Surgery Medical Education
General Surgery Residency Faculty
Our faculty includes top surgical professionals, providing high-quality patient care integrated with clinical and basic science research and intensive teaching at all levels. Every surgical discipline is covered across the Department of Surgery at our three primary teaching institutions:
- UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Louis B. Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Our leaders are trained in a variety of specialties and continue to present and publish some of the best international clinical outcomes. Faculty members are approachable and eager to take part in the education of the next generation of world-class surgeons.
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Chairman
- Joseph Sabik III, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vice Chairman
- Edward Barksdale, MD - Pediatric Surgery
Professors
- Anand Kumar, MD - Plastic Surgery
- Benjamin Medalion, MD - Cardiac Surgery
- Edward Barksdale, MD - Pediatric Surgery
- Glen Tinkoff, MD - Trauma Surgery
- Jae Cho, MD - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Jeffrey Hardacre, MD - Surgical Oncology
- Jeffrey Marks, MD - General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Endoscopy
- Joseph Sabik III, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Jordan Winter, MD - Surgical Oncology
- Kenneth Chavin, MD, PhD - Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Leena Khaitan, MD - Bariatric Surgery and General Surgery
- Philip Linden, MD - Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
- Raymond Onders, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Vikram S. Kashyap, MD - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Associate Professors
- John Ammori, MD - Surgical Oncology
- Christopher Smith, MD - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- David Dietz, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Duraid Younan, MD - Trauma Surgery
- Edmund Sanchez, MD - Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Jill Dietz, MD - Surgical Oncology Breast Surgery
- Mark Aeder, MD - Transplant/Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
- Matthew Moorman, MD - Trauma Surgery
- Meagan Costedio, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Meelie DebRoy, MD - Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Nathaniel McQuay, MD - Trauma
- Norman Kumins, MD - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Robert Shenk, MD - Surgical Oncology, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Breast Disease
- Scott Wilhelm, MD - Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Sharon Stein, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Yakov Elgudin, MD - Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professors
- Aisha Violette, MD - Trauma Surgery
- Alan Markowitz, MD - Cardiac Surgery
- Andrew Loudon, MD - Trauma Surgery
- Christopher Towe, MD - Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
- Eiichi Miyasaka, MD - Pediatric Surgery
- Emily Steinhagen-Golbig, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Jason Fried, DO - Vascular Surgery
- Jason Robke, MD - Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
- Jeffrey Boyko, DO - Vascular Surgery
- Jeffrey Ustin, MD - Trauma Surgery
- John Adamski, MD - Trauma Surgery
- Joseph Khouri, MD - Plastic Surgery
- Karem Harth, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Kunal Yadav, MD - Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Luis Marcelo Argote-Greene, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Megan Miller, MD - Surgical Oncology
- Michael Brown, DO - Vascular Surgery
- Michael Dingeldein, MD - Pediatric Surgery
- Mujjahid Abbas, MD - Bariatric Surgery
- Ronald Charles, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Ryan Juza, MD - General Surgery
- Samuel Han, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Stephanie Worrell, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Teresa Carman, MD - Vascular Medicine
- Tobias Long, MD - Plastic Surgery
- Virginia Wong, MD - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Chairman
- Brian Cmolik, MD - Chief of Staff, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professors
- James Sampliner, MD - General Surgery
- Jessie Jean-Claude, MD - Chief of Surgical Services, Vascular Surgery
Assistant Professors
- Eric Marderstein, MD - General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Gilles Pinault, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Yakov Elgudin, MD, FACS - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Amy McDonald, MD - Trauma, Critical Care
- Jonathan Kwong, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Salil Deo, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Stephanie Worrell, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Joseph Rubelowsky, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Lleowell Garcia, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Michael Rosenbaum, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Katherine Kelly, MD - General Surgery
- Bruce Averbrook, MD - General Surgery
- Christopher Siegel, MD - General Surgery
- Thomas Stellato, MD - General Surgery
- Ray Wong, MD - General Surgery
Pending Appointments
- Jonathan Kwong, MD - Vascular Surgery
- Katherine Kelly, MD - General Surgery
- Lisa Louwers – Surgical Critical Care
- Nakul Vakil - Surgical Critical Care
- Lleowell Garcia, MD - Vascular Surgery
MetroHealth Medical Center
Chairman
- Christopher Brandt, MD - General Surgery, Minimally Invasive, Burns, Endoscopy
Vice Chairman
- Christopher McHenry, MD - General Surgery, Endocrine, Head and Neck
Professors
- Charles Yowler, MD - Trauma/Critical Care, Burn Surgery
- Christopher Brandt, MD - General Surgery, Minimally Invasive, Burns, Endoscopy
- Christopher McHenry, MD - General Surgery, Endocrine, Head and Neck (Division Director)
- Edward Mansour, MD (Emeritus) - Surgical Oncology
- Benjamin Li, MD - Surgical Oncology
- Bruce Averbook, MD - Surgical Oncology
- J. Patrick Spirnak, MD - Urology
- Jeffrey Claridge, MD - Trauma/Critical Care (Division Director)
- John Como, MD - Trauma/Critical Care
- Richard Fratianne, MD (Emeritus) - Burn Surgery
Associate Professors
- Bram Kaufman, MD - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Division Director)
- Ali Totonchi, MD - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Natalie Joseph, MD - Surgical Oncology (Division Director)
- Paul Priebe, MD – General Surgery (Emeritus)
Assistant Professors
- Joseph Golob, MD - Trauma, Burn, Critical Care
- Susan Sharpe, MD - Surgical Oncology
- Nimitt J. Patel, MD - Trauma, Burn, Critical Care
- Sergio Bardaro, MD - General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery
- James Hauer, MD - General Surgery
- Melissa Times, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Kristen Blaker, MD - Colorectal Surgery
- Kristina Garrels, MD - Urology
- Irma Lengu, MD - Urology
- Carvel Nguyen, MD - Urology
- Anand Patel, MD - Urology
- James Persky, MD - Vascular
- Garietta Falls, MD - Vascular
- Levon Khojayan, MD - Vascular
- Kyle Chepla, MD - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- James Gatherwright, MD - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- David Rowe, MD - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Anjay Khandelwal, MD - Trauma, Critical Care and Burns
- Laura Kreiner, MD - Trauma, Critical Care
- Esther Tseng, MD - Trauma, Critical Care
- Chad Katona, MD - Trauma, Critical Care
- Laura Brown, MD - Trauma, Critical Care
- Amelia Dorsey, MD – General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery
- Kevin El-Hayek, MD – General Surgery, Surgical Oncology
- Jacinta Robenstein, MD – Trauma, Critical Care
- Peter Zmijewski, MD – Trauma, Critical Care
- Prerna Ladha, MD – Trauma, Critical Care
- Alaina Lasinski, MD – Trauma, Critical Care