Faculty

Planning committee

Jeffrey Blatnik, MD, Course Chair
Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Associate Program Director – General Surgery
Director of Surgical Programs – Washington University Institute for Surgical Education (WISE)
Director – Washington University Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (WUIMIS)

Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD, MBA, FRCS (I), Course Chair
Professor of Surgery, Section of Abdominal Transplant
Director, Liver Transplant, Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Director, Transplant HPB Fellowship Program
Director, Clinical Faculty Development
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Surgery

Peggy Frisella, RN, BSN
Manager of Research Operations, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Faculty

Michael M. Awad, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Jeffrey Blatnik, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Associate Program Director – General Surgery
Director of Surgical Programs – Washington University Institute for Surgical Education (WISE)
Director – Washington University Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (WUIMIS)

Sara Holden, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Arnab Majumder, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Debbie Bennett, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Chief of Section of Breast Imaging
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

Ashton J. Brooks, MD
Clinical Fellow in Surgery

Katherine L. Glover-Collins, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Surgical Oncology

Virginia M. Herrmann, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Surgical Oncology

Julie A, Margenthaler, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Surgical Oncology

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Steven R. Hunt, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency

Matthew G. Mutch, MD
Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Solon and Bettie Gershman Professor of Surgery

Matthew Silviera, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Radhika K. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Paul E. Wise, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency

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Mark Hoofnagle, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Jessica B. Kramer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Douglas J.E. Schuerer, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Melissa Stewart, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Kelly J. Vallar, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery

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