Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH
Chief of General and Acute Care Surgery
Surgical Director of the Institute of Global Health
Director of Adult ECMO Program
Associate Clerkship Director
Professor of Surgery
Our Team
Attending Faculty
Elizabeth B. Dreesen, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Professor of Surgery
Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Daryhl Johnson II, MD, MPH
Trauma Medical Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
Anthony A. Meyer, MD, PhD
Chair Emeritus, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Arielle Perez, MD, MPH
Director, UNC Hernia Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jin Ra, MD
Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Associate Professor Surgery
Lauren Raff, MD
Associate Clerkship Director
Associate Trauma Medical Director
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trista Reid, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Non-Attending Faculty
Sharon E. Schiro, PhD
Research Professor
Nurse Practitioners
Beth Schreiber, RN
Sarah Sievers, RN
Physician Extenders
Physician Extenders help manage patient care on our floors, in clinic, in the SICU and in the emergency room.
Audrey Merinar Cook, PA
Kimmie Caggiano, NP
Amy Wilkes, NP
Megan McAlister, NP
Administrative Staff
Jesse Clement
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Elizabeth Dreesen, Dr. Anthony Charles and Dr. Arielle Perez.
Ponda Prince
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Daryhl Johnson, Dr. Michelle Brownstein, Dr. Trista Reid, Dr. Lauren Raff, Dr. Rebecca Maine and Sharon Schiro PhD.
Clinic and OR Scheduling
To reach our OR Coordinators and Clinic Schedulers please call 966-4389 ext. #1.