New Faculty 2020

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

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.

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

Charles U. Nottingham, MD

Assistant Professor of Urology

Specialty Areas:

Urinary tract stone disease; benign prostate hyperplasia; endourology

Lewis J. Thomas IV, MD

Assistant Professor of Urology

Specialty Areas:

Urologic Oncology

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

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