Meet Our Team

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

Julie Johnson, PhD, MSPH
Research Professor of
Surgical Oncology
USHER Associate Director

Jessica Schumacher, PhD
Research Associate Professor
of Surgical Oncology
USHER Associate Director

Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of
Vascular Surgery

Gita Mody, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of
General Pediatric Surgery
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David Friedlander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Urology

Jared Gallaher MD, MPH
Associate 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
Chief and Professor of Gastrointestinal
Surgery

Rachel Niehuus, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Acute Care and
Trauma Surgery

Sharon Schiro, PhD
Research Professor of
General and Acute Care Surgery

Philip Spanheimer
Associate Professor of
Surgical Oncology

Sydney Browder, PhD

Steve Komorian, MD

Szu-In Lim, MD

Ryan Lupo, MD

Linnea Olsson, PhD

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

Kathryn Chetwynd, BS
Research Coordinator
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Amanda Gentry, MPH
Research Project Manager
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Daniela Miteva, MSc, CRA
Research Program
Coordinator
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Leidy Ohr, MSc
Research Program Manager

Moussa Shahoud, MD Candidate
Research Associate