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 primary teaching institutions:

• UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Louis B. Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
• UH Geauga Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals
• UH St. John 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.

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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Chairman

• Joseph Sabik III, MD 

Cardiac Surgery

• Marc Pelletier, MD, MSc – Division Chief
• Yasir Abu-Omar, MD
• Yakov Elgudin, MD
• Kelsey Gray, MD
• Alan Markowitz, MD
• Pablo Ruda Vega, MD
• Gregory Rushing, MD
• Joseph Sabik III, MD
• Travis Wilder, MD

Colorectal Surgery

• Jordan Winter, MD – Interim Division Chief
• Ronald Charles, MD
• David Dietz, MD
• Michael Liu, MD
• Jennifer Miller-Ocuin, MD
• Emily Steinhagen-Golbig, MD
• Trevor Teetor, MD

General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

• Leena Khaitan, MD – Division Chief
• Mujjahid Abbas, MD
• Joshua Lyons, MD
• Jeffrey Marks, MD
• Raymond Onders, MD

Surgical Oncology

• Jordan Winter, MD – Division Chief
• Amanda Amin, MD
• John Ammori, MD
• Jeffrey Hardacre, MD
• Richard Hoehn, MD
• Pamela Li, MD
• Megan Miller, MD
• Lee Ocuin, MD
• Lisa Rock, MD
• Luke Rothermel, MD, MPH
• Robert Shenk, MD
• Ashley Simpson, MD
• Scott Wilhelm, MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Julie Park, MD – Division Chief
• Nidal Al Deek, MD
• Joseph Khouri, MD
• Howard Wang, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• Edward Barksdale, MD – Division Chief
• Alreem Al Hinai, MD
• Michael Dingeldein, MD
• Eiichi Miyasaka, MD

Thoracic Surgery

• Philip Linden, MD – Division Chief
• Boxiang Jiang, MD
• Jillian Sinopoli, DO
• Leonidas Tapias Vargas, MD
• Christopher Towe, MD

Transplant Surgery

• Zoe Stewart-Lewis, MD — Division Chief
• Mark Aeder, MD
• Pranit Chotai, MD
• Brianna Ruch, MD
• Kai Zhao, MD

Trauma Surgery

• Matthew Moorman, MD, MBA – Division Chief
• Lauren Donatelli-Seyler, DO
• Andrew Loudon, MD
• Nathaniel McQuay, MD
• Joshua Nash, DO
• Joseph Posluszny, MD
• Brandon Radow, MD
• James Ross, MD
• Amy Rushing, MD
• Glen Tinkoff, MD
• Jeffrey Ustin, MD 
• Aisha Violette, MD
• Chloe Williams, MD
• Brian Young, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Jae Cho, MD – Division Chief
• Jane Chung, MD
• Benjamin Colvard, MD
• Karem Harth, MD
• W. Michael Park, MD
• William Yoon, MD

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Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Chief of Surgical Services

• Jessie Jean-Claude, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Brian Cmolik, MD
• Salil Deo, MD
• Yakov Elgudin, MD
• Joseph Rubelowsky, MD

General Surgery

• Eric Marderstein, MD - Section Chief
• Katherine Kelly, MD
• Amy McDonald, MD
• Christopher Siegel, MD
• Thomas Stellato, MD
• Ray Wong, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Gilles Pinault, MD - Section Chief
• Lleowell Garcia, MD
• Jonathan Kwong, MD
• Michael Rosenbaum, MD

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University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center

• John Jasper, MD
• Jeffrey Parks, MD

University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center

• Christopher Bohac, MD
• Linden Karas, MD
• Stephen Masnyj, MD
• Liming Yu, MD

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University Hospitals Parma Medical Center

• Matthew Burstein, MD, PhD

University Hospitals St. John Medical Center

• Daanish Kazi, DO
• Michael Liu, MD
• Ashley Simpson, DO