AHEC Speaker Catalog
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please contact Meaghan Hazelet at meaghan.hazelet@med.unc.edu.
| Faculty Member | Faculty/APP | Surgery Division(s) | Specialty Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Akerman, PhD | adam_akerman@med.unc.edu | Faculty (Research) | Cardiothoracic (Research) | Diagnostic and therapeutic development in cardiovascular pathology, health disparities and scalable inventions and therapeutics |
| Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH | adesola_akinkuotu@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Pediatric Surgery | Minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital anomalies, and prenatal counseling |
| Adeyemi "Yemi" Ogunleye, MD | adeyemi_ogunleye@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Microvascular Surgery and Complex Oncologic Reconstruction, Hand Surgery, Flap neurotization, Surgical treatment of Lymphedema, Neuroma and Nerve Surgery |
| Alexander H. Toledo, MD | alexander_toledo@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Abdominal Transplantation | Solid Organ Transplant, Pediatric Transplant, Living-Related Organ Donation, Immunology |
| Andrew Schneider, MD | andrew_schneider@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | General surgery, trauma surgery, surgical critical care, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) |
| Anthony A. Meyer, MD, PhD | anthony_meyer@med.unc.edu | Faculty (Chair Emeritus) | Chair Emeritus / Hillsborough | General surgery, trauma, critical care, oncology, burns, immunology |
| Aurelie Merlo, MD | Aurelie_Merlo@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Thoracic organ transplantation, end stage heart failure and mechanical circulatory support |
| Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD | benjamin_haithcock@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Thoracic oncology (cancer of lung, esophagus), lung transplant, end-stage lung disease, minimally invasive surgery, endobronchial ultrasound, tracheal surgery, stents, cardiac surgery, end-stage heart disease |
| Blair A. Keagy, MD | blair_keagy@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Thoraco-abdominal aneurysms, peripheral vascular surgery, carotid artery disease, aneurysm |
| Booker T. King, MD | bookert@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Burn Surgery | Burn critical care, burn wound conversion, burn resuscitation |
| Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH | Caprice_Greenberg@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Chair / Department of Surgery | Breast Cancer, Breast Surgical Oncology |
| Cathleen Mooney, MD | Cathleen_Mooney@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Pediatric Surgery | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Chirag Desai, MD, FACS | chirag_desai@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Abdominal Transplantation | Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; auto islet cell transplantation, liver transplantation in adult and pediatric patients including spilt liver transplantation and complex liver and pancreatic resections, Islet cell transplants, Advanced Liver, Bile Duct, and Pancreatic surgery. |
| Christopher Bergen, DPM, AACFAS | Christopher_Bergen@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Clara Lee, MD, MPP | Clara_Lee@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery / Health Services Research | Breast reconstruction, microsurgery, gender affirming chest reconstruction |
| D. Wayne Overby, MD, FACS | david_overby@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal / General Surgery (Hillsborough) | Gall bladder, minimally invasive biliary surgery, hernia surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia and Barrett's esophagus, open and minimally invasive hernia repair |
| Daryhl Johnson II, MD, MPH | daryhl_johnson@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | Trauma, Critical Care |
| David W. Ollila, MD | david_ollila@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | General surgical oncology, applications of sentinel node technology, breast diseases, novel therapies for metastatic melanoma, endocrine surgery, endocrine cancer, breast cancer, nipple sparing mastectomy, oncoplastic reconstructive techniques, genetic predisposition to breast cancer, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, clinical trials, complex skin cancer |
| Deepali Darji, DPM, FACFAS | ddarji@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Plantar fasciectomy to heal 1st ray wounds |
| Delora Mount, MD | dlmount@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Cranial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Complex Facial Reconstruction, Cleft Lip and Palate Reconstruction, Prominent Ear Deformity, Congenital Ear Deformity (Prominent Ear), Pediatric Facial Trauma, Mandibular Distraction, 22q Deletion, Stickler Syndrome, Birthmarks . |
| Douglas Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FACS, MAMSE | dstyler@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care / Hillsborough Services | Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and melanoma; General Surgery including hernias, the gallbladder, the intestines, and appendix hernias, the gallbladder, the intestines, and appendix |
| Ehsan Benrashid, MD | ehsan_benrashid@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Aortic disease, peripheral arterial disease, aortic and peripheral aneurysms, cerebrovascular disease including using of TCAR, dialysis access, vascular reconstructions for oncologic procedures |
| Elisabeth "Lisa" Tracy, MD | lisa_tracy@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Pediatric Surgery | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Elizabeth Gleeson, MD, MPH | Elizabeth_Gleeson@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | General surgical oncology, gastrointestinal cancer, hepatobiliary surgery, Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC), peritoneal diseases, gastric cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal cancer (particularly metastatic), regional cancer therapies |
| Emmanouil Giorgakis, MD, FACS | Emmanouil_Giorgakis@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Abdominal Transplantation | Liver transplantation, kidney and pancreas transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, living donor kidney transplantation, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery |
| Esteban Calderon, MD | esteban_calderon@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Abdominal Transplantation | Abdominal transplant, hepatobiliary surgery, general surgery and robotic surgery |
| F. Ezequiel Parodi, MD | ezequiel_parodi@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Endovascular repair of aortic disease, endovascular surgery, aortic aneurysm, carotid disease, aortic surgery, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA), complex endovascular aortic repair |
| Felicia N. Williams, MD | felicia_williams@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Burn Surgery | Burn injury, burn surgery, burn ICU, skin graft, first degree burn, second degree burn, third degree burn, scald burn, grease burn, electrical burn, chemical burn, acid burn, frostbite, smoke inhalation, lightning strike, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, SJS, TENS, staph scalded skin syndrome, burn scar management, wound care, nutrition, hypermetabolism, critical care, burn reconstruction |
| Gita Mody, MD, MPH | gita_mody@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Procedures: Minimally invasive thoracic surgery including robotic surgery, lung resection, lung volume reduction surgery, lung transplantation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), chest wall resection, thymoma resection; Research: Patient-centered outcomes, surgical outcomes, surgical capacity building |
| Gregory Knoll, MD | Gregory_Knoll@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Hand surgery, peripheral nerve conditions; certification in the subspecialty of Hand Surgery (2020) |
| Hong Jin Kim, MD | kimhj@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | General surgical oncology, gastrointestinal malignancy, pancreatic cancer, endocrine cancer, endocrine surgery, sarcoma, hepatobiliary disease, hepatobiliary surgery, liver tumors, pancreatic diseases, pancreatic cysts, biliary disease, soft tissue sarcoma, high-risk genetic cancers, colon cancer, gastric cancer, cholangiocarcinomas, liver metastasis |
| Howard Kashefsky, DPM | howard_kashefsky@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Sports medicine, diabetic foot care, wound care, foot surgery |
| Jacob Wood, MD | jacob_wood@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Minimally invasive aortic surgery, endovascular aortic repair, thoracic aneurysms, peripheral vascular disease, cerebral vascular disease |
| Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH | jared_gallaher@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | Global health research, trauma, critical care |
| Jason M. Long, MD, MPH | jason_long@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Thoracic oncology including cancer of lung, esophagus; lung transplantation; minimally invasive thoracic surgery including robotic surgery; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); lung and esophageal surgery; robotic thoracic surgery; esophagectomy; lung cancer surgery; lung transplantation; chest wall resection and reconstruction; thoracic trauma; lung cancer screening; lung nodule localization and resection; esophageal cancer; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS). Research: ex-vivo lung perfusion; use of lungs from non-heart-beating donors for transplant; international health |
| Jen Jen Yeh, MD | jen_jen_yeh@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology / Vice Chair Research | pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, melanoma surgery, adrenal surgery, thyroid surgery |
| Jennifer C. Carr, MD | jennifer_carr@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Body contouring after weight loss, transgender surgery |
| Jeremiah Deneve, DO, FACS | Jeremiah_Deneve@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Surgical oncology, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), colorectal cancer, carcinomatosis, appendiceal cancer, cytoreduction |
| Jessica Schumacher, PhD | Jessica_Schumacher@med.unc.edu | Faculty (Research) | Surgical Oncology (Research) | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| John McClellan, MD | jmccle@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | Trauma, critical care, and acute care surgery, burn surgery |
| John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD | john_ikonomidis@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Procedures: coronary artery bypass grafting, aortic valve replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), mitral valve repair and replacement, tricuspid valve repair and replacement, aortic root enlargement procedures, aortic root replacement including valve-sparing techniques, aortic aneurysm surgery, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), heart transplantation; Research: human and animal research (funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)) on the causes and treatments for aortic aneurysm disease |
| Jonathan Stem, MD | jonathan_stem@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | Procedures for malignant and benign diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus including colon, rectal and anal cancer; inflammatory bowel disease; rectal prolapse; diverticulitis; colorectal cancer; hemorrhoids; fissures; fistulas; ulcerative colitis; Crohn's disease |
| Julia Selfridge, MD | Julia_Selfridge@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Breast Surgical Oncology |
| Julie Johnson, MSPH, PhD | JKJohnson@med.unc.edu | Faculty (Research) | Surgical Oncology (Research) | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH | karyn_stitzenberg@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Breast surgery, general surgical oncology and endocrine surgery, breast surgical oncology, health services research, minimally-invasive cancer surgery |
| Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH | katharine_mcginigle@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Peripheral arterial disease, thoracic outlet syndrome, aneurysm surgery and carotid disease |
| Katherine Rodby, MD | Katherine_Rodby@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Microsurgery |
| Kevin Calder, MD | Kevin_Calder@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Pediatric surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip/palate surgery, hand and breast surgeries |
| Kristalyn Gallagher, DO | kristalyn_gallagher@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology (Breast) | Breast cancer in young women, breast cancer during pregnancy, elderly breast cancer patients and targeted therapies for personalized care |
| Lauren Raff, MD | lauren_raff@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | General surgery, trauma surgery, surgical critical care, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) |
| Lawrence Kim, MD | lawrence_kim@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Surgery of the endocrine glands: thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, endocrine pancreas, endocrine cancer, pancreatic cancer |
| Luigi Pascarella, MD | luigi_pascarella@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Aortic disease; cerebrovascular disease; peripheral arterial disease; venous disease; vascular reconstruction in abdominal, upper and lower extremity oncologic resections; thoracic outlet syndrome; transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) |
| Lynn Damitz, MD | lynn_damitz@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Aesthetic surgery of face and body, breast reconstruction, reconstruction of oncologic defects, body contouring, general reconstructive surgery of the face and body, facial trauma |
| Maggie Hodges, MD, MPH | mmhodges@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | Foregut surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia, obesity, dysphagia, paraesophageal hernia, hiatal hernia, inguinal hernia, robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery |
| Marc Whitman, MD | mwhitma@email.unc.edu | Faculty | General Surgery (Hillsborough) | General surgery, dialysis access |
| Mark A. Farber, MD | mark_farber@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Minimally invasive aortic surgery, endovascular aortic repair, thoracic aneurysms, fenestrated aortic repair, branched aortic repair, aortic transections, aortic dissections, abdominal aortic aneurysms, aortic iliac occlusive disease, carotid artery disease |
| Matthew Eckert, MD | matthew_eckert@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Melissa Chen, MD | Melissa_Chen@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Abdominal Transplantation | Liver Transplantation, Kidney Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation |
| Michael O. Meyers, MD | michael_meyers@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Gastrointestinal malignancy including esophageal, gastric, colon and rectal, liver, and pancreas cancer; melanoma |
| Michael Phillips, MD, MSCR, FACS | miphilli@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Pediatric Surgery | Minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital anomalies, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), prenatal counseling and inflammatory bowel disease |
| Michael T. LeCompte, MD | michael_lecompte@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Liver and pancreas malignancies, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary carcinoma for liver, colorectal liver metastasis |
| Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME | muneera_kapadia@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | Colo-rectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) |
| Phil Spanheimer, MD | philip_spanheimer@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Surgical Oncology | Breast cancer molecular biology, hormone response and mechanisms of hormone resistance in breast cancer |
| Rachel Niehuus, MD, PhD | Rachel_Niehuus@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | Acute care surgery, robotic surgery, surgical critical care, surgical nutrition, enterocutaneous fistulae, hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction |
| Raghid Bitar, MD | bitar@med.unc.edu | Faculty | General Surgery (Hillsborough) | Surgical endoscopy and endobariatrics |
| Robert Hanfland, MD | Robert_Hanfland@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Congenital heart surgery |
| Robert Torphy, MD, PhD | robert_torphy@med.unc.edu | Faculty (Research) | Surgical Oncology (Research) | Hepatopancreatobiliary (HBP) diseases (liver, pancreas and bile ducts) |
| Ronald "Dave" Hardin, MD | Ronald_Hardin@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Ross M. Ungerleider, MD, MBA | ross_ungerleider@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Pulmonary autograft (Ross) procedure in infants, children and adults; surgical and postoperative management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS); surgical education in leadership, teams, communication skills and professionalism; neonatal and infant cardiac surgery; brain protection for infants during cardiac surgery; intraoperative echocardiography |
| Samuel Ricardo Torres Landa Fernandez, MD | Samuel_Torres_Landa_Fernandez@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | Minimally invasive surgery, bariatric surgery, foregut surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease, obesity, dysphagia, paraesophageal hernia, hiatal hernia, inguinal hernia, ventral hernia, achalasia, robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery |
| Sean E. McLean, MD | sean_mclean@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Pediatric Surgery | Pediatric and neonatal general and thoracic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, pediatric solid tumors, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, pulmonary hypertension, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), chest wall deformities, EXIT (Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment) procedure |
| Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, MD | mazzolas@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | General surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, hernia surgery |
| Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH | shannelle_campbell@med.unc.edu | Faculty | General & Acute Care Surgery (Hillsborough) | General surgery including hernia repair, gallbladder surgery, breast lumps, upper endoscopy (EGD), screening colonoscopy, lipomas |
| Sharon E. Schiro, PhD | sschiro@email.unc.edu | Faculty (Research) | Research, Acute Care & Trauma | No bio is currently on file. If you would like to add one, please enter it below. |
| Sorabh Kapoor, MD | kapoors@email.unc.edu | Faculty | Abdominal Transplantation | Kidney Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation |
| Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA | stephen_heisler@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Vascular Surgery | Wound healing, foot and ankle surgery, deformity management and correction, reconstructive surgery, diabetic Charcot deformities, research |
| Thane Blinman, MD | Thane_Blinman@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Pediatric Surgery | Pediatric surgeries including: minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery (congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), CLE, bronchogenic cyst, myasthenia gravis, tracheomalacia, etc.), foregut disease (gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal hernia, achalasia, duplications, etc.), and biliary disease (biliary atresia, choledochal cyst, etc.) |
| Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc | thomas_egan@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Lung transplantation, lung cancer, Cyberknife (stereotactic radiosurgery) for lung cancer, esophageal cancer, airway diseases and problems. |
| Timothy M. Farrell, MD | timothy_farrell@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | Minimally invasive foregut surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia, hiatal hernias, morbid obesity, and Barrett's esophagus. |
| Trevor Wood, MD, PharmD, FRCSC, FACS | Trevor_Wood@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Gastrointestinal Surgery | Inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, diverticulitis |
| Trista Reid, MD, MPH | trista_reid@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | ECMO |
| William Lao, MD, FACS | William_Lao@med.unc.edu | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | Emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, surgical critical care, ballistic injuries, blast injuries, motor vehicle injuries, automobile safety, chest wall injuries and reconstruction |
| William Lao, MD, FACS | Faculty | Acute Care & Trauma Surgery | Emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, surgical critical care, ballistic injuries, blast injuries, motor vehicle injuries, automobile safety, chest wall injuries and reconstruction |