Meet Our Team | Overview
The Department of Surgery’s team of experts provide general and specialized surgical services to infants, children and adolescents in convenient locations of care like Andover, Lawrence, Lexington, Milford, North Dartmouth, Norwood, Peabody, Waltham, Weymouth and Boston.
Physicians
Read more about Steven J. Fishman, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)
Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Terry Buchmiller, MD
Associate, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Catherine Chen, MD, MPH
Assistant, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Farokh Demehri, MD
Attending, Department of Surgery; Associate, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Belinda Dickie, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Dario Fauza, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD
W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Vice-Chairman of Pediatric General Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital and the Surgical Director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation
W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Heung Bae Kim, MD
Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, & Intestine and Multi-visceral Transplant Programs; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center
Robert C. Shamberger Professorship in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Eliza Lee, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Craig Lillehei, MD
Senior Associate, Department of Surgery; Distinguished Chair in Surgical Education
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Biren P. Modi, MD, MPH
Surgical Director, Thyroid Center & CAIR; Director, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Program; Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship; Vice-Chair of Education, Craig W. Lillehei Chair in Surgical Education
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Somala Mohammed, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about David P. Mooney, MD, MPH
Director, Trauma Center; Assistant, Department of SurgeryDirector, Trauma Center; Assistant, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Prathima Nandivada, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Konstantinos Papadakis, MD
Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Mark Puder, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE
Professor, Department of Surgery; Senior Surgical Advisor for Quality & Safety; Weitzman Family Chair for the Advancement of Quality & Safety; Director, Health Services Research Fellowship in Pediatric
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Robert Shamberger, MD
Chief, Emeritus, Department of Surgery
Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Khashayar Vakili, MD
Scientific Researcher
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Brent R. Weil, MD, MPH
Associate, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD
Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jill M. Zalieckas, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert, MD, MSc
Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center; Attending, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Physician Assistants
Read more about Nikki Check, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery
Read more about John Gironda, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery
Read more about Kathleen Renzi, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery
Psychologists
Read more about Lauren Mednick, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Surgery; Clinical Psychologist, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Advanced Practice Clinicians
Read more about Alicia Avola, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Read more about Kelly Bartkus, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
General Surgery Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Read more about Soumey Lui, RN, MSN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center
Read more about Caitlin Phinney, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Level II APRN, Department of Surgery, Medicine United with Surgery in Caring for IBD patients (MUSIC) Program
Read more about Jennifer Tomich, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner; Clinical Coordinator, Department of Surgery
Staff Nurses
Read more about Vanessa Herrera, BSN
Staff Nurse, Department of Surgery
Read more about Samantha Pillen, BSN
Staff Nurse, Department of Surgery