Faculty

2019 MISS Faculty

Executive Director

PHILIP R. SCHAUER, MD
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
 

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

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

Foregut Program Co-Director

Aurora D. Pryor, MD
President Elect, SAGES
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Chief, Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Division
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center
Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Division of Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, New York

Hernia Program Co-Director

Guy R. Voeller, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

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

Colon Faculty

Bradley R. Davis, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Vice Chair
Surgical Education
Carolinas Healthcare
Charlotte, North Carolina

Jamie A. Cannon, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Colorectal Cancer Service Line
Program Director, Colorectal Residency
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Todd D. Francone, MD MPH FACS FASCRS
Chief, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Director, Robotic Surgery
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Associate Chair, New Technology & Innovation
Staff Surgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts Medical School
Newton, Massachusetts

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

Hernia Faculty

Igor Belyansky, MD
Director of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program
Chief of General Surgery
Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis, Maryland

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

Ajita Prabhu, MD
Hernia Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

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

Foregut Faculty

Steven P. Bowers Jr, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

Marina S. Kurian, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York

Aurora D. Pryor, MD
MISS Foregut Program Co-Director
President Elect, SAGES
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Chief, Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Division
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center
Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Division of Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, New York

William O. Richards, MD
Chair and Professor
Department of Surgery
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Mobile, Alabama

John H. Rodriguez, MD
Director of Surgical Endoscopy
Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

James C. "Butch" Rosser Jr., MD, FACS
General and Laparoscopic Surgeon
Grant Regional Community Clinic
Lancaster, Wisconsin

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

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

David Liska, MD
Department of Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Michael W. Manning, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Division of General, Vascular and Transplant Anesthesia
Duke Cardiovascular Research Center
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Julie K. Marosky Thacker, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Research Unit
Associate Professor of Surgery
Duke University Medical School
Durham, NC
 

April Smith, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Creighton University and CHI Immanuel Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Metabolic/Bariatric Faculty

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

Daniel Cottam, MD
Bariatric Surgeon
Bariatric Medicine Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah

Eric DeMaria, MD, FASMBS,
ASMBS President-Elect
Surgeon
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center
Norfolk, VA

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

Matthew M. Hutter, MD
Assistant Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics and Akers Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital Colorado
Director, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver
Director, Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Aurora, Colorado

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

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
Director
Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition Institute
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Kenneth G. MacDonald, Jr., MD
Physicians East
Greenville, NC

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

Aurora D. Pryor, MD
MISS Foregut Program Co-Director
President Elect, SAGES
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Chief, Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Division
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center
Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Division of Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, New York

John H. Rodriguez, MD
Director of Surgical Endoscopy
Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Joshua E. Roller, M.D.
Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery
Fayetteville, Arkansas

James C. "Butch" Rosser Jr., MD, FACS
General and Laparoscopic Surgeon
Grant Regional Community Clinic
Lancaster, Wisconsin

Philip R. Schauer, MD
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
 

Bruce D. Schirmer, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

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

Dana Alexa Telem, MD, MPH
Director, Michigan Comprehensive Hernia Program
Associate Professor, General Surgery
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Erik B. Wilson, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Texas
Department of Surgery
Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery
Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center
Division Chief, Elective General Surgery
University of Texas Department of Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
Metabolic/Bariatric Program Co-Director
Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon