General Surgery Residency Program Leadership

Program Leadership

Tara S. Kent, MD, MS

Program Director, Vice Chair of Education, Associate Professor of Surgery 

Division of General Surgery

Benjamin C. James, MD, MS

Associate Program Director, Director of Resident Research, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

Charles S. Parsons, MD

Associate Program Director, Instructor in Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care

Sidhu Gangadharan, MD

Assistant Program Director, Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery/Interventional Pulmonology

Jennifer Wilson, MD

Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery/Interventional Pulmonology

Daniel J. Wong, MD

Assistant Program Director, Instructor in Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department Leadership

Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD 
Chair of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief 
Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery

Richard D. Cummings, PhD 
Vice Chair, Basic and Translational Research
S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Surgery in the Field of Nutrition Medicine

Allen D. Hamdan, MD 
Vice Chair, Operations
Associate Professor of Surgery

Per-Olof Hasselgren, MD, PhD 
Vice Chair, Research
George H. A. Clowes Jr., Distinguished Professor of Surgery

Ted A. James, MD 
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs 
Associate Professor of Surgery

Daniel B. Jones, MD 
Vice Chair, Technology and Innovation 
Professor of Surgery

Tara S. Kent, MD, MS 
Vice Chair, Education 
Associate Professor of Surgery

Sidney Levitsky, MD 
Senior Vice Chair 
David W. and David Cheever Professor of Surgery

James R. Rodrigue, PhD 
Vice Chair, Clinical Research 
Professor of Surgery

Richard Whyte, MD, MBA 
Vice Chair, Quality, Safety, and Clinical Affairs 
Professor of Surgery

Divisions

Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care 
Charles H. Cook, MD 
Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care 
Associate Professor of Surgery

Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Daniel B. Jones, MD
Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Cardiac Surgery 
Kamal Khabbaz, MD 
Chief of Cardiac Surgery 
David S. Ginsburg Associate Professor of Surgery in the Field of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Colon and Rectal Surgery 
Evangelos Messaris, MD, PhD
Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery

General Surgery 
Mark P. Callery, MD 
Chief of General Surgery 
William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 
Bernard T. Lee, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS 
Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 
Professor of Surgery

Surgical Oncology 
Jonathan F. Critchlow, MD 
Interim Chief of Surgical Oncology 
Associate Professor of Surgery

Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
Sidhu Gangadharan, MD
Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
Associate Professor of Surgery

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

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD
Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
George H. A. Clowes, Jr. Professor of Surgery

Major Affiliated Hospitals

Boston Children’s Hospital
Steven J. Fishman, MD
Chair of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Surgery

Mount Auburn Hospital
Mitchell A. Cahan, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Surgery

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham 
Christopher G. Boyd, MD 
Chief of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham 
Assistant Professor of Surgery