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