Meet the Surgery Department Teams

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

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

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

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

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

Aria F. Olumi, MD Chief, Urology

James R. Rodrigue Department of Surgery Vice Chair of Clinical Research

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

Nurhan Torun, MD Chief, Ophthalmology