Department of Surgery Primary Faculty

Francesco A. Aiello, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Physician Executive, Revenue Cycle Performance
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Jeremy T. Aidlen, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Urology
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Specialty: Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), Adolescent Obesity,
Neonatal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and Trauma Surgery

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

Karim Alavi, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Department of Surgery Research Core
Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Tess Aulet, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Leora B. Balsam, MD
Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Cardiac Surgery

Laurence J. Belin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Transplant Surgery and General Surgery

Laura Boitano, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Gweniviere Capron, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: General and Laparoscopic Surgery

James Carroll, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) 

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

Nicole B. Cherng, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Advanced GI MIS Fellowship
Specialty: General Surgery, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)

Muriel A. Cleary, MD, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery, Congenital Neonatal Surgery,
Minimally Invasive Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic & Colorectal Surgery

Hongyi Cui, MD, PhD, FACS, FICS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Director of Acute Care Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) 

Donald R. Czerniach Jr., MD, FACS, FASMBS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)