Duke Surgery 2018-2019 Resident's Guide

Duke General Surgery
RESIDENT
CANDIDATE’S
GUIDE
2018 – 2019
Contents
Table of Contents
WELCOME
Message from the Chair 5
Message from Residency Program Director 6
ABOUT THE DUKE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Duke University Medical Center History 9
Duke Surgery Milestones 14
Duke Surgery Department Chairs 18
Facilities 22
Duke Health and Duke University 23
Durham, North Carolina 24
Community Engagement 25
DEPARTMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

Surgical Center for Outcomes Research (SCORES) 26
Surgery Office of Clinical Research (SOCR) 27
Substrate Services Core & Research Support (SSCRS) 28
Residency Programs 30
Surgical Education at Duke 31
Surgical Education Research Group (SERG) 32
How Does Duke Compare? 34
Conferences 35
Educational Laboratories 36
Innovate MD 37
Ergonomics Program 39
RESIDENTS
Residents’ Lounge 41
Positions of Chief Residents of Surgery 42
Chief Resident Profiles 78
Current Residents 89
Dedicated Resident Research Program in General Surgery 106
RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Duke Endocrine Neoplasia Diseases Research Group 108
Determinants of Progression in Early Breast and Ovarian Cancer 108
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Cardiothoracic Surgery Translational Research Laboratory 109

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Biology Laboratory 109
Duke Center for Aortic Disease Research Program 110
Mechanical Support for Heart and Lung Disease Research 110
Fibrosis and Wound Healing 111
DataLab for Clinical Care & Population Health 111
Tissue Engineering and Implantable Devices 112
Vascularized Composite Allograft Laboratory 112
Knechtle Lab 113
Immune Management Laboratory 113
Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory 114
Antiviral Drug Discovery Laboratory 114
Cardiovascular Biology Laboratory 115
Cell Death Laboratory 115
Center for Applied Therapeutics 116
Endocrine Neoplasia Laboratory 116
Immune Dysfunction and Evolutionary Mismatch Laboratory 117
Immune Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis Laboratory 117
Immune Responses and Virology Laboratory 118
Immunologic Signatures Laboratory 118
Immunology, Inflammation, and Immunotherapy Laboratory 119
Innate and Adaptive Cellular Cytotoxicity Laboratory 119
Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development 120
FACULTY 121
Abdominal Transplant Surgery 122
Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery 125
Pediatric General Surgery 127
Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery 128
Surgical Oncology 133
Surgical Sciences 142
Trauma and Critical Care Surgery 150
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 153
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 157
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Welcome
Message from the Chair
Welcome to Duke! That you have chosen to dedicate your time

to visit Duke and consider our program for your residency
training indicates you are seeking a high-caliber experience that
will prepare you for a rewarding career in academic surgery.
That you have been selected for an interview should provide
affirmation you have the capacity to excel in surgery, and both
derive benefit from and contribute to the field. I am thus very
glad that you are here, and hope that your visit will help you
determine whether Duke is the best fit for you. Your choice of
training program will define your career, and indeed, our choice
of residents defines our institution. As such, this is an important
decision for us both.
During your visit to Duke, you will have an opportunity to meet

our residents and faculty, tour our facilities, and gain insights
into our training philosophy. You will no doubt find both
Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS breadth and depth in the resources available to you; including
state-of-the-art clinical operating and patient care facilities,
comprehensive training and simulation venues; a well-organized, enthusiastic and dedicated
educational faculty engaged in a comprehensive didactic curriculum; and an exceptionally
developed and well-funded surgical research enterprise embedded within the larger environment
of a world-class research university. The comprehensive offering of clinical, educational, and
research platforms organized within a single institution makes Duke among the few institutions
that can deliver on the promise to create future leaders in surgery, and it is my personal
commitment to offer each trainee the opportunity to go beyond mere assimilation of the current
standard, and aspire to define future paradigms.
I genuinely look forward to meeting each of you, learning what contribution you hope to make to
the field of surgery, and determining how I can help you reach your career goals.
Sincerely,
Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS
David C. Sabiston, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chairman

Department of Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief
Duke University Health System
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Welcome
Message from Residency Program Director
I would like to welcome you on behalf of the Duke Department

of Surgery and I am grateful for your interest in our General
Surgery Residency Program. The decision on where to train
in surgery represents the most important decision in the
trajectory of a surgeon’s career. Formal clinical training as well
as research into basic or translational medicine will predict
success in obtaining competitive fellowships and academic
positions.
The Department of Surgery at Duke’s primary goal is to provide

an outstanding clinical and investigative program for students,
residents, and faculty. The clinical training program in general
surgery is dedicated to providing comprehensive training in
patient care and operative surgery. This encompasses the
entire breadth of core general surgery and the general surgery
subspecialties, which includes cardiothoracic, abdominal
John Migaly, MD transplant, oncology, vascular, endocrine, colorectal, trauma,
and pediatric surgery. The Duke General Surgery Residency
Program offers diverse clinical settings for training and includes operative experiences at Duke
University, Duke Raleigh, Duke Regional, and the Asheville/Durham Veteran’s Administration
hospitals.
We have developed an exemplary and well-rounded educational program for residents in

training. Formalized meetings include weekly conferences such as Grand Rounds, Deaths &
Complications Conference, Chairman’s Rounds, and the Chief Resident Conference, which provide
a curriculum geared toward both formal and self-directed learning. We also have integrated into
the educational program a world-class simulation curriculum housed in the American College
of Surgeons-accredited Simulation and Educational Activities Lab (SEAL) located in the medical
school. Our simulation activities encompass the entire gamut of modalities including video/box
trainers, fresh-tissue preparations, live animal studies, and cadaver experiences.
The cornerstone of the General Surgery Residency at Duke is the two-year research fellowship,
typically integrated between the second and third clinical years. During these two years, our
surgical residents begin a dedicated investigative experience designed to give each resident an
opportunity to develop granular expertise in an area of their choosing. These can include basic
or translational science projects, experiences in health services or clinical outcomes research,
studies in global medicine, or indeed any thoughtfully conceived knowledge creation endeavor.
Innumerable basic science opportunities exist not only in the Department of Surgery, but also
across both the graduate and undergraduate campuses.
There are also multiple dual-degree opportunities obtained via the Duke Clinical Research
Training Program, the Fuqua School of Business, and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. The
goal of this research experience is to create thought leaders in academic surgery at both an
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Welcome
institutional and national level, and to provide each Duke resident with a concentrated expertise in
their chosen field.
You should consider a number of factors when choosing a residency program and clearly one of the
most important is the track record of the recent graduates. The training program is intentionally
broad-based and has produced graduates with a wide variety of clinical and research interests. As
you will find in the summaries enclosed, our graduates obtain access to the most highly sought-
after academic jobs and specialty training fellowship programs, and make up a significant number
of the chairs, chiefs, and program directors nationwide.
We are proud of our program and achievements, and we are honored that accomplished medical
students like you have expressed interested in our residency. I hope that over the course of your
interview experience you come away as excited as I am about our programs.
We encourage questions and hope you enjoy your visit.
Sincerely yours,
John Migaly, MD
Program Director
General Surgery Residency
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About the
Department
of Surgery
About the Duke Department of Surgery
As one of the top surgery programs in the world, the Duke Department of Surgery is dedicated
to providing unparalleled clinical care, conducting pioneering research, and training the next
generation of leaders in clinical and academic surgery. Patients from all over the world seek
treatment from its team of experts, who have access to the clinical standard in all surgical
domains, as well as experimental procedures and specialized care that extends beyond the
current offerings of most hospitals. This provides the best opportunity for each patient to
gain their best clinical outcome, and as such attracts a patient population representing an
exceptionally broad clinical spectrum from which the trainee can learn.
Since the 1930s, Duke Surgery has led the way in medical innovations. It established the nation’s
first brain tumor program in 1937 and was one of the first U.S. institutions to successfully
perform a kidney transplant nearly 30 years later. Duke surgeons have pioneered techniques
in vascular free flaps and cardiopulmonary bypass, and led innovations in sterile technique,
advanced immunotherapy, advanced oncologic viral therapy, and vaccine-based immunotherapy
for cancer. In 2013, surgeons implanted a bioengineered vascular graft in a patient — a first-of-
its-kind operation in the United States with potential to revolutionize vascular surgery.
The Department of Surgery’s internationally recognized faculty is focused on making gains in

basic, clinical, and translational research, and it has traditionally received more NIH funding than
any other surgery department in the world. The faculty is also deeply committed to preparing
tomorrow’s leaders for careers in surgery with the highest level of training and access to unique
research and leadership training opportunities.
The Department currently provides attending surgical coverage at Duke University Hospital, Duke
Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, and two VA hospitals: Asheville VA and Durham VA
hospitals. The general surgery faculty maintains an exceptionally busy practice, conducting over
30,000 operative procedures per year on a background of 70,000 procedures across all surgical
specialities. As the Triangle area is perennially one of the fastest growing communities in the
United States, Duke continues to expand with new operative platforms and a growing clinical
and research faculty. This robust clinical volume combined with remarkably competitive faculty
members adept in acquiring grant funding has led to a fiscally solvent department. It is this
solvency that allows the Department to continue its unwavering dedication to residency training
both on the wards and in the laboratory.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center History
Duke Hospital in
the Snow (DUMC
Archives)
1891
Trinity College President John Franklin Crowell makes public a plan for starting a medical college
with a teaching hospital at Trinity College.
1924
James B. Duke establishes The Duke Endowment and allocates part of his $40 million gift to
transform Durham’s Trinity College into Duke University.
1925
James B. Duke makes an additional bequest to establish the Duke School of Medicine, Duke
School of Nursing, and Duke Hospital, with the goal of improving health care in the Carolinas and
nationwide.
1927
Construction begins on the medical school and Duke Hospital.
1929
Three thousand applicants apply to the new medical school. Seventy first- and third-year students
are selected, including four women.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center History
1930
Duke Hospital opens July 20, 1930, attracting 25,000 visitors.
Classes begin in hospital administration, dietetics, and medical technology on August 15.
Eighteen third-year and 30 first-year medical students begin classes on October 2.
1931
The Duke School of Nursing’s first class of 24 undergraduate students begin classes on January 2.
The dedication ceremony for Duke Medical School and Duke Hospital is held on April 20.
The Private Diagnostic Clinic, Duke’s physician practice organization, is organized September 15.
1940
The first wing is added to Duke Hospital.
The 65th General Hospital is authorized as an affiliated unit of the Duke University School of
Medicine on October 17.
1957
The Outpatient Clinic and Private Diagnostic Clinic as well as the Hanes and Reed private floors
and operating rooms are opened.
The original medical school and hospital are renamed Duke University Medical Center.
Duke Hospital
Main Entrance,
Circa 1940
(DUMC Archives)
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About the
Department
of Surgery
1966
A new hospital entrance, the Woodhall Building, opens.
1980
The new $94.5 million, 616-bed Duke Hospital opens, bringing the total number of patient beds to
more than 1,000.
1998
The Duke University Health System (DUHS)—an integrated academic health care system serving a
broad area of central North Carolina—is officially created as Duke establishes partnerships with
Duke Regional Hospital, Raleigh Community Hospital, and other regional health care providers.
DUHS today includes three hospitals, ambulatory care and surgery clinics, primary care medical
practice clinics, home health services, hospice services, physician practice affiliations, managed
care providers, and other related facilities and services.
2007
Future DUHS expansion includes the development of the Hospital Addition for Surgery (HAFS)
building.
The Emergency Department (ED) Expansion project provides 71 treatment spaces accommodating
over 60,000 annual visits, including a full Pediatric ED, 4 trauma resuscitation rooms, CT scanner,
X-ray, decontamination area, ambulance garage, a daylit waiting area, and a linear exam area
arrangement for increased efficiency.
2009
DUHS moves forward with the construction of a dedicated, state-of-the-art cancer center and
the new Duke Medicine Pavilion, a major expansion of surgery and critical care services at Duke
University Hospital.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
2012
A new landmark opens its doors on Duke’s medical center campus—the seven-story,
267,000-square-foot Duke Cancer Center. More than just a modern space, it’s an environment
designed to transform the experience of every patient welcomed inside. The center consolidates
outpatient cancer services and clinical research from across the campus into a patient-centered,
multidisciplinary facility. The building adjoins the current Morris Cancer Clinic and is equipped
with, among other features, 140 examination rooms, 75 infusion stations, a pharmacy, and an
outdoor garden terrace where chemotherapy patients can go while receiving their infusions.
2013
The Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education opens in January 2013. The
six-floor, 104,000-square foot building houses a meeting hall, a team-based learning auditorium,
teaching labs, and clinical skills and medical simulation space, including the Surgical Education
and Activities Lab (SEAL).
Mary Duke
Briddle Trent
Semans Center
for Health
Education
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke Medicine
Pavilion at
Duke Universty
Hospital, 2013
The Duke Medicine Pavilion at Duke University Hospital opens in June 2013. The eight-floor,
608,000-square foot pavilion includes 160 critical care rooms, 18 operating rooms, and an imaging
suite. The operating suites feature the latest in surgical technologies, as well as intraoperative
magnetic resonance and computed tomography (CT) imaging capabilities that enable greater
real-time precision and safety in complex procedures. With Duke University Hospital having
to turn more than 900 patients away the previous year due to lack of space, the newly created
critical care beds were urgently needed. Also, the 64 new intermediate care beds allow for optimal
transition of patients from intensive care beds to standard hospital rooms.
The expanded Duke clinical facilities also provide state-of-the-art training and education for the
nearly 900 residents and fellows at Duke—one of the largest training programs in the United
States.
This major expansion project follows several recent significant capital projects throughout Duke
Health, including renovations at Duke Raleigh Hospital and Duke Regional Hospital, and the
opening of several new clinics in Wake County (Brier Creek, Morrisville, Knightdale, and North
Raleigh).
2016
Duke University begins construction of a third Medical Sciences Research Building (MSRB). The
$103 million, 155,000-square-foot building will exclusively house bench lab research.
2017
Duke University Hospital broke ground on a new hosptiral tower due to open in 2020.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke Surgery Milestones
Blazing Trails in Medicine for More than Seven Decades
1936 J. Deryl Hart, MD, introduces ultraviolet lamps into operating rooms to kill
airborne germs that cause postoperative Staph infections, dramatically
reducing the number of infections and related deaths.
1937 Duke establishes nation’s first brain tumor program.
1955 Duke initiates children’s amputation clinic for prostheses and management
as part of nationwide network.
1956 Duke becomes the first institution to use systemic hypothermia during
cardiac surgery. This technique of cooling patients to less than 50 degrees
Fahrenheit to minimize tissue damage during lengthy surgical procedures is
now standard practice worldwide.
J. Deryl Hart and surgical

team in protective clothing
operating on a patient
under the sterilamp in 1937
(DUMC Archives)
Open heart surgery, Dr. Will

Camp Sealy operating,
Circa 1956 (DUMC Archives)
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Department
of Surgery
1965 Duke is one of the first institutions in the country to successfully perform a
kidney tranplant.
1968 Duke cardiac surgeon performs first operation to treat Wolf-Parkinson-White

syndrome.
1969 Duke orthopaedic surgeon performs first total hip replacement in the South.
1971 Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center becomes one of the nation's first cancer
centers.
1972 Duke surgeons are the first to reattach a severed thumb more than eight
hours after it was amputated.
1979 Duke surgeons are the first to treat avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral
head with free vascularized fibular graft.
1982 Duke conducts first and only randomized trial comparing radical surgery to
radiation for adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland.
1984 Duke surgeons perform first liver transplant in the state of North Carolina.
1992 Duke physicians perform the first lung transplant and the first heart/lung
transplant in hospital history.
1993 The anti-HIV drug therapy (Fuzeon) is developed by Trimeris as a direct result
of research conducted in the Duke Surgical Oncology Labs.
Duke Endosurgery Center opens.
1996 Duke Surgical Research Pavilion opens.
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Department
of Surgery
Duke Surgery Milestones
1997 Duke Human Fresh Tissue Lab opens.
1998 Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center opens.
2000 Duke Aesthetic Center opens.
2001 American College of Surgeons establishes oncology group at Duke.
Duke Neurosurgery Skull Base Laboratory teaching facility opens.
2003 Duke Urology surgeons perform first robotic prostatectomy in the state of
North Carolina.
2004 Duke Center for Translational Research is established.
2005 Duke Anatomic Gifts Program is overseen by Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial,

and Oral Surgery.
Duke Surgical Education and Activity Lab opens.
Duke Human Fresh Tissue

Laboratory opens in 1997
Duke Surgical Education

and Activity Lab (SEAL)
opens in 2005
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About the
Department
of Surgery
2006 Duke Thoracic Surgery and Duke Urology specialty clinics open in Raleigh, NC.
Duke Weight Loss Surgery Center is designated as a Center of Excellence by
the American Society of Bariatric Surgery.
2007 Duke Otolaryngology - Head and Neck specialty clinic opens in Raleigh, NC.
2008 Duke’s Surgical Education and Activities Lab receives accreditation by the
American College of Surgeons as Comprehensive Education Institute.
2009 Duke General Surgery specialty clinic opens in Raleigh, NC.
Duke Small Bowel Transplant Program established.
2011 Duke Neurosurgery specialty clinic opens in Raleigh, NC.
2012 Surgical Education and Activities Lab receives first in state robotic trainer.
2013 Duke surgeons begin first ever clinical trial with bioengineered blood vessel.
2013 Duke Surgery partners with the departments of Anesthesiology and

Pathology to launch MedBlue, a venture capital company developed to
support early stage inovation by Duke faculty and residents.
2014 Duke Heart Transplant team performs the 1000th heart transplant at Duke.
2015 Duke pediatric surgeons separate conjoined twins.
2016 Duke surgeons perform the first hand transplant in North Carolina.
Surgical program at Duke Children’s Hospital receives Level 1 designation
from ACS.
Duke’s first hand

transplant was performed
on May 27, 2016
(Credit: Shawn Rocco)
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke Surgery Department Chairs
Dr. David Sabiston, Jr. conducting teaching rounds with residents under the portrait of Dr. Deryl Hart, founding
Chairman of the Duke Department of Surgery (DUMC Archives)
A Tradition of Excellence
The rich history and high standards that bore Duke University are also deeply rooted within the
Department of Surgery.
Duke Hospital’s first dean, Dr. Wilburt Davison, appointed a Johns

Hopkins surgeon, Dr. J. Deryl Hart, to be professor of surgery and
the first chairman of the department in 1930. After stepping down as
chairman in 1960, Dr. Hart served as president of Duke University.
During his tenure as chairman, Dr. Hart expected faculty members
to assume major clinical and teaching responsibilities and to pursue
laboratory research. He recruited the founding members of the
surgical faculty and established Duke’s surgery residency. Dr. Hart is
also credited with originating the use of ultraviolet radiation to control
airborne infections in surgical operating rooms.
J. Deryl Hart, MD
1930–1960
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Department
of Surgery
The emphasis Dr. Hart placed on achieving excellence in patient

care and teaching by integrating research with development laid the
foundation for an institution that remains one of the top medical
centers in the country. His philosophy was central to the department’s
mission in 1930 and continues today. Under the leadership of the
successive chairs — Drs. Clarence E. Gardner (1960-1964), David C.
Sabiston, Jr. (1964-1994), Robert W. Anderson (1994-2003), Danny O.
Jacobs, (2003-2012), and Allan D. Kirk (2014- present) — the model
system of integrating the fundamental missions of academic medical
centers (patient care, education, research, and administration) was
Clarence Gardner, MD enhanced within the Department of Surgery at Duke. Dr. Gardner
1960–1964
was Dr. Hart’s first chief resident and continued on as a Duke faculty
member after completing his surgical training.
Dr. David C. Sabiston, Jr. completed medical school and surgical training
at Johns Hopkins Hospital under the mentorship-of Dr. Alfred Blalock.
He distinguished himself in the field of cardiovascular diseases. Notable
among his academic achievements were his pioneering work in the
surgical management of coronary artery disease and, while at Duke,
groundbreaking work in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary
embolism. Dr. Sabiston will be remembered most for his profound
effect on surgical education, both nationally and internationally. This
is most evident when reviewing the list of successful graduates who
have gone on to lead departments, divisions, and programs and whose
David C. Sabiston Jr., MD portraits adorn the hallways outside of the department offices.
1964–1994
Dr. Robert W. Anderson followed Dr. Sabiston as chairman and

returned to the site of his surgical training. Social and economic
influences were rapidly altering academic medicine in 1994. Dr.
Anderson, an accomplished cardiothoracic surgeon with additional
training in business administration, successfully led a department
seeded as the epitome of traditional education and training, research,
and clinical excellence while addressing the major changes in practice
reimbursement that had occurred. This leadership solidified Duke’s
fiscal stature and has facilitated a continued dedication to a tripartite
mission of clinical, educational, and investigational achievement.
Robert W. Anderson, MD
1994–2003
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke Surgery Department Chairs
Dr. Danny Jacobs was recruited to Duke in 2003, where he served as

the David C. Sabiston, Jr. professor and chair until October 2012. Dr.
Jacobs currently is the executive vice president, provost, and dean of
the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Campus in
Galveston. During his 10 years at Duke, Dr. Jacobs proved himself to be
a highly effective leader, committed to the success of all three missions
within the Department of Surgery. He left Duke in a good position for
his successor to continue the legacy of excellence that is Duke Surgery.
Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH

2003–2012
Dr. Allan D. Kirk was named chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke
University in May 2014. He also was named as the inaugural Surgeon-
in-Chief for the Duke University Health System. Dr. Kirk received his MD
from Duke University School of Medicine in 1987 and completed his
PhD in immunology at Duke in 1992. He completed his general surgery
residency at Duke in 1995, and his multiorgan transplant fellowship
at the University of Wisconsin in 1997. An accomplished scientist and
surgeon, Dr. Kirk is recognized by his peers for his pioneering work in
transplantation and for his outstanding ability to lead. Prior to returning
to Duke, he served as a Commander in the United States Navy at
Allan Kirk, MD, PhD the Naval Medical Research Institute, became the inaugural Chief of
2014–present the Transplantation branch at the National Institutes of Health, and
served as Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Surgery at
Emory University. He has been recognized by induction to the National
Academy of Medcine. His commitment to rigorous education and
training, innovative research, and the most advanced patient care make
him an excellent leader for Duke Surgery.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Facilities
The Department of Surgery’s residency program gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on
experience providing care for diverse populations and treating a wide range of conditions. With
five world-class facilities, surgical residents can take advantage of valuable training opportunities,
from pediatric through geriatric procedures, including comprehensive experiences in
hepatobiliary surgery, transplantation, vascular surgery, and advanced laparoscopic procedures.
The program includes experience in community and VA-based care, which is crucial for surgeons
interested in academic careers. Residents become equipped with the knowledge and skills needed
to be competitive in the workforce.
Duke University Hospital (DUH)
Consistently ranked as one of the top ten hospitals by U.S.

News & World Report, the 989-bed Duke University Hospital
is a tertiary and quaternary care hospital and Level I trauma
center. On its 210 acres, it houses comprehensive diagnostic
and therapeutic facilities that serve a multistate region,
drawing patients routinely from the Carolinas, eastern
Tennessee, southern Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. Many of
its programs also attract patients from other national and
international sites. The main hospital is complemented by a
state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center situated two blocks
away. Recent and ongoing additions to Duke Hospital continue
to add operative capacity and the patient volume continues to
grow, consistent with the booming population moving to the
Triangle area.
Duke Regional Hospital (DRH)
DRH is a 369-bed acute care hospital that has been serving the
community’s health care needs since 1976. A comprehensive
facility, it offers Duke surgical residents experience in inpatient,
outpatient, surgical, and emergency care. The medical facility
also features a level II intensive care nursery, the 30-bed
Durham Regional Rehabilitation Institute, and the Davis
Ambulatory Surgical Center. It also has a nine-bed coronary

care unit and a 17-bed intensive care unit. Other training
opportunities include the highly acclaimed Duke Bariatric
Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic programs.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Facilities
Durham Veterans Administration Hospital (DVAMC)
This 274-bed general medical and surgical facility is located

just across the street from Duke Hospital. The DVAMC
provides general and specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric
inpatient, and ambulatory services and is a major referral
center for veterans in North Carolina, southern Virginia,
northern South Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. In this
capacity, the DVAMC accommodates veterans from these
regions with complex general, vascular, and cardiothoracic
needs and, in addition, serves local veterans requiring care
for common general surgical disorders.
Asheville Veterans Administration Hospital (AVAH)
The Asheville VA Medical Center is a tertiary care, 112-

bed acute care facility located in western North Carolina.
Asheville VA operates a separate 120-bed Extended Care
and Rehabilitation Center, serving the western North
Carolina area and portions of South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Georgia. General surgical residents rotating through
AVAH gain additional experience in vascular surgery,
general surgery, cardiac surgery, and endoscopy.
Duke Raleigh Hospital (DRaH)
This is a 148-bed general medical and surgical hospital in

Raleigh. The Duke Raleigh rotation provides residents with a
community-based general surgery experience that includes
what would be considered “bread and butter” general
surgery, such as cholecystectomy, hernia, breast biopsy,
mastectomy, and colectomy. It is currently expanding to
include a comprehensive weight management program and
enhanced general surgical oncology.
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About the
Department
of Surgery
Duke Health and Duke University
With a top-ranked medical school, health system, and university, Duke University is a hub for
academic excellence and innovation. Located in Durham, N.C. — one of the fastest growing areas
in the country and a center of biomedical research — it produces leaders in fields ranging from
business to engineering to public policy. Duke Health, which comprises Duke University Health
System, Duke University School of Medicine, and Duke University School of Nursing, consistently
ranks as one of U.S. News & World Report’s best medical centers.
Duke Health is an international leader in health care, research, and training. Its state-of-the-art
facilities include the flagship Duke Hospital and two community hospitals, Durham Regional
and Duke Raleigh. It’s also affiliated with other health care facilities, including local hospitals,
community-based primary care physician practices, and hospice care. The School of Medicine has
31 departments, centers, and institutes, and employs more than 2,000 faculty members. Duke
logs more than 61,000 inpatient stays and 1.8 million outpatient visits each year.
Duke Health offers world-class education for some of the brightest minds in medicine. Programs
promote multidisciplinary collaboration between basic science, translational, and clinical faculty.
Trainees are encouraged to pursue research in their area of interest and, upon graduation, are
uniquely positioned for sought-after clinical or research positions.
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Department
of Surgery
Durham, North Carolina
Located halfway between the stunning Blue Ridge Mountains and the spotless beaches of the
Outer Banks, Durham is the fourth largest municipality in North Carolina. Visitors come to
Durham for its sports teams, eclectic restaurants, and diverse culture; residents live here for its
reasonable cost of living, strong sense of community, and agreeable weather. From Forbes to USA
Today, the Raleigh-Durham area consistently lands on the major top 10 lists of best places in the
country to visit, live, and do business.
Durham has the charm of a Southern college town with the amenities of a larger city. The nearby
Research Triangle Park, the largest research park in the country, is a wellspring of advancements
and career opportunities in biotechnology, environmental sciences, and pharmaceuticals. The
annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival brings together people from all over the world to
showcase the work of new and established filmmakers. With more than 60 parks, an extensive
network of running and biking trails, and several major waterways, the city offers abundant
activities for outdoors enthusiasts. Access to and from Durham is convenient, as the RDU airport
just 12 miles outside the city.
(Clockwise from top left) Eno River State Park. Photo credit: Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. American
Tobacco Campus. Photo credit: Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Photo Credit:
Brian Fleming Photography.
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Department
of Surgery
Community Engagement
General Surgery Interest Group

The Duke Department of Surgery sponsors the General Surgery Interest Group, a student-
run organization that allows students to learn more about careers in general surgery through
information sessions, case discussions, hands-on experiences, and professional mentorship
facilitated by student-resident partnerships.
ASSET Program
The Department of Surgery has partnered with the Durham Nativity School to provide surgical
skills workshops as part of the Academic Success Through Surgical Education and Training (ASSET)
program. This program aims to foster high achievement in science through surgical education for
financially disadvantaged students at the school.
Duke Cycling Team

The Department of Surgery sponsors the Duke University Cycling Team coached by Ben Turits.
The triangle area is an exceptional area for cycling and outdoor activities in general. There are
numerous cycling events year round, including group rides with the team and faculty.
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Departmental
Infrastructure for
Clinical Research
Surgical Center for Outcomes Research (SCORES)
Duke SCORES (Surgical Center for Outcomes Research) is a novel, transdisciplinary effort that
promotes excellence in HSR for various surgical patient populations. Duke SCORES serves as a
hub for education, research, mentorship, and resources to enable trainees and faculty to ask and
answer questions with direct translational relevance to clinical research, patient care, safety, and
quality improvement.
Goals
• Support surgical faculty and trainees interested in HSR, and provide house staff with skills to
engage in outcomes research.
• Provide resources for current and future investigators by establishing a central library of
current datasets and other pertinent software.
• Educate investigators interested in HSR through alignment and expansion of an existing

educational platform that will leverage the work of thought leaders across Duke University
Medical Center and Duke University.
• Recognize excellence in surgical outcomes research by highlighting work done both within the
Department of Surgery and by nationally prominent visiting professors.
SCORES Scholars Program
The Duke SCORES Scholars Program provides funding of up to $15,000 per project for 12 months
to catalyze investigations of key questions in surgical outcomes research. The goals of this
program are to foster new collaborations among Duke researchers, support research teams in
obtaining preliminary data that will be used to apply for larger awards, and provide opportunities
for mentoring and training for junior faculty, residents and medical students.
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Departmental
Infrastructure for
Clinical Research
Surgery Office of Clinical Research (SOCR)
The Surgery Clinical Research Unit (CRU) operates within the Surgery Office of Clinical Research
(“SoCR”). The SoCR was established to provide turn-key clinical trial support for the Department of
Surgery’s principal investigators, trainees, clinical research coordinators, and study sponsors.
The SoCR assists with protocol design, budget development, sponsor negotiations, site feasibility
assessments, study operations, staffing support, database design and data integrity, regulatory
document preparation, submission compliance, research practice training, clinical audit, and
serves as a liaison with the contracts and finance offices as well as inter-departmental resources.
In keeping with the mission of Duke Medicine and the Department of Surgery, the SoCR is
committed to providing training of tomorrow’s leaders and the conduct of innovative research
that impacts healthcare outcomes for all patients.
Residents and Fellows
Duke Surgery residency and fellowship programs offer opportunities to be involved in clinical
research. Please contact the Residency or Fellowship Coordinator about the research training
available and required in your residency or fellowship program.
Develop and discuss your research idea with a faculty member
• What is the research question being asked?

• What data is needed to answer the research question?
• Perform a literature search
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Departmental
Infrastructure for
Clinical Research
Substrate Services Core & Research Support (SSCRS)
SSCRS was developed in 2014 to support the increasing

need for high-quality, well-characterized biological samples
to enhance basic science research within the Department
of Surgery. SSCRS collects, processes, banks, and manages
high-grade biological samples combined with correlated
clinical, histopathologic and phenotypic data. A variety
of sample types are collected, such as whole blood,
effluent, CSF, urine, stool, tissue, sputum, lavage, wound
debridement and fluid collection from collection systems
(e.g. wound vacuums, endotracheal tubes). SSCRSS
processes and derivatizes these samples into blood and
cellular fractions, RNA, DNA and small molecule RNAs.
SSCRSS also provides histological and immunohistochemical
processing and analysis ensuring comprehensive
histological characterization of samples and performs RNA
extraction-free, quantitative nuclease protection assay (qNPA) with next-generation sequencing
(NGS) mediated quantification to measure gene expression utilizing the HTG EdgeSeq Oncology
Biomarker Panel (2,560 genes) and the HTG EdgeSeq Immuno-Oncology Assay (549 genes) and
the HTG EdgeSeq miRNA Whole Transcriptome Assay (2,083 human miRNA transcripts).
The SSCRSS supports quality translational science through validated, standardized methodology
and protocols that are implemented across studies, reducing non-relevant variability in results.
To support this standardization, the core is in compliance with internationally-recognized Good
Clinical Laboratory Practices and 21 CFR Part 11. Reproducibility across supported research is
achieved through continued monitoring of the quality system by the Quality Assurance for Duke
Vaccine Immunogenicity Programs (QADVIP), an independent quality assurance unit providing
support to the SSCRSS.
The SSCRSS supports more than 30 clinical trials and collaborative studies, including National
Institute of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Defense (DoD)
and industry studies and operates as a core facility for multiple multicenter studies providing
a single point of contact for feedback in protocol development, standardized collection,
processing methods, sample preparation and sample shipping, receiving and distribution. The
SSCRSS anticipates supporting over 56 studies over the next year and is currently supporting 32
investigators over 3 departments and 20 divisions within the Duke University Medical Center.
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Departmental
Infrastructure for
Clinical Research
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Residents
Residency Programs
General Surgery Residency

The General Surgery Residency Training Program at Duke focuses on both clinical and research
education, producing competitive graduates who are prepared for careers in academic surgery.
Residents gain broad experience in operative surgery as they learn to evaluate and manage a
high number of patients requiring all types of procedures, from vascular to hepato-pancreatic
biliary surgery.
Rotations in both community and VA medical centers mean that residents get valuable, unique,
and comprehensive training for a career in academic surgery. The program is broad, but
trainees have the opportunity to focus on one or more specialties, such as endocrine surgery or
transplantation. General surgery residents are expected to complete at least two years of focused
research, and opportunities for laboratory or other discovery experiences are available within
and outside of the department. Most trainees choose specialization and seek fellowship training
upon completion of the residency program, and the research experience is universally cited as
a major reason that Duke residents are highly competitive for academic fellowships and faculty
positions.
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Residents
Surgical Education at Duke
Duke surgical residents experience a wide variety of educational settings by rotating through
Durham Regional, Duke Raleigh, Durham VA, and Asheville VA hospitals. Residents during their
first two years develop a solid foundation in patient care, ICU management, and consultations.
Junior residents finish their first two years with well over the minimum 250 operative cases
required by the ACGME, thanks in part to the Department’s growing number of excellent
physician-extenders.
Junior and lab residents will also develop their operative skills by participating in an advanced
simulation curriculum developed with input from faculty and residents. Our innovative simulation
program optimizes the educational experience to better suit residents’ schedules and shifts
it earlier in our residents’ training, where it is most effective. This curriculum allows residents
to master complex operative skills earlier in their training and safely prepares them for the
autonomy and operative responsibilities required during their upper-level rotations.
Senior residents lead inter-disciplinary surgical teams and learn to manage the complex, high-
acuity patient services one would expect at a high-volume academic institution. Their role is to
act predominantly as service chiefs for rotations in hepatobiliary, surgical oncology, trauma/acute
care, pediatric, transplant, thoracic, vascular, colorectal, breast, and endocrine surgery. At Duke
University Hospital, all services use a night float system, which means patient care is covered by
a consistent overnight team led by a night in-house chief. By graduation, Duke general surgery
residents have an excess of operative experience well beyond the ACGME requirement of 850
cases minimum.
It is not just the case numbers, the challenging patients, or the simulation curriculum that creates
a great surgeon. It is the intangible, un-quantifiable attributes of a program that shape trainees
not only into skillful technicians but also cultivates them into future surgical leaders. At Duke, our
greatest unmeasurable strength is our faculty and residents. The supportive leadership of our
faculty and the enthusiastic involvement of our residents make Duke an exceptional place to train
as a surgeon and develop as a leader.
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Residents
Surgical Education Research Group (SERG)
The Surgical Education Research Group (SERG) was cofounded in 2015 by Dr. John Migaly
(Program Director) and Dr. Shanna Sprinkle (PGY-6). With the support of the faculty and
department, SERG from the beginning has been a resident- and medical student-driven endeavor.
The group provides a collaborative space to brainstorm and develop projects that advance
surgical education at our institution and beyond. SERG now has the support of a talented
research coordinator to help with logistics and administrative duties, allowing students and
residents to focus on idea development and methodology.
Objectives
• PROMOTE knowledge of high-quality education research and methodologies.
• SUPPORT development of skills as surgical educators.
• ELEVATE the quality and productivity of educational research efforts.
• ESTABLISH education research as a valuable pillar in the Duke Surgery research enterprise.
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Program Highlights
In its short history, the group has obtained three separate grants, presented at several national
meetings, and developed an iPhone application, podcast, and several devices. This past Spring
the group ran the STAR course (Surgical Technique and Review Course) for the second year in a
row. The SERG group will also be organizing a two-day seminar for general surgery residents to
foster the development of skills geared towards teaching medical students
We have ongoing projects within all realms of surgical education, working to improve surgical
knowledge, curriculums, technical skills, and behavior. As we continue to grow, we look forward to
exploring new, novel ideas that will keep Duke at the forefront of surgical education research!
Contact Us
If you would like to join, collaborate, or learn more about Duke SERG, please email Morgan Cox at
morgan.cox@duke.edu or Shanna Sprinkle at shanna.sprinkle@duke.edu.
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Residents
How Does Duke Compare?
2017 FREIDA Data
National
Average Duke
Academic Year
Length of accredited training 5 5
Required length 7
Average number of PY1 interviews 77.3 102
Residents
Average number of residents/fellows 31.1 48
Average percent female 38.2 35
Average percent international medical graduates 17.6 .5
Faculty
Average number of full-time physician faculty 31.5 73
Average number of part-time physician faculty 3.5 0
Average percent female full-time physician faculty 21.1 40
Average ratio of full-time physician faculty to resident/fellow 1.0 1.5
Resident work hours (PY1)

Average hours on duty per week 73.8 71.3
Average maximum consecutive hours on duty 20.9 16
Average days off duty per week 1.1 1.3
Work environment and compensation (PY1)

Average percent of training in hospital outpatient clinics 16.8 15
Average percent of training in non-hospital ambulatory
7.8
care community settings
Average resident/fellow compensation $54,592 $55,764
Average number days of vacation 18 15
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Residents
Conferences
Schedule
Monday
Intern (PGY-1) Conference (Intern School) 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Duke Regional Hospital Conference 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday
Surgical D&C Case Conference* 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Surgical Grand Rounds* 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
SCORE Curriculum Conference* 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Simulation Lab* 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Thursday
Durham VA Conference 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Duke Raleigh Hospital Conference 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Chairman Walk Rounds 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday
Asheville VA Conference 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Chief Resident Conference 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
*General Surgery Core Conferences

Clinical residents are required to attend a minimum of 80 percent of core conferences (D&C, Grand
Rounds, SCORE, SEAL). Research residents are required to attend the core conferences plus Chairman’s
Rounds and Friday Chief’s Conference.
D&C, Grand Rounds, SCORE

Required for all research and clinical residents rotating at Duke and the Durham VA. Those on night
shift the night prior are required to attend.
Exceptions: ACU, SICU residents, Thoracic SAR, JTP residents rotating on cardiac, residents rotating at
Asheville
SEAL
Required for all residents when assigned, including DRH and Duke Raleigh.
Exceptions: Any resident who was on a night shift the night prior, ACU, SICU residents, ThoracicSAR, JTP
residents rotating on cardiac, residents rotating at Asheville
Chairman’s Rounds
All research residents and all clinical residents (at Duke and the Durham VA) not in the operating room
or engaged in urgent clinical care.
Chief’s Conference (Friday)

All research residents and all clinical residents (at Duke and the Durham VA) not in the operating room
or engaged in urgent clinical care.
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Residents
Educational Laboratories
Surgical Education and Activities Lab (SEAL)
The Surgical Education and Activities Lab (SEAL) is a state-of-the-

art surgical simulation center designed to provide advanced and
innovative training for physicians, residents, fellows, physician
assistants, nurses, medical students, health care providers, and
industry professionals in a risk-free environment. Simulation
training provides learners the opportunity to develop skills and
practice minimally invasive procedures without the pressures of
the operating room to advance medical education and improve
patient safety.
Human Fresh Tissue Laboratory
The Duke Human Fresh Tissue Laboratory is a stateof- the-art

medical skills lab where residents, attending physicians, and
medical students can perform advanced surgical training on
fresh tissue. The lab has been used to provide training to medical
professionals from Duke and throughout the country since 1997.
Duke Vivarium
A key component of the Duke Animal Care and Use Program is

the Surgical Pavilion that consists of four operating rooms as
well as rooms for surgical preparation, anesthetic monitoring,
post-operative recovery and surgical instrument processing. This
facility provides resources for teaching and research endeavors
and is supplied with state-of-the-art equipment and information
technology.
3D Printing Lab
The Duke 3D printing lab offers unique research and educational

experiences for surgical trainees. We have many printers that can
be accessed remotely from anywhere and higher end printers
located just next to the Duke Medicine Pavilion. We also have
state-of-the-art software and a partnership with the multi-D lab
for help with segmentation, which is the process of picking out
particular areas of anatomical interest for printing.
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Residents
Innovate MD
InnovateMD is an educational program within Duke MEDx designed to provide medical/surgical

trainees and faculty with an educational and experience-based opportunity to collaborate with
engineering students and faculty in the field of medical device innovation. The program was
co-founded in early 2016 by David Ranney, MD, Resident in General Surgery, and Ken Gall, PhD,
Associate Director of Duke MEDx and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Materials Science.
InnovateMD provides opportunities via two separate pathways: (1) a competitive one-year
full-immersion fellowship for clinical trainees who will learn the process of medical device
development from the early stages of needs finding to commercialization and starting a business,
or (2) as a centralized educational platform for trainees and faculty outside of the fellowship
program to learn this process with the goal of forming a team around a specific clinical project.
The mission of InnovateMD is to serve as an educational “hub” that complements the projects and
initiatives of MEDx and the various clinical departments at Duke Health.
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Residents
Innovate MD
Program Highlights
• Opportunities for clinical observation

• Project-based learning experience
• Didactic course participation (fellowship only)
• Seminars from faculty, entrepreneurs, and industry experts
• Networking events on and off campus
• Mentorship from medical, surgical, and engineering faculty
• Dedicated resources and workshops
Program Leadership
• David Ranney, MD; Director, InnovateMD

• Ken Gall, PhD; Associate Director, InnovateMD; Associate Director, MEDx
• Geoff Ginsburg, MD, PhD; Director, MEDx
• Donna Crenshaw, PhD; Executive Director, MEDx
• Muath Bishawi, MD; Program Coordinator
• Soni Nag, MD; Program Coordinator
Advisory Team
• Allan Kirk, MD, PhD

• Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
• Ranjan Sudan, MD
• Nandan Lad, MD, PhD
• Joe Knight, MBA
• Suresh Balu, MBA
• Bill Walker, PhD
• Neal Simmons, PhD
• Mark Palmeri, MD, PhD
• Kathie Amato
• Salman Azhar
Ongoing Collaborations
• Duke MEDx
• Department of Surgery
• Pratt School of Engineering
• Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Duke Institute for Health Innovation
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Residents
Ergonomics Program
In collaboration with the Duke Ergonomics Division and with support from Department of
Surgery Chair Dr. Allan Kirk, several General Surgery residents initiated a program to teach junior
residents and medical students about proper positioning in the OR. The program includes an
ergonomic loupe fitting initiative currently in development, ergonomics labs with residents, one-
on-one observation of the chief residents, and coach training for the rising chief residents.
As part of the program, each resident is fitted with loupes that sit at a proper declination angle to
minimize neck flexion. Maintaining neck flexion at less than or equal to 25 degrees can prevent
spine and neck strain during long stints in the OR. Additionally, the ergonomics team suggests
that residents use anti-fatigue mats and take microbreaks for stretches to reduce the risk of
injury.
Illustration by Lauren Halligan, Duke Surgery.
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Residents
Residents
Duke Surgery residents are standouts in their field. Graduates consistently go on to land
prestigious fellowships and highly sought-after clinical positions and academic professorships.
Some focus on teaching, garnering awards for training and mentoring the next generation of
surgeons. Others devote their careers to research, making significant advancements in surgical
care.
The residents are typically highly productive during their time in training. Most establish
themselves as bona fide authorities in a chosen field and exemplify this through significant
contribution to the medical literature. This productivity indicates not only the high level of talent
and ingenuity typical of the Duke Surgery resident, but also speaks to the quality of mentorship in
time management, prioritization, and other skills critical to academic success delivered during the
residency period. The publications of the Chief Residents in Surgery from the past two years (over
200) are presented as an example of the ongoing productivity of Duke surgical trainees.
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Residents
Residents’ Lounge
In 2017, Duke Surgery opened a lounge specifically for its residents, and designed to allow
residents to make the most of their experience at Duke. Featuring a lounge area, kitchen,
conference rooms, and work stations, the more than 150 residents in Duke Surgery have a multi-
use space to meet with colleagues and rejuvenate.
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Residents
Positions of Chief Residents of Surgery
The most important metric of a residency program is the success of its trainees. This is best
captured by the most prominent position in one’s career (for established surgeons) and the
initial position obtained after residency (either faculty or fellowship for junior faculty). To assist
applicants in understanding the breadth and height of the careers of trainees of the Department
of Surgery, we provide the most prominent positions of all graduates of the program since
1970, and the initial appointments of new graduates for the past 20 years. You will note that
approximately 70 percent of graduates follow academic careers, with numerous individuals rising
to the level of Department Chair, Dean, and other executive leadership positions.
2018
Name Initial Position Most Prominent Position
Mohamed Adam Surgical Oncology Surgical Oncology Fellowship,

Fellowship, University of University of Pittsburgh Medical
Pittsburgh Medical Center Center
Brian Gulack Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship,

The Hospital for Sick Children, The Hospital for Sick Children,
Toronto Toronto
Jeffrey Keenan Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fellowship, Duke Fellowship, Duke University
University Medical Center Medical Center
Christopher McCoy Trauma/SCC Fellowship, Trauma/SCC Fellowship,

UT Houston-Memorial UT Houston-Memorial
Hermann Hermann
Mithun Shenoi Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon and Rectal Surgery
Fellowship, Indiana Fellowship, Indiana University
University School of School of Medicine
Medicine
Chi-fu Jeffrey Yang Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fellowship, Stanford Fellowship, Stanford
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Residents
2017
Hamza Aziz Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Fellowship, Johns Hopkins
Brian Englum Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship,

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Asvin Ganapathi Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery

Brandon Henry Vascular Surgery Vascular Surgery Fellowship,

Fellowship, Duke Duke University Medical
University Medical Center
Center
Mohan Mallipeddi Minimally Invasive Surgery General and Bariatric Surgeon,

Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Virginia Mason Medical Center
Medical Center
Matthew Schechter Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fellowship, Wash U. in St. Fellowship, Wash U. in St. Louis
Louis
Paul Speicher Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Residents
2016
Anthony Castleberry Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Cardiac Fellowship,

Fellowship, Duke Duke University Medical
University Medical Center Center
Kristy Rialon Guevara Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Hospital for Sick Children Texas Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Hanna Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiovascular Surgeon,

Fellowship, Duke Health ONE
Georgios Kokosis Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellow at

Surgery Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Johns Hopkins Cancer Center
Michael Lidsky Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Duke University Medical Center
Kettering Cancer Center
Kevin Southerland Vascular Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, Duke Duke University Medical Center
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Residents
2015
Nicholas Andersen Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor of

Fellowship, Duke University Surgery, Duke university
Medical Center Medical Center
Michael Barfield Critical Care Fellowship, Duke Assistant Professor of

University Medical Center Surgery, New York University
Georgia Beasley Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Ohio State Medical Center Duke University Medical Center
Marcus Darrabie Surgical Research Acute Care Surgery/

Fellowship, Duke University Critical Care, Florida
Medical Center Hospital Orlando, Surgery
Instructor, University of
Central Florida
David Lo Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Plastic Surgery Fellowship,

Emory University Medical Emory University Medical
Center Center
Lindsay Talbot Critical Care Fellowship, Instructor, Department of Surgery

Nationwide Children’s St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital Hospital
Ryan Turley Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Vascular Surgeon,

Duke University Medical Cardiothoracic and Vascular
Center Surgeons, Austin, TX
2014
Andrew Barbas Transplant Surgery Fellow- Assistant Professor of

ship, University of Toronto Surgery, Duke University
Medical Center
Syamal Bhattacharya Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Vanderbilt University Medical UT College of Medicine
Center
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Residents
2014
Asad Shah Cardiothoracic Surgery Private Practice, REX Cardiac

Fellowship, Duke University Surgical Specialists
Medical Center
Robert Smith Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Clinical Assistant Professor, Scott

University of Alabama and White Memorial Hospital
Associate Program Director,
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Judson Williams Cardiothoracic Surgery Private Practice, WakeMed

Fellowship, Duke University Heart Center
Medical Center
Giorgio Zanotti Cardiothoracic Surgery St. Vinent’s Medical Group,

Fellowship, University of Heart Center of Indiana
Colorado
2013
Kyla Bennett Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor, University of

Duke University Wisconsin School of Medicine and
Public Health
Nicole DeRosa Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

MD Anderson, TX University of Nebraska Medical
Center
Dawn Elfenbein Endocrine Fellowship, Assistant Professor, University of

Madison, WI California Irvine
Sarah Evans Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery, St.

University of Cincinnati Peter’s Hospital
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Residents
2013
Keri Lunsford Abdominal Transplant Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, UCLA Medical Institute for Academic Medicine
Center Assistant Member, Research
Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Vanessa Schroder Critical Care Fellowship, Duke Assistant Professor of Surgery,

University Medical Center Duke University Medical Center
2012
Melissa Danko Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University
Sapan Desai Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

UT Houston Southern Illinois University;
Director of the Quality Alli-
ance and Predictive Analysis,
Memorial Medical Center;
Chief Executive Officer,
Surgisphere Corporation
Loretta Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Erhunmwunsee Fellowship, Duke University City of Hope Cancer Center
Medical Center
Sean Lee Minimally Invasive Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, Duke University Medical College of Georgia
Medical Center
James Padussis Minimally Invasive Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, Duke University University of Nebraska Medi-
Medical Center cal Center
Elisabeth Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Tomlinson- Boston Children’s Hospital Duke University Medical Center
Tracy
Nestor Villamizar Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Brigham & Women’s Hospital University of Miami Hospital
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Residents
2011
Mani Daneshmand Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, Duke University Duke University Medical Center
Medical Center
Diana Diesen Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of

UT Southwestern Surgery, UT Southwestern
Medical Center
John Haney Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor of

Fellowship, Duke University Surgery, Duke University
Medical Center Medical Center
Kelley Hutcheson Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor of

Fellowship, Washington Surgery, Baylor University
Luigi Pascarella Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center University of Iowa
Immanuel Turner Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow- Assistant Professor of Surgery,

ship, University of Michigan Carolinas Medical Center
Brian Untch Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center Cancer Center
2010
Keki Balsara Critical Care Fellowship, Duke Assistant Professor of Surgery,

University Medical Center Washington University School
of Medicine in St. Louis
Errol Bush Cardiothoracic Surgery Surgical Director, Advanced

Fellowship, UCSF Lung Disease and Lung
Transplant Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Johns Hopkins
Eugene Ceppa Minimally Invasive Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Indiana University
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Residents
2010
Sebastian Surgical Oncology Physician Research

de la Fuente Fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Coordinator and Director of
Center Research of the General
Surgery Residency Program,
Florida Hospital, Orlando;
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
University of Central Florida and
Florida State University
Jeffrey Nienaber Vascular Surgery Attending Surgeon, Asheville VA

Fellowship, Mayo Clinic Medical Center
(Rochester)
Srinevas Reddy Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Fellowship, University of University of Maryland
Pittsburgh
Tamarah Pediatric Surgical Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Westmoreland Oncology Fellowship, St. Nemours Children’s Hospital, FL
Jude Hospital (Memphis)
2009
Brian Lima Cardiothoracic Surgery Associate Professor, Donald

Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic and Barbara Zucker School of
Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Vanessa Olcese Abdominal Transplant Fellow- Assistant Professor of Surgery,

ship, University ol Wisconsin Ohio State University
Mayur Patel Surgical Critical Care and Assistant Professor of Surgery;

Acute Care Surgery Fellow, Assistant Professor of Neu-
Vanderbilt Medical Center rological Surgery, Vanderbilt
University
Rebecca Minimally Invasive Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Prince-Petersen Fellowship, University of University of Washington
Washington, Seattle
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Residents
2009
Keshava Rajagopal Cardiothoracic Surgery Associate Professor,

Fellowship, Duke University Cardiothoracic and Vascular
Medical Center Surgery, Department of Advanced
Cardiopulmonary Therapies and
Transplantation
Surgical Director, Lung
Transplantation
McGovern Medical School, UT
Houston
Jacob Schroder Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Medical Center
Jin Yoo MIS/Bariatric Fellowship, Duke Assistant Professor of Surgery,

University Medical Center Duke University Medical Center
David Sindram HPB Surgery Fellowship, Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery,

Carolinas Medical Center Novant Health
2008
James Appel Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Private Practice, Calabretta

Vanderbilt Medical Center Cosmetic Surgery, Charlotte, NC
Matthew Hartwig Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Duke University Medical Center
Erich Huang Assistant Professor of Surgery, Adjunct Assistant Professor,

Duke University Medical Center Duke University, Director
of Cancer Research, Sage
Bionetworks, Seattle, WA
Anthony Lemaire Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Assistant Professor of

Duke University Medical Center Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital
Mimi Pham Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Indiana University
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Residents
2008
Jose Trani Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

University of North Carolina Cooper University Health Sys-
at Chapel Hill tem, Philadelphia, PA/ Camden,
NJ
2007
Jennifer H. Aldrink Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Columbus Children’s Hospital Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Columbus, OH
Edward Cantu Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center University of Pennsylvania
Denise Ching Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Palo Alto Medical Foundation/

MD Anderson Cancer Center Sutter Medical Network
Steve Hanish Abdominal Transplant Associate Professor of

Fellowship, University of Surgery, University of
Wisconsin Maryland Medical Center
Jonathan Hata MIS Fellowship, Duke Univer- Private Practice, Hickory

sity Medical Center Surgical Clinic, NC
Melissa Poh Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA

Vanderbilt Medical Center
Joseph Turek Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Chief, Section of Pediatric

Duke University Medical Center Cardiac Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery,
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Residents
2006
Kelli Brooks Trauma/Critical Care Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Medical Center
Elizabeth Grubbs Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

MD And Anderson Cancer MD Anderson Cancer Center
Center
Aftab Kherani Consultant, McKinsey & Principal of Aisling Capital Group

Company, New York
Jason Petrofski Colorectal Fellowship, Private Practice, Atlanta Colon

Cleveland Clinic and Rectal Surgery
Shiva Sarraf-Yazdi Instructor and Clinical Fellow, Assistant Dean of Recruitment

Duke-National University and Admissions, Assistant
of Singapore Professor, Duke NUS
Richard Thompson Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow- Faculty, Bryan Health, NE

ship, UVA, Charlottesville, VA
2005
Jeffrey Gaca Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Matthew Kalady Colorectal Fellowship, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland

Cleveland Clinic Clinic
Director, Sanford R. Weiss, MD
Center for Hereditary Colorectal
Neoplasia
Co-Director, Cleveland Clinic
Comprehensive Colorectal
Cancer Program
Jamie Nathan Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine
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Residents
2005
Shawn Safford United States Navy Vice Chair of Research

Surgeon-in-Chief, Carilion Clinic
Children’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Virginia
Tech Carilion Clinic School of
Medicine
John Scarborough Abdominal Transplant Fellow- Associate Professor of Surgery,

ship, Duke University Medical University of Wisconsin School
Center of Medicine and Public Health
Rebekah White Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Memorial Sloan-Kettering UC San Diego
Cancer Center
2004
Rolf Barth Abdominal Transplant Associate Professor of Surgery,

Fellowship, University of University of Maryland Medical
Wisconsin Center
Patrick Domkowski Private practice, Palm Bay, FL Private Practice, Sebastian River
Medical Center, Sebastian, FL
Sitaram Emani Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Harvard Medical School
Jay Lee Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Brigham & Women’s Hospital Chief of Thoracic Surgery, UCLA
Medical Center
Mark Onaitis Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center UC San Diego
Gretchen Purcell Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Vanderbilt University
Christopher Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Touloukian Indiana University Indiana University
54
Residents
2003
Thomas Aloia Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

MD Anderson Cancer Center MD Anderson
Shankha Biswas Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Private Practice, Partner,

Duke University Medical Center Synergy CT Surgery Partner-
ship, Riverside, CA
G. Gonzalez- Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Chief of Heart Transplantation

Stawinski Cleveland Clinic and MCS, Baylor University
Medical Center-Dallas
G. Robert Abdominal Transplant Fellow- Private Practice, Texas Health

Stephenson ship, University of Pennsylvania Care PLLC, Ft. Worth, TX
David White Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

2002
B. Zane Atkins United States Air Force/ Associate Professor of

Cardiothoracic Fellowship Surgery at UW Medicine, Chief
Duke University of Cardiothoracic Surgery
G. Chad Hughes Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery

Duke University Medical Center and Director, Aortic Surgery
Program, Duke University
Medical Center
Christine Lau Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery

Washington University and Director Lung Transplant
Program, University of Virginia
Kendra Merine Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Private practice, Miramar, FL

Washington Hospital Center
55
Residents
2002
Paul Mosca Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Duke University Medical Center;
Vice Chair, General Surgery
Network
Aurora Pryor MIS Fellowship, Duke Univer- Professor of Surgery and Vice
sity Medical Center Chair for Clinical Affairs, Chief
General Surgery Division,
Director Bariatric and Meta-
bolic Weight Loss Center, Stony
Brook School of Medicine
Ashish Shah Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of

Duke University Medical Center Surgery, Surgical Director of
Heart and Lung Transplant,
and Associate Director of
Cardiac Surgery, The Johns
Hopkins Hospital
2001
William Burfeind Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Chief of Thoracic Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center St. Luke’s Health Network
Paul Chai Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of

Duke University Medical Center Surgery, Columbia University
Medical Center
Lisa Clark Pickett Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Assistant Professor of Medicine
and Chief Medical Officer, Duke
Pierre Dematos Private practice, Asheville, NC Private practice, Regional Sur-

gical Specialists, Asheville, NC
56
Residents
2001
Thomas Hayward Trauma/Critical Care Fellow- Associate Professor of Surgery,

ship, Maryland Shock Trauma Indiana University
Shu Lin Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Associate Professor in Pathol-
ogy and Assistant Professor in
Immunology, Duke University
Medical Center
John Maurice Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Private practice, Newport

Duke University Medical Center Beach, CA
Kirsten Wilkins Colorectal Fellowship, UMDNJ– Private practice, New Jersey

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital
2000
Shabab Akhter Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Professor of Surgery and

University of Michigan Chairman Division of Cardio-
thoracic Surgery, University of
Wisconsin
Larkin Daniels Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Private practice, Cardio-

Duke University Medical Center Thoracic and Vascular Surgical
Associates, Mobile, AB
Kimberly Gandy Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Adjunct Associate Professor,

Duke University Medical Center Biomedical and Health
Informatics, UMKC; Associate
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics,
Medical College of Wisconsin;
Founder and CEO, Play-it
Health; CMO, Infusion Express
Cleveland Lewis Jr. Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Private practice, Hudson Valley

Duke University Medical Center Thoracic Associates, NY
57
Residents
2000
Andrew Lodge Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery

Duke University Medical Center and Associate Professor of
Pediatrics, Duke University
Medical Center
Alan Kypson Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center East Carolina University Brody
School of Medicine
Robert Noone Colorectal Fellowship, Private practice, Main Line

Cleveland Clinic Health, Wynnewood PA
1999
R. Eric Lilly Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Medical College of Wisconsin
James St. Louis Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Co-Director, Division of Pediatric

Duke University Medical Center Cardiology; Associate Profes-
sor, Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery; Aldo Castaneda Profes-
sorship in Congenital Heart Sur-
gery, University of Minnesota
Christopher Suhr Private practice, Aiken, SC Private practice, Onslow

Surgical Clinic, Jacksonville, NC
Bryan Weidner Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Chief of Pediatric Surgery and
Duke University Medical Center Surgeon-in-Chief, Children’s
Hospital at Sacred Heart,
Pensacola, FL
Jeffrey H. Lawson Vascular Surgery Fellowship, President and Chief Executive

Duke Univerisity Medical Center Officer of Humacyte
Adjunct Professor of Surgery,
58
Residents
1999
Charles Hoopes Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Uni- Associate Professor of Surgery,

versity of Michigan Jason Alexander Gill Professor in
Thoracic Surgery, Section Chief
Cardiopulmonary Trans- plant,
Director Heart Mechanical
Circulator Support, and Director
Comprehensive Trans- plant
Institute, University of Kentucky
College of Medicine
1998
Scott C. Silvestry Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

Duke University Medical Center Division of CT Surgery, Wash-
ington University, St. Louis, MO
R. Anthony Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Associate Professor of Sur-

Perez-Tamayo Duke University Medical Center gery, Associate Program
Director, Rush University;
Senior Attending, Stroger
Hospital of Cook County
(former Chief of CT 2006–2012);
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Adrian H. Cotterell Transplantation Surgery Fel- Associate Professor of Surgery,

lowship, University of Miami/ Division of Transplant Surgery,
Jackson Memorial Hospital Virginia Commonwealth
University Health System
Louis DiBernardo Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Assistant Professor of

Duke University Medical Center Pathology, Duke University
Medical Center
59
Residents
1998
Paul Kirshbom Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor of Surgery and Chief

Fellowship, Duke University Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Yale
Medical Center School of Medicine
Christopher Mantyh Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Professor of Surgery and

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Chief of Gastrointestinal and
Colorectal Surgery, Duke
Bryan Clary Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Professor and Chair of the

Memorial Sloan Kettering Department of Surgery, M.J.
Cancer Center Orloff Family Endowed Chair
in Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief ,
UC San Diego Health System
1997
Carmelo Milano Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor of Surgery and Surgi-

Fellowship, Duke University cal Director of Cardiac Trans-
Medical Center plant and LVAD Programs, Duke
Scott H. Pruitt Assistant Professor of Senior Principal Scientist,

Surgery, Duke University Merck Research Labs
Medical Center
Lynne Skaryak Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending Surgeon, Medstar

Fellowship, Duke University Georgetown University
Medical Center Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Harmuth Bittner Cardiothoracic Surgery Director of Heart and Lung

Fellowship, Duke University Transplantation, Florida
Medical Center Hospital, Orlando, FL
60
Residents
1997
Bradley H. Collins Transplant Surgery Fellowship, Associate Professor of Surgery,

University of Wisconsin Hospi- Duke University Medical Center
tal and Clinics
Mark Davies Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair-

University of Washington man of Cardiovascular Surgery,
The Methodist Hospital; Associ-
ate Quality Officer, The Method-
ist Hospital System, Houston, TX
Joseph M. Forbess Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor of Surgery and

Fellowship, Duke University Chairman of the Division
Medical Center of Pediatric Cardiothoracic
Surgery, UT Southwestern
Medical Center; Co-Director
of the Heart Center,
Children’s Medical Center
Dallas; Pogue Distinguished
Chair in Pediatric Cardiac
Surgery Research
1996
Cary H. Meyer Cardiothoracic Surgery Private practice,

Fellowship, Duke University Cardiovascular Associates,
Medical Center Kingsport, TN
Clarence H. Owen Cardiothoracic Surgery Private practice, Triad

Fellowship, Duke University Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery,
Medical Center Greensboro, NC
Jeffrey C. Pence Cardiothoracic Surgery Associate Professor of Sur-

Fellowship, Duke University gery and Associate Residency
Medical Center Program Director, Childrens
Medical Center of Dayton, OH
61
Residents
1996
Christina Weltz Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mt.

Sinai School of Medicine, NY
Mark Tedder Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending, St. Thomas Health,

Fellowship, Duke University Nashville TN; Private practice,
Medical Center Cardiovascular Associates,
Nashville, TN
Mark Anstadt Cardiothoracic Surgery Private practice, Miami Valley

Fellowship, Duke University Heart & Lung Surgeons; Holds
Medical Center voluntary faculty positions at
Boonshoft School of Medicine,
Wright State, OH; Formerly
Professor of Surgery, Associate
Professor of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Chair of CT Surgery,
and Vice Chair of Department of
Surgery)
Ravi Chari Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Vice President of Clinical Excel-

Transplant Fellowship, lence, Clinical Services Group,
University of Toronto Hospital Corporation of Amer-
ica (HCA)
Michael Demaio Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor of Surgery, Director of

Fellowship, Duke University the Lung/Heart-Lung Transplant
Medical Center Program, and Director of
Research, Department of CT
Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical
Center; Founder, Spectral MD
1995
James R. Mault Cardiothoracic Surgery Vice President and CMO of

Fellowship, Duke University Qualcomm Life
Medical Center
62
Residents
1995
David S. Peterseim Cardiothoracic Surgery Private practice, Charleston, SC

Fellowship, Duke University
Medical Center
William N. Pugh Private practice Private practice, American Fork

Surgical Associates, American
Fork, UT
Cemil M. Purut Cardiothoracic Surgery Private practice, Hickory Heart

Fellowship, Duke University Lung and Vascular, NC
Medical Center
Paul M. Aheanne Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Private practice, Regional Surgi-

MD Anderson cal Specialists, Asheville, NC
Francis Cardiothoracic Surgery VP and Chief Medical Director,

Duhaylongsod Fellowship, Duke University Edwards Lifesciences
Medical Center
Allan D. Kirk Multi-Organ Transplant Chair of Surgery and

Fellowship, University of Surgeon-in-Chief, Duke
Wisconsin University Medical Center
Theodore Koutlas Fellowship, Duke University Professor of Surgery,

Medical Center Pediatric Cards, ECU
1994
Name Most Prominent Position
Thomas A. D’Amico Professor of Surgery; Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery;

Vice Chair of Surgery; and Chief Medical Officer of Duke Cancer
Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Andrew Davidoff Chair of Surgery, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Stanley A. Gall Jr. Prairie Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Prairie Heart
Institute, Springfield Illinois
63
Residents
1994
Jeffrey S. Heinle Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Cook Children’s Medical Center,

Fort Worth, TX
Scott H. Johnson Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Greenville Health System
Kevin P. Landolfo Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Mayo Clinic Florida
Lewis B. Schwartz Vice President, Medical Device Development, Hospira

Clinical Associate, Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular
Therapy, University of Chicago
Mark W. Sebastian Associate Professor, Traumatology & Emergency Medicine, University

of Connecticut SOM
1993
Gene D. Branum Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University

Hospital
Nancy J. Crowley Tolnitch Surgical Associates, Raleigh, NC
Joseph R. Elbeery Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine
J. Scott Kabas AnMed Health Heart and Vascular Center, Anderson, SC
Theodore C. Koutlas Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine
John C. Lucke Assistant Consulting Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Mark D. Plunkett Fellow in Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic

Surgery, UCLA Medical Center
Phillip D. Shadduck Assistant Consulting Professor, Duke University Medical Center
64
Residents
1992
R. Duane Davis Jr. Director of Cardiovascular Institute and Lung Transplant

Florida Hospital Transplant Institute
Gregory P. Fontana Director and Chairman, Cardiothoracic Surgery,

CardioVascular Institute of Los Robles Regional Medical
Center
National Medical Director for Cardiovascular Research and
Innovation, Hospital Corporation of America
Robert C. Harland Surgical Director, Solid Organ Transplantation

Professor, Surgery
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
David H. Harpole Jr. Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor in Pathology, Vice Chief
Division of Surgical Sciences, Duke University Medical Center
Douglas A. Tyler Chairman of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch
Ronald J. Weigel Chair of Surgery, University of Iowa
1991
Louis A. Brunsting Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robin G. Cummings Medicaid Director, NC Dept. of Health & Human Services
James W. Gaynor Associate Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine,

University of Pennsylvania
Robert L. Quigley Regional Medical Director and Senior Vice President of Medical
Assistance, Americas at International SOS
Michael A. Skinner Professor of Surgery, Washington State University
Craig L. Slinghuff Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Christopher Clinical Associate, Department of Surgery, Duke University

R. Watters Medical Center
65
Residents
1990
Thomas D. Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, Richmond, VA

Christopher
Michael E. Jessen Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular

and Thoracic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center
James J. Morris Medical Director, Surgery Service Line, Wellspan Health
Charles E. Murphy Vascular Surgeon, Inova Heart & Vascular Institute
John A. Spratt Cardiothoracic Surgery of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Bert A. Bowers Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL
H. Kim Lyerly Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor in Immunology and

Associate Professor of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center
Raymond G. Surgical Associates of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Makhoul
George W. Maier Carolina Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Associates, Gastonia, NC
1989
Ralph H. Damiano Jr. Professor of Surgery and Chief Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Washington University School of Medicine
James M. Douglas Jr. Peacehealth Medical Group, Bellingham, WA
Donald D. Glower Jr. Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Richard J. Peterson Riverview Cardiac Surgery, FL
Stuart J. Knechtle Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Duke University and

Executive Director of the Duke Transplant Center
66
Residents
1989
S. Chace Lottich Center for Women’s Health, Greenwood, IN
David H. Mahvi Professor of Surgery, President Northwestern Medical Group,

Northwestern University
Francis S. Rotolo Finney Trimble Surgical Associates at Greater Baltimore

Medical Center
1988
T. Bruce Ferguson East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU, Brody School of Medicine
Richard D. Floyd IV St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington , KY
George S. Tyson Jr. Thoracic Surgeon, St. Petersburg, FL
John F. Lucas III Lucas Surgical Group, Greenwood, MS
Walter B. Vernon SurgOne, P.C., Englewood, CO
1987
William L. Holman Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham;

Chief Surgical Services, Birmingham VA Medical Center
Robert B. Peyton Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of North

Carolina School of Medicine
Peter K. Smith Professor of Surgery and Division Chief, Cardiovascular and

Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Ross M. Ungerleider Professor of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health
67
Residents
1987
Warren J. Kortz Private practice, Denver, CO
Douglas S. Reintgen Professor of Surgery, Director of Cancer Initiatives,

University of South Florida
Laurence H. Ross Finney Trimble Surgical Associates at Greater Baltimore

Medical Center
1986
Gary K. Lofland Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinic, Kansas City, MO
J. Mark Williams Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina

Heart Institute at ECU
Craig O. Olsen Cardiovascular & Chest Surgical Associates, Boise, ID
Peter Van Trigt III Triad Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons, Greensboro, NC
Stephen K. Rerych Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, WV
Thomas L. Novick Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
1984
Robert L.R. Wesly North Florida Regional Med Ctr, Gainesville, FL
L. George Alexander Locums Physician, Catawba Piedmont Cardiovascular and

Thoracic Surgery, Rock Hill, SC
Walter R. Chitwood Director, East Carolina Heart Institute; Senior Associate Vice
Jr. Chancellor for Health Sciences, Brody School of Medicine
68
Residents
1984
Richard A. Hopkins Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Research and Director, Cardiac
Regenerative Surgery Research Laboratories, Children’s Mercy
Kansas City
J. Dirk Iglehart Director, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers,

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Erle H. Austin III Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine
James D. Sink Professor of Surgery, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences,

Philadelphia, PA
Ronald C. Hill VA Medical Hospital, Asheville, NC
Robert N. Jones MidMichigan Physicians Group, Midland, MI
Peter M. Thurlow Associated Physicians, Madison, WI
Bruce D. Schirmer Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery,

University of Virginia School of Medicine
1983
Lary A. Robinson Director, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Peter Scholz Professor of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jon F. Moran ECU Physician, Thoracic Surgery, Brody School of Medicine
Thomas L. Spray Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endowed Chair

in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia
Charles E. Cox CEO, Breast Health CRISP (Clinical and Research Integrated
Strategic Program); McCann Foundation Endowed Professor of
Breast Surgery, USF Health, Tampa, FL
69
Residents
1983
Richard L. McCann Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center; Assistant

Chief of Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center
William C. Meyers Founder, Vincera Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Arthur J. Ross III Dean, West Virginia University School of Medicine
1980
John C. Alexander Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Chicago
Stephen A. Mills Associate Professor of Surgery, University of North Carolina

School of Medicine
Norman A. Silverman Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
R. Randal Bollinger Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (Retired)
R. Morton Bolman Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
George A. Parker Commonwealth Surgeons, Richmond, VA
James E. Lowe Professor of Surgery and Professor of Pathology, Duke University

Medical Center
W. Robins Howe Founder, Director Cardiac Surgery Program, Western Baptist

Hospital, Paducah, KY; Clinical Faculty, University of Louisville &
University of Kentucky
J. Scott Rankin Professor of Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Walter D. Holder Jr. Polyclinic, Seattle, WA
Richard M. Larson Clinical Associate Professor, East Carolina University
Charles H. Edwards II Hawthorne Cardiovascular Surgeons, Charlotte, NC
70
Residents
1980
W. Peter Graper Sarasota Cardiovascular-Thoracic, Sarasota, FL
Thomas H. Cardiac surgeon, Savannah, GA

Marsicano
John B. Hanks Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Jeffrey A. Norton Professor of Surgery and Chief of Oncologic and General Surgery,
Stanford University
Worthington G. Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Schenk III
1979
Lynn H. Harrison Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of

Massachusetts Medical School
Wiliam C. DeVries Clinical Professor of Surgery, George Washington School of

Medicine and Health Sciences
Dana K. Anderson Professor and Vice-Chair of Surgery, Johns Hopkins;

Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins-Bayview Medical Center
George S. Leight Jr. Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Bruce M. Smith Associate Professor of Surgery, Georgetown University School

of Medicine
1978
James L. Cox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, World Heart Foundation; Emeri- tus
Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
71
Residents
1978
John W. Hammon Professor of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
John P. Grant Professor of Surgery and Director of the Bariatric Surgery

Program, Duke University Medical Center
Gregory S. Georgiade Professor of Surgery, Chief of Division of Plastic Surgery, and Vice
Chair of Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
David K. Wellman Chief Medical Officer, United Emergency Services, Durham, NC
1977
Kent W. Jones Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Utah; Surgeon, Inter-

mountain Healthcare and Intermountain Medical Center
Roger C. Millar Intermountain Cardiovascular, St. George, UT
William R. Beltz Susquehanna Health Wound Healing Center, Williamsport, PA
Richard A. Perryman Chief of Cardiac Surgical Service, Memorial Healthcare System,

Hollywood, FL
1976
Fred A. Crawford Jr. Distinguished University Professor, Medical University of South

Carolina
M. Wayne Flye Chief, Thoracic Surgery, St. Louis Veterans Administration Hospital;
Chief of Surgery, Saint Louis Connect Care Health Systems
John W. Yarbrough Thoracic Cardiovascular Assoc, Columbia , SC
Lewis H. Stocks III Stocks Surgical Center, Raleigh, NC
72
Residents
1976
Robert P. Barnes Department Chair, Cardiovascular Services, St. Luke’s Hospital, Boise, ID
Richard O. Gregory Private practice, plastic surgery, Orlando, FL
1975
Thomas M. Daniel Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Virginia
Robert H. Jones Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
1974
James A. Alexander Professor of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine
Andrew S. Wechsler Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
Kenneth P. Ramming Professor of Surgery, UCLA
1973
1974
Sewell H. Dixon President & CEO, St. Kitts Medical, Inc.
S. Kirby Orme Cardiovascular & Chest Surgical Associates, Boise, ID
James C.A. Fuchs Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Bradley M. Rogers Primary Care Center, Charlottesville, VA
73
Residents
1972
Don E. Detmer University Professor of Health Policy Emeritus and Professor of

Medical Education, University of Virginia
1971
C. Linwood Puckett University of Missouri Health System, Columbia, MO
Robert E. Cline President of Cline Cardiovascular Associates, FL
William A. Gay Jr. Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Washington University School

of Medicine
Robert W. Anderson Chairman of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Walter G. Wolfe Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center;

Chief of Thoracic Surgery, VA Medical Center
1970
H. Newland Oldham Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (Retired)

Jr.
John M. Porter Chief of Vascular Surgery, University of Oregon
Samuel A Wells Jr. Chairman of Surgery, Washington University
74
Residents
75
Residents
Chief Resident Profiles
EHSAN BENRASHID, MD
Education:
M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2012
Training:
General Surgery (PGY1) 6/25/2012-6/30/2013
Surgery Research Fellowship – Duke (PGY3) 7/1/2014-6/30/2015
General Surgery (PGY7) 7/1/2018-Present
Research Interests:
Abdominal and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Clinical Interests:
Vascular Surgery, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Publications:
Wu B, Lu P, Benrashid E, Malik S, Ashar J, Doran TJ, Lu QL Dose-dependent restoration
of dystrophin expression in cardiac muscle of dystrophic mice by systemically delivered
morpholino. Gene Therapy 2010 Jan; 17 (1): 132-140.
Hu Y, Wu B, Zillmer A, Lu P, Benrashid E, Wang M, Doran T, Shaban M, Wu X, Long Lu
Q. Guanine Analogues Enhance Antisense Oligonucleotide-induced Exon Skipping in
Dystrophin Gene In Vitro and In Vivo. Molecular Therapy 2010 Apr; 18(4): 812-8.
*Wu B, *Benrashid E, Lu P, Cloer C, Zillmer A, Shaban M, Lu QL. Targeting skipping of
human dystrophin exons in transgenic mouse model systemically for antisense drug
development. PLoS ONE 2011; 6(5): e19906 (*co-first authorship)
Benrashid E and Lawson JH. Chapter 11: Uncommon Procedures for the Difficult Dialy-
sis Access Patient. Current Vascular Surgery 2014. PMPH (Shelton, CT USA)
Gilmore B, Benrashid E, Youngwirth LM, Lawson JH. Paradoxical embolus following
percutaneous thrombectomy of Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow graft. J Vasc Access 2015
Nov-Dec; 16(6): 533-6.
Stone ML, LaPar DJ, Benrashid E, Scalzo DC, Mulloy DP, Ailawadi G, Kron IL, Bergin JD,
Blank RS, Kern JA. Ventricular assist devices and increased blood product utilization for
cardiac transplantation. J Card Surg 2015; 30(2): 194-200
Benrashid E, Adkar SS, Bennett KM, Zani S, Cox MW. Total laparoscopic retrieval of infe-
rior vena cava filter. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports. doi: 10.1177/2050313X15597356
Benrashid E, McCoy CC, Rice HE, Shortell CK, Cox MW. Mycotic saccular abdominal
aortic aneurysm in an infant after cardiac catheterization: a case report. Ann Vasc Surg
2015 Oct; 29(7): 1447.e5-1447.e11.
Benrashid E, McCoy CC, Youngwirth LM, Kim J, Manson RJ, Otto JC, Lawson JH. Tis-
sue engineered vascular grafts: origins, development, and current strategies for
clinical application. Methods 2015 Jul 25. Pii: S1046-2023(15)30033-5. doi: 10.1016/j.
ymeth.2015.07.014
Benrashid E, Ranney DN, and Lawson JH. Chapter 20: Bioengineered Vascular Access
Grafts. Current Vascular Surgery 2015. PMPH (Shelton, CT USA)
Benrashid E, Wang H, Keenan JE, Andersen ND, Meza JM, Hughes GC. Evolving practice
pattern changes and outcomes in the era of hybrid aortic arch repair. J Vasc Surg 2016
Feb; 63(2): 323-331.e1.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Nussbaum DP, Benrashid E, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. Determining
the optimal timing for initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection for stage II
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Residents
and III colon cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Feb; 59(2): 87-93.
Andersen ND, Benrashid E, Ross AK, Pickett LC, Smith PK, Daneshmand MA, Schroder
JN, Gaca JG, Hughes GC. The utility of the aortic dissection team: outcomes and insights
after a decade of experience. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2016 May; 5(3): 194-201.
Benrashid E, Wang H, Andersen ND, Keenan JE, McCann RL, Hughes GC. Complimentary
roles of open and hybrid approaches to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J
Vasc Surg. 2016 Nov; 64(5): 1228-38.
Keenan JE, Benrashid E, Kale E, Nicoara A, Husain AM, Hughes GC. Neurophysiologic
intraoperative monitoring during aortic arch surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth.
2016 Dec; 20(4): 273-82.
Turley RS, Adkar SA, Benrashid E, Lagoo S, Shortell CK, Mureebe L. Peri-operative
optimization of geriatric lower extremity bypass in the era of increased performance
accountability. Ann Vasc Surg 2017 Jan; 38: 248-54.
Adkar SS, Turley RS, Benrashid E, Cox M, Mureebe L, Shortell CK. Laparotomy during
endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms increases mortality. J Vasc
Surg 2017 Feb; 65(2): 356-61.
Gulack BC, Benrashid E, Jaquiss RDB, Lodge AJ. Pulmonary valve replacement with a
Trifecta valve is associated with reduced transvalvular gradient. Ann Thorac Surg 2017
Feb; 103(2): 655-662.
Iribarne A, Keenan J, Benrashid E, Wang H, Meza JM, Ganapathi A, Gaca J, Kim HW, Hur-
witz LM, Hughes GC. Imaging surveillance after proximal aortic surgery: is it necessary?
Ann Thorac Surg 2017 Mar; 103(3): 734-41.
Benrashid E, Youngwirth LM, Mureebe L, Lawson JH. Operative and perioperative man-
agement of infected arteriovenous grafts. J Vasc Access 2017 Jan; 18(1): 13-21.
Kim J, Sun Z, Benrashid E, Southerland KW, Lawson JH, Fleming GA, Hill KD, Tracy ET.
The impact of femoral arterial thrombosis in pediatric cardiac catheterization: a nation-
al study. Cardiol Young 2017 Jul; 27(5): 912-7.
Kim J, Sun Z, Leraas HJ, Nag UP, Benrashid E, Allori AC, Pabon-Ramos WM, Rice HE,
Shortell CK, Tracy ET. Morbidity and healthcare costs of vascular anomalies: a national
study. Pediatr Surg Int 2017 Feb; 33(2): 149-54.
Ranney DN, Benrashid E, Meza JM, Keenan JE, Daneshmand MA. Central cannulation
as a viable alternative to peripheral cannulation in extracorporeal membrane oxygen-
ation. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017 Summer; 29(2): 188-95.
Ranney DN, Cox ML, Yerokun B, Benrashid E, McCann RL, Hughes GC. Long-term results
of endovascular repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 2018 Feb;
67(2): 363-8.
Ranney DN, Benrashid E, Meza JM, Keenan JE, Bonadonna D, Mureebe L, Cox MW,
Daneshmand MA. Vascular complications and use of a distal perfusion cannula in femo-
rally cannulated patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ASAIO J 2017 Sep.
[Epub ahead of print]
Wang H, Wagner M, Benrashid E, Keenan J, Wang A, Ranney D, Yerokun B, Gaca J,
McCann RL, Hughes GC. Outcomes of reoperation after acute type A aortic dissection:
implications for index repair strategy. J Am Heart Assoc 2017 Oct; 6(10): pii:e006376
Ongele MO, Benrashid E, Gilmore BF, Schroder J, Hartwig M, Zani S Jr. Robot-assisted
repair of diaphragmatic hernias following ventricular assist device implantation. J Surg
Case Rep 2018 Feb 21; 2018(2): rjy016
Ranney DN, Yerokun BA, Benrashid E, Bishawi M, Williams A, McCann RL, Hughes GC.
Outcomes of planned 2-stage hybrid aortic repair with Dacron replaced proximal land-
ing zone. Ann Thorac Surg 2018 May. [Epub ahead of print]
Benrashid E, Youngwirth LM, Turley RS, Mureebe L. Chapter 196: Venous Thromboem-
bolism: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management. Current Surgical Therapy. 12th Ed.
Elsevier (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Gage S, Benrashid E, Youngwirth LM, Lawson JH. Hemodialysis Grafts. Hemodialysis
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Access: Fundamentals and Advanced Management. Elsevier (Philadelphia, PA USA). 147-

58.
Benrashid E, Shortell CK. Chapter 165: Nutcracker Syndrome. Rutherford’s Vascular
Surgery. 9th ed. Elsevier (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Benrashid E, Andersen ND, Hughes GC. Debranching Concepts and Techniques for Arch
Surgery. Surgical Management of Aortic Pathologies.
ROBERT PATRICK DAVIS, MD, PhD

Education:
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011
M.D., Michigan State University, 2013
Training:
Jt General Surgery & Thoracic Surgery (PGY5) 7/1/2017-6/30/2018
Jt General Surgery & Thoracic Surgery (PGY6) 7/1/2018-Present
Research and Clinical Interests:

Cardiac and lung transplantation, Ex vivo lung perfusion, Extracorporeal life support,
Ventricular assist devices, Adult cardiac surgery
Publications:
Szasz T, Linder AE, Davis RP, Burnett R, Fink G, and Watts SW. Allopurinol Does Not
Decrease Blood Pressure or Prevent the Development of Hypertension in the DOCA-salt
Rat Model. J. Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2010 Sep. 22. PMID:20881613
Watts SW, Davis RP. 5-Hydroxytrptamine Receptors in Hypertension: An Arterial Focus.
Cardiovasc Ther. 2010 Apr 28. PMID: 20433685
Linder AE, Davis RP, Burnett R, Watts SW. Comparison of the function of the serotonin
transporter in vasculature of male and female rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2011
May; 38(5): 314-22. PMID: 21371073
Davis RP, Linder AE, Watts SW. Lack of the serotonin transporter (SERT) reduces the
ability of 5-hydroxytryptamine to lower blood pressure. Nauyn-Schmiedeberg Arch
Pharmacol. 2011 May; 383(5): 543-6. Epub 2011 Mar 30. PMID: 21448568.
Tan T, Watts SW, Davis RP (2011). Drug delivery: enabling technology for drug discov-
ery and development. iPRECIO® Micro Infusion Pump: Programmable, refillable and
implantable. Front. Pharmacol. 2:44. Epub 2011 Jul 29. PMID: 21863140.
Watts SW, Morrison MF, Davis RP, Barman SM. Serotonin and Blood Pressure Regula-
tion. Pharmacol Rev. 2012 Apr; 64(2): 359-88. Epub 2012 Mar 8. PMID: 22407614.
Davis RP, Pattison J, Thompson JM, Tinkov R, Scrogin KE, Watts SW. 5-hydroxytrypt-
amine (5-HT) reduces total peripheral resistance during chronic infusion: direct arterial
relaxation is not involved. BMC Pharmacol. 2012 May 6; 12:4. PMID: 22559843.
Davis RP, Szasz T, Garver H, Burnett R, Tykocki N, Watts SW. One-month serotonin
infusion results in a prolonged fall in blood pressure in the male deoxycorticosterone
acetate (DOCA)-salt rat. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2013 Jan 16; 4(1). PMID: 23336053.
Szasz T, Davis RP, Garver HS, Burnett R, Fink G, Watts SW. Long-term inhibition of xan-
thine oxidase by febuxostat does not decrease blood pressure in deoxycorticosterone
acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e56046. PMID: 23393607.
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Neely RC, Davis RP, Stephens EH, Takayama H, Khalpey Z, Ginns J, Lee SH, Chen J.
Ventricular assist device for failing systemic ventricle in an adult with prior mustard
procedure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug; 96(2):691-3. PMID: 23910115.
Davis RP, Kilian A, Timek T, Cohle SD, Hooker DL. Complete LVOT obstruction fol-
lowing aortic valve replacement after HeartMate II implantation. J Card Surg. 2014
May;29(3):432. PMID: 24304173
Darios E, Barman S, Orer H, Morrison S, Davis RP, Seitz B, Watts S. 5-Hydroxytryptamine
does not reduce sympathetic nerve activity or neuroeffector function in the splanchnic
circulation. Eur J Pharmacol. 2015 May;754:140-7.
Davis RP, Andersen ND, Ganapathi AM, Hughes GC. Repair of bicuspid aortic valve syn-
drome with anomalous right coronary artery in osteogenesis imperfecta. J Heart Valve
Dis. 2015 Nov;24(6):666-668. PMID: 27997768.
Cox M, Yang CF, Speicher P, Fitch Z, Davis RP, D’Amico TD, Harpole D, Berry M. The Role
of Extent of Surgical Resection and Lymph Node Assessment for Clinical Stage I Pulmo-
nary Lepidic Adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Oncol. 2017, Jan 8. PMID: 28082103.
Mulvihill MS, Yerokun BA, Davis RP, Ranney DN, Daneshmand MA, Hartwig MG. Ex-
tracorporeal membrane oxygenation following lung transplantation: indications and
survival. J Heart Lung Transplant 2017 Jul1 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28712677.
Ezekian B, Mulvihill MS, Freischlag K, Yerokun BA, Davis RP, Hartwig MG, Knectle SJ, Bar-
bas AS. Elevated HbA1c in donor organs from patients without a diagnosis of diabetes
portends worse liver allograft survival. Clin Transplant. 2017 Sep;31(9). PMID: 28667782
Chang, J, Bell S, Davis RP, Sanders, N, Holzknecht M, Barbas A, Parker W, Lin S. Early
Immune Response to Acute Gastric Fluid Aspiration in a Rat Model of Lung Transplanta-
tion. Exp Clin Transplant. 2018 Apr 26. PMID: 29697356
Samy, KP, Davis RP, Gao Q, Martin BM, Song M, Cano J, Farris AB, McDonald A, Gall EK,
Dove CR, Leopardi FV, How, T, Williams KD, Devi GR, Collins BH, Kirk AD. Early Barriers
to Neonatal Porcine Islet Engraftment in a Dual Transplant Model. Am J Transplant.
2018 Apr; 18(4):998-1006. PMID: 29178588.
Eppensteiner, J, Davis RP, Barbas A, Kwun, J, Lee J. Immunothrombotic activity of DAMPs
and Extracellular Vesicles in Secondary Organ Failure induced by Trauma and Sterile
Insults. Front Immunol. 2018 Feb 8;9:190. PMID: 29472928.
Gao Q, Mulvihill MS, Scheuermann U, Davis RP, Yerxa J, Yerokun BA, Hartwig MG, Sudan
DL, Knechtle SJ, Barbas AS. Improvement in Liver Transplant Outcomes From Older
Donors: A US National Analysis. Ann Surg. 2018 Jun 28. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:
29958229
Bendersky, VA, Mulvihill MS, Yerokun BA, Ezekian B, Davis RP, Hartwig MG, Barbas AS.
Elevated Donor Hemoglobin A1C Impairs Kidney Graft Survival From Diabetic Deceased
Donors: A National Analysis. Accepted to Experimental and Clinical Transplantation May
4th 2018.
Agarwal R, Kyvernitakis A, Soleimani B, Milano C, Kennedy J, Davis RP, Benza R, Mora-
ca R, Bailey S. Clinical Experience and Outcomes of HeartMate II to HeartWare Left
Ventricular Assist Device Exchange: A Multicenter Experience of 24 Cases - Submitted to
Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
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JINA KIM, MD
Education:
M.D., University of Michigan Medical School, 2012
Training:
Research Interests:
Endocrine surgery with focus on pediatric endocrine surgery, thyroid cancer
Clinical Interests:
Understanding age-based differences in cancer outcomes, quality improvement in
cancer care
Publications:
You J, Li Q, Wu C, Kim J, Ottinger M, and Howley PM. Regulation of Aurora B expression
by the bromodomain protein Brd4. Molecular and Cellular Biology 29.18 (2009): 5094-
5103.
An SS, Kim J, Ahn K, Trepat X, Drake KJ, Kumar S, Ling G, Purington C, Rangasamy T,
Kensler TW, Mitzner W, Fredberg JJ, Biswal S. Cell stiffness, contractile stress and the
role of extracellular matrix. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
382.4 (2009): 697-703.
Kim J, Jarboe MD, Arnold MA, DiPietro MA, Bloom DA, Teitelbaum DH. Biliary duplication
cyst with heterotopic gastric mucosa resulting in obstruction of the biliary system: a
case report. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 47.6 (2012): e5-e8.
Yang Z, Maher JR, Kim J, Selim A, Levinson H, Wax A. Evaluation of burn severity in vivo
in a mouse model using spectroscopic optical coherence tomography. Biomedical Op-
tics Express 6.9 (2015): 3339-45.
Kim J, Brown W, Maher J, Levinson H, Wax A. Functional optical coherence tomography:
principles and progress. Physics in Medicine and Biology 60 (2015): R211-237.
Benrashid E, McCoy CC, Youngwirth LM, Kim J, Manson RJ, Otto JC, Lawson JH. Tissue
engineered vascular grafts: origins, development and current strategies for clinical
application. Methods 99 (2016): 13-9.
Adam MA, Lee L, Kim J, Shenoi M, Mallipeddi M, Aziz H, Stinnett S, Sun Z, Mantyh CM,
Thacker JKM. Alvimopan provides additional improvement in outcomes and cost savings
in enhanced recovery colorectal surgery. Annals of Surgery 264.1 (2016): 141-6.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Hsu SD, Palta M, Czito BG, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. Effect of com-
bined neoadjuvant chemoradiation on overall survival for patients with locally ad-
vanced rectal cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 34.4 (2016): 657.
Sun Z, Kim J, Adam M, Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. National
longterm outcomes of minimally invasive versus open low anterior resection for rectal
cancer. Annals of Surgery 263.6 (2016): 1152-1158.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Nussbaum DP, Benrashid E, Huang ES, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. De-
termining the optimal timing for initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection for
stage II and III colon cancer. Diseases of Colon and Rectum 59.2 (2016): 87-93.
Gulack BC, Rialon KL, Englum BR, Kim J, Talbot LJ, Adibe OO, Rice HE, Tracy ET. Factors
associated with survival in pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma: An analysis of the na-
tional cancer database (NCDB). Journal of Pediatric Surgery 51.1 (2016): 172-7.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Shenoi M, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. Optimal timing to surgery after
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neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer. Journal of the American
College of Surgeons 222.4 (2016): 367-74.
Adam MA, Sun Z, Kim J, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. Thirty-day mortality underestimates
incidence of death after colorectal surgery for cancer. Gastroenterology 150.4 (2016):
s1199.
Yerokun B, Adam MA, Sun Z, Kim J, Sprinkle S, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. Does conversion in
laparoscopic colectomy portend an inferior oncologic outcome? Results from 104,400
patients. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 20.5 (2016): 1042-8.
Ezekian B, Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Turner MC, Gilmore BF, Ong CT, Mantyh CR, Migaly
J. Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic colectomy results in increased operative time
without improved perioperative outcomes. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 20.8
(2016): 1503-1510.
Adam MA, Sun Z, Kim J, Thacker JK. Reply to letter: alvimopan is associated with im-
proved outcomes and cost savings in enhanced recovery colorectal surgery protocols.
Annals of Surgery 266.6 (2016): e82.
Gurien LA, Blakely ML, Russell RT, Streck CJ, Vogel AM, Renaud EJ, Savoie KB, Dassinger
MS, Speck KE, Nice TR, Kim J, Adibe OO, Calder BW, Leys CM, Rogers AP, DeUgarte DA,
Williams RF, St. Peter SD, Parrish DW, Haynes JH, Rothstein DH, Jen HC, Tang X. Re-
al-time ultrasound for central venous catheter placement in children: a multiinstitution-
al study. Surgery 160.6 (2016): 1605-1611.
Gilmore BF, Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Ezekian B, Ong C, Migaly J, Mantyh C. Hand-assisted
laparoscopic versus standard laparoscopic colectomy: are outcomes and operative time
different? Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 20.11 (2016): 1854-1860.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Czito B, Mantyh CR. Migaly J. Intensity-modulated radiation
therapy is not associated with either short-term or long-term benefit over 3D-confor-
mal radiotherapy for rectal cancer. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 150.4 (2016):
S1175–S1176.
Kim J, Sun Z, Gulack BC, Adam MA, Mosca PJ, Rice HE, Tracy ET. Sentinel lymph node
biopsy is a prognostic measure in pediatric melanoma. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 51.6
(2016): 986-990.
Kim J, Sun Z, Englum BR, Allori AC, Adibe OO, Rice HE, Tracy ET. Laparoscopy is safe in
infants and neonates with congenital heart disease: A national study of 3,684 patients.
Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 26.10 (2016): 836-839.
Leraas HJ, Kim J, Sun Z, Nag UP, Ezekian BD, Kamyszek RW, Gulack BC, Rice HE, Adibe
OO, Borst AJ, Rothman JA, Tracy ET. Postoperative venous thromboembolism in children
is increased in setting of cancer or infection. Blood 128.22 (2016): 2391.
Turner MC, Adam MA, Sun Z, Kim J, Ezekian B, Mantyh C, Migaly J. Insurance status, not
race, is associated with use of minimally invasive approach for rectal cancer. Annals of
Surgery 265.4 (2017): 774-781.
Sun Z, Gilmore B, Adam MA, Kim J, Hsu SD, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. Adjuvant chemotherapy
after preoperative chemoradiation improves survival in patients with locally advanced
rectal cancer. Diseases of Colon and Rectum 60.10 (2017): 1050-1056.
Ezekian B, Englum BR, Gilmore BF, Kim J, Leraas HJ, Rice HE. Onychocryptosis in the
pediatric patient: review and management techniques. Clinical Pediatrics 56.2 (2017):
109-114.
Leraas HJ, Ong CT, Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Gilmore BF, Ezekian B, Nag UP, Mantyh CR,
Migaly J. Hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy improves perioperative outcomes with-
out increasing operative time compared to the open approach: a national analysis of
8791 patients. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 21.4 (2017): 684-691
Bendersky V, Sun Z, Adam MA, Rushing C, Kim J, Youngwirth L, Turner MC, Migaly J,
Mantyh CR. Determining the optimal quantitative threshold for preoperative albumin
level before elective colorectal surgery. 21.4 (2017): 692-699.
Turner MC, Adam MA, Sun Z, Kim J, Ezekian B, Yerokun BA, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. Re-
sponse to letter: comment on “Insurance Status, Not Race Is Associated With Use
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of Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach for Rectal Cancer.” Annals of Surgery 267.2
(2017):774-781.
Freischlag K, Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Palta M, Czito BG, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. Association
between incomplete neoadjuvant radiotherapy and survival for patients with locally
advanced rectal cancer. JAMA Surgery 152.6 (2017): 558-564.
Newcomb LK, Rhee EHJ, Bean SM, Kim J, Tracy ET, Kuller JA. Pregnancy complicated by
foetal abdominal mass: Fetiform teratoma versus foetus-in-fetu. Journal of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology 36.7 (2017): 815-817.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Turner MC, Fisher DA, Choudhury KR, Czito BG, Migaly J, Mantyh
CR. Association between neoadjuvant chemoradiation and survival for patients with
locally advanced rectal cancer. Colorectal Disease 19.12 (2017): 1058-1066.
Ezekian B, Englum BR, Gilmore BF, Kim J, Leraas HJ, Driscoll TA, Tracy ET, Rice HE. Chil-
dren receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are at increased risk of ony-
chocryptosis requiring surgical management. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
39.7 (2017): e353-e356.
Nag UP, Leraas HJ, Kim J, Ezekian B, Reed CR, Lawson JH. Age associated with mortality
and outcomes in pediatric vascular trauma. Journal of Vascular Surgery 65.6 (2017):
187S-188S.
Leraas HJ, Kim J, Nag U, Ezekian B, Gulack BC, Reed CR, Rice HE, Tracy ET. Thoracoscopic
approach provides a safe alternative to open surgery in elective cases for newborns.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 225.4 (2017): e140-141.
Ezekian B, Englum BR, Gilmore BF, Nag UP, Kim J, Leraas HJ, Routh JC, Rice HE, Tracy
ET. Renal medullary carcinoma: A national analysis of 159 patients. Pediatric Blood &
Cancer 64.11 (2017): e26609.
Watson JA, Englum BR, Kim J, Adibe OO, Rice HE, Shapiro ML, Daneshmand MA, Tracy
ET. Extracorporeal life support use in pediatric trauma: a review of the National Trauma
Data Bank. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 52.1 (2017): 136-139.
Englum BR, Rialon KL, Kim J, Shapiro ML, Scarborough JE, Rice HE, Adibe OO, Tracy
ET. Current use and outcomes of helicopter transport in pediatric trauma: a review of
18,291 transports. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 52.1 (2017): 140-144.
Gulack BC, Leraas HJ, Ezekian B, Kim J, Reed CR, Adibe OO, Rice HE, Tracy ET. Outcomes
following elective resection of congenital pulmonary airway malformations is equiv-
alent after 3 months of age and a weight of 5 kilograms. Journal of Pediatric Surgery
(2017 Oct 9): Epub ahead of print.
Leraas HJ, Kim J, Sun Z, Ezekian B, Gulack BC, Reed CR, Tracy ET. Solid pseudopapillary
neoplasm of the pancreas in children and adults: a national study of 369 patients. Jour-
nal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (2017 Dec 12): Epub ahead of print.
Adam MA, Turner MC, Sun Z, Kim J, Ezekian B, Migaly J, Mantyh CR. The appropriateness
of 30-day mortality as a quality metric in colorectal cancer surgery. American Journal of
Surgery 215.1 (2017): 66-70.
Ezekian B, Englum BR, Gulack BR, Rialon KL, Kim J, Talbot LJ, Adibe OO, Routh JC, Tracy
ET, Rice HE. Comparing oncologic outcomes after minimally invasive and open surgery
for pediatric neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 65.1 (2017):
e26755.
Kim J, Sun Z, Benrashid E, Southerland K, Lawson JH, Fleming G, Hill K, Tracy ET. The im-
pact of femoral arterial thrombosis in cardiac catheterization of neonates and infants:
a study of 17,071 patients. Cardiology in the Young 27.5 (2017): 912-917.
Kim J, Sun Z, Gulack BC, Benrashid E, Nag UP, Miller MJ, Allori AC, Rice HE, Shortell CK,
Tracy ET. Morbidity and healthcare costs of vascular anomalies: a national study. Pedi-
atric Surgery International 33.2 (2017): 149-154.
Kim J, Sun Z, Ezekian B, Schooler GR, Prasad VK, Kurtzberg J, Rice HE, Tracy ET. Gallblad-
der abnormalities in children with metachromatic leukodystrophy. Journal of Surgical
Research 208 (2017): 187-191
Kim J, Turner MC, Rialon KL, Sinyard RD, Tracy ET, Rice HE, Adibe OO. Vascular compli-
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cations in pediatric port removal. The American Surgeon 83.4 (2017): 143-145.
Kim J, Sun Z, Adam MA, Adibe OO, Rice HE, Roman SA, Tracy ET. Predictors of nodal
metastasis in pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 52.1
(2017): 120-123.
DANIEL P. NUSSBAUM, MD
Education:
M.D., Un Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 2011
Training:
Research Interests:
Comparative effectiveness research in surgical oncology; investigation of national qual-
ity initiatives in oncology; translational research in carcinogenesis, tumor progression/
metastasis, and anticancer drug responsiveness
Clinical Interests:
Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies, soft tissue sarcomas
Publications:
Nath DS, Savla J, Khemani RG, Nussbaum DP, Greene CL, Wells WJ. Thoracic duct liga-
tion for persistent chylothorax after pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg.
2009 Jul;88(1):246-51; discussion 251-2. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.083.
Nath DS, Carden AJ, Nussbaum DP, Shin AJ, Khemani RG, Starnes VA, Wells WJ.Can
the Kawashima procedure be performed in younger patients? Ann Thorac Surg. 2009
Aug;88(2):581-6; discussion 586-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.045.
Nath DS, Shin AJ, Nussbaum DP, Berman D, Starnes VA, Wells WJ. Ascending aortitis and
aortic valve endocarditis in an infant. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Apr;139(4):e90-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.030.
Nath DS, Nussbaum DP, Yurko C, Ragab OM, Shin AJ, Kumar SR, Starnes VA, Wells
WJ. Pulmonary homograft monocusp reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow
tract: outcomes to the intermediate term. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;90(1):42-9. doi:
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.045.
Nussbaum DP, Bhattacharya SD, Jiang X, Cardona DM, Strickler JH, Blazer DG 3rd. Gas-
troesophageal heterotopia and HER2/neu overexpression in an adenocarcinoma arising
from a small bowel duplication. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2014 Mar;138(3):428-31. doi:
10.5858/arpa.2012-0523-CR.
Speicher PJ, Goldsmith ZG, Nussbaum DP, Turley RS, Peterson AC, Mantyh CR. Ureter-
al stenting in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. J Surg Res. 2014 Jul;190(1):98-103. doi:
10.1016/j.jss.2014.02.025.
Nussbaum DP, Penne K, Speicher PJ, Stinnett SS, Perez A, White RR, Clary BM,
Tyler DS, Blazer DG 3rd. The role of clinical care pathways: an experience with distal
pancreatectomy. J Surg Res. 2014 Jul;190(1):64-71. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2014.02.026.
Speicher PJ, Nussbaum DP, Scarborough JE, Zani S, White RR, Blazer DG 3rd, Mantyh
CR, Tyler DS, Clary BM. Wound classification reporting in HPB surgery: can a single
word change public perception of institutional performance? HPB (Oxford). 2014
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Dec;16(12):1068-73. doi: 10.1111/hpb.12275.

Speicher PJ, Nussbaum DP, White RR, Zani S, Mosca PJ, Blazer DG 3rd, Clary BM, Pappas
TN, Tyler DS, Perez A. Defining the learning curve for team-based laparoscopic pancre-
aticoduodenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Nov;21(12):4014-9. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-
3839-7.
Nussbaum DP, Zani S, Penne K, Speicher PJ, Stinnett SS, Clary BM, White RR, Tyler DS,
Blazer DG 3rd. Feeding jejunostomy tube placement in patients undergoing pancreati-
coduodenectomy: an ongoing dilemma. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Oct;18(10):1752-9.
doi: 10.1007/s11605-014-2581-6.
Nussbaum DP, Penne K, Stinnett SS, Speicher PJ, Cocieru A, Blazer DG 3rd, Zani S, Clary
BM, Tyler DS, White RR. A standardized care plan is associated with shorter hospital
length of stay in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Surg Res. 2015
Jan;193(1):237-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.06.036.
Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Gulack BC, Ganapathi AM, Keenan JE, Stinnett SS, Kirsch DG,
Tyler DS, Blazer DG 3rd. The effect of neoadjuvant radiation therapy on perioperative
outcomes among patients undergoing resection of retroperitoneal sarcomas. Surg On-
col. 2014 Sep;23(3):155-60. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2014.07.001.
Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Ganapathi AM, Englum BR, Keenan JE, Mantyh CR, Migaly
J. Laparoscopic versus open low anterior resection for rectal cancer: results from the
national cancer data base. J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Jan;19(1):124-31; discussion 131-2.
doi: 10.1007/s11605-014-2614-1.
Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Gulack BC, Ganapathi AM, Englum BR, Kirsch DG, Tyler DS,
Blazer DG 3rd. Long-term Oncologic Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Radiation Ther-
apy for Retroperitoneal Sarcomas. Ann Surg. 2015 Jul;262(1):163-70. doi:10.1097/
SLA.0000000000000840
Speicher PJ, Englum BR, Ganapathi AM, Nussbaum DP, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. Robotic Low
Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer: A National Perspective on Short-term Oncologic
Outcomes. Ann Surg. 2015 Dec;262(6):1040-5. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000001017.
Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Gulack BC, Hartwig MG, Onaitis MW, D’Amico TA, Berry MF.
Defining the role of adjuvant chemotherapy after lobectomy for typical bronchopulmo-
nary carcinoid tumors. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Feb;99(2):428-34. doi:10.1016/j.athorac-
sur.2014.08.030.
Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Gulack BC, Keenan JE, Ganapathi AM, Englum BR, Tyler DS,
Blazer DG 3rd. Management of 1- to 2-cm Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix: Using the
National Cancer Data Base to Address Controversies in General Surgery. J Am Coll Surg.
2015 May;220(5):894-903. doi:
10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.005.
Keenan JE, Gulack BC, Nussbaum DP, Green CL, Vaslef SN, Shapiro ML, Scarborough JE.
Optimal timing of tracheostomy after trauma without associated head injury. J Surg
Res. 2015 Oct;198(2):475-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.072.
Hou CH, Lazarides AL, Speicher PJ, Nussbaum DP, Blazer DG 3rd, Kirsch DG, Brigman
BE, Eward WC. The use of radiation therapy in localized high-grade soft tissue sarcoma
and potential impact on survival. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Sep;22(9):2831-8. doi: 10.1245/
s10434-015-4639-4.
Lazarides AL, Eward WC, Speicher PJ, Hou CH, Nussbaum DP, Green C, Blazer DG 3rd,
Kirsch DG, Brigman BE. The Use of Radiation Therapy in Well-Differentiated Soft Tis-
sue Sarcoma of the Extremities: An NCDB Review. Sarcoma. 2015;2015:186581. doi:
10.1155/2015/186581.
Sun Z, Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Czito BG, Tyler DS, Blazer DG 3rd. Neoadjuvant radia-
tion therapy does not increase perioperative morbidity among patients undergoing gas-
trectomy for gastric cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2015 Jul;112(1):46-50. doi: 10.1002/jso.23957.
Keenan JE, Speicher PJ, Nussbaum DP, Adam MA, Miller TE, Mantyh CR, Thacker JK.
Improving Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery by Sequential Implementation of Multiple
Standardized Care Programs. J Am Coll Surg. 2015 Aug;221(2):404-14.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.
jamcollsurg.2015.04.008.
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Lane WO, Cramer CK, Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Gulack BC, Czito BG, Kirsch DG, Tyler
DS, Blazer DG 3rd. Analysis of perioperative radiation therapy in the surgical treatment
of primary and recurrent retroperitoneal sarcoma. J Surg Oncol. 2015 Sep;112(4):352-8.
doi: 10.1002/jso.23996
Sun Z, Shenoi MM, Nussbaum DP, Keenan JE, Gulack BC, Tyler DS, Speicher PJ, Blazer
DG 3rd. Feeding jejunostomy tube placement during resection of gastric cancers. J Surg
Res. 2016 Jan;200(1):189-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.07.014.
Gulack BC, Englum BR, Lo DD, Nussbaum DP, Keenan JE, Scarborough JE, Shapiro ML.
Leukopenia is associated with worse but not prohibitive outcomes following emergent
abdominal surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Sep;79(3):437-43.
Nussbaum DP, Pappas TN, Perez A. Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy in the Western Pa-
tient Population: Tips, Techniques, and Evidence-based Practice. Surg Laparosc Endosc
Percutan Tech. 2015 Dec;25(6):455-61.
Sun Z, Kim J, Adam MA, Nussbaum DP, Speicher PJ, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. Minimally
Invasive Versus Open Low Anterior Resection: Equivalent Survival in a National Analysis
of 14,033 Patients With Rectal Cancer. Ann Surg. 2016 Jun;263(6):1152-8. doi: 10.1097/
SLA.0000000000001388.
Nussbaum DP, Adam MA, Youngwirth LM, Ganapathi AM, Roman SA, Tyler DS, Sosa JA,
Blazer DG 3rd. Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy Does Not Improve Use or
Time to Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients With Pancreatic Adenocarci-
noma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Mar;23(3):1026-33.
Sun Z, Adam MA, Kim J, Nussbaum DP, Benrashid E, Mantyh CR, Migaly J. Determining
the Optimal Timing for Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Resection for Stage II
and III Colon Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Feb;59(2):87-93.
Gulack BC, Nussbaum DP, Keenan JE, Ganapathi AM, Sun Z, Worni M, Migaly J, Mantyh
CR. Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Without Me-
tastasectomy is Associated With Improved Overall Survival Compared With Chemother-
apy/Radiation Therapy Alone. Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Apr;59(4):299-305. doi: 10.1097/
DCR.0000000000000546.
Nussbaum DP, Rushing CN, Lane WO, Cardona DM, Kirsch DG, Peterson BL, Blazer DG
Rd. Preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone for retroperitone-
al sarcoma: a case-control, propensity score-matched analysis of a nationwide clinical
oncology database. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jul;17(7):966-975.
Lidsky ME, Sun Z, Nussbaum DP, Adam MA, Speicher PJ, Blazer DG 3rd. Going the Extra
Mile: Improved Survival for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Traveling to High-volume Cen-
ters. Ann Surg. 2017 Aug;266(2):333-338.
Anderson GR, Wardell SE, Cakir M, Crawford L, Leeds JC, Nussbaum DP, Shankar PS,
Soderquist RS, Stein EM, Tingley JP, Winter PS, Zieser-Misenheimer EK, Alley HM, Yllanes
A, Haney V, Blackwell KL, McCall SJ, McDonnell DP, Wood KC. PIK3CA mutations enable
targeting of a breast tumor dependency through mTOR-mediated MCL-1 translation. Sci
Transl Med. 2016 Dec 14;8(369):369ra175.
Lidsky ME, Speicher PJ, Ezekian B, Holt EW, Nussbaum DP, Castleberry AW, Perez A,
Pappas TN. Subtotal cholecystectomy for the hostile gallbladder: failure to control the
cystic duct results in significant morbidity. HPB (Oxford). 2017 Jun;19(6):547-556. doi:
10.1016/j.hpb.2017.02.441.
Youngwirth LM, Nussbaum DP, Thomas S, Adam MA, Blazer DG 3rd, Roman SA, Sosa
JA. Nationwide trends and outcomes associated with neoadjuvant therapy in pancre-
atic cancer: An analysis of 18 243 patients. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Aug;116(2):127-132. doi:
10.1002/jso.24630
Warschkow R, Baechtold M, Leung K, Schmied BM, Nussbaum DP, Gloor B, Blazer Iii DG,
Worni M. Selective survival advantage associated with primary tumor resection for met-
astatic gastric cancer in a Western population. Gastric Cancer. 2018 Mar;21(2):324-337.
doi: 10.1007/s10120-017-0742-5.
Anderson GR, Winter PS, Lin KH, Nussbaum DP, Cakir M, Stein EM, Soderquist RS, Craw-
ford L, Leeds JC, Newcomb R, Stepp P, Yip C, Wardell SE, Tingley JP, Ali M, Xu M, Ryan M,
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McCall SJ, McRee AJ, Counter CM, Der CJ, Wood KC. A Landscape of Therapeutic Cooper-
ativity in KRAS Mutant Cancers Reveals Principles for Controlling Tumor Evolution. Cell
Rep. 2017 Jul 25;20(4):999-1015. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.07.006.
Anderson KL Jr, Mulvihill MS, Speicher PJ, Yerokun BA, Gulack BC, Nussbaum DP,
Harpole DH Jr, D’Amico TA, Berry MF, Hartwig MG. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not
Confer Superior Survival in Patients With Atypical Carcinoid Tumors. Ann Thorac Surg.
2017 Oct;104(4):1221-1230. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.011.
Leung K, Sun Z, Nussbaum DP, Adam MA, Worni M, Blazer DG 3rd. Minimally invasive
gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A national perspective on oncologic outcomes and over-
all survival. Surg Oncol. 2017 Sep;26(3):324-330. doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2017.06.004.
Ong CT, Leung K, Nussbaum DP, Sun Z, Gloor B, Blazer DG 3rd, Worni M. Open
versus laparoscopic portal lymphadenectomy in gallbladder cancer: is there a dif-
ference in lymph node yield? HPB (Oxford). 2018 Jun;20(6):505-513. doi:10.1016/j.
hpb.2017.10.015.
Lazarides AL, Visgauss JD, Nussbaum DP, Green CL, Blazer DG 3rd, Brigman BE, Eward
WC. Race is an independent predictor of survival in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of
the extremities. BMC Cancer. 2018 Apr 27;18(1):488. doi:10.1186/s12885-018-4397-3.
Lane WO, Nussbaum DP, Sun Z, Blazer DG. Preoperative radiation therapy in the surgi-
cal management of gastric and junctional adenocarcinoma: Should lymph node retriev-
al guidelines be altered? J Surg Oncol. 2018 May 25. doi:10.1002/jso.25068.
Köhn N, Maubach J, Warschkow R, Tsai C, Nussbaum DP, Candinas D, Gloor B, Schmied
BM, Blazer DG 3rd, Worni M. High rate of positive lymph nodes in T1a gallbladder
cancer does not translate to decreased survival: a population-based, propensity score
adjusted analysis. HPB (Oxford). 2018 Jun 8. pii:S1365-182X(18)30819-0. doi: 10.1016/j.
hpb.2018.05.007.
LINDA M. YOUNGWIRTH, MD
Education:
M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, 2012
Training:
Research Interests:
Endocrine Surgery
Clinical Interests:
Minimally invasive and bariatric surgery
Publications:
Youngwirth LM, Benavidez J, Sippel R, Chen H. Parathyroid hormone deficiency after
total thyroidectomy: incidence and time. Journal of Surgical Research. 2010 Sep; 163(1):
69-71.
Youngwirth LM, Benavidez J, Sippel R, Chen H. Postoperative parathyroid hormone test-
ing decreases symptomatic hypocalcemia and associated emergency room visits after
total thyroidectomy. Surgery. 2010 Oct; 148(4): 841-844.
Mazeh H, Benavidez J, Poehls JL, Youngwirth LM, Chen H, Sippel R. In patients with
thyroid cancer of follicular cell origin, a family history in one first-degree relative is
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associated with more aggressive disease. Thyroid. 2012 Jan; 22(1); 3-8.
Pinchot SN, Youngwirth LM, Rajamanickam V, Schaefer S, Sippel R, Chen H. Changes in
swallowing-related quality of life after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism: a
prospective cohort study. Oncologist. 2012; 17(10): 1271-6.
Gilmore B, Benrashid E, Youngwirth LM, Lawson JH. Paradoxical embolus following
percutaneous thrombectomy of hemodialysis reliable outflow graft. Journal of Vascular
Access. 2015 Nov; 16(6): 533-6.
Benrashid E, McCoy CC, Youngwirth LM, Kim J, Manson RJ, Otto JC, Lawson JH. Tissue
engineered vascular grafts: Origins, development, and current strategies for clinical
application. Methods. 2016 Apr; 15(88): 13-9.
Youngwirth LM, Adam MA, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Patients treated at low volume
centers have higher rates of incomplete resection and compromised outcomes: An
analysis of 31,129 patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology.
2016 Feb; 23(2): 403-9.
Adam MA, Youngwirth LM, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa, JA. Same thyroid cancer, differ-
ent national practice guidelines: When discordant ATA and NCCN surgical recommen-
dations are associated with compromised patient outcome. Surgery. 2016 Jan; 159(1):
41-50.
Nussbaum DP, Adam MA, Youngwirth LM, Ganapathi AM, Roman SA, Tyler DS, Sosa JA,
Blazer DG. Minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy does not improve use or time
to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016 Mar; 23(3): 1026-33.
Adam MA, Thomas S, Youngwirth LM, Hyslop T, Reed SD, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa, JA.
Is there a minimum number of thyroidectomies a surgeon should perform to optimize
patient outcomes? Annals of Surgery. 2016 Mar. In press.
Goffredo P, Robinson TJ, Youngwirth LM, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Intensity modulated
radiation therapy use for the localized treatment of thyroid cancer: National practice
patterns and outcomes. Endocrine. 2016 Sep; 53(3): 761-73.
Youngwirth LM, Jillard CL, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Radioactive iodine treatment
is associated with improved survival for patients with hurthle cell carcinoma. Thyroid.
2016 Jul; 26(7): 959-64.
Anderson KL, Youngwirth LM, Scheri RP, Stang MT, Roman SA, Sosa JA. T1a versus T1b
differentiated thyroid cancers: Do we need to make this distinction? Thyroid. 2016 Aug;
26(8): 1046-52.
Pontius LN, Youngwirth LM, Thomas SM, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Lymphovascu-
lar invasion is associated with survival for papillary thyroid cancer. Endocrine Related
Cancer. 2016 Jul; 23(7): 555-62.
Youngwirth LM, Adam MA, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Extrathyroidal extension is
associated with compromised survival in patients with thyroid cancer. Thyroid. 2017
May; 27(5): 626-31.
Benrashid E, Youngwirth LM, Mureebe L, Lawson JH. Operative and perioperative man-
agement of infected arteriovenous grafts. Journal of Vascular Access. 2017 Jan; 18(1):
13-21.
Adam MA, Thomas S, Youngwirth LM, Pappas T, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Defining a hospi-
tal volume threshold for minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy in the United
States. JAMA Surgery. 2017 Apr; 152(4): 336-42.
Adam MA, Thomas S, Youngwirth LM, Hyslop T, Reed SD, Scheri RP, Roman SA, Sosa JA.
Is there a minimum number of thyroidectomies a surgeon should perform to optimize
patient outcomes? Annals of Surgery. 2017 Feb; 265(2): 402-7.
Bendersky V, Sun Z, Adam MA, Rushing C, Kim J, Youngwirth LM, Turner M, Migaly J,
Mantyh CR. Determining the optimal quantitative threshold for preoperative albumin
level before elective colorectal surgery. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2017 Apr;
21(4): 692-9.
Youngwirth LM, Nussbaum DP, Thomas S, Adam MA, Blazer DG 3rd, Roman SA, Sosa JA.
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Nationwide trends and outcomes associated with neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic

cancer: an analysis of 18,243 patients. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2017 Aug; 116(2):
127-32.
Beasley GM, Hu Y, Youngwirth LM, Scheri RP, Salama AK, Rossfield K, Gardezi S, Agnese
DM, Howard JH, Tyler DS, Slingluff CL Jr, Terando AM. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2017
Sep; 24(9): 2728-33.
Anderson KL, Ruel E, Adam MA, Thomas S, Youngwirth LM, Stang MT, Scheri RP, Roman
SA, Sosa JA. American Journal of Surgery. 2017 Nov; 214(5): 914-9.
Youngwirth LM, Boughey JC, Hwang ES. Surgery versus monitoring and endocrine thera-
py for low-risk DCIS: The COMET trial. Bulletin of the American College of Surgery. 2017
Jan; 102(1): 62-3.
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Current Residents
PGY-1
Joseph Buchholz, MD
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Doreen Chang, MD
Stewart Dalton, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Austin Eckhoff, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
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Current Residents
PGY-1
Daniel Firl, MD
Case Western Reserve University
Veronica Gross, MD
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
Chicago Medical School
Ashley Lau, MD
Harvard Medical School
Harold Leraas, MD
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PGY-1
Joseph Nellis, MD
University of Iowa Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Derek Peters, MD
Harvard Medical School
Stephanie Principe-Marrero, MD
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Alvin Rucker, MD
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Current Residents
PGY-2
Marcelo Cerullo, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sarah Commander, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Konstantinos Economopoulos, MD
University of Athens School of Medicine
Samuel Kesseli, MD
Geisel School of Medicine
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PGY-2
Dimitrios Moris, MD
University of Athens School of Medicine
Mariya Samoylova, MD
University of California at San Francisco
Brian Shaw, MD
University of California at San Francisco
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Current Residents
PGY-3
Morgan Cox, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Brian Ezekian, MD
Michael Mulvihill, MD
Uttara Nag, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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PGY-3
Cecilia Ong, MD
Shanna Sprinkle, MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Megan Turner, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
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Current Residents
PGY-4
James Meza, MD
University of Michigan Medical School
David Ranney, MD
Zhifei Sun, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Alice Wang, MD
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PGY-4
Hanghang Wang, MD
Geisel School of Medicine
Babatunde Yerokun, MD
The Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
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Current Residents
PGY-5
Ehsan Benrashid
Robert Patrick Davis

Michigan State University
Jina Kim
Daniel Nussbaum
University of Southern California, Keck School Of Medicine
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PGY-5
Linda Youngwirth
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
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Current Residents
Residents in Research Fellowship
Justin Barr, MD, PhD

David Becerra, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Norma Farrow, MD
Zachary Fitch, MD
East Virginia Medical School
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Brian Gilmore, MD
Oliver Jawitz, MD
Yale School of Medicine
Karenia Landa, MD
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Whitney Lane, MD
Duke University Medical School
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Current Residents
Carrie Moore, MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Vignesh Raman, MD
Dartmouth Medical School
Christopher Reed, MD
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Robin Schmitz, MD
Heidelberg University School of Medicine
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Paul Schroder, MD
The University of Toledo College of Medicine
Adam Shoffner, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
David Thompson, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
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Current Residents
Joshua Watson, MD
John Yerxa, MD
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Dedicated Resident Research Program in General Surgery
The General Surgery Residency Program offers a two-year research experience following the
PGY2 year that is dedicated both to research experiences and learning. The research experiences
are under the guidance of experienced mentors and include clinical and/or basic science research
projects, applications for funding, and meeting abstract and paper submissions. Research topic
and mentor selection officially begins during the PGY1 year and is aided through quarterly
meetings with the Program Director for the research program and the Associate Director for
Research Education. Together the resident and their mentor(s) design a research plan, which is
presented to the Chair of Surgery during the PGY2 year.
Funding for the research years is shared between the Department of Surgery and the mentor’s
division. All PGY2 residents develop and submit a Kirchstein National Research Service Award
(NRSA) proposal for the April deadline prior to their first research year.
The unique interaction between basic science and clinical faculty within the Department of
Surgery, which includes the Division of Surgical Science and other education initiatives (Duke
SCORES and DUKE MERITS), allows the resident to choose from a wide range research topics
that can include cardiovascular, oncology, biomedical engineering, immunology, and transplant
sciences. This interdisciplinary research and clinical education provides an essential
academic experience—applying for a grant from the NIH—and gives fellows the opportunity to
develop a research plan for internal NIH-funded fellowship (institutional T32) grants, the DCRI
Research Fellowship Training Program, or foundation fellowships such as the Thoracic Surgery
Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE), Ethicon-SUS (Society of University Surgeons),
American College of Surgeons Clinical Scholars in Residence Program, or American Cancer
Society, amongst others.
Progress is monitored by quarterly meetings with the residents and their mentors with the
Research Residency Director and Associate Director for Research Education. Adjustments can
be made along the way, depending on progress and interest. This oversight ensures a rewarding
and successful experience for each resident. Metrics for success include project funding
application submission, meeting abstract submissions and presentations, and paper writing,
submission, and publications.
If you have questions, contact:
David H. Harpole, MD
Resident Research Director
Professor of Surgery
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Gayathri R. Devi, MS., PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Director for Research Education
Surgical Sciences
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Research Laboratories
An internationally recognized leader in laboratory and clinical investigation, the Duke Department
of Surgery receives over $60 million dollars of grant and award funding each year. It has been the
top department of surgery recipient of NIH awards for over 20 years.
Our team of over 200 faculty members publish hundreds of articles annually in peer-reviewed
journals, disseminating key findings and insights far beyond our walls. We welcome the
contributions of our residents in advancing the science of surgery in our research labs.
Highlights of research performed at Duke Surgery follow. Find more information at surgery.duke.
edu.
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Duke Endocrine Neoplasia Diseases Research Group
Principal Investigator
Randall Scheri, MD
Research in the Duke Endocrine

Neoplasia Research Group focuses
on benign and malignant diseases of
the thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas,
and adrenal glands. Although our
primary emphasis is health services
research and health outcomes, we are
also interested in examining different
issues along the continuum of patient
care, including translational research,
the psychological and economic
impact on patients of endocrine
diseases and their subsequent
treatment, and patients’ decisions regarding the different diagnostic and treatment
strategies available to them. The group comprises surgeons, endocrinologists, medical
and radiation oncologists, residents, fellows, health services researchers, epidemiologists,
pathologists, biostatisticians, surgical scientists, pharmacologists, and environmental
health scientists at Duke, as well as surgery and biomedical engineering faculty from UNC-
Chapel Hill and NC State.
Website
Determinants of Progression in Early Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Principal Investigators
Jeffrey Marks, PhD
Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
Research in the Marks-Hwang

laboratory focus on the earliest stages
of breast cancer, exploring the genetics,
microenvironment, and evolution of
early breast cancer. We are studying
primary human ductal carcinoma in situ
(DCIS) lesions that have not progressed
to invasive cancer and comparing these
to lesions that have progressed to invasive and metastatic disease. Our central hypothesis
regarding progression is that principles of evolution applied to human cancer can help
to predict which lesions should be aggressively treated from those that are indolent
and unlikely to progress. The lab is highly interdisiciplinary and integrates scientific
collaborators from UCSF, OHSU, Stanford University, USC, and member institutions of the
TBCRC, a clinical trials translational research network.
Website
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Research Labs
Cardiothoracic Surgery Translational Research Laboratory
Carmelo Milano, MD
The mission of the Cardiothoracic

Surgery Translational Research
Laboratory is to gain knowledge
that will directly impact the
clinical practice of cardiac surgery,
heart failure therapy, heart
transplantation, and mechanical
circulatory support. We conduct
translational research by utilizing
clinical specimens obtained
through the Duke Human Heart
Repository and large and small
animal models. The lab has
expertise and experience with molecular assays, cell culture studies, tissue banking,
biomarker development, viral-based gene therapy and large animal models of disease
states. We welcome undergraduates, graduate and medical students, postgraduates, and
medical residents interested in research investigation in these areas.
Website
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Biology Laboratory
Shu Shiuh-Shi Lin, MD, PhD
Research in the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Biology Laboratory has investigated various
aspects of chronic aspiration-induced lung injury in non-transplant settings by using a
rodent model of chronic gastric fluid aspiration. Our ongoing studies have revealed that
the development of obliterative bronchiolitis in this model, a major cause of chronic lung
allograft dysfunction (CLAD) in patients, is dependent on a three-hit injury involving: (a)
ischemia-reperfusion injury, (b) alloimmunity, and (c) chronic aspiration. In collaboration
with Dr. William Parker at Duke, we also conduct research into factors present in post-i
dustrial society that lead to aberrant immune function.
Website
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Research Labs
Duke Center for Aortic Disease Research Program
Prinicipal Investigator
G. Chad Hughes, MD
The goal of the Duke Center for Aortic Disease Research Program is to further our
understanding of the pathophysiology of aortic diseases, develop better surgical and
non-surgical treatments, and improve short- and long-term outcomes after thoracic aortic
surgery. Our key projects include treatment and outcomes of acute and chronic aortic
dissection; improving outcomes after proximal aortic surgery; improving outcomes after
thoracic endovascular aortic repair; and developing and advancing transcatheter aortic
valve replacement.
Website
Mechanical Support for Heart and Lung Disease Research
Mani Daneshmand, MD
Our research focuses on the use

of mechanical circulatory support
for individuals with acute treatable
conditions causing lung or heart
failure. Dr. Daneshmand and
co-investigators seek to study
important clinical questions
regarding variables that influence
outcomes for therapies for advanced
heart or lung failure and how
mechanical support is best applied
in various clinical settings. We’ve
used large databases and registries such as the Interagency Registry for Mechanical
Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS), United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), and
the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) to evaluate cost-effectiveness, safety, and quality of
life for mechanical circulatory support therapies.
Website
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Research Labs
Fibrosis and Wound Healing
Howard Levinson, MD
This laboratory investigates the mechanisms of fibrosis and tissue remodeling and aims to
develop a novel small molecule inhibitor to prevent fibrocontractile disease progression.
There is a large unmet need for an effective pharmaceutical to prevent fibrosis. The main
projects in the laboratory currently seek to: (1) evaluate the clinicopathologic correlation
between expression of NMMII (isoforms IIA, IIB, IIC), myosin light chain kinase (MLCK),
Rho kinase, MRLC, MYPT, and a-SMA as they relate to scar contracture progression and (2)
clarify the relationship between NMMII regulation in fibroblasts, protomyofibroblasts, and
myofibroblasts and tractional force generation.
Website
DataLab for Clinical Care & Population Health
Alexander C. Allori, MD
The DataLab for Clinical Care & Population Health utilizes epidemiology, research-design
principles, biostatistics, and computational data-science methods to focus on the following
areas of research:
• Comparative effectiveness research

• Pragmatic health-systems research
• Health-technology assessment
• Quality assessment, control and improvement
• Dissemination and implementation science
• Geospatial analysis
• Disparities of care
• Health policy
• Health care economics
Clinically, our predominant focus is on health and health care related to pediatric
conditions, particularly congenital anomalies that require complex, multidisciplinary care.
Website
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Research Labs
Tissue Engineering and Implantable Devices
Bruce Klitzman, PhD
Researchers in this lab are currently working on the attachment of endothelial cells to
vascu¬lar grafts in order to impart a more blood-compatible surface. We are also studying
methods to implant glucose sensors for diabetics, developing a new generation of
glaucoma drain¬age devices, and improving the biocompatibility of implants through the
coating of a special material that releases nitric oxide. Our projects receive funding from
the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.
Website
Vascularized Composite Allograft Laboratory
Linda Cendales, MD
Our research facilitates

the translation of
vascularized composite
allotransplan¬tation
(VCA) from the bench
to the bed¬side.
VCA refers to the
transplantation of
multiple tissues, such
as skin, muscle, tendon,
nerve, and bone, as a
func¬tional unit (e.g.,
a hand). Several recent
advances in clinical
organ transplant immunosuppression and experimental VCA have now made it feasible
to consider clinical VCA for functional restoration in patients with the loss of one or both
hands or large tissue defects that may not be reconstructed with autologous tissue.
Website
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Research Labs
Knechtle Lab
Stuart Knechtle, MD
Research in the Knechtle Lab focuses on the immunology of organ transplantation. Two
unsolved problems in transplantation are: (1) injury caused by antibody directed at the
donor organ and (2) recurrence of autoimmune disease after transplantation. Neither of
these immu¬nologic injuries is well addressed by current immunosuppressive therapy,
and both prevent successful long-term allograft function. Our laboratory works in animal
models to address the first of these problems and is engaged in human clinical trials to
address the second.
Website
Immune Management Laboratory
Allan D. Kirk, PhD
When patients receive an organ transplant, they must take immunosuppressive

medications for life to prevent rejection. These drugs are incompletely effective and cause
significant morbidity. My research is directed toward understanding transplant rejection
and translating this understanding into less morbid therapies for transplant recipients.
Our group uses in vitro and animal models to develop transplant strategies and then
investigates them in clinical trials. We also receive samples from patients in clinical trials
to help understand what the next questions should be. We have successfully targeted
several costimulatory molecules with monoclonal antibodies in primates and in humans,
and are currently working to determine the best means of using these molecules to
prevent kidney transplant rejection.
Website
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Research Labs
Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory
Jeffrey Lawson, MD, PhD
The Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory is actively pursuing basic, translational, and
clini¬cal research activities related to the fields of blood coagulation, vascular biology, and
vascular surgery. The laboratory has become a leader in the field of vascular translational
research and has successfully developed a number of molecular, cellular, and tissue
engineered technolo¬gies through translational animal studies to first-in-man clinical
trials. Projects include pre¬clinical and clinical evaluation of human tissue engineered
blood vessels; venous remodeling after arterial bypass and vascular access creation; and
human blood coagulation response to trauma and elective surgery.
Website
Antiviral Drug Discovery Laboratory
Chin Ho Chen, PhD
The Laboratory of Antiviral Drug Discov¬ery

conducts research for the develop¬ment
of novel therapeutics against HIV-1 and
influenza viruses. Projects include novel small
molecules against HIV-1 and influenza viruses;
identification of biological active principles
from natural products; lead optimization
of antivirals; and molecular mechanisms of
antiviral actions. Among our achievements is
the discovery of HIV-1 entry inhibitors through
the study of HIV-1 Env-mediated cell-cell
fusion.
Website
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Research Labs
Cardiovascular Biology Laboratory
Bruce Sullenger, PhD
The Cardiovascular Biology Laboratory is focused on multidisciplinary translational

research approaches to the study of blood coagulation, inflammation, and atherogenesis
at the molecu¬lar level. Novel anti-coagulation approaches developed within the program
are presently undergoing preclinical and clinical evaluation. Ongoing studies are aimed at
exploring molecu¬lar therapeutic approaches in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
We strive to develop novel, safe, and effective nucleic acid therapeutics. The lab currently
focuses on two areas: (1) RNA and DNA repair via targeted trans-splicing and (2) the
development of RNA ligands to protein targets to block or alter their function.
Website
Cell Death Laboratory
Gayathri R. Devi, PhD
Our research group focuses

on trans¬lational and clinical
applications of programmed
cell death signaling. We
are particularly interested
in elucidat¬ing molecular
mechanisms of stress-induced
cell survival/death signaling in
normal and cancer cells and how
this process regulates immune
response. Current funded
research projects in the lab
focus on innovative approaches
toward immunosuppressive
minimization; in vitro and in vivo tumor biology models; novel approaches toward islet
xenotransplantation; and innovative preclinical models and strategies to modulate this
anti-cell death.
Website
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Research Labs
Center for Applied Therapeutics
H. Kim Lyerly, MD
The Center for Applied

Therapeutics encompasses a
broad array of research activities
involved in the development,
preclinical testing, and clinical
testing of novel therapies
targeting cancer or precancerous
conditions. Major research areas
of focus are early cancer genomics
and biology; in vivo detection of
malignant cells; immune therapy
of cancer; population sciences;
environ¬mental health scholars;
and international/global studies.
Website
Endocrine Neoplasia Laboratory
James Koh, PhD
The Endocrine Neoplasia

Laboratory employs a combination
of molecular, murine modeling,
and live-cell imaging approaches
to examine the underly¬ing
mechanisms of disrupted calcium
sensing in parathyroid tumors.
Our group has shown recently
that parathy¬roid adenomas
are comprised of functionally
discrete and separable cellular
subpopulations that respond
differentially to extracellular
calcium stimulation and that arise in many cases following polyclonal expansion of
progenitor cells within the parathyroid gland. Our goal is to understand how perturbed
biochemical signaling can contribute to the development of preneoplastic lesions in
human endocrine neoplasia.
Website
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Research Labs
Immune Dysfunction and Evolutionary Mismatch Laboratory
Principal Investigators
William Parker, PhD
The primary focus of our laboratory

is the concept of “evolutionary
mismatch” and how that affects
immune function in the modern
world. An evolutionary mismatch
is simply described as a con¬dition
in which an organism’s current
environment leads to disease
because it does not match the
environment which drove the
evolution of that organism’s genes.
We are interested in normalizing immune function in Western society, in particular by
dealing with one of the most profound and impactful consequences of evolutionary
mismatch, “biome depletion”—the loss of biodiversity from the ecosystem of the human
body.
Website
Immune Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis Laboratory
John S. Yi, PhD
The Immune Mechanisms of Disease

Pathogenesis laboratory is focused
on developing a comprehensive
under¬standing of the cell-mediated
immune responses to diseases
spanning from cancer to autoimmune
diseases. This disease spectrum
is an example of the benefits and
consequences of the immune
response and the critical bal¬ance
that is required to achieve immune
homeostasis. In our laboratory, we are
deeply interested in how this balance
in the immune response gets skewed in favor of autoimmunity or skewed in the opposite
direction to elicit a strong immune response to eliminate pathogens without damaging
the host. To profile the immune response, we utilize high dimensional flow cytometry and
multiplex cellular assays to define the phenotype and functional capacity of immune cell
subsets.
Website
117
Research Labs
Immune Responses and Virology Laboratory
Georgia Tomaras, PhD
The goal of the Immune Responses

and Virology Laboratory is to un-
derstand the cellular and humoral
immune response to HIV-1 infection
and vaccination that are involved in
protection from HIV- 1. Research in
our laboratory centers around the
following three main proj¬ects: (1)
antiviral CD8+ T cell responses in
HIV-1 infection and post-vaccination,
(2) mucosal and systemic antibody
responses to infection and vaccination in both non-human primates and humans, and (3)
the ontogeny of neutralizing antibodies in HIV-1 infection.
Website
Immunologic Signatures Laboratory
Kent J. Weinhold, PhD
The Immune Signatures

Laboratory is the academic home
for the Duke Immune Profiling
Core (DIPC), a School of Medicine
Shared Resource. In addi¬tion to
our ongoing HIV/AIDS research
projects, we’re presently focused
on utilizing a comprehensive
repertoire of highly standardized
and formerly vali¬dated assay
platforms to profile the human
immune system in order to
identify immunologic signatures
that predict clinical outcomes. These are the very same assay platforms that have proven
extraordinarily useful in profiling immunologic changes during acute and chronic HIV
infection as well as in the context of elite virologic control.
Website
118
Research Labs
Immunology, Inflammation, and Immunotherapy Laboratory
Smita Nair, PhD
The research in our laboratory focuses on the design and testing of novel vaccines against
cancer and viral infections using murine and human assay systems. In a pioneering
study, our group demonstrated that dendritic cells, pulsed with unfractionated total RNA
isolated from tumor cells, stimulates tumor immunity both in murine tumor models and
in vitro human assays. A large number of our preclinical strategies have been translated
into Phase I clinical trials in cancer patients. The focus and challenge of our laboratory,
both at the preclinical and clinical level, is to augment the clinical benefit associated
with immunotherapy. Our long-term goals are to: (1) evaluate the combined effects
of individual strategies, (2) extend the clinical exploration to multiple cancers, and (3)
combine immunotherapy and immune modulation with targeted cytotoxic therapy
(radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotoxin therapy, and oncolytic poliovirus therapy).
Website
Innate and Adaptive Cellular Cytotoxicity Laboratory
Guido Ferrari, MD
The overall goal of the laboratory is

to understand the ontogeny of HIV-
1 specific MHC class I-restricted and
non-restricted immune responses that
work by eliminating HIV-1 infected cells
and how these can be induced by AIDS
vac¬cine candidates. The studies gravitate around class I-mediated cytotoxic CD8+ T cell
responses, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), gene expression in effector
cellular subsets, and development of Ab-based molecules that can engage cytotoxic
effector subsets.
Website
119
Research Labs
Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development
David Montefiori, PhD
Our major research interests are viral immunology and HIV vaccine development, with a
special emphasis on neutralizing antibodies. One of our highest priorities is to identify im-
mu¬nogens that generate broadly neutralizing antibodies for inclusion in vaccines. Many
aspects of neutralizing antibodies are studied in our laboratory, including mechanisms of
neutraliza¬tion, viral escape from neutralization, and epitope diversity among the many
different genetic subtypes and geographic distributions of the virus.
Website
120
Faculty
Faculty
Duke Surgery faculty members are both expert practitioners and valuable mentors. They
have been trained at some of the most prestigious institutions in the country, and many
are regarded internationally as experts in their field. Every year, they perform more than
30,000 procedures, publish hundreds of articles in peer-reviewed journals, and treat some
of the rarest and most challenging medical conditions.
At the same time, they are committed to providing comprehensive training and education
to medical students, residents, and fellows. Faculty members show a high level of respon-
sibility for trainees’ futures, taking the time to develop relationships that support a collab-
orative learning environment. Residents are encouraged to begin mentorship relationships
with faculty in the first year of their training and to develop these into lasting collaborative
associations. This direct access to experts allows residents to gain direct knowledge that
cannot be found through classroom instruction.
In addition to being the academic home for faculty in the traditional general surgical
specialties, the Department houses faculty in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Otolar-
yngology, Plastic Surgery, Urologic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery, as well as basic science
faculty within the Division of Surgical Sciences. This enhances the breadth of experience
afforded the general surgery resident. Members of the General Surgery and Cardiovascu-
lar and Thoracic faculty are listed below, as rotations on these specialties are most preva-
lent for the general surgery resident.
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Faculty
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Andrew Serghios Barbas, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Bradley Henry Collins, MD

Medical Director, Animal Research

Allan Douglas Kirk, MD, PhD

David C. Sabiston, Jr. Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Stuart Johnston Knechtle, MD

Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery
122
Faculty
Jean Kwun, PhD

Kadiyala Venkata Ravindra, MBBS

Director, Abdominal Transplant Surgical Fellowship

Aparna Sharad Rege, MD

Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery
Debra L Sudan, MD
123
Faculty
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Deepak Vikraman Sushama, MD

124
Faculty
Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
A Daniel Guerron, MD
Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
Dana Dale Portenier, MD

Chief, Division of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Co-Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship

Keri Anne Seymour, DO

125
Faculty
Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Ranjan Sudan, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Jin Soo Yoo, MD

126
Faculty
Pediatric General Surgery
Tamara Noel Fitzgerald, MD, PhD

Henry Elliot Rice, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor in Pediatrics
Elisabeth Tomlinson Tracy, MD

127
Faculty
Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Alexander C Allori, MD
Robin Elizabeth Bachelder, PhD

Associate Professor in Surgery
Associate Professor in Pathology

David Andrew Brown, MD, PhD

Linda Carime Cendales, MD

Director, Duke Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Program

128
Faculty
Detlev Erdmann, MD, MHS

Gregory S. Georgiade, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Practice
Scott Thomas Hollenbeck, MD

Bruce Klitzman, PhD

Assistant Research Professor in Cell Biology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

129
Faculty
Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Howard Levinson, MD
Assistant Professor in Pathology
Associate Professor in Dermatology

Jeffrey Robert Marcus, MD

Paul H. Sherman, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Associate Professor in Pediatrics

Suhail Kamrudin Mithani, MD

Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Brett Thomas Phillips, MD, MBA

Associate Program Director, Integrated Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery Residency Program

130
Faculty
David Bryan Powers, MD

Kristen Marie Rezak, MD

Pedro E Santiago, DMD

Associate Consulting Professor in the Department of Surgery
131
Faculty
132
Faculty
Surgical Oncology
Peter Allen, MD
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Instructor in the Department of Surgery

Georgia Marie Beasley, MD, MHS

Dan German Blazer III, MD

Director, Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Fellowship

Gayle Ackerman DiLalla, MD

133
Faculty
Surgical Oncology
Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju, MD, MA

Rachel Adams Greenup, MD, MPH

Director, Breast Fellowship

Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH

Vice-Chair of Research
Chief, Section of Breast Surgery
Katharine Louise Jackson, MBBS

134
Faculty
Sandhya Anand Lagoo-Deenadayalan, MD, PhD

Billy Y Lan, MD
Laura Lazarus, MD
George Staples Leight Jr., MD

135
Faculty
Surgical Oncology
Christopher Ritchie Mantyh, MD

Chief, Section of Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Surgery
John Migaly, MD
Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Harvey Gorden Moore III, MD

Paul Joseph Mosca, MD, PhD, MBA

136
Faculty
Thomas Leonard Novick, MD

David Masao Ota, MD

Theodore N. Pappas, MD
The Duke Surgical Innovation Professorship
Chief, Division of Advanced Oncologic and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Jennifer K Plichta, MD, MS

137
Faculty
Surgical Oncology
Laura Horst Rosenberger, MD

Randall Paul Scheri, MD

Hilliard Foster Seigler, MD

Professor of Immunology in the Department of Immunology

Kevin Naresh Shah, MD

138
Faculty
Karen Lynn Sherman, MD

Michael Tracey Stang, MD

Julie K. Marosky Thacker, MD

Medical Director, Clinical Research Unit

Lisa Anne Tolnitch, MD

139
Faculty
Surgical Oncology
Sabino Zani Jr., MD

140
Faculty
141
Faculty
Surgical Sciences
Priyamvada Acharya, MS, PhD

Aravind Asokan, PhD

Dani Paul Bolognesi, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Dawn Elizabeth Bowles, PhD

142
Faculty
Chin Ho Chen, PhD

Qing Cheng, PhD

Gayathri R. Devi, PhD

Associate Director, Resident Research Education

Guido Ferrari, MD
Associate Research Professor in

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
143
Faculty
Surgical Sciences
Zachary Conrad Hartman, PhD

Amy Claudine Hobeika, PhD

Eda K Holl, PhD

Li Huang, PhD
144
Faculty
Yuliya Krauchanka, MD, PhD

Celia Crane LaBranche, PhD

Jaewoo Lee, MS, PhD

Herbert Kim Lyerly, MD

George Barth Geller Professor
Professor in Immunology
Associate Professor of Pathology

145
Faculty
Surgical Sciences
Jeffrey R. Marks, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology

David Charles Montefiori, PhD

Smita Kesavan Nair, PhD

Professor in Surgery
Professor in Pathology
Takuya Osada, MD, PhD

146
Faculty
William Parker, PhD

Justin Joseph Pollara, PhD

Assistant Professor in Surgery
Kevin O’Neil Saunders, PhD

Joshua Clair Snyder, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Cell Biology

147
Faculty
Surgical Sciences
Bruce Alan Sullenger, PhD

Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery,
in the School of Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Georgia Doris Tomaras, PhD

Professor in Surgery
Professor in Immunology
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Kent James Weinhold, PhD

Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery,
in the School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Surgical Sciences
Director, Laboratories/Surgical Sciences, Basic Research
Professor of Surgery, Immunology, and Pathology

He Xu, MD
148
Faculty
John S Yi, PhD

149
Faculty
Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
Suresh Kumar Agarwal Jr., MD

Chief, Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
Amy Rezak Alger, MD

Kelli Rachel Brooks, MD

Alison Suzanne Clay, MD

Assistant Professor in Medicine

150
Faculty
Scott Farrell Gallagher, MD

Krista Lynn Haines, MA, DO

George Kasotakis, MD, MPH

Sean Paul Montgomery, MD

151
Faculty
Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
Lisa Clark Pickett, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Vanessa Teaberry Schroder, MD

Steven Nicholas Vaslef, MD, PhD

Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology

Cory Joseph Vatsaas, MD

152
Faculty
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Mitchell Wayne Cox, MD

Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Ellen DeAnne Dillavou, MD

Jeffrey Harold Lawson, MD, PhD

Professor in Pathology
Chandler Alexander Long, MD

Associate Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

153
Faculty
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Roberto Jose Manson, MD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and

Materials Science
Richard L. McCann, MD
Leila Mureebe, MD, MPH

Cynthia Keene Shortell, MD

Chief of Staff
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Interim Chief,
Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
Associate Professor in Radiology
154
Faculty
Kevin William Southerland, MD

155
Faculty
156
Faculty
Nicholas Daniel Andersen, MD

Thomas Anthony D’Amico, MD

Gary Hock Professor of Surgery
Director, Integrated Thoracic Surgery Residency Program and Joint

General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Director, Advanced Training in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mani Ali Daneshmand, MD

Jeffrey Giles Gaca, MD

157
Faculty
Donald D. Glower Jr., MD

John Carroll Haney, MD, MPH

David Harold Harpole Jr., MD

Resident Research Director

Matthew Hartwig, MD
158
Faculty
George Charles Hughes IV, MD

Jacob A Klapper, MD
Shu Shiuh-Shi Lin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in Immunology

Andrew James Lodge, MD

Associate Professor in Pediatrics

159
Faculty
Terry Stephen Lowry, MD

Carmelo Alessio Milano, MD

Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist
Device (LVAD) Programs
Director, Advanced Scholars in Contemporary Medicine Program
Ryan P Plichta, MD
Jacob Niall Schroder, MD

160
Faculty
Peter Kent Smith, MD

Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery, in the School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Betty Caroline Tong, MD, MS, MHS

Joseph W. Turek
David Cloid White, MD

161
Faculty
Adam Richard Williams, MD

Walter George Wolfe, MD

Brittany Anne Zwischenberger, MD

162
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Duke General Surgery

ABOUT THE DUKE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

DEPARTMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

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surgery.duke.edu Duke Surgery @DukeSurgery Duke Surgery

Message from the Chair

Welcome to Duke! That you have chosen to dedicate your time

During your visit to Duke, you will have an opportunity to meet

Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS

David C. Sabiston, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chairman

Message from Residency Program Director

I would like to welcome you on behalf of the Duke Department

The Department of Surgery at Duke’s primary goal is to provide

We have developed an exemplary and well-rounded educational program for residents in

We encourage questions and hope you enjoy your visit.

About the Duke Department of Surgery

The Department of Surgery’s internationally recognized faculty is focused on making gains in

Duke University Medical Center History

Duke University Medical Center History

Eighteen third-year and 30 first-year medical students begin classes on October 2.

Duke University Medical Center

Duke Surgery Milestones

Blazing Trails in Medicine for More than Seven Decades

1937 Duke establishes nation’s first brain tumor program.

J. Deryl Hart and surgical

Open heart surgery, Dr. Will

Blazing Trails in Medicine for More than Seven Decades

1968 Duke cardiac surgeon performs first operation to treat Wolf-Parkinson-White

Duke Endosurgery Center opens.

1996 Duke Surgical Research Pavilion opens.

Duke Surgery Milestones

Blazing Trails in Medicine for More than Seven Decades

1997 Duke Human Fresh Tissue Lab opens.

1998 Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center opens.

2000 Duke Aesthetic Center opens.

2001 American College of Surgeons establishes oncology group at Duke.

Duke Neurosurgery Skull Base Laboratory teaching facility opens.

2004 Duke Center for Translational Research is established.

2005 Duke Anatomic Gifts Program is overseen by Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial,

Duke Surgical Education and Activity Lab opens.

Duke Human Fresh Tissue

Duke Surgical Education

Blazing Trails in Medicine for More than Seven Decades

2009 Duke General Surgery specialty clinic opens in Raleigh, NC.

Duke Small Bowel Transplant Program established.

2011 Duke Neurosurgery specialty clinic opens in Raleigh, NC.

2013 Duke Surgery partners with the departments of Anesthesiology and

2015 Duke pediatric surgeons separate conjoined twins.

Duke’s first hand

Duke Surgery Department Chairs

Duke Hospital’s first dean, Dr. Wilburt Davison, appointed a Johns

The emphasis Dr. Hart placed on achieving excellence in patient

Dr. Robert W. Anderson followed Dr. Sabiston as chairman and

Duke Surgery Department Chairs

Dr. Danny Jacobs was recruited to Duke in 2003, where he served as

Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH

Duke University Hospital (DUH)

Consistently ranked as one of the top ten hospitals by U.S.

Duke Regional Hospital (DRH)

Ambulatory Surgical Center. It also has a nine-bed coronary

Durham Veterans Administration Hospital (DVAMC)

This 274-bed general medical and surgical facility is located