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Department of Surgery

Leadership

Chair

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Francis Spitz, MD, FACS

Chair 
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Oncology

Teaching Faculty

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Nadir Ahmad, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Otolaryngology

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Umur Atabek, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Surgical Oncology

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Nadine Barth, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Philip Batista, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division Head, Vascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Residency

 

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Steven Bonawitz, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Head, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Plastic Surgery

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Jeffrey Carpenter, MD

Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgery

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Teralyn Carter, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Breast Surgery

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John Chovanes, DO, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Christopher Derivaux, MD

Instructor of Surgery
Thoracic Surgery

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Gregory Diorio, DO, MS

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Urology 
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Karla Echeverria, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Tanya Egodage, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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A. Leilani Fahey, MD, FACS

Professor of Clinical Surgery
Plastic Surgery

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Michele Fantazzio, MD

Instructor of Surgery
Breast Surgery

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Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Center
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Michael Franco, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Plastic Surgery

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Lucía Diaz Garcia, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Laryngology and Upper Airway Surgery
Director, Voice and Swallow Clinic
Otolaryngology

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Danica Giugliano, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Anna Goldenberg-Sandau, DO

Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Ronak Gor, DO

Associate Professor of Surgery
Urology

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Ryan Gruner, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Breast Surgery

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Laurel Hastings, MD

Assisant Professor of Surgery
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery 
Headshot of Young Hong, MD, MPH

Young Hong, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Oncology

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Amit Joshi, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

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Bradford Jungels, DMD

Instructor of Surgery
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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Alison Kaye, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Plastic Surgery
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Nadeem Kolia, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Director, Otolaryngic Allergy
Otolaryngology

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Frank Koniges, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
General Surgery

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Yekaterina Koshkareva, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Otolaryngology

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Kathryn Landers, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Otolaryngology
Headshot of Erika Lindholm, MD

Erika Lindholm, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Headshot of Michael Kwiatt, MD

Michael Kwiatt, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Adrian Lopez, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Breast Surgery

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Catherine Loveland-Jones, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Breast Surgery

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Martha Matthews, MD, FACS

Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Plastic Surgery

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Steven McClane, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Professor of Clinical Surgery
Colorectal Surgery

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Katherine McMackin, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgery

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Kenji Minakata, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery

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Maureen Moore, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Alberto Nunez Negron, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Rohit Patel, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Bariatric Surgery

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Meghan Pavlick, AuD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Clinical Audiologist
Otolaryngology

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Mark Pello, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery

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John Porter, MD

Professor of Surgery
Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Lisa Reid, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
General Surgery

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Michael Rosenbloom, MD, FACS, FACC, FACCP

Professor of Clinical Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Steven Ross, MD, FACS, FCCM

Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Esther Roth, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery pending board certification
Urology
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Allen Seftel, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Urology

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Rachel Sensenig, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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David Shersher, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Thoracic Surgery

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Robert Simons, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
General Surgery

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Donald Solomon, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Director, Adult Otology
Otolaryngology

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Brian Smith, DMD, MD, FACOMS

Professor of Surgery
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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Brian Swendseid, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
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Bruce Tjaden Jr., MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Residency
Vascular Surgery

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Jeffrey Tomaszewski, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Genitourinary Oncology Program
Urology

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Madeline Torres, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery 
Surgical Oncology
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Ju-Lin Wang, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Salina Wydo, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

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Marc Zeffren, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery Pending Board Certification
Urology 

Research Faculty

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Xiaoxin Luke Chen, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Research 

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Weam Elbezanti, PharmB, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Research 

 

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Tao Gao, PhD


Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Reserach 

Additional Faculty

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Zeus Antonello, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Basic Science 

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Igor Kuzin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Basic Science 

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Ping Zhang, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Basic Science