| Investigator | Clinical Research Interest(s) |
| Muhammad Aftab, MD, FACC | Renal and Brain protection after Aortic and Cardiac Surgery, Spinal Cord Protection after Aortic Surgery, Surgical Outcomes of Complex Endovascular Aortic Surgery, and Aortic Surgical Clinical Outcomes Research |
| Michael Cain, MD | Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH),Pulmonary Hypertension, Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), Heart and Lung Transplantation, Donation after Circulatory Death, and Cardiogenic Shock |
| Joseph C. Cleveland Jr., MD | Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), Heart Failure, Transcatheter Valve Replacement (TAVR/TMVR), Robotic Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart Disease |
| Elizabeth David, MD, MAS | Lung Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Thoracic Malignancies, Patient Reported Outcomes, Cancer Care Disparities, Clinical Trials, and Surgical Workforce |
| Jordan R. H. Hoffman, MD, MPH | Heart transplant, Lung transplant, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH), Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE), Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), Mechanical Circulatory Support, and ECMO |
| Robert A. Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS | Improving Surgical Patient Outcomes through Identification and Development of Processes and Structures of Care for Thoracic Surgery Patients as Well as Broad Surgical Patient Populations |
| John D. Mitchell, MD | Lung Cancer, Surgery for Infectious Lung Disease, Airway Surgery, and Robotic Thoracic Surgery |
| T. Brett Reece, MD, MBA | Aortic Disease, Hybrid Aortic Repair, Aortic Stent Grafting, Aortic Arch Procedures, Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest, Brain Protection, Spinal Cord Protection, and Facilitating Recovery from Aortic Procedures |
| Jessica Rove, MD | Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery, Mitral Repair, Multiple Arterial CABG, Heart Transplant Allocation and Outcomes, and Optimizing Recovery after Cardiac Surgery |
| Nicholas R. Teman, MD | Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Cardiac Surgery Outcomes, and Quality Improvement in Critical Care |
| Investigator | Clinical Research Interest(s) |
| Maria Albuja-Cruz, MD | Thyroid Cancer, Endocrine Surgery Outcomes, and Patient Reported Outcomes |
| Elisa H Birnbaum, MD | Pelvic Organ Prolapse, and Rectal Prolapse |
| Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS | Trauma Surgery Outcomes |
| Akshay Pratap Chauhan, MD, MCh | Bariatric Surgery, and Esophageal Cancer |
| Mitchell Jay Cohen, MD | Immune-Metabolic Response to Trauma, Multi-omics System Biology, and Trauma |
| Michael Cripps, MD, MSCS, FACS | Trauma and Acute Care |
| Joanna Etra, MD | Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Prehospital Trauma Care |
| Cameron Gibson, MD, FACS | Burns, Soft Tissue Infection, Frostbite, Wound care, and Global Surgery |
| Kristy L Hawley, MD, MPH | Trauma Vascular Management, and Surgical Education |
| Kweku Hazel, MD | Community-Based Research, and Bariatric Surgery |
| Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD | Aging effects on Liver responses to Trauma and Outcomes in Trauma |
| Whitney Jenson, MD | Trauma and Acute care |
| Edward Jones, MD | Surgical Energy Use and Patient Outcomes, Wearable Activity Monitors, Perioperative Outcomes, and Telehealth |
| Teresa Jones, MD | Geriatrics, Fraility and Surgical Outcomes |
| Robert McIntyre Jr, MD, FACS | Trauma and Acute care, Surgical Critical Care, Thyroid Cancer, and Adrenal Neoplasms |
| Michael McNevin, MD | Colorectal Cancer, Rectal Prolapse Management, and Pelvic Floor Disorders |
| Paul Montero, MD, FACS | Laparoscopy, Electrosurgical Energy, Surgical Simulation, Resident and Medical Student Education, International surgery, and Hernia Repair Techniques |
| Amber Moyer, MD | Surgical technique outcomes, Nutrition, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Colorectal Cancer. |
| Christopher Raeburn, MD, FACS | Thyroid Disorders and Cancer, and Endocrine Surgery Outcomes |
| Thomas Robinson, MD, FACS | Surgical Quality Improvement, and Wearable Activity Monitors |
| Kevin B Rothchild, MD, FACS | Trauma and Acute Care |
| Lauren Steward, MD, MHSA, MPHS | Trauma and Acute Care |
| Catherine Garrison Velopulos, MD, MHS, FACS | Surgical Outcomes Research, Community-Based Trauma Care, and Hospital-Based Violence Intervention |
| Jon Vogel, MD, FACS, FASCRS | Clinical Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| Franklin Wright, MD | Trauma and Acute Care |
Learn more about our GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery division.
| Investigator | Clinical Research Interest(s) |
| Steven A Ahrendt, MD, FACS | Cytoreductive Surgery, Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, and Abdominal Cancer |
| Nicole Christian, MD, MSCS | Graduate Medical Education, Family Medical Leave Policies, Program and Curriculum Development and Evaluation, Breast Surgery Outcomes, Patient-Reported Outcomes and Opioid Prescription in Surgery |
| Marco Del Chiaro, MD, PhD, FACS | Pancreatic Cancer |
| Ana Gleisner, MD, PhD | Pancreatic Cancer, and Pancreatic Resection Outcomes |
| Martin McCarter, MD, FACS | Immunotherapies for Melanoma, Sarcoma, and GI Tumors |
| Benedetto Mungo, MD | Gastroesophageal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, and Robotic Surgical Oncology |
| Colleen Murphy, MD | Breast Cancer, Abnormal Mammograms, and Risk factors for Breast Cancer |
| Richard D Schulick, MD, MBA, FACS | Pancreatic Cancer, Tumor Immunology and Surgical Oncology, Liver Cancer, Bile Duct Cancer, and Gallbladder Cancer |
| Sarah Tevis, MD | Breast Cancer, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer |
| Investigator | Clinical Research Interest(s) |
| Phillipe Abreu, MD | Transplant Oncology, Transplant Robotic Surgery |
| Rashikh Choudhury, MD | Pediatric Liver Transplant |
| James E Cooper, MD | Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant |
| Kendra Conzen, MD | Obesity and Liver Transplant Outcomes, Injury in Steatotic Liver, Living Donor Decisions |
| Sixto Giusti Torres, MD | Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Patients, Population Health in Transplant Nephrology |
| Han Grewal, MD, FACS, MBA | Organ Procurement, Machine Perfusion, Multi-organ Transplant |
| Peter T Kennealey, MD, FACS | Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation |
| Michael Kriss, MD | Liver Immunology |
| Terri Montague, MD | Clinical Kidney Transplant Care and Evaluation |
| Trevor Nydam, MD | Coagulation and Graft Outcomes in Kidney Transplant |
| Thomas J Pshak, MD | Urologic Transplant Surgery, Minimally Invasive Techniques, Donor Organ Optimization |
| Jon Rice, MD | Patient Access in Liver Transplant |
| Amanda Wieland, MD | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Fibrosis |
| Investigator | Clinical Research Interest(s) |
| Al Barqawi, MD, FRCS | Benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer |
| Nicholas Cost, MD | Testicular cancer, renal tumors |
| Brian Flynn, MD | Urinary Incontinence, OAB, BPH, UTI, IC, urethral reconstruction, ureteral reconstruction, robotics |
| Kelly Harris, MD | Anorectal malformation, pelvic floor disorders, transitional urology |
| Ty Higuchi, MD, PhD | Reconstructive urology |
| Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH | Bladder cancer, cystectomy |
| Granville Lloyd, MD | Benign prostatic hyperplasia, renal tumors |
| Paul Maroni, MD | Prostate cancer, testicular cancer, provider wellness |
| Janine Oliver, MD | Female pelvic reconstructive surgery, incontinence |
| Kyle Rove, MD | Testicular torsion, quality improvement, ERAS, opioid reduction, standardized reporting for pediatric urodynamics |
| Mark Sawyer, MD | Kidney stones |
| Kerri Thurmon, MD | Benign prostatic hyperplasia, wellbeing, professional coaching |
| Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD | Prenatally diagnosed anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract, patient health disparities, shared decision-making, implementation science |
| Duncan Wilcox, MD | Orchiopexy, hypospadias, anorectal anomalies, neuropathic bladder |
| Daniel Wood, PhD, MBBS | Muscular dystrophy, transitional urology |
| Heiko Yang, MD, PhD | Kidney stones, ureteral injury |
| Investigator | Clinical Research Interest(s) |
| Donald Jacobs, MD, MS, DFSVS | Aortic aneurysms, thrombosis |
| Emily Malgor, MD | COVID-19 |
| Rafael Malgor, MD | Aortic aneurysms, surgical education |
| Jon Matsumura, MD | Medical treatment of aneurysm disease, evaluation of novel devices for treatment of aortoiliac pathology (dissection, aneurysm, and traumatic injury), carotid stenosis, and PAD, Women with AAA, IVC filters |
| Mark Nehler, MD | Peripheral arterial disease, acute limb ischemia |
| Max Wohlauer, MD | Thrombosis, COVID-19 |
| Jeniann Yi, MD | Surgical informatics, dissemination, implementation science |
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