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Our Team

An integrated interdisciplinary approach to surgery keeps us at the leading edge of patient care and research that is advancing the field.

As part of a major academic health center, Department of Surgery faculty work with physicians and multi-disciplinary teams in our areas of specialization.

Acute Care Division

• Paul E. Bankey, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of the Trauma Institute, Chief of Acute Care Division
• Derek E. Bell, M.D. Burn Director of the Kessler Burn Center, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Julius D. Cheng, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor
• Mark L. Gestring, M.D. Associate Professor and Director of the Kessler Trauma Center
• Nicole A. Stassen, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Surgical Clerkship
• Catherine S. Nelson, M.D. Assistant Professor
• Ayodele T. Sangosanya, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery

Bariatric & Gastrointestinal Surgery Division

• Joseph A. Johnson, M.D., FACS Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery and Chief of Surgery at Highland Hospital
• Lael Forbes, M.D., FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery
• William E. O'Malley, M.D., FACS Assistant Professor of Clinical and Director, Strong Health Bariatric Surgery Center at Highland Hospital

Basic Science Research Division

• Carol L. Miller-Graziano, Ph.D. Professor of Surgery and of Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Immunology and Stress Response Core Laboratories; Vice Chair, Surgery Research
• John P. Cullen, Ph.D.  Research Associate Professor of Surgery
• Eileen M. Redmond, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Surgery and of Pharmacology & Physiology
• David Morrow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery

Cardiac Surgery Division

• George L. Hicks, M.D.  Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
• Howard T. Massey, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
• Peter A. Knight, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
• George M. Alfieris, M.D.  Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
• Francisco J. Gensini, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery

Colorectal Surgery Division

• John R. T. Monson, M.D. Professor of Surgery and Chief, Colorectal Division
• Christina Cellini, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Todd D. Francone, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Fergal J. Fleming, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Rabih M. Salloum, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology; Medical Director, Nutrition Support Services; General Surgery Residency Program Director
• Jenny R. Speranza, M.D. Assistant Professor of Colorectal Surgery and Oncology

Pediatric Surgery Division

• Walter Pegoli, Jr., M.D. Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery; Surgeon-in-chief, Golisano Children's Hospital
• Christopher A. Gitzelmann, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery
• Yi-Horng Lee, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery

Plastic Surgery Division

• Howard N. Langstein, M.D. Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Derek E. Bell, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery; Burn Director for the Kessler Burn Center
• Ronald P. Bossert, M.D. Assistant Professor, Director, Life After Weight Loss Program
• Jose G. Christiano, M.D. Assistant Professor
• John A. Girotto, M.D. Assistant Professor and Director, Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies Center, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Oncology Surgery Division

• Kristin A. Skinner, M.D., FACS Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology and Chief, Surgical Oncology Division; Director, Multidisciplinary Breast Program, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
• Rachel L. Farkas, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Eva Galka, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• David A. Krusch, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery and Director, Surgical and Medical Informatics
• Jacob Moalem, M.D., FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery
• James L. Peacock, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology
• Luke O. Schoeniger, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology
• Carl H. Andrus, M.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
• Seymour I. Schwartz, M.D. Distinguished Alumni Professor of Surgery

Solid Organ Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery Division

• Mark S. Orloff, M.D. Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Solid Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery and Director, Live Donor Liver Transplant
• Christopher T. Barry, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Surgery
• Randeep S. Kashyap, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Carlos E. Marroquin, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery

Thoracic & Foregut Surgery

• Jeffrey H. Peters, M.D.  Seymour I. Schwartz Professor & Chairman Department of Surgery
• Thomas J. Watson, M.D. Associate Professor & Chief of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery
• Carolyn E. Jones, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery
• David C. Kaufman, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery
• Christian G. Peyre, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery

Vascular Surgery Division

• David L. Gillespie, M.D. Professor of Surgery
• James T. Adams, M.D. Professor of Surgery
• James A. DeWeese, M.D. Professor Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
• John A. Porter, M.D.  Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
• Ankur Chandra, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Jennifer L. Ellis, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery