Faculty
You’ll benefit from the medical expertise of our experienced teaching faculty members, who create relevant, engaging classroom activities and assignments. They’ll act as educators and mentors to support and guide you throughout your program.
Program leadership
Chief residents
Derek Berglund, MD
Bethany Clutts, DO
Luis Pina, MD
Andrew Shajari, MD
General surgery faculty
General surgery
Mohanbabu Alaparthi, MD
John Semian, MD
John Widger, MD
Patrick Erwin, MD
Kathryn Jaap, MD
Manuel Martinez, MD
Mark Armstrong, MD
Mona Duncan, MD
Michael Hegstrom, MD
Chunjie Yang, MD
Edward Ridings, MD
Scott Anderson, MD
Steve Miller, MD
Matthew Souder, MD
Trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care
Denise Torres, MD
DiAnne Leonard, MD
Susan Baro, DO
Luiz Foernges, MD
Mathew Factor, MD
Kenneth Widom, MD
Megan Rapp, MD
Mary Jane Reed, MD
Elif Onursal, DO
Jeffrey Wertz, DO
Nina Neuhaus, MD
Charles Walker, MD
Madian Yahya, MD
Surgical oncology
Joseph Blansfield, MD
Rosemary Leeming, MD
Colorectal surgery
Kevin Long, MD
Rebecca Hoffman, MD
Sasha Slipak, MD
Minimally invasive and bariatric surgery
Anthony Petrick, MD
David Parker, MD
Vladan Obradovic, MD
Thoracic surgery
Mathew Facktor, MD
Michael Friscia, MD
Vascular surgery
James Elmore, MD
Robert Garvin, MD
Evan Ryer, MD
Greg Salzer, MD
Jeremy Irvin, MD
Anthony Lewis, MD
Transplant surgery
Michael Marvin, MD
Anil Kotru, MD
Christopher Koo, MD
Pediatric surgery
Alfred Kennedy, MD
Tara Loux, MD
Program coordinator
Jennifer Wolfe, BA
Graduate Medical Education (GME) program administrator
Tiffany Buckley