Our Team

Thane Blinman, MD

Executive Vice Chair, Business & Innovation
Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Hong Jin Kim, MD

Executive Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Ted. B. Seagroves Jr. Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Michael O. Meyers, MD

Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
James F. and Alice B. Newsome Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Jim Murphy, MHA

Associate Chair of Administration

Timothy M Farrell, MD

Associate Chair of Ambulatory Operations
Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Clara Lee, MD, MPP

Associate Chair of Health Services Research
Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

William Marston, MD

Associate Chair of Research for Clinical Trials
Professor, Vascular Surgery

David W. Ollila, MD

Associate Chair of Faculty Development
James and Jesse Millis Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Luigi Pascarella, MD

Associate Chair of Education
Professor, Vascular Surgery

Jin H. Ra, MD

Associate Chair of Quality
Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Douglas Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FACS, MAMSE

Associate Chair of Community Operations & Strategy

Director of Hillsborough Services, Department of Surgery

Professor, Acute Care Surgery

Jen Jen Yeh, MD

Vice Chair, Research
Professor, Surgical Oncology

Lynn Damitz, MD

Chief and Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chirag Desai, MD

Chief and Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Matthew Eckert, MD

Chief and Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
Retired Lieutenant Colonel (P),
US Army Medical Corps

Mark A. Farber, MD

Chief and Professor, Vascular Surgery

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD

Interim Chief and Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME

Chief and Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Booker T. King, MD

Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Professor in Surgery
Division Chief of Burn Surgery
Director of Complex Wound Program

Sean E. McLean, MD

Chief and Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH

Interim Chief and Professor, Surgical Oncology

Adam Akerman, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General Pediatric Surgery

Ehsan Benrashid, MD

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery

Raghid Bitar, MD

Assistant Professor, General Surgery
UNC Hillsborough, UNC Chatham

Thane Blinman, MD

Executive Vice Chair, Business & Innovation
Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Bruce A. Cairns, MD

Professor of Surgery

Kevin Calder, MD

Associate Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Esteban Calderon, MD

Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant Surgery

Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, General and Acute Care Surgery

Hillsborough Hospital

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

Alexandra Coward, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Burn Surgery

Lynn Damitz, MD

Chief and Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Deepali Darji, DPM

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery

Jeremiah Deneve, DO

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology

Chirag Desai, MD

Chief and Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Matthew Eckert, MD

Chief and Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
Retired Lieutenant Colonel (P),
US Army Medical Corps

Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mark A. Farber, MD

Chief and Professor, Vascular Surgery

Timothy M Farrell, MD

Associate Chair of Ambulatory Operations
Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Kristalyn Gallagher, DO

Professor, Surgical Oncology

Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Emmanouil Giorgakis, MD

Associate Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Elizabeth Gleeson, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

José Gaston Guillem, MD, MPH, MBA

Roscoe Bennett Gray Cowper, MD, Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD

Interim Chief and Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Robert Hanfland, MD

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Maggie Hodges, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery

Daryhl Johnson II, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Julie Johnson, MSPH, PhD

Research Professor, Surgical Oncology

Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME

Chief and Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Sorabh Kapoor, MD

Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Howard Kashefsky, DPM

Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery, Podiatry

Blair A. Keagy, MD

Professor, Vascular Surgery

Hong Jin Kim, MD

Executive Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Ted. B. Seagroves Jr. Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Lawrence Kim, MD

Professor, Surgical Oncology

Booker T. King, MD

Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Professor in Surgery
Division Chief of Burn Surgery
Director of Complex Wound Program

Gregory Knoll, MD

Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Michael T. LeCompte, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Clara Lee, MD, MPP

Associate Chair of Health Services Research
Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Jason M. Long, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

William Marston, MD

Associate Chair of Research for Clinical Trials
Professor, Vascular Surgery

Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, MD

Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal 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

Chief and 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

Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
James F. and Alice B. Newsome Distinguished Professor, Surgical Oncology

Gita Mody, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Del Mount, MD

Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Rachel Niehuus, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & General Surgery

Adeyemi "Yemi" Ogunleye, MD

Associate Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

David W. Ollila, MD

Associate Chair of Faculty Development
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 Chair of Education
Professor, Vascular Surgery

Arielle Perez, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, General Surgery

Michael Phillips, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Jin H. Ra, MD

Associate Chair of Quality
Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Lauren Raff, MD

Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Trista Reid, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery

Katherine Rodby, MD

Assistant Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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

Interim Chief and Professor, Surgical Oncology

Joshua Sumislawski, MD

Assistant Professor, Acute Care & General Surgery

Alexander H. Toledo, MD

Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Elisabeth Tracy, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery

Ross M. Ungerleider MD, MBA

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Roberto Vidri, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology

Marc Whitman, MD

Associate Professor, General Surgery

Felicia N. Williams, MD

Director of Jaycee Burn Center
Associate Director, Burn Intensive Care Unit
Associate Professor, Burn Surgery

Jacob Wood, MD

Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery

Trevor Wood, MD

Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgery

Jen Jen Yeh, MD

Vice Chair, Research
Professor, Surgical Oncology

Xianwen Yi, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Abdominal Transplant

Jim Murphy, MHA

Associate Chair of Administration

Chris Agala, PhD

Epidemiologist / Biostatistician

Shermeka Arrington

Residency Coordinator, CT and Vascular

Teri Augustine

Chair Assistant

Dan Blandon-Hendrix, DNP

APP Director

Shamika Burwell

Grace Chen

Research Administrator

Paul Clement

Business Manager

Samantha Cooperstein

Director of Academic Affairs

Callie Gudeman, JD, MHA

Director of Operations

Beth Hubbard

Human Resources Consultant

Jessica Irven

Project Coordinator - Communications

Abby Johnston

Residency Coordinator

Tonia Lefler

Accounting Specialist

Orna Manison

Administrative Support Supervisor

Kim Marks

Residency Coordinator, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Jennifer Matusik

Residency Coordinator, General Surgery

Sarah Medlin

Daniela Miteva

Research Coordinator

Neal Murty

Sim Lab Manager

Cherisse Nunes

Senior Executive Assistant

Stacey Owen

Clerkship Coordinator

Kathie Patterson

Residency Coordinator, General Surgery

Jessica Phillips

Business Operations Analyst

Donna Redford

Accounting Technician

Shree Roberts

Human Resources Specialist

Carter Sherman, MSW

Research Program Manager

Rodney Stephenson