Our Team
SHORE is made up of surgeons, researchers, epidemiologists, and health policy experts who share one conviction: that rigorous science and exciting research can make surgery safer, fairer, and more effective for everyone.
We come from different disciplines on purpose. The questions we ask are too complex for any one field to answer alone so we have built a team that values different perspectives because real answers depend on them.
Meet the people driving that work forward.
Leadership
Anapaula Cupertino, Ph.D.
Research Director
Fergal Fleming, M.B.B.Ch., M.P.H.
Clinical Director
Resident Fellows
Megan Boyer, M.D.
Megan has an interest in both perioperative and long-term colorectal surgery outcomes, system-based healthcare delays and inequities, and young-onset colorectal cancer.
Totadri Dhimal, M.D.
Totadri Dhimal has an interest in exploring the intersection of cancer screening, health care disparities and peri-operative care, and their profound impact on patient outcome.
Bailey Hilty, M.D.
Bailey is interested in studying surgical shared-decision making, healthcare delivery and inequity, and surgical outcomes.
Molly (Marie) Jacobs, M.D.
Molly's clinical interests are thoracici and transplant surgery. She is interested in outcomes in thoracic oncology, imporving transplantable organ supply and streamlining healthcare delivery.
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Rafaela Russi Ervilha, Ph.D.
Rafaela is interested in developing and evaluating mobile health interventions to reduce tobacco use and improve cancer outcomes, particularly among underserved populations. Her work focuses on perioperative care, breast cancer, quality of life, health equity, and behavior change strategies to enhance patient engagement and long-term outcomes.
Collaborators
Faculty Partnerships
Dr. Enumah is an endocrine surgeon with a focus on caring for patients with thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal diseases. Dr. Enumah's primary research interests are in health economics, and he is focused on understanding the intersection between health care delivery, finance, management, and quality. His previous research identified factors associated with hospital financial distress and explored associations between hospital financial performance and quality performance. He aims to investigate opportunities to improve our health care delivery system and contribute to a broader understanding of ways to deliver high value care to patients.
Interdepartmental Collaborators
Staff
- Ila Marianetti
- Arlette Chavez
- Shan Gao