Bruce A. Cairns, MD
Chief, NC Jaycee Burn Center Surgery
John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Burn Surgery Fellowship Program Director
Our Team
Faculty
Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH
Chief, General and Acute Care Surgery
Surgical Director of the Institute of Global Health
Professor of Surgery
Lynn Damitz, MD
Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Alessandro Fichera, MD
Chief, Gastrointestinal Surgery
NSQIP Surgical Champion
Professor of Surgery
David A. Gerber, MD
Chief, Abdominal Transplant
George F. Sheldon Distinguished Professor
Vice Chair-Clinical Affairs
Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD
Chief, Division of General Pediatric Surgery
Professor of Surgery
John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Mark A. Farber, MD
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Professor of Surgery
Adam Akerman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Edward Moreira Bahnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Nick Bhatt, MD
Director of Microsurgery
Assistant Professor
Raghid Bitar, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chatham Hospital
Benjamin F. Calvo, MD
Director, Gastrointestinal Multidisciplinary Oncology Program
Associate Professor of Surgery
Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Thomas G. Caranasos, MD
Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jennifer C. Carr, MD
Assistant Professor
Nicole Chaumont, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jason Crowner, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program Director
Chirag Desai, MD
Director, Chronic Pancreatitis & Autologous-Islet Cell Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Surgery
Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Elizabeth B. Dreesen, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Critical Care Surgery Fellowship Program Director
Professor of Surgery
Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc
Professor of Surgery
Timothy M Farrell, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Professor of Surgery
Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director
Kristalyn Gallagher, DO
Section Chief of Breast Surgery
Surgical Director of the Breast Care Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD
Surgical Director, UNC Lung Transplant Program
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
Associate Professor of Surgery
Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA
Assistant Professor
Daryhl Johnson II, MD, MPH
Trauma Medical Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
Samuel W. Jones, MD
Associate Director, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Corey Andrew Kalbaugh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Howard Kashefsky, DPM
Associate Professor of Surgery
Blair A. Keagy, MD
Professor of Surgery
Melina Kibbe, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor
Lawrence Kim, MD
Professor of Surgery
Mark J Koruda, MD
Professor of Surgery
Marci M. Loiselle, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Director of Psychological Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Jason M. Long, MD, MPH
Co-Director, UNC Lung Cancer Screening Clinic
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Ugwuji Maduekwe, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Robert Maile, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Rebecca G. Maine, MD, MPH
Associate Director for The Malawi Surgical Initiative
Assistant Professor of Surgery
William Marston, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Katharine McGinigle, MD
Surgical Director of ERAS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Susan McKenney, APRN, BC, MSN, OCN
Associate Professor of Surgery
Sean E. McLean, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Anthony A. Meyer, MD, PhD
Chair Emeritus, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Michael O. Meyers, MD
General Surgery Residency Program Director
Professor of Surgery
Michael R. Mill, MD
Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Gita Mody, MD, MPH
Director of Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Don Nakayama, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery
Rabia Nizamani, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
David W. Ollila, MD
Mentorship Program Director
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Professor of Surgery
D. Wayne Overby, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Luigi Pascarella, MD
Medical Clerkship Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
Marco Patti, MD
Surgical Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing
Professor of Surgery
Arielle Perez, MD, MPH
Director, UNC Hernia Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Michael Phillips, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jin H. Ra, MD
Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Associate Professor Surgery
Lauren Raff, MD
Associate Clerkship Director
Associate Trauma Medical Director
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trista Reid, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Kent Rossman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Michelle C. Roughton, MD
Assistant Professor
Timothy S. Sadiq, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Sharon E. Schiro, PhD
Research Professor
Pablo Serrano, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Mahesh S. Sharma, MD
Section Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Co-director of the NC Children’s Heart Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Paul B. Tessmann, MD, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Alexander H. Toledo, MD
Professor of Surgery
Nick D. Tsihlis, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Felicia N. Williams, MD
Director, Burn Intensive Care Unit
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jeyhan S. Wood, MD
Director of Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor
Jen Jen Yeh, MD
Vice Chair of Research
Professor of Surgery
Xiaanwen Yi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Staff
Joellen Buckio, MHA
Associate Chair for Administration
Melanie Bolick
Fellowship Coordinator
Paul Clement
Manager, Finance and Business Operations
Sheerah Coe
Public Communications Specialist
Kim Collins
Accounting Specialist
Alex Fanning
Residency Program Coordinator, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Elizabeth Gorsuch
Assistant to the Chair
Tonia Lefler
Accounting Specialist
Melissa Makhoul
Human Resources Consultant
Stacey Owen
Clerkship Coordinator
Kathie Patterson
House Staff Coordinator
Gina Potts
Accountant
Shannon Reavis
Director of Development
Donna Redford
Accounting Technician
Kat Wallace
Assistant to the Chair
Residents & Fellows
Kathryn Atkins, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2023
Staci Aubry, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2021
Xavier Baldwin, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2022
Emilie Barnes, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2022
Rebecca Brown, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2019
Victoria Burton, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2023
Kevin Chen, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2023
Katie Cools, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2020
Stephanie Gray, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2021
Monica Grova, MD
Joanna Grudziak, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2019
Michael Hall, MD
Joshua Harford, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 1
Josh Herb, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2021
Dean Homen, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 1
Chelsea Hutchinson, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2019
Kathleen Iles, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2023
Mubina Isani, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2020
Malcolm Jefferson, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2023
Joseph Kearney, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2022
Daniel Kindell, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2023
Ian Kratzke, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2022
Raphael Louie, MD
Stephen Mahoney, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2020
Peter Marcinkowski, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2021
Ryan Meehan, MD
Yana Mikhaylov, MD
Laura Morales, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 1
Lauren Moskal, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2021
Duke Pfitzinger, MD
Jaclyn Portelli Tremont, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2022
Joshua Preiss, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2020
Malika Rakhmankulova, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 2
Venki Ramakrishnan, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 1
Bailey Sanders, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2019
Sara Scarlet, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2020
Thomas Scarritt, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2019
Anastasiya Shchatsko, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 1
Sanja Sljivic, MD
Lee Stratton, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2020
Richard Thompson, MD
Adarsh Vijay, MD
Tyler Warmack, MD
General Surgery Preliminary | Year 1
Brittney Williams, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2021
Michael Williford, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2019
Avital Yohan, MD
General Surgery Resident | Class of 2022
