The following is a list of faculty within the Department of Surgery who have received promotions, and new faculty who joined the department, in the 2023 fiscal year.
Faculty Promotions
Andrew Barbas, MD
Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Linda Cendales, MD
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Gayathri Devi, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences
Professor in Surgery
Matthew Hartwig, MD
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Cordelia Manickam, PhD, DVM
Division of Surgical Sciences
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Sean Montgomery, MD
Division of Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Kristen Rezak, MD
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Kevin Saunders, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences
Associate Professor in Surgery
Heather Waldrop, MD
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
He Xu, MD
Division of Surgical Sciences
Associate Professor in Surgery
New Faculty
Ziv Beckerman, MD
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Dawn Coleman, MD
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Detlev Erdmann, MD, PhD, MHS
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd
Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Adam Johnson, MD, MPH
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jeffrey Keenan, MD
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Young Kim, MD, MS
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Rebecca Knackstedt, MD, PhD
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jay Lee, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Shu Li, PhD
Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Medical Instructor
Virginia Parker, MD
Division of Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
Medical Instructor
Ash Patel, MBBCh
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Marina Tuyishime, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences
Medical Instructor