads clinic, robotics program and the resident research curriculum.
Daniel E. Carney, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical school: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (general surgery)
Post-residency training: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (surgical critical care)
Undergraduate: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dr. Carney is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. Prior to arriving at WellSpan in 2010, he served as the director of the surgical critical care fellowship and SICU, and was an assistant professor of surgery at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. At WellSpan, he became the director of trauma services and continues to improve trauma care in our region. In 2022, he assumed the role of chair for the Department of General Surgery.
