Department of Surgery

Faculty

Timothy R. Billiar, MD
George Vance Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
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Interests
mechanisms involved in acute cellular and organ injury in inflammatory states such as shock, trauma, and sepsis
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Division Chiefs

George K. Gittes, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
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Interests
Smad regulation of pancreatic islet formation

Faculty

Chethan S. Ashokkumar, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
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Interests
Kelly Ann Miller Austin, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Surgery
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Interests
Hirschsprung's disease; Hirschsprung's enterocolitis; pediatric intestinal diseases; ischemia/reperfusion
Geoff J. Bond, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatric Surgery
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Interests
pediatric intestinal failure; adult and pediatric transplantation; short bowel syndrome
Joseph T. Church, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
congenital diaphragmatic hernia; lung development
Farzad Esni, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
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Interests
pancreatic development and regeneration; Smad regulation of pancreatic islet formation
Barbara A. Gaines, MD
Professor of Surgery
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Interests
pediatric and adolescent trauma; pancreatitis and traumatic brain injury; pediatric abdominal sonogram
Marcus M. Malek, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
pediatric oncology; surgery for pediatric solid tumors; advanced minimally invasive surgery; pediatric colorectal disease; gastroesophageal reflux disease; chest wall deformities
Kevin P. Mollen, MD
Associate Professor
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Interests
pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Michael J. Morowitz, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
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Interests
pathogenicity of intestinal microbes in milk-fed and formula-fed premature infants
Mylarappa B. Ningappa, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
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Interests
Elizabeth A. Novak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
Interests
Jon D. Piganelli, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Immunology, and Pathology
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Interests
immunology and autoimmunity; type 1 diabetes
Krishna Prasadan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
role of notch-signaling pathway during pancreatic beta cell differentiation; intra-endocrine regulation of beta cell differentiation during pancreas development
Ward M. Richardson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
congenital and acquired, benign and malignant, and open and minimally invasive pediatric surgery and trauma
Shawn D. Safford, MD, MBA
Professor
Interests
Indranil Sau, MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
necrotizing enterocolitis; intestinal failure in children
Stefan Scholz, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
robotics and sonography in pediatric surgery; minimally invasive pediatric and neonatal surgery; pediatric chest wall deformities; pediatric HPB surgery
Jianmin Tian, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
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Interests
transcriptional regulations in liver cancer
Paul K. Waltz, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests
Xiangwei Xiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
molecular therapy for diabetes, PDAC, and autoimmune disease