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
Division Chiefs
Kevin P. Mollen, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
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Interests
pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Faculty
George K. Gittes, MD
Co-scientific Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
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Interests
Smad regulation of pancreatic islet formation
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
Farzad Esni, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
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Interests
pancreatic development and regeneration; Smad regulation of pancreatic islet formation
Marcus M. Malek, MD, FACS, 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
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
Elizabeth A. Novak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
Interests
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
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
Xiangwei Xiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
molecular therapy for diabetes, PDAC, and autoimmune disease