Faculty

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2018 MISS Faculty Subject to change. Please check back for updates Executive Director
	PHILIP R. SCHAUER, MD Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery Bariatric & Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
2018 Colon Program Co-Director
	Bradley R. Davis, MD Professor of Surgery Chief Colon and Rectal Surgery Vice Chair Surgical Education Carolinas Healthcare Charlotte, North Carolina
2018 Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Co-Director
	Stacy A. Brethauer, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Program Director Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Medical Director Supply Chain Management Cleveland Clinic Director of Bariatric Surgery Fairview Hospital Quality Officer, DDSI Immediate Past-President American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Cleveland, Ohio
2018 Foregut Program Co-Director
	William O. Richards, MD Chair and Professor Department of Surgery University of South Alabama College of Medicine Mobile, Alabama
2018 Hernia Program Co-Director
	Guy R. Voeller, MD Professor of Surgery University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee
2018 Metabolic/Bariatric Program Co-Directors
	Professor John B Dixon, MBBS PhD FRACGP FRCP Edin Professorial Research Fellow Clinical Obesity Research Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Adjunct Professor Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute Swinburne University Primary Care Research Unit Monash University Melbourne, Australia
	Bruce M. Wolfe, MD Professor of Surgery Oregon Health and Science University Past-President ASMBS Portland, Oregon
2018 Keynote Speaker
	Conor P. Delaney, MD, PhD Chairman, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute Victor W. Fazio MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Special Guest Speaker and President of SAGES
	Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS President, SAGES Vice Chairman of Surgery Office of Technology & Innovation Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgical Services Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
Special Guest Speaker
	Ted Adams, PhD, DrPH Program and Research Director Intermountain LiVe Well Center Intermountain Salt Lake Clinic Adjunct Associate Professor and Co-Principal Investigator Division of Cardiovascular Genetics Department of Internal Medicine University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah
2018 Colon Faculty
	Bradley R. Davis, MD Professor of Surgery Chief Colon and Rectal Surgery Vice Chair Surgical Education Carolinas Healthcare Charlotte, North Carolina
	Conor P. Delaney, MD, PhD Chairman, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute Victor W. Fazio MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
	Matthew G. Mutch, MD Professor, Surgery Division of General Surgery Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Solon and Bettie Gershman Chair in Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri
	Ian M. Paquette, MD Associate Professor of Surgery University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio
	R. Larry Whelan, MD Professor of Surgery Chief Colon and Rectal Surgery Mount Sinai West New York, New York
2018 Hernia Faculty
	Igor Belyansky, MD Director of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program Chief of General Surgery Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis, Maryland
	Jeffrey E. Janis, MD Professor of Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Surgery Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center President American Society of Plastic Surgeons Columbus, Ohio
	B. Todd Heniford, MD Chief Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Co-Director Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program Carolinas Healthcare System Director Carolinas Hernia Center Clinical Professor of Surgery University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charlotte, North Carolina
	Michael Rosen, MD Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
	Guy R. Voeller, MD Hernia Program Co-Director Professor of Surgery University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee
2018 Foregut Faculty
	Steven DeMeester, MD Professor of Surgery The Oregon Clinic Clinical Professor of Surgery Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon
	Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Director Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery University Hospital of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio
	William O. Richards, MD Foregut Program Co-Director Chair and Professor Department of Surgery University of South Alabama College of Medicine Mobile, Alabama
	Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD, MSc Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee
2018 Enhanced Recovery Faculty
	Stacy A. Brethauer, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Program Director Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Medical Director Supply Chain Management Cleveland Clinic Director of Bariatric Surgery Fairview Hospital Quality Officer, DDSI Immediate Past-President American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Cleveland, Ohio
	Conor P. Delaney, MD, PhD Chairman, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute Victor W. Fazio MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
	Thomas J. Hopkins, MD, MBA Anesthesiologist Pain Medicine Specialist Duke University School of Medicine Durham, North Carolina
	Stephanie B. Jones, MD Associate Professor of Anesthesia Harvard Medical School Vice Chair of Education Department of Anesthesia Critical Care Pain Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
	April Smith, PharmD, BCPS Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Creighton University and CHI Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska
2018 Metabolic/Bariatric Faculty
	Ted Adams, PhD, DrPH Program and Research Director Intermountain LiVe Well Center Intermountain Salt Lake Clinic Adjunct Associate Professor and Co-Principal Investigator Division of Cardiovascular Genetics Department of Internal Medicine University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah
	Ali Aminian, MD Staff Surgeon Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
	Robin P. Blackstone, MD Professor of Surgery University of Arizona School of Medicine Phoenix Perioperative Medical Director Banner University Medical Center/ Banner Health Past President ASMBS Phoenix, Arizona
	Stacy A. Brethauer, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Program Director Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Medical Director Supply Chain Management Cleveland Clinic Director of Bariatric Surgery Fairview Hospital Quality Officer, DDSI Immediate Past-President American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Cleveland, Ohio
	Ricardo Cohen, MD Director The Center For Obesity and Diabetes Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital President IFSO Latin America Chapter São Paulo, Brazil
	John B. Dixon, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, FRCP Professorial Research Fellow Clinical Obesity Research Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Adjunct Professor Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute Swinburne University Primary Care Research Unit Monash University Melbourne, Australia
	Neil Floch, MD Director of Bariatric Surgery Western Connecticut Health Network Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery Frank Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Vermont School of Medicine Director of Norwalk Hospital Norwalk, Connecticut
	Farah A. Husain MD, FACS, FASMBS Assistant Professor of Surgery Division Chief, Bariatric Services Oregon Health & Science University Hospital Portland, Oregon
	Matthew M. Hutter, MD Assistant Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School Associate Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
	Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS President, SAGES Vice Chairman of Surgery Office of Technology & Innovation Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgical Services Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
	Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Director Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery University Hospital of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio
	Matthew Kroh, MD, FACS Institute Chief Associate Professor of Surgery Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
	Kenneth G. MacDonald, Jr., MD Physicians East Greenville, NC
	Georgeann Mallory, RD Executive Director ASMBS Gainesville, FL
	Samer Mattar, MD Bariatric Surgeon Swedish Medical Center President American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Seattle, Washington
	John Morton, MD, MPH Chief Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery Stanford School of Medicine Stanford, California
	Ninh T. Nguyen, MD Chief of Gastrointestinal Division University of California, Irvine Medical Center Orange, California
	Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBS Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga, Tennessee
	Tomasz Rogula, MD Director, Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery Center UH Geauga Medical Center Co-Director, Bariatric Surgery Program UH Geauga Medical Center Associate Professor, Surgery CWRU School of Medicine Cleveland, OH
	Daniel P. Schauer, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio
	Philip R. Schauer, MD Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery Bariatric & Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
	Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School Director Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
	Christopher Thompson, MD Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
	Alan Wittgrove, MD Medical Director Wittgrove Bariatric Center Del Mar, California
	Bruce M. Wolfe, MD Metabolic/Bariatric Program Co-Director Professor of Surgery Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon

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Faculty

Executive Director

2018 Colon Program Co-Director

2018 Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Co-Director

2018 Foregut Program Co-Director

2018 Hernia Program Co-Director

2018 Metabolic/Bariatric Program Co-Directors

2018 Keynote Speaker

Special Guest Speaker and President of SAGES

Special Guest Speaker

2018 Colon Faculty

2018 Hernia Faculty

2018 Foregut Faculty

2018 Enhanced Recovery Faculty

2018 Metabolic/Bariatric Faculty

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Executive Director

2018 Colon Program Co-Director

2018 Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Co-Director

2018 Foregut Program Co-Director

2018 Hernia Program Co-Director

2018 Metabolic/Bariatric Program Co-Directors

2018 Keynote Speaker

Special Guest Speaker and President of SAGES

Special Guest Speaker

2018 Colon Faculty

2018 Hernia Faculty

2018 Foregut Faculty

2018 Enhanced Recovery Faculty

2018 Metabolic/Bariatric Faculty

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