Faculty & Staff
Division Chiefs

Philip Linden, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Division Chief, Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Marc Pelletier, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor, Department of Surgery
Division Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Leader Transplant System of Care
University Hospitals
University Hospitals
Division of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery

Johnathan Rice, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Jillian Sinopoli, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Leonidas Tapias Vargas, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Christopher Towe, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University Hospitals
Division of Cardiac Surgery

Gregory Rushing, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, DPhil
Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cristian Baeza, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Eric DeVaney, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Kelsey Gray, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Omar Hussian, MD
Assistant Program Director, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Alan Markowitz, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Joseph Sabik, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surger
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Pablo Ruda Vega, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine