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Program Director
Core Faculty
William Oppat, M.D.
Program Director
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
General Surgery Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO & Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Australia
Vascular Fellowship: McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Amir Damadi, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Specialty: Colorectal Surgery
Residency: Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital
Fellowship: William Beaumont Hospital
Paraskevi Orfanou, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Specialty: General Surgery
Residency: Wayne State University
Fellowship: ECMO University of Michigan
Michael J. Jacobs, M.D.
Interim Chair Department of Surgery
Specialty: General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: Ascension Providence Hospital
Scott Barnes, D.O.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Residency: McLaren Macomb Medical Center
Fellowship: Detroit Medical Center
Jasneet Bhullar, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: University of Minnesota
Ernesto R. Drelichman, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Colorectal Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: Mayo Medical School College of Medicine
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Linda Dubay, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Yousif H. Goriel, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Zane Hammoud, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Residency: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine
Ramachandra Kolachalam, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General and Laparoscopic Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Nafisa Kuwajerwala, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General Surgery
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital
Fellowship: North Oakland Medical Center
Scott Laker, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Laparoscopic Surgery
Residency: New York University Medical Center
Bellevue Hospital/Manhattan VA Medical Center
Fellowship: Hackensack University Medical Center
Michael W. Lee, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Residency: Indiana University
Alasdair I. McKendrick, M.D. (Emeritus)
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Colorectal Surgery
Residency: Royal College of Medicine and Surgery
Vijay K. Mittal, M.D.
Associate DIO
Specialty: General, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery
Residency: Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital
Fellowship: Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital
Kevin D. Nolan, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
Residency: University of North Carolina Hospital
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Lisa Parker, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery
Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
Fellowship: Baylor University Medical Center
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Sachin Patil, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Residency: Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Fellowship: Ascension Providence Hospital
Ralph D. Pearlman, M.D.
(Emeritus)
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Colorectal Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital
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Pritham P. Reddy, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
Residency: Ascension St. John Hospital
Fellowship: Southern Illinois University
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Jason Rizqallah, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Residency: Wayne State University
Fellowship: Bariatric Surgery training at Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mubashir Sabir, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: New Jersey Bariatrics P.C., University Medical Center of Princeton,
Sumet Silapaswan, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General Surgery
Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital
Fellowship: Roswell Park Memorial Hospital
Ehssan Zare, M.D.
Teaching Physician
Specialty: General Surgery and Trauma/Critical Care Surgery
Residency: Michigan State University/Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Fellowship: Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
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