New faculty joining the Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology and Public Health Sciences in 2020 expand quality care to more locations in the BJC HealthCare system and further the Department of Surgery’s
research innovations. These individuals are true assets to the Department of Surgery and enhance the our ability to care for the St. Louis community and surrounding areas.
Please join us in welcoming these twenty-three new faces to Washington University!
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, MD, PhD
Instructor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Lung transplant
Shuddhadeb Ray, MD, MPHS
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Cardiothoracic surgery
Christian W. Zemlin, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Cardiac Surgical Research Laboratory
Research Areas:
Surgical treatment, mechanisms and imaging of cardiac arrhythmias
Division of General Surgery
Shumaila N. Khawja, MD
Instructor of Acute and Critical Care Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Trauma surgery, acute care surgery, surgical critical care
Thoi H. Ngo, MD
Instructor of Acute and Critical Care Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Trauma surgery, acute care surgery, surgical critical care
Amanda C. Rabideau, MD
Instructor of Acute and Critical Care Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Trauma surgery, acute care surgery, surgical critical care
Jerry M. Liddell, DPM
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Surgical and medical treatment of foot and ankle conditions; diabetic foot care/complications; wound care; diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Kerri A. Ohman, MD
Assistant Professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Colon and rectal surgery, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
Bethany C. Sacks, MD, MEd
Associate Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director of Medical Student Education
Specialty Areas:
Laparoscopic surgery for hernias and gallstones
Arnab Majumder, MD
Assistant Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Abdominal wall reconstruction, hernia repair foregut surgery, endoscopic treatment of achalasia
Beth A. Helmink, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology
Specialty Areas:
Melanoma peritoneal malignancy (metastatic colorectal cancer, appendiceal malignancy and mesothelioma)
Nathan M. Droz, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Vascular surgery; open and endovascular surgery.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Justin M. Sacks, MD, MBA
Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sydney M. Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Head to toe reconstructive surgery; breast reconstruction using autologous tissue and implants; hand surgery; limb preservation; microvascular surgery; trunk reconstruction; vascularized composite allotransplantation
Dennis C. Nguyen, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Craniofacial, pediatric plastic and peripheral nerve surgery
Rachel A. Anolik, MD
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Microsurgery; oncologic reconstruction; breast reconstruction; lymphatic surgery; facial surgery; general plastic surgery
Kelly B. Currie, MD
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Hand and upper extremity surgery; limb salvage surgery; general reconstructive surgery
Amy F. Kells, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialty Areas:
Hand surgery and wrist surgery; nerve surgery; microsurgery; reconstructive plastic surgery
Division of Urology
Charles U. Nottingham, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialty Areas:
Urinary tract stone disease; benign prostate hyperplasia; endourology
Jason K. Frankel, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialty Areas:
Urologic oncology; medical education
Sunil M. Apte, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialty Areas:
General urology; kidney stones
Division of Public Health Sciences
Liz A. Salerno, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences
Research Areas:
Physical activity research at the intersection of cancer and aging; accelerated aging; implementation of lifestyle behaviors into the standard of care