Surgery Faculty

Leadership

R. Philip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Breast Disease

Benjamin W. Dart, MD, FACS
Professor, Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Medical Director, Skills and Simulation Lab
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
Associate Professor and Program Director,
Surgery Residency, Program Director,
Transition To Practice Fellowship
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Endocrinology Surgery

Richard A. Moore, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor and Associate Program Director,
Surgery Residency
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine (PA)
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Robert A. Maxwell, MD, FACS
Professor and Program Director,
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

Charles S. Joels, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor and Program Director,
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Daniel Stanley, MD, FACS
Professor and Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship,
Clerkship Director, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: Indiana University HospitalSpecialty: General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery

Faculty

Coleman L. Arnold, MD, FACS Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery

Donald E. Barker, MD, FACS Professor, Intreim Cheif Medical Officer
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Trauma

Dave Bhattacharya, MD
Assistant Professor Medical School: Univeristy of Tennessee
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Michael G. Carr, MD, FACS, FAAP
Director of Clinical Simulation Education Medical School: University of Louisville
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Todd Cockerham, MD, FACS
Assistant Porfessor Medical School: University of Arkansas
Specialty: General Surgery

Daniel F. Fisher, Jr, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: Tennessee State University
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Jeremy G. Fisher, MD, FACS Assistant Professor Medical School: Emory School of Medicine Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Michael S. Greer, MD, FACS
Associate Porfessor Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: Vascualr Surgery

Stephen H. Greer, MD, FACS Assistant Professor Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Specialty: General Surgery

John Huggins, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: University of Alabama
Specialty: General Surgery

Darren Hunt, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: Mercer School of Medicine
Specialty: Trauma Surgery and Critical Care Surgery

Glendon A. Hyde, MD, FACS Assistant Professor Medical School: University of Tennessee Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Robert Jean, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: University of South Alabama
Specialty: General Surgery

Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS Associate Professor Medical School: Missouri State University Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Benjamin Kellogg, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery

Alan J. Koffron, MD, FACS Professor Medical School: University of Iowa Specialty: Transplant

Julie A. Koffron, MD, FACS Assistant Professor Medical School: University of Michigan Specialty: HPB (Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery)

Curt S. Koontz, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: Wake Forrest University
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Shauna Lorenzo-Rivero, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: Washington University
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Vicente Mejia, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: Universidad de Caldus (Colombia)
Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

Eric C. Nelson, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: Loma Linda University
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

S. Michael Roe, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Specialty: General Surgery

Karen P. Rudolph, MD, RPVI
Assistant Professor Medical School: UAB
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Lisa A. Smith, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: Hahnemann University
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Philip W. Smith, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: East Tennessee State University
Specialty: Surgical Critical Care and General Surgery

Craig Swafford, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery

Alvaro A. Valle, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Medical School: Universidad Nacional Nicaragua
Specialty: Surgical Oncology and General Surgery

Laura E. Witherspoon, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Specialty: General Surgery