Our Team

Melina Kibbe, MD

Chair, Department of Surgery
Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor

Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH

Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Professor
Chief of General and Acute Care Surgery
Surgical Director of the Institute of Global Health

Lynn Damitz, MD

Chief and Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Mark A. Farber, MD

Chief and Professor, Vascular Surgery

David A. Gerber, MD

George F. Sheldon Distinguished Professor
Chief, Abdominal Transplant
Vice Chair Clinical Affairs

José Gaston Guillem, MD, MPH, MBA

Chief and Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD

Byah Thomason Doxey-Sanford Doxey Jr. Distinguished Professor
Chief, Division of General Pediatric Surgery

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

Chief and Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Melina Kibbe, MD

Chair, Department of Surgery
Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor

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
Director of the NC Jaycee Burn Center

Adam Akerman, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD

Assistant Professor, General Pediatric Surgery

Edward Moreira Bahnson, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Vascular Surgery

Nick Bhatt, MD

Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Raghid Bitar, MD

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery
Chatham Hospital

Bruce A. Cairns, MD

John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery

Benjamin F. Calvo, MD

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Hillsborough Hospital

Thomas G. Caranasos, MD

Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jennifer C. Carr, MD

Assistant Professor

Chirag Desai, MD

Professor, Abdominal Transplant

E. Gene Deune

Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Elizabeth B. Dreesen, MD

Associate Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Matthew Eckert, MD

Assistant Professor

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 Surgery

Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Daryhl Johnson II, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME

Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery
Associate Vice Chair of Education

Howard Kashefsky, DPM

Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Blair A. Keagy, MD

Professor of Surgery

Lawrence Kim, MD

Professor, Surgical Oncology

Mark J. Koruda, MD

Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Michael T. LeCompte, MD

Assistant Professor

Jason M. Long, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ugwuji Maduekwe, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Robert Maile, PhD

Associate Research Professor, Burn Surgery

William Marston, MD

Professor, Vascular Surgery

Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery

Susan McKenney, APRN, BC, MSN, OCN

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Sean E. McLean, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatric 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
Professor, Surgical Oncology

Gita Mody, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Don Nakayama, MD, MBA

Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Rabia Nizamani, MD

Assistant Professor, Burn Surgery

Adeyemi "Yemi" Ogunleye, MD

Assistant 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

Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery

Shrunjay R. Patel, DPM, AACFAS

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Arielle Perez, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Michael Phillips, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Jin H. Ra, MD

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

Lauren Raff, MD

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Trista Reid, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Kent Rossman, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sandeep Sainathan, MD

Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Sharon E. Schiro, PhD

Research Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Pablo Serrano, MD

Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Mahesh S. Sharma, MD

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Philip M. Spanheimer, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Paula Strassle, PhD

Assistant Professor

Paul B. Tessmann, MD, PharmD

Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Alexander H. Toledo, MD

Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Nick D. Tsihlis, PhD

Associate Research Professor, Vascular Surgery

Felicia N. Williams, MD

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

Xiaanwen Yi, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Randal Zhou, MD

Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Melanie Bolick

Fellowship Coordinator & Residency Coordinator, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Joellen Buckio, MHA

Associate Chair for Administration

Dan Blandon-Hendrix, NP

APP Manager

Nathan Breito

Human Resources Consultant

Paul Clement

Manager, Finance and Business Operations

Sheerah Coe

Public Communications Specialist

Kim Collins

Accounting Specialist

Julie Crimmins

Director of Clinical Operations

Elizabeth Gorsuch

Senior Executive Assistant to the Chair

Deborah Hepp

Program Coordinator

Tonia Lefler

Accounting Specialist

Orna Manison

Administrative Support Supervisor

Kim Marks

Residency Coordinator, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Stacey Owen

Clerkship Coordinator

Shree Parker

Human Resources Specialist

Kathie Patterson

Residency Coordinator, General Surgery

Jessica Phillips

Business Analyst

Gina Potts

Accountant

Suzanne Record

Human Resources Consultant

Donna Redford

Accounting Technician