Physicians & Staff
Division of General Surgery:
David J. Conti, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of General Surgery
Chief of Section of Transplantation
Director, Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program
Michael H. Gallichio, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Section of Breast & Endocrine Surgery:
Donna M. Pietrocola, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Breast and Endocrine Surgery
Todd D. Beyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Section of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery:
Edward C. Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of GI and Oncologic Surgery
Director of Colorectal Surgery Program
Ankesh Nigam, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Surgical Oncology Program
Tejinder (Paul) Singh, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Co-Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
Steven C. Stain, MD
Neil Lempert Professor
Chair, Department of Surgery
Brian T. Valerian, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Section of Transplantation:
David J. Conti, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of General Surgery
Chief of Section of Transplantation
Director, Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program
Michael H. Gallichio, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Section of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care:
Carl Rosati, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Director, Lifestar Trauma Systems
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
David Kuehler, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hashim Hesham, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Joseph Pfeifer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Sophia Socaris, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery & Anesthesiology
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Daniel R. Thompson, MD MA
Associate Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology
Chairman, IRB
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care - Voluntary Faculty:
Richard T. MacDowell
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery:
Thomas R. Weber, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Division of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon in Chief - AMC Childrens Hospital
Neil Devejian, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery:
James Hoehn, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Chief of Division of Plastic Surgery
Jerome Chao, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director
Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Director, Plastic Surgery Trauma
Voluntary Faculty:
Deborah Kennedy, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Joshua King, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
James Dolph, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
James R. Miller, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Steven Lynch, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Francis J. Cullen
Plastic Surgery Attending