Meet Our Team

Director

Clara Lee, MD, MPP
Vice Chair of Research
Professor of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery

Associate Directors

Julie Johnson, PhD, MSPH
Research Professor of
Surgical Oncology

Jessica Schumacher, PhD
Research Associate Professor

of Surgical Oncology

Executive Committee

Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of
Vascular Surgery

Gita Mody, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Faculty

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of
General Pediatric Surgery
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Thomas Egan, MD, MSc
Professor of Cardiothoracic
Surgery

David Friedlander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Urology

Jared Gallaher MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of
Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
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Elizabeth Gleeson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Surgical
Oncology and Endocrine Surgery
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Maggie Hodges MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of
Gastrointestinal Surgery

Muneera Kapadia, MD, MME
Professor of Gastrointestinal
Surgery

Delora Mount, MD
Professor of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery
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Rachel Niehuus, MD, PhD
Professor of Acute Care and
Trauma Surgery

Adeyemi “Yemi” Ogunleye, MD, SM
Associate Professor of Plastic
& Reconstructive Surgery
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Sharon Schiro, PhD
Associate Professor of
General and Acute Care Surgery

Philip Spanheimer
Associate Professor of
Surgical Oncology

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Mustafa Abid, MD
General Surgery Resident

Chase Cox, MD, MSW
General Surgery Resident

Steve Komorian, MD
Research/General Surgery Resident

Kelsey Landrum, PhD, MS
Post-Doctoral Research Scholar

Meaghan O’Leary, PhD, MA
Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Linnea Olsson, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Scholar

Staff

Chris Agala, PhD
Epidemiologist/Biostatistician
Database Manager
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Luke Barron, MSIS
Clinician Librarian
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Sydney Browder, PhD candidate
Research Coordinator
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Victor Catalan Gallegos, MPH
Research Coordinator

Kathryn Chetwynd, BS
Research Coordinator
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Grace Chen
Senior Research Administrator

Amanda Gentry, MPH
Research Project Manager
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Meaghan Hazelet, BS
Research Coordinator
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Daniela Miteva, MSc, CRA
Research Program
Coordinator
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Veronica Pham, MPH, CSM
Associate Operational
Project Manager

Bret Shultz, MHA
Research Instructor

Moussa Shahoud, MD Candidate
Research Associate