Our Team - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Chapel Hill Faculty

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

Chief
Professor of Surgery

Thomas G. Caranasos, MD

Thomas G. Caranasos, MD

Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc

Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc

Professor of Surgery

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD

Surgical Director, UNC Lung Transplant Program
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
Associate Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology

Jason M. Long, MD, MPH

Co-Director, UNC Lung Cancer Screening Clinic
Associate Professor of Surgery

Gita Mody, MD, MPH

Gita Mody, MD, MPH

Director of Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Dr. Mahesh S. Sharma

Mahesh S. Sharma, MD

Section Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Co-director of the NC Children’s Heart Center
Associate Professor of Surgery

Dr. Paul B. Tessman

Paul B. Tessmann, MD, PharmD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Ross Ungerleider, MD, MBA

Ross M. Ungerleider MD, MBA

Professor

Non-Attending Faculty

Adam Akerman, PhD

Adam Akerman, PhD

Assistant Professor

Affiliated Faculty

Raleigh, NC

Lance E. Landvater, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Robert B. Peyton, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Advanced Practice Providers

Ruben Bocanegra, PA

Physician Assistant

Kevin Haas, PA

Physician Assistant

Lauren Hill, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Courtney Holloway, FNP-C

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Tatjana Misunina, PA

Physician Assistant

Bernice Newsome, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Megan Quinn, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Andy Shirlen, PA

Physicians Assistant

Megan Turner, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Tracy Vernon-Platt, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Andrea Ward, PA

Physician Assistant

Residents

Catharine McDermott, MD

Catharine McDermott, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident | PGY 6

Aurelie Merlo, MD

Aurelie Merlo, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident | PGY 5

John Espey, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident | PGY 4

Audrey Khoury, MD

Audrey Khoury, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident | PGY 3

Danielle O’Hara, MD

Danielle O’Hara, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident | PGY 2

Amrita Sukhavasi

Amrita Sukhavasi, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident | PGY 1

Staff

Julia Coleman, RN

Nurse Coordinator

Tammy Horne

Clinical Nurse II

Misty Warnock

Administrative Coordinator