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FACULTY

Frederick L. Greene, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Chairman and Director of Surgical Education
  • Residency: Yale - New Haven Hospital
  • American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine (1972 - 1973)
  • Professor of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine (1980 - 1997)
  • Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1997 - present)

Michael H. Thomason, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery
  • Medical Director, F.H. "Sammy" Ross Jr., Trauma Center
  • Director, Surgical Endoscopy Training
  • Attending Surgeon, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
  • Residency: Charlotte Memorial Hospital (Carolinas Medical Center)
  • Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1983-1989)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1989-2001)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2001-present)

Richard L. White Jr., MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Chief of Surgical Oncology
  • Director, Immunotherapy Program
  • Residency: Georgetown University
  • Fellowships: Surgical Oncology (1993-1995) and Immunotherapy (1992-1993), National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1996-2003)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2003-present)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clemson University (2006-present)

Jonathan C. Salo, MD, F.A.C.S.  Click to view photo

  • Division of Surgical Oncology
  • Residency: University of California at San Francisco
  • Research Fellow: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland (1993-1996)
  • Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1996-1998)
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California (1998 - 2002)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2003-present)

Teresa S. Flippo-Morton, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Division of Surgical Oncology
  • Teaching Faculty, Carolinas Medical Center Department of General Surgery, 1991 to 1996
  • Residency: Carolinas Medical Center

B. Todd Heniford, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Co-director, Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program
  • Co-director, Carolinas Hernia Center
  • Residency: University of Louisville
  • Fellowship: Research and Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville (1991-1992)
  • Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1996-1997)
  • Instructor, Veterans Administration Medical Center (1995-1996)
  • Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville (1995-1996)
  • Clinical Associate, Minimally Invasive Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1997-1998)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1998–2002)
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2002-present)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University (2002-present)

Kent W. Kercher, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Chief, Minimal Access Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Codirector, Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program
  • Co-director, Carolinas Hernia Center
  • Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center (1999-2000)
  • Clinical Instructor, University of Massachusetts Medical Center (1999-2000)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2000-present)

Keith S. Gersin, M.D., F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Chief of Bariatric Surgery
  • Residency: Berkshire Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Laparoendoscopic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1997-1998)
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Surgical Endoscopy and Laparoscopy, University of Cincinnati Medical Center (2000-2005)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2006-present)

David A. Iannitti, M.D., F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Director of Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Residency: Brown University
  • Fellowship: Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1996-1997)
  • Assistant Clinical Instructor of Surgery, Brown Medical School (1995-1996)
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Brown Medical School (1997-2005)
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Brown Medical School (2005)

Timothy S. Kuwada, MD Click to view photo

  • Director, Bariatric Fellowship, Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program
  • Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Northwestern University (2003-2004)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005 to present

Amy E. Lincourt, PhD Click to view photo

  • Senior Scientist, Director of Research, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • PhD: Syracuse University
  • Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Louisiana State University, 1997 - 2000
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Administration, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 2005 - present

David G. Jacobs, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Associate Medical Director, F.H. "Sammy" Ross Jr., Trauma Center
  • Attending Surgeon, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
  • Residency: Case Western University
  • Fellowship: Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Systems (1987-1988)
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine (1988-1995)
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine (1988-1995)
  • Instructor in Surgery, Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine (1986-1995)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1995-present)

Ronald F. Sing, D.O., F.A.C.S.,F.C.C.P.  Click to view photo

  • Attending Surgeon, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
  • Residency: Graduate Hospital
  • Fellowship: Fellowship Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania (1993-1995)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1997- 2001)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2001-present)

William S. Miles, MD, F.A.C.S., F.C.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Associate Residency Program Director
  • Director, Surgical Critical Care
  • Medical Director, Trauma Intensive Care Unit
  • Attending Surgeon, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
  • Residency: University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Richland Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowships: Surgical Research, University of South Carolina School of Medicine (1989-1990), Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (1993-1995), Surgical Education Research Fellowship, American College of Surgeons (1999-2000)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1997-present)

Toan T. Huynh, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  • Director, Trauma Research
  • Attending Surgeon, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
  • Residency: University of North Carolina
  • Fellowship: Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, University of North Carolina (1997-1998)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1999-present)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2001-present)

A. Britton Christmas, MD Click to view photo

  • Attending Surgeon, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
  • Residency: University of Louisville
  • Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, University of Louisville (2003-2004)

Philip A. Visser, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Director, Ambulatory Surgical Care
  • Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1995-present)

Daniel H. Hayes, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Director, Transplantation
  • Medical Director, LifeShare of the Carolinas
  • Residency: Ochsner Clinic
  • Fellowship: Transplantation, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (1986-1987)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana (1988-1993)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1994-present)

Paul F. Gores, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Director, Pancreas/Islet Cell Transplantation
  • Residency: University of Minnesota
  • Fellowships: Transplantation, University of Minnesota (1988-1989); Peripheral Vascular Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles (1989-1990)
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota (1990-1993)
  • Associate Professor of Surgery University of Minnesota (1993-1994)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1995-present)

Lon B. Eskind, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Director, Liver Transplantation
  • Assistant Medical Director, LifeShare of the Carolinas
  • Residency: University of Hawaii
  • Fellowship: Transplantation, University of Miami (1996-1998)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1999-present)

Roger Roswell Denny, MD, F.A.C.S. Click to view photo 

  • Transplant Surgeon
  • Residency: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
  • Residency: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, (1994-2000)
  • Fellowship: University of Minnesota, (2000-2002)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2003- present)

Vincent Casingal, MD Click to view photo

  • Transplant Surgeon
  • Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Transplantation, University of Minnesota (2003-2005)

Gamal Mostafa, MD, F.R.C.S. Click to view photo

  • Chief, Acute Surgery Service
  • Residency: Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, (2000-2004); Howard University, Washington, DC, (1999-2000); Birmingham University (Vascular Surgery), Coventry, UK, (1993-1994); Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK, (1989-1993)
  • Fellowships: Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care: Jersey Shore Medical Center, (1995-1996); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (1996-1997)
  • General Thoracic Surgery: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (1997-1998)
  • Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2005 to 2006)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2006 to present)

Craig Halberstadt, Ph.D. Click to view photo

  • Senior Scientist
  • Director, Tissue Engineering
  • Ph.D.: University of Michigan
  • Director, Product Development, Advanced Tissue Sciences (1991-1994)
  • Director, Tissue Engineering, Desmos, Inc., Scientific Consultant (1994-1996)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Greenville Hospital System/Clemson University Biomedical Cooperative
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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24 full-time surgery and research faculty members

13 part-time surgery faculty members
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