Our Team

Lynn Damitz, MD

Chief and Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chirag Desai, MD

Chief and Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Elizabeth B. Dreesen, MD

Chief and Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery at UNC Hillsborough

Mark A. Farber, MD

Chief and Professor, Vascular Surgery

José Gaston Guillem, MD, MPH, MBA

Roscoe Bennett Gray Cowper, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chief, Gastrointestinal Surgery

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

Chief and Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Hong Jin Kim, MD

Ted. B. Seagroves Jr. Distinguished Professor
Chief and Professor, Surgical Oncology
Vice Chair of Strategy & Outreach

Booker T. King, MD

Professor and Chief, Burn Surgery
Interim Chief, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
Director of the NC Jaycee Burn Center

Adam Akerman, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General Pediatric Surgery

Raghid Bitar, MD

Assistant Professor, General Surgery
UNC Hillsborough, UNC Chatham

Bruce A. Cairns, MD

John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery

Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Hillsborough Hospital

Thomas G. Caranasos, MD

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jennifer C. Carr, MD

Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH

Professor, Acute Care &Trauma Surgery
Surgical Director of the Institute of Global Health

Melissa Chen, MD

Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Jeremiah Deneve, DO

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Matthew Eckert, MD

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
Lieutenant Colonel (P)
US Army Medical Corps

Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Timothy M Farrell, MD

Vice Chair of Education
Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Kristalyn Gallagher, DO

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

David A. Gerber, MD

George F. Sheldon Distinguished Professor

Elizabeth Gleeson, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Maggie Hodges, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Daryhl Johnson II, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME

Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery
Associate Vice Chair of Education

Sorabh Kapoor, MD

Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Howard Kashefsky, DPM

Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Blair A. Keagy, MD

Professor, Vascular Surgery

Lawrence Kim, MD

Professor, Surgical Oncology

Michael T. LeCompte, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Clara Lee, MD

Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Jason M. Long, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

William Marston, MD

Professor, Vascular Surgery

John McClellan, MD

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
Major, US Army Medical Corps

Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery

Sean E. McLean, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Aurelie Merlo, MD

Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Anthony A. Meyer, MD, PhD

Chair Emeritus, Department of Surgery
Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Michael O. Meyers, MD

General Surgery Residency Program Director
James F. and Alice B. Newsome Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Gita Mody, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Rabia Nizamani, MD

Assistant Professor, Burn Surgery

Adeyemi "Yemi" Ogunleye, MD

Associate Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

David W. Ollila, MD

James and Jesse Millis Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

D. Wayne Overby, MD

Associate Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Hillsborough Hospital

F. Ezequiel Parodi, MD

Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery

Luigi Pascarella, MD

Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Professor, Vascular Surgery

Shrunjay R. Patel, DPM, AACFAS

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Arielle Perez, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, General Surgery

Michael Phillips, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Jin H. Ra, MD

Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Lauren Raff, MD

Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Trista Reid, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Kent Rossman, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sharon E. Schiro, PhD

Research Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Andrew Schneider, MD

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Jessica Schumacher, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Julia Selfridge, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Philip M. Spanheimer, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Jonathan Stem, MD

Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH

Professor, Surgical Oncology

Alexander H. Toledo, MD

Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Ross M. Ungerleider MD, MBA

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Felicia N. Williams, MD

Associate Chief, Burn Surgery
Associate Director, Burn Intensive Care Unit
Associate Professor, Burn Surgery

Jacob Wood, MD

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery

Jeyhan S. Wood, MD

Associate Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pediatrics

Jen Jen Yeh, MD

Vice Chair of Research
Professor, Surgical Oncology

Xianwen Yi, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Joellen Buckio, MHA

Associate Chair for Administration

Chris Agala, PhD

Epidemiologist / Biostatistician

Shermeka Arrington

Residency Coordinator, CT and Vascular

Teri Augustine

Chair Assistant

Dan Blandon-Hendrix, DNP

APP Manager

Grace Chen

Research Administrator

Paul Clement

Manager, Finance and Business Operations

Samantha Cooperstein

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Julie Crimmins

Director of Clinical Operations

Callie Gudeman, JD, MHA

Director of Administrative Operations

Jessica Irven

Project Coordinator - Communications

Tonia Lefler

Accounting Specialist

Orna Manison

Administrative Support Supervisor

Kim Marks

Residency Coordinator, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Jennifer Matusik

Residency Coordinator, General Surgery

Daniela Miteva

Research Coordinator

Stacey Owen

Clerkship Coordinator

Kathie Patterson

Residency Coordinator, General Surgery

Jessica Phillips

Business Operations Analyst

Gina Potts

Accountant

Donna Redford

Accounting Technician

Cherisse Rios

Senior Executive Assistant

Shree Roberts

Human Resources Specialist