Meet the Surgery Department Team

Our Leadership

Elliot Chaikof, MD Chief, Surgery

Ron L. Alterman, MD Chief, Neurosurgery

Charles H. Cook, MD Chief, Acute Care Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

Richard D. Cummings, PhD Division Chief, Surgical Sciences

Thanh Dinh, DPM Chief, Podiatry

Devin E. Eckhoff, MD, FACS Chief, Transplant Surgery

Sidharta P. Gangadharan, MD Chief, Thoracic Surgery

Scharukh M. Jalisi, MD, MA, FACS Chief, Otolaryngology

Benjamin C. James, MD, MS, FACS Chief, General Surgery

Tara S. Kent, MD, MS Vice Chair of Education, Program Director General Surgery Residency

Kamal R. Khabbaz, MD Chief, Cardiac Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Center

Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS Chief, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Evangelos Messaris, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS Chief, Colon & Rectal Surgery

Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, MHCM Chief, Division of Breast Surgery

Aria F. Olumi, MD Chief, Urology

Umut Sarpel, MD, MSc, FACS, FSSO Chief, Surgical Oncology

Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD Chief, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Center

Nurhan Torun, MD Chief, Ophthalmology