Faculty Promotions
Matthew Hartwig, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
with Tenure
Hadiza S. Kazaure, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Kevin O. Saunders, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences
Associate Professor of Surgery
Faculty Honors
Andrew S. Barbas, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Received the Basic Science Research Track Scholarship from the Duke Office of Physician-Scientist Development.
Lola Fayanju, MD, MPHS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Selected to serve on the Editorial Board for the Breast Oncology Section of the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
Rachel A. Greenup, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Named Deputy Director of the Duke Surgical Center for Outcomes Research (SCORES).
David H. Harpole Jr., MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Selected as Conference President for the World Congress of Lung Cancer in September 2021.
Michael E. Lidsky, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Received the Duke Strong Start Physician-Scientist Award from the Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Office for Physician-Scientist Development.
Lisa M. McElroy, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Received a Harold Amos Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Health Disparities Research Education Program Scholarship from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.
Julie K. M. Thacker, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Selected for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® Program at Drexel University College of Medicine.
New Faculty
Benjamin L. Hechler, MD, DDS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Clinical and research interests include head and neck cancer, including salivary gland cancer, outcome predictors in head and neck tumors, soft tissue and bony pathology of the head and neck; facial trauma; surgical and inflammatory temporomandibular joint disorders; and malformations of the face, head, and neck.
Danielle K. Scheafer, DO
Medical Instructor
Division of Emergency Medicine
Clinical and research interests include emergency medical services; efficacy of non-narcotic pain medication versus narcotic pain medication and the frequency of ketamine use in the pre-hospital setting; work-up of trauma patients from outlying facilities, delay of transport, patient complications, and mortality rate.
Lindsey M. White, MD
Medical Instructor
Division of Emergency Medicine
Clinical and research interests include social aspects of emergency medicine, obstetric and gynecologic emergencies, and forensic emergency medicine.
Zachary F. Williams, MD
Medical Instructor
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Clinical and research interests include vascular and endovascular surgery, clinical outcomes in peripheral artery disease, and quality improvement in OR efficiency.
Kewei Zhang, MD
Medical Instructor
Division of Emergency Medicine
Clinical and research interests include medical education, specifically interprofessional interactions and their role in trainee wellness, structural vs individual causes for moral injury/physician burnout, and metacognition in the diagnostic processes of Emergency Medicine physicians.