DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY LEADERSHIPcolumbiasurgery.org/sites/default/files/about_surgery_organization.pdf · Plastic Surgery Tomoaki Kato, MD Abdominal Organ Transplantation P. Ravi

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Craig R. Smith, MDChair, Department of Surgery; Valentine Mott

Professor of Surgery; Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY LEADERSHIP

Department of Surgery Faculty

Affiliated Columbia & Cornell Faculty

Directors

PAs, NPs, and Nurse Coordinators

Coordinators, Administrators, Managers, and Specialists

Kirsten RobertsDirector, Budget and

Finance

Marlene HaselbauerResidency Program

Coordinator

Benjamin Schwartz, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine (in Surgery);

Director, New Media; Chief Creative Officer, Department

of Surgery

Roman Nowygrod, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery; Director, Medical Student

Clinical Clerkship

Tracey Arnell, MDAssociate Professor of

Surgery at CUMC; Chief , Division of General Surgery;

Vice Chair, Medical Education; Chairman,

Committee on Appointments and Promotions; Director,

General Surgery Residency Program

Jonathan SchwartzDirector of Revenue

Enhancement

Wayne TangDirector, Business

Administration

Lawrence BeilisExecutive Director,

Columbia HeartSource; Chief Financial Officer, Department of Surgery

Christine Hsu Rohde, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Chief of

Microvascular Services; Vice Chair of Faculty

Development and Diversity

James A. Lee, MDEdwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Associate

Professor of Surgical Oncology (in Surgery and in

the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer

Center) at CUMC ; Chief, Endocrine/Thyroid Surgery Section; Director, Adrenal Center; Vice-Chair, New

Media

LEADERSHIP

Saleha AhmedDirector of Human

Resources and Academic Affairs


Craig R. Smith, MDChair, Department of Surgery; Valentine Mott

Professor of Surgery; Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor

Jean C. Emond, MDExecutive Director,

Transplant Initiative; Thomas S. Zimmer

Professor of Surgery;Vice Chair and Director of

Transplantation,NewYork-Presbyterian/

Columbia


Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors



LEADERSHIP

Lourdes RodriguezDirector, Quality Management

William Middlesworth, MD, FACS, FAAP

Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at CUMC;

Quality & Patient Safety Chair, Director, Pediatric ECMO and Pediatric Surgical Residency

Programs, NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Nigel W. Bunnett, B.Sc, PhD

Vice Chair of Research; Professor of Surgical

Sciences (in Surgery and Pharmacology)



Deborah Schwarz, RPA, CIBE

Executive Director, External Affairs; Chief

Communications Officer






Directors



Tracey D. Arnell, MD

General Surgery

Michael Argenziano, MDSection, Cardiac

Surgery

Emile Bacha, MD

Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular

Surgery

Marc Bessler, MD

Minimal Access/Bariatric Surgery

Breast Surgeryand Melanoma

& Sarcoma

DIVISION AND SECTION CHIEFS

John A. Chabot, MD

GI/Endocrine Surgery

Joshua Sonett, MD

Section, GeneralThoracicSurgery

Robert T. Grant, MD

Plastic Surgery

Tomoaki Kato, MD

AbdominalOrgan

Transplantation

P. Ravi Kiran, MBBS, MS, Msc, FRCS,

FACSColorectal

Richard Green, MD

Associate Chief, Cardiac, Thoracic

& Vascular Surgery

Virendra Patel, MD

Section, Vascular Surgery and

Endovascular Interventions

Donna Farber, PhD

Surgical Science

James A. Lee, MD

Section, Endocrine/Thyroid

Surgery

P. Ravi Kiran, MBBS, MS, Msc, FRCS,

FACSThe Center for Innovation and

Outcomes Research

Steven Stylianos, MDPediatric Surgery

Miguel Silva, MD, FACSCenter for

Advanced Surgery

ABDOMINAL ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

Jean C. Emond, MDVice Chair & Chief of Transplantation; Thomas S.

Zimmer Professor of Surgery

Division Administrator: Megan M. Neville, 646.317.4182 Referrals: 855.CUSURGE

Tomoaki Kato, MDChief, Division of Abdominal

Organ Transplantation; Edwin C. & Anne K. Weiskopf

Professor of Surgical Oncology

Adam D. Griesemer, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery

Jean C. Emond, MDVice Chair & Chief of

Transplantation; Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery

Benjamin Samstein, MDChief, Division of Liver

Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical

College

Karim Halazun, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

LIVER ADULT MEDICAL TEAM

(DOVE)

Tomoaki Kato, MDChief, Division of Abdominal Organ

Transplantation; Edwin C. & Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology

Patricia A. Harren, DNPDirector of Clinical Operations; Assistant Professor

of Nursing

LIVER SURGICAL TEAM

(KATO)

Lorna M. Dove, MD, MPHChief, Division of Clinical Hepatology; Professor of

Medicine (in Surgery) at CUMC

Alyson N. Fox, MD, MSCE

Medical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplantation; Assistant

Professor of Medicine

Elizabeth Verna, MD, MSMedical Director, Clinical

Research; Assistant Professor of Medicine

Paul J. Gaglio, MDDirector, Hepatology Outreach;

Professor of Medicine (in Surgery) at CUMC

Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH

Clinical Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and

Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College

Arun Jesudian, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine,

Weill Cornell Medical College

Catherine Lucero, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine,


Brett Fortune, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine,


Julia Wattacheril, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine



Division Administrator: Megan M. Neville, 646.317.4182Referrals: 855.CUSURGE

Jean C. Emond, MDVice Chair & Chief of Transplantation;

Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery



Kristin Abernathy, RNLorin Amanda Albrecht PA-CJanica Barnett, NPCandace Belmore, RNSheila Bradley, NPDamaris Carriero, NPJudith Gang, NPNicole Golden, NPStella Goudie, RNPatricia A. Harren, DNP

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, AND NURSE COORDINATORS

ADULT INTESTINAL TEAM (KATO)

Nicole Kelly, NPLauren Kemph, DNPCalvin Lee, NPLisa Lisanti, PAMonica Nelson, RNN. Kyla Osborne, NPAnna Rundle, NPVeronica Roye, RNKarin Shears, NPMonica Velasco, NP

Patricia A. Harren, DNPDirector of Clinical Operations; Assistant

Professor of Nursing

PEDIATRIC LIVER / INTESTINAL MEDICAL TEAM

(LOBRITTO)

Tomoaki Kato, MDChief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation; Edwin C. & Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical

Oncology

Shilpa Ravella, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

Mercedes Martinez, MDMedical Director, Pediatric Intestinal

Transplantation; Associate Professor of Medicine

Jennifer M. Vittorio, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

Steven J. Lobritto, MDMedical Director, Pediatric Liver

Transplantation; Associate Professor of Medicine


Division Administrator: Megan M. Neville, 646.317.4182 Referrals: 855.CUSURGE

Lloyd E. Ratner, MDSurgical Director, Renal Transplantation;

Professor of Surgery

Kasi McCune, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery

Mark A. Hardy, MDAuchincloss Professor of Surgery;

Director Emeritus & Founder, Renal and Islet Transplantation



KIDNEY/PANCREAS

SURGICAL TEAM

(RATNER)

Roman Nowygrod, MDProfessor of Surgery; Director, Medical

Student Clinical Clerkship

David J. Cohen, MDMedical Director, Renal Transplantation;

Professor of Medicine

Jae H. Chang, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

R. John Crew, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

Geoffrey K. Dube, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

Pedro Rodrigo Sandoval, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Nurse Coordinators

Jessica Brown, RNMaureen Carroll, RNLeigh-Anne Dale, PAJillian Daleo, PAMoya Gallagher, RNErika Fox Green, PAAgnes Kabiri, RN

Joan Kelly, RNJennifer Lione, RNMaxine Morris, RNKimberly Nelson, PAOluremi Williams, NPShefali Patel, NPBrian Runge, RN

Mary Jane Samuels, RNKarin Sobeck, RNKaren Stugensky, PAIbadete Sulejmani, PAJennifer Wexler, RN

Heather K. Morris, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

Sumit Mohan, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

KIDNEY/PANCREAS

ADULT MEDICAL TEAM

(COHEN)

Jean C. Emond, MDVice Chair & Chief of Transplantation; Thomas

S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery

BREAST SURGERY AND MELANOMA & SARCOMA



Directors



Roshni Rao, MDChief, Division of Breast Surgery; Director,Columbia University Clinical Breast Cancer

Program; Vivian L. Milstein Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Margaret Chen, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of Clinical Surgery;

Director of Clinical Operations

Bret Taback, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery;

Director, Melanoma, IL-2 and SarcomaPrograms; Director, Breast Surgery

Fellowship ProgramMichelle Azu, MD, FACS

Director, Breast Surgical Services andAssociate Director, Breast Disease

Management Team, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital;

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC


Lisa Lee, RN

Division Administrator: Darline Victor, 212.342.3911Referrals: 855.CUSURGE

Lisa Wiechmann, MDAssistant Professor of Clinical Surgery


CARDIAC SURGERY



Directors



Michael Argenziano, MD, FACS

Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery; Professor

of Surgery at CUMC; Director, Minimally Invasive

Cardiac Surgery and Arrhythmia Surgery; Program Director,

Cardiothoracic Residency Program

Vinayak Bapat, MBBS, MS, DNB, FRCS

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Director,

Transcatheter Valve Therapy

ADULT CARDIAC (ARGENZIANO)

Isaac George, MDAssistant Professor of

Surgery at CUMC; Surgical Director, Transcatheter

Cardiovascular Therapies Director, Hybrid Coronary

Interventions

Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery; Director, Cardiac

Transplantation; Director, Mechanical Circulatory

Support Program

Henry M. Spotnitz, MDGeorge H. Humphreys, II Professor of Surgery; Vice

Chair, Research & Information Systems

Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Director of Cardiovascular Institute;

Co-Director, Aortic Program; Co-Director, Marfan Clinic; Co-Director, HCM program,

Division of Cardiac, Vascular & Thoracic Surgery, NYP/

Columbia

Syed T. Raza, MD, FACSDirector Cardiac Surgery

Step-down Unit, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mehmet C. Oz, MDProfessor of Surgery at

CUMC

Craig R. Smith, MDChair, Department of

Surgery; Valentine Mott Professor of Surgery; Johnson & Johnson

Distinguished Professor

Koji Takeda, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of

Surgery at CUMC

Emile A. Bacha, MDChief, Division of Cardiac,

Thoracic & Vascular Surgery; Calvin F. Barber

Professor of Surgery; Director, Congenital and

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NYP/Morgan Stanley

Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Weill

Cornell Medical College

Paul J. Chai, MDAssistant Professor of

Surgery at CUMC

David Kalfa, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of

Surgery at CUMC

Paul Kurlansky, MDDirector of Physician Recruitment and QI; Associate Director,

Center for Innovations and Outcomes

Research

Emily GuderianManager, Cardiac

Quality

Cynthia KiphuthProgram Development

Coordinator

HEARTSOURCE(BEILIS)

Tanya Baskins, RN QI RN

Susan J. SchnellDirector of Operations,

HeartSource

Kevin Lotsis Director of Business

Development

Lawrence BeilisChief Financial Officer

Cindy Smith, RN QI RN

Samantha Nemeth Senior Analyst

Emile A. Bacha, MDChief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery;

Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery; Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NYP/Morgan Stanley

Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc


Jan M. Quaegebeur, MD, PhD

Morris and Rose Milstein Professor Emeritus of

Surgery

PEDIATRIC CARDIAC (BACHA)

CARDIAC SURGERY



Directors




Office: 212.305.4902Referrals: 212.342.1155

Ashley Allison

Laura Altman, PA

Laura Antonelli

Krystal Arango

Marisa Ayvaliotis

Eric Beninghof, PA

Jennifer Bricker

Sarah Boss, PA

Katelyn Buckley

Ying Yu Chan, PA

Allison Chang

Autumn Chim, PA

Tiffany Cina

Emily Clark, PA

Tom Cosola

Jenna Constantino

Chris Coughlin

Brad Crerar, PA

Nicole Cruz, PA

Diane DeMartino, PA

Jimmy Doolittle, PA

Marybeth Duffy, NP

Jessica Fox, PA

George Gibbons, PA

Linda Gojcaj

Jonathan Halasan

Jamie Hannigan

Jacquelyn Klein, PA

Allan Mariano

Devin McCoubry

Alexis Michalski

Jessica Panarella

Janey Quinn

Dana Reed, NP

Adele Rockett

Mindi Rodgers, PA

Briana Rubilotta

Alyssa Sarro, PA

Debbie Savarese

Maryann Sous, PA

An Tran

Ken Van Ora

Davide Volpe

Elizabeth Wist, PA

Emmy Xhemali


THORACIC SURGERY

Section Administrator: Mary Allen, 212.305.3139Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors



Richard Green, MDAssociate Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery; Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Emile A. Bacha, MDChief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery;

Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery; Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-

Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC;

Director,Hyperhidrosis

Center

Roy Oommen, MD, MBA


Frank D’Ovidio, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery; Surgical

Director, Lung Transplant Program;

Director, Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion Program

Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, MA

Associate Professor of Surgery; Surgical

Director, Adult ECMO Program; Director,

Pulmonary Thromboendar-

terectomy Program

Michael Ebright, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Mark E. Ginsburg, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC;Surgical Director,Center for Lung

Failure; AssociateDirector, GeneralThoracic Surgery

B. Payne Stanifer, MD, MPH


Joshua R. Sonett, MDChief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery; Edward C.

and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology (in Surgery) at CUMC; Director, The Price Family Center for Comprehnsive Chest Care, Lung and Esophageal Center

Johanna DeutschLauren Funk, PAGina HernandezPatricia A. Jellen, MSN RNCGenevieve Reilly, RN, MSN, FNP-C

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSE

PRACTITIONERS, AND NURSE COORDINATORS

VASCULAR SURGERY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS



Directors



Emile A. Bacha, MDChief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery; Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery;

Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s

Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College\

Danielle Bajakian, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery; Director, Critical Limb

Ischemia Program

Alexander Gart, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of Surgery

Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery; Bi-campus Director of

Clinical Trials; Chief Compliance Officer

Richard Green, MDAssociate Chief, Division of

Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery; Professor of Surgery

Division Administrator: Ana Rosario and Yesenia Suarez, 212.305.1028Information: 212.342.3255Referrals: 855.CUSURGE

Roman Nowygrod, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery; Director, Medical Student Clinical Clerkship

Virendra Patel, MD, MPHChief, Section of Vascular Surgery;

Associate Professor of Surgery

Richard W. Schutzer, MDAssistant Professor at CUMC

Gary Tannenbaum, MD, RVT, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Richard Green, MDAssociate Chief, Division of Cardiac,

Thoracic and Vascular Surgery; Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Michael Vitti, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of Surgery at

CUMC

Francis Porreca, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of Surgery at

CUMC

Virendra Patel, MD, MPHChief, Section of Vascular Surgery;

Associate Professor of Surgery

COLORECTAL SURGERY



Directors



P. Ravi Kiran, MBBS, MS, Msc, FRCS, FACSKenneth A. Forde Professor of Surgery (in Epidemiology),

Columbia University Medical Center and Mailman School of Public Health; Director, Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research;

Chief and Program Director, Division of Colorectal Surgery

Daniel L. Feingold, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Edelman-Jarislowsky Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Daniel Geisler, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Steven A. Lee-Kong, MD, FACS, FASCRS


J. Mark Kiely, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC


Jeanne de Korte, NPVanessa Marra, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CMSRNJessica Rein, PA

Administrator Manager: Darline Victor, 212.342.3911Referrals: 212.342.1155

Erin Testerman, RN, BSN, CWOCNSabrina Toledano, RD, CSO, CDNAnna Varghese, NP

Deborah S. Keller, MD, MSAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

GENERAL SURGERY



Directors



Tracey Arnell, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Chief, Division of

General Surgery; Vice Chair, Medical Education; Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Spencer E. Amory, MDJosé M. Ferrer Professor of Surgery

Katherine Fischkoff, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery and

Critical Care

Zachary L. Gleit, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery; Director of

Surgery, Allen Hospital


Laura Alvarez, NPDanielle Berman, PAInna Yampolsky, PA

Division Administrator: Ana C. Rosario, 212.305.1976Referrals: 855.CUSURGE

Beth R. Hochman, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery and Critical

Care; Associate Medical Director of Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

Amanda Powers, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery and

Critical Care

Yuri W. Novitsky, MD, FACSProfessor of Surgery at CUMC

NDOCRINE URGERY

Division Administrator: Francine Castillo, 212.342.3677Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors



John A. Chabot, MDVP, ColumbiaDoctors; Chief, Division of GI/Endocrine Surgery; David V. Habif

Professor of Clinical Surgery; Executive Director, Pancreas Center

James A. Lee, MDEdwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf

Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology (in Surgery and in the Herbert Irving

Comprehensive Cancer Center) at CUMC ; Chief, Endocrine/Thyroid Surgery

Section; Director, Adrenal Center; Vice-Chair, New Media

John A. Chabot, MDVP, ColumbiaDoctors; Chief, Division of GI/Endocrine Surgery; David V. Habif

Professor of Clinical Surgery; Executive Director, Pancreas Center

Beth A. Schrope, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Surgery; Director, Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program,

Pancreas Center

James A. Lee, MDEdwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf

Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology (in Surgery and in the Herbert Irving

Comprehensive Cancer Center) at CUMC ; Chief, Endocrine/Thyroid Surgery

Section; Director, Adrenal Center; Vice-Chair, New Media

PANCREAS/GI(CHABOT)

ENDOCRINE/THYROID(LEE)

John A. Chabot, MDVP, ColumbiaDoctors; Chief, Division of

GI/Endocrine Surgery; David V. Habif Professor of Clinical Surgery; Executive Director, Pancreas Center

Michael Kluger, MD, MPHAssistant Professor of Surgery; Director of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Research

Program

Jennifer Kuo, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Director of the Thyroid Biopsy Program;

Director of the Endocrine Surgery Research Program

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners andNurse Coordinators

Laurie Chabot, RNPatrick Coty, PADonald Garmon, NP

Deborah Gerszberg, RD, CNSC, CDNPegah Gheitani, PAGabriela Harrington, RN



CENTER FOR ADVANCED SURGERY

NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/LAWRENCE HOSPITAL

Division Administrator: Nicholas Bilas, 212.305.0098Referrals: 914.787.4000



Directors



Allen Chefitz, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Nurse Coordinators Mian Catalano, RDN Kathryn Pisseri, NP

Miguel Silva, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Director, Center for Advanced Surgery,

Lawrence Hospital

Arpan Goel, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at at CUMC

John-Paul Salvatore Bellistri, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Marc Bessler, MDChief, Division of Minimal Access/Bariatric Surgey; Surgical Director, Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery; Medical Director, Surgical Stepdown Unit; United States Surgical Professor of Surgery at the Columbia University Medical Center; Director of

Minimal Access Surgery Center

Beth A. Schrope, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Surgery; Director, Pancreatic

Cyst Surveillance Program, Pancreas Center

ENTER FOR ETABOLIC AND EIGHT OSS URGERY

Division Administrator: Ana C. Rosario, 212.305.1976Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors




Giovanni Dugay, ANP-CEileen Harvey-Coghlan, ANP-CNancy Restuccia, RD (dietician)

Abraham Krikhely, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC



PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Division Administrator: Yesenia Suarez, 212.305.8402Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors



Vincent Duron, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery at

CUMC

William Middlesworth, MD, FACS, FAAP

Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at CUMC; Quality & Patient

Safety Chair, Director, Pediatric ECMO and Pediatric Surgical

Residency Programs, NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Steven S. Rothenberg, MDProfessor of Clinical Surgery

John N. Schullinger, MDProfessor Emeritusof Clinical Surgery

Angela Kadenhe-Chiweshe, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Steven Stylianos, MD Surgeon-in-Chief of the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery; Rudolph N Schullinger Professor of Pediatric Surgery at CUMC

Jeffrey Zitsman, MDProfessor of Surgery at CUMC;Director, Center for Adolescent

Bariatric Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital


PLASTIC SURGERY

Division Administrator: Charise Acevedo, 212.342.5657Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors



Jeffrey A. Ascherman,MDProfessor of Surgery; Site

Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

June K. Wu, MDAssistant Professor

of Surgery

Christine Hsu Rohde, MDAssociate Professor of

Surgery at CUMC; Chief of Microvascular Services; Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Diversity; Chief of Plastic

Surgery, NYP-Lawrence Hospital

Thomas A. Imahiyerobo, MD

Instructor in Surgery at CUMC

Robert T. Grant, MDChief, Combined Divisions of Plastic Surgery, and Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Professor of Surgery; Director, Plastic

Surgery Residency Program

Lloyd A. Hoffman, MDAssociate Professor of

Surgery at CUMC

RANSPLANT NITIATIVE

Administrative Assistant: Eva Ramos, 212.305.1877Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors



Jean C. Emond, MDExecutive Director, Transplant Initiative;

Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery;Vice Chair and Director of Transplantation,

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

Patricia Harren, DNPDirector, Pediatric Transplant Clinical

Operations


P. Ravi Kiran, MBBS, MS, Msc, FRCS, FACSKenneth A. Forde Professor of Surgery (in

Epidemiology) Columbia University Medical Center and Mailman School of Public Health; Director, Center for

Innovation and Outcomes Research; Chief and Program Director, Division of Colorectal Surgery

HE ENTER FOR NNOVATION AND UTCOMES ESEARCH




Directors



Paul A. Kurlansky, MDAssistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health; Associate Director, Center for

Innovation and Outcomes Research

Onur Baser, MS, PhDOutcomes Researcher; Assistant Professor of

Surgical Sciences (in Surgery) at CUMC



Donna Farber, PhDDivision Chief of Surgical Science; George H. Humphreys, II Professor of Surgical Sciences

(in Surgery); Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

SURGICAL SCIENCE




Directors



Giovanni Ferrari, PhDAssociate Professor of Surgical

Sciences

Nigel W. Bunnett, B.Sc, PhDVice Chair of Research; Gerald and Janet Carrus Professor of Surgical Sciences (in

Surgery and Pharmacology)

David H Sachs, MDProfessor of Surgical Sciences (in

Surgery)

Xiaojuan Chen, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Surgical

Sciences (in Surgery)

Kazuhiko Yamada, MD, PhDProfessor of Surgical Sciences (in

Surgery)


COLUMBIA SURGERY CME




Directors



Annmarie Tarleton Events Coordinator

Christine ReinSenior Events Development

Manager

Jessica MeadSenior Events Coordinator

Barbara Leon-GraciaOffice Manager



James A. Lee, MDEdwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Associate Professor of Surgical

Oncology (in Surgery and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center) at CUMC ; Chief, Endocrine/Thyroid Surgery Section; Director, Adrenal

Center; Vice-Chair, New Media

Tracey Arnell, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery at CUMC; Chief , Division of General

Surgery; Vice Chair, Medical Education; Chairman, Committee on Appointments

and Promotions; Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Craig R. Smith, MDChair, Department of Surgery; Valentine Mott Professor of Surgery; Johnson &

Johnson Distinguished Professor

Hearan Choo-Bunnett, MDDirector of CME; Instructor in Surgery

at CUMC;


FINANCE OFFICE & OPERATIONS




Directors




Jennifer JohnsonBilling Compliance

Assistant

Kayhan ParvanehBilling Manager

Sirisha KancharlaAdministrative Manager

Luchy GuzmanAdministrative Coordinator

Leslie-Ann Manganiello

Practice Manager

James QuintanaBilling Manager

Marilyn NodaBilling Manager Mary Ellen Dixon

Billing Manager

Jean BetancourtBilling Compliance

Assistant

Jonathan SchwartzDirector of Revenue

Enhancement

Christian CamiloManager of HR

Operations

Jennifer M. ShermanAssistant Director,

Academic and Faculty Affairs

Saleha AhmedDirector of Human

Resources and Academic Affairs


FINANCE OFFICE & OPERATIONS




Directors



Venus RosaOperationsCoordinator

Jahaira MendezProject Manager

Marilyn WallaceGrants Manager


Francina TaverasManager, Budget &

Finance

Susan J. SchnellDirector of Operations,

HeartSource

Paul Kurlansky, MDDirector of Physician Recruitment and QI; Associate Director,

Center for Innovations and Outcomes

Research

Kevin Lotsis Director of Business

Development

Cindy Smith, RN QI RN

Emily GuderianManager, Cardiac

Quality

Cynthia KiphuthProgram Development

Coordinator

Eric LauFinancial Manager

Jose R. CornielFinancial Coordinator

Tanya Baskins, RN QI RN

Justin NgSenior Clerk

Kirsten RobertsDirector, Budget and

Finance

Wayne TangDirector, Business

Administration

Samantha Nemeth Senior Analyst

Bella CurranFinancial Coordinator

Brian YoonFinancial Analyst

UALITY ANAGEMENT



Directors



Lourdes RodriguezDirector, Quality Management

William Middlesworth, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery; Chair, QACommittee; Director, Regional Program

for Pediatric Trauma



OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Administrative Assistant: 212.304.7810Referrals: 855.CUSURGE



Directors





Annmarie Tarleton Events Coordinator

Christine ReinSenior Events Development

Manager

Jessica ScullySenior Events Coordinator

Barbara Leon-GraciaOffice Manager

Deborah Schwarz, RPA, CIBEExecutive Director, External Affairs;

Chief Communications Officer


NEW MEDIA




Directors



Jumei ShiehWebmaster

James A. Lee, MDEdwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Associate

Professor of Surgical Oncology (in Surgery and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center) at CUMC ; Chief, Endocrine/Thyroid

Surgery Section; Director, Adrenal Center; Vice-Chair, New Media

Lindsay GandolfoSocial Media Content Producer

Benjamin Schwartz, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine (in Surgery); Director, New Media; Chief Creative Officer,

Department of Surgery

ESEARCH NFORMATION YSTEMS




Directors



Barbara ThorntonManager, Information

Systems

Alex Tam (Wai Shun Tam)

User Services Consultant

Programmer/AnalystDean James

Systems EngineerLamaka Opa

Lead IT Technician

Jonathan ResinoDirector, Information Systems

Steve ManswellUser Services

Consultant

Henry M. Spotnitz, MDVice Chair, Research & InformationSystems; George H. Humphreys II

Professor of Surgery;Director, Cardiovascular Surgery

Research Laboratory



Documents

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY LEADERSHIPcolumbiasurgery.org/sites/default/files/about_surgery_organization.pdf · Plastic Surgery Tomoaki Kato, MD Abdominal Organ Transplantation P. Ravi