Section Leadership
Dana A. Telem, MD, MPH
Section Head, General Surgery
Lazar J. Greenfield Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Quality & Safety
Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Brian C. George, MD, MAEd, FACS
Division Head, Acute Care Surgery
Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery & Learning Health Sciences
Director, Center for Surgical Training and Research
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Adult
Michael McGee, MD
Division Head, Colorectal Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Paul G. Gauger, MD
Division Head, Endocrine Surgery
Norman Thompson, MD Professor of Surgery
Professor, Endocrine Surgery
Clinical Chief, Ambulatory Care
Nabeel R. Obeid, MD
Division Head, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
Associate Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Clifford S. Cho, MD, FACS
Division Head, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
C. Gardner Child Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair for Surgical Oncology
Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Lesly A. Dossett, MD, MPH
Division Head, Surgical Oncology
Vice Chair of Faculty Development
Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology
Co-Director, Michigan Program for Value Enhancement (MPrOVE)
Robert W. O'Rourke, MD
Division Head, Veterans Administration
William J. Fry Professor of Surgery
Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Veterans Administration
Bariatric Surgery Program Director, VA Ann Arbor
Jesse Wilson
Section Administrator, General Surgery
Acute Care Surgery
Brian C. George, MD, MAEd, FACS
Division Head, Acute Care Surgery
Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery & Learning Health Sciences
Director, Center for Surgical Training and Research
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Adult
Staci Aubry, MD
Clinical Instructor, Acute Care Surgery
Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Matthew J. Delano, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Mark R. Hemmila, MD
Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director, Acute Care Surgery
Director, Michigan Trauma Quality Improvement Program (MTQIP)
Molly Hunter, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Raymond Jean, MD, MHS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Lena M. Napolitano, MD
Joyce & Don Massey Family Foundation Professor of Surgery
Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Pauline K. Park, MD, FACS, FCCM
Clinical Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Krishnan Raghavendran, MBBS
Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Director, Michigan Center for Global Surgery
Naveen F. Sangji, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Gary A. Vercruysse, MD, FACS
Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Director, Emergency General Surgery
Stewart C. Wang, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor, Acute Care Surgery
First Endowed Professor of Burn Surgery
Director, Burn Center
Founding Director, Morphomic Analysis Group
Founding Director, International Center for Automotive Medicine
Colorectal Surgery
Michael McGee, MD
Division Head, Colorectal Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor, Colorectal Surgery
John C. Byrn, MD
Clinical Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Calista Harbaugh, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Samantha K. Hendren, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Gifty Kwakye, MD, MPH
Arthur W. Fleming, M.D. Research Professor
Clinical Associate Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Clerkship Director, Surgery
Medical Student Programs Director, Office of Health Equity & Inclusion
Scott E. Regenbogen, MD, MPH
Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Associate Chief Clinical Officer for Surgical Specialties, UMMG
Pasithorn Amy Suwanabol, MD
Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery & Veterans Administration
Endocrine Surgery
Paul G. Gauger, MD
Division Head, Endocrine Surgery
Norman Thompson, MD Professor of Surgery
Professor, Endocrine Surgery
Clinical Chief, Ambulatory Care
David T. Hughes, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Endocrine Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Lauren Krumeich, MD
Assistant Professor, Endocrine Surgery
Susan C. Pitt, MD, MPHS, FACS
Associate Professor, Endocrine Surgery
Hunter Underwood, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Endocrine Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Nabeel R. Obeid, MD
Division Head, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
Associate Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH
Department of Surgery Chair
Frederick A. Coller Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Anne P. Ehlers, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Veterans Administration
Surgery Education Associate Chief, VA Ann Arbor
Jonathan F. Finks, MD
Clinical Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Director, Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative
Associate Clerkship Director, Surgery
Andrew Ibrahim, MD, MSc
Maud T. Lane Research Professor
Vice Chair of Health Services Research
Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Veterans Administration & Architecture and Urban Planning
Program Director, Health & Design Fellowship
Co-Director, Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy
Hope T. Jackson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Grace J. Kim, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Clinical Associate Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Sean M. O'Neill, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Robert W. O'Rourke, MD
Division Head, Veterans Administration
William J. Fry Professor of Surgery
Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Veterans Administration
Bariatric Surgery Program Director, VA Ann Arbor
Allison Schulman, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Internal Medicine
Jenny M. Shao, MD, FACS
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Clinical Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dana A. Telem, MD, MPH
Section Head, General Surgery
Lazar J. Greenfield Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Quality & Safety
Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Pancreas, Liver & Gastrointestinal Surgery
Clifford S. Cho, MD, FACS
Division Head, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
C. Gardner Child Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair for Surgical Oncology
Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Filip Bednar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Donnele Daley, MD
Assistant Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Benjamin Ferguson, MD, PhD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Timothy L. Frankel, MD
Maud T. Lane Professor of Surgical Oncology
Associate Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery & Veterans Administration
Comprehensive Cancer Care Director, VA Ann Arbor
Director, Center for Basic & Translational Science (CBATS)
James A. Knol, MD
Active Associate Professor Emeritus, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Michael W. Mulholland, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Michigan Medicine
Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Hari Nathan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Lesly A. Dossett, MD, MPH
Division Head, Surgical Oncology
Vice Chair of Faculty Development
Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology
Co-Director, Michigan Program for Value Enhancement (MPrOVE)
Christina V. Angeles, MD
Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology
Alfred E. Chang, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Tasha Hughes, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Clinic Utilization
Clinical Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology
Jacqueline S. Jeruss, MD, PhD
Professor, Surgical Oncology, Pathology, Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Polly Suk-Yee Cheung Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Associate Dean for Regulatory Affairs, U-M Medical School
Melissa L. Pilewskie, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology
Director, Breast Care Center
Associate Director, Polly Suk-Yee Cheung Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Michael S. Sabel, MD
William W. Coon Collegiate Professor of Surgical Oncology
Professor, Surgical Oncology
Veteran's Administration
Robert W. O'Rourke, MD
Division Head, Veterans Administration
William J. Fry Professor of Surgery
Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Veterans Administration
Bariatric Surgery Program Director, VA Ann Arbor
Anne P. Ehlers, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Veterans Administration
Surgery Education Associate Chief, VA Ann Arbor
Timothy L. Frankel, MD
Maud T. Lane Professor of Surgical Oncology
Associate Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery & Veterans Administration
Comprehensive Cancer Care Director, VA Ann Arbor
Director, Center for Basic & Translational Science (CBATS)
Andrew Ibrahim, MD, MSc
Maud T. Lane Research Professor
Vice Chair of Health Services Research
Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Veterans Administration & Architecture and Urban Planning
Program Director, Health & Design Fellowship
Co-Director, Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy
Pasithorn Amy Suwanabol, MD
Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery & Veterans Administration
Research Faculty
Robert H. Bartlett, MD
Active Professor Emeritus, Acute Care Surgery
Anutosh Ganguly, MSc, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Sven Holcombe, PhD, MS
Associate Research Scientist, Acute Care Surgery
Steven Horbal, PhD
Research Investigator, Acute Care Surgery
Qiao Li, PhD
Research Professor, Surgical Oncology
Yongqing Li, MD, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery
Suresh Madathilparambil, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Acute Care Surgery
Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD
Maud T. Lane Professor of Surgical Immunology
Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
Joseph A. Potkay, MS, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, General Surgery
Research Biomedical Engineer, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Affiliate Faculty, Biomedical Engineering
Shuang Wei, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Surgical Oncology
Peng Zhang, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Acute Care Surgery
Wei-Zhen Zhang, MD, PhD
Research Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Yaqing Zhang, MB, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Active Emeritus Faculty
Robert H. Bartlett, MD
Active Professor Emeritus, Acute Care Surgery
Richard E. Burney, MD
Active Professor Emeritus, General Surgery
James A. Knol, MD
Active Associate Professor Emeritus, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery