Department of Surgery

Faculty

The objective of the Department of Surgery is to enhance integration of basic sciences with medical education, healthcare delivery and public health policy.

Faculty

The objective of the Department of Surgery is to enhance integration of basic sciences with medical education, healthcare delivery and public health policy.

Samantha Ahle, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Teaching Scholar, Associate Residency Program Director
Hana Ajouz, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Alfred Ayala, PhD

Director of Surgical Research
Katherine A. Baysinger, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Rachel E. Beard, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Teaching Scholar, Associate Residency Program Director
Erin Blais, MS, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Pamela Brissette, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Nicholas Carruthers, MD, RPVI

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Artur Chernoguz, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
David R. Cloutier, MD, FACS

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Joshua T. Cohen, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Travis M. Cotton, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Mark Cunningham, MD

Director of Cardiac Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Dawn Drake, RNP MS

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Annmarie Dunican, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Konstantinos Economopoulos, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Brent Emigh, MSc, MB, BCh

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator, Assistant Trauma Medical Director
Christine Emmick, MD, FACS

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Alexey Fedulov, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery (Research)
Nicholas P. Gabinet, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Teaching Scholar
Linda Giourard, PA

Teaching Associate of Surgery
Rebecca Gologorsky ,MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Bradford C. Gray, MD, FACS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Benjamin Hall, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
David T. Harrington, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Jordan Hebert, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Carl-Christian Jackson, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Steven Katz, MD

Professor of Surgery, Teaching Scholar
Tareq Kheirbek, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Kristen L. Klimm, PA-C

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Adam Klipfel, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Taresa Kulik, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Haley Leesley, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Craig T. Lefort, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery (Research)
Hillary Lorenco, CPNP

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Senior Teaching Associate in Surgery
Stephanie Lueckel, MD, FACS

Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital, Chief, Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Andrew R. Luhrs, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Scholar
Francois I. Luks, MD, PhD, FACS

Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kenneth Lynch, PhD, RNP, MSN

Director of Surgical Education, Associate Professor of Surgery, Teaching Scholar
Kaushik Mandal, MD

Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Sheila Martin, MS RNP

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Lauren Marvell, MSN APRN BC-FNP

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Peter J. Mazzaglia, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Andrew McCarthy, CPNP

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Senior Teaching Associate in Surgery
Richard Anthony Meena, MD, RPVI

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Thomas J. Miner, MD, FACS

Director of Surgical Oncology, Residency Program Director, Professor of Surgery
Sean Farrell Monaghan, MD, FACS

Vice Chair of Research, Associate Professor of Surgery, Research Scholar
Julie Monteagudo, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Teaching Scholar
Carla C. Moreira, MD, RPVI

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator, Associate Residency Program Director
Paul E. Morrissey, MD, FACS

Director of Transplant Surgery, Professor of Surgery
Timothy Murtha, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Teaching Scholar
Thomas Ng, MD

Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Teaching Scholar
Cassandra O'Rourke, OTR/L, BCP

Registered Occupational Therapist
Adena Osband, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Alana Oster, PA-C

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Niel Page, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Gyan Pareek, MD, FACS

Director of Urology, Krishnamurthi Family Professor of Urology, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Medicine
Andrea S. Parker, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Robert K. Parker, MD MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Thach Pham, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Daniel Piascik, PA-C

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Amy Pilotte, ANP-BC

Adult Nurse Practitioner
Manuel Portalatin, DO

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Aurora D. Pryor, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Chair of Surgery
Elizabeth J. Renaud, MD, FACS, FAAP

Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator, Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Leslie Roth, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
G. Dean Roye, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Cristina Ruggieri, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Beth A. Ryder, MD, FACS

Chief of General Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator, Professor of Medical Science
Beth Sawyer, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Steven Schechter, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Laura Scrimgeour, MD

Surgical Director of Structural Heart Disease, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Veronica Seippel, MSN AGACNPP-BC

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Frank W. Sellke, MD

Karl E. Karlson, MD and Gloria A. Karlson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery
Josephine Shalhab, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Megan Silveira, MSN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Teaching Associate in Surgery
Jeffrey M. Slaiby, MD, FACS, RPVI

Director of Vascular Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Peter Soden, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Neel R. Sodha, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Holden Spivak, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Todd S. Stafford, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Andrew Stephen, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Charu Taneja, MD

Interim Chief of Breast Surgery, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Julia Tassinari, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Angela Togba, MSN AGACNP-BC

Teaching Associate in Surgery
Christina M. Travisono, PA-C

Physician Assistant
James Valente, MD

Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Newport Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Matthew D. Vrees, MD

Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, The Miriam Hospital, Interim Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Sherry Walters, NP-C

Nurse Practitioner, Teaching Associate in Surgery
Elisa Wasilewski, PA-C, MSHS

Physician Assistant
Russell White, MD

Clinical Professor of Surgery
Doreen Wiggins, MD, FACS, FACOG, MHL

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC

Professor of Surgery
David Yuh, MD

Co-Director of Minimally Invasive and Valve Surgery, Surgical Director of Heart Failure Surgery and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator