Hospital welcomes new general surgeon

COLFAX - Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics welcomed a new general surgeon to the team in early August.

Jon Pirrello, of Simsbury, Conn., started working with Doctor Juan Parra as a general surgeon at the hospital.

Pirrello went to New York Medical College and completed his general surgery residency, doing an additional year of training in minimally invasive surgery.

"I've known for a long time, since high school, that I wanted to be a surgeon," Pirrello said. "I like being able to help patients with problems."

Practicing surgery for eighteen years, Pirrello said he was becoming a little bit...