Department of Surgery Primary Faculty 

Faculty A-C D-H I-M N-Q R-S T-Z 

Mustafa Akyurek, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Karim Alavi, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Joseph M. Arcidi, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Cardiac Surgery

Elias J. Arous, MD 
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Surgery, Memorial Campus
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

K.C. Balaji, MD
Professor of Surgery, Cell Biology and Cancer Biology
Specialty: Urology

 Adel Bozorgzadeh, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Solid Organ Transplantation
Specialty: Multi-Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Mitchell A. Cahan, MD 
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

John M. Castle, MD 
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Oguz I. Cataltepe, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Specialty: Pediatric Neurosurgery

Aleksander Chudnovsky, MD
Director, Andrology, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Urology

Philip A. Cohen, MD
Instructor- Minimally Invasive Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Hongyi Cui, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Bruce S. Cutler, MD 
Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Donald R. Czerniach Jr., MD 
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery