Faculty & Leadership

The surgical faculty at MMC is comprised of excellent, busy clinical surgeons. The magnet attracting them to MMC is the opportunity to teach medical students and residents and to continue to bring new ideas and technology to the bedside and to the operating room.

The teaching staff includes surgeons who received their training at MMC as well as those whose training and experience were in institutions across the country. Many have held faculty positions in other University programs and all hold current faculty positions at the Tufts School of Medicine. Both individually and as a group, the faculty balances an interest in the broad aspects of their specialty as well as one or more subspecialty focuses, such as Transplantation, Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Oncology, etc. The relatively small size of the MMC Surgical Residency encourages close contact with this faculty and results in a strong sense of mutual respect and support.

Program Leadership

Jaswin Sawhney, MD

Surgical Residency Program Director

Internship: Mayo Clinic– General Surgery
Residency: Christiana Care Hospital System – General Surgery
Residency: University of Pittsburgh – Hand Surgery
Fellowship: Tulane University – Clinical Research
Fellowship: Brown University School of Medicine – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialties: Surgical Critical Care, Surgery of the Hand

Heidi Miller, MD

Associate Program Director

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center – Minimally Invasive Surgery
Subspecialty: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics

Chris Turner, MD

Associate Program Director

Medical School: Columbia University School of Medicine
Residency: SUNY Down State Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan - Pediatric Surgery
Graduate Education: Harvard School of Public Health
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

Administrative Leadership

Brian Nolan, MD

Surgeon in Chief

Medical School: University of Connecticut
Internship: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

Faculty

Marie Audett, MD

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Hospital – Colon and Rectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Meredith Baker, MD

Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital – Pediatric Surgery
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NY-Presbyterian
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

Paul Bloch, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Residency: University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics - General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics – Surgical Infectious Disease
Fellowship: Eastern Virginia Medical School – Vascular Surgery
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

Anna Boniakowski, MD

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: University of Michigan Medical Center
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Jennifer Burg, MD

Medical School: Perelman School Of Medicine At The University Of Pennsylvania
Residency: Oregon Health and Science University - Surgery
Subspecialty: Thoracic Surgery

Thomas Brady, MD

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Maine Medical Center - Genera Surgery
Subspecialty: Colorectal Surgery

Damion Carter, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: University of Washington Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Harborview Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care, Burn & Soft Tissue

Bruce Chung, MD

Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center
Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care, Burn & Soft Tissue

David Ciraulo, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship: Peninsula Hospital Center - Transitional
Residency: Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Hartford Hospital – Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Daniel Cullinane, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Georgetown University – General Surgery
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University – Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Sarah Deery, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital – General Surgery
Fellowship: John Hopkins University
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

Elizabeth Desjardin, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Northwestern University Medical School – Breast Surgery
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology (Breast)

Jon Dreifus, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Georgia Baptist Medical Center – Laparoscopic Surgery
Subspecialty: Laparoscopic Surgery

Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Residency: New England Deaconess - General Surgery
Fellowship: Tufts New England Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

Timothy Fitzgerald, MD

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical Center
Residency: University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Washington Hospital Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Toronto – Surgical Oncology
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology

Kristina Giles, MD

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Lee Hallagan, MD

Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in Surgery

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Jeffrey Halter, MD

Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Ohio State University College of Medicine – Pediatric Surgery
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

Gary Hochheiser, MD

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Thoracic Surgery
Subspecialty: Thoracic Surgery

Kathreen Lee, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Surgery
Fellowship: State University of New York at Stony Brook – Colon and Rectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Dougald MacGillivray, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: New York Hospital – Cornell University Medical College - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology

Joseph Mack, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Colon and Rectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Cathel MacLeod, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Rush-Presbyterian – St. Luke’s Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics – Colorectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colorectal Surgery

Kimberly Malka, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Baird Mallory, MD

Medical School: University of British Columbia
Residency: Montreal General Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Sainte-Justine’s Hospital
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

Brittany Misercola, MD

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center - Surgery
Subspecialty: General Surgery

Bryan Morse, MD

Medical School: University of South Carolina
Residency: Greenville Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Emory University – Surgical Critical Care

Juan Palma-Vargas, MD

Medical School: University of Guadalajara
Internship: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Med – General Surgery
Residency: El instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/Western Medical Center
Residency: Maine Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center - Transplantation
Subspecialty: Surgery, Transplantation

Kartikey Pandya, MD

Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Michigan Medical School – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: Montreal Children’s Hospital –Pediatric Surgery
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

Syed Quadri, MD

Medical School: McMaster University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Toronto Hospitals - Surgery
Residency: University of Toronto Hospitals – Thoracic Surgery
Fellowship: University of Toronto Hospitals – Thoracic Surgery
Specialty: Thoracic Surgery

Shantanu Razdan, MD

Medical School: Grant Medical College
Residency: Harlem Hospital – Columbia University – General Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery

M. Parker Roberts, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Tulane University and the University of Texas Affiliated Hospitals - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Colorectal Surgery

Stacey Rotta, MD

Medical School: University of California Davis School of Medicine
Internship: Hospital of St. Raphael
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: UC Davis Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Richard Royal, MD

Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University
Residency: York Hospital
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati – Pediatric Surgery
Fellowship: National Cancer Institute of Health – Surgical Oncology
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center – Surgical Oncology
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology

Kirk Sahagian, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Bariatric and Colorectal Surgery

Forest Sheppard, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Colorado Denver – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Eric Shurtleff, DO

Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Internship: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine - Surgery
Fellowship: University of California Davis School of Medicine – Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship: University of California Davis School of Medicine
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Jillian Smith, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical School - Surgery
Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center – Complex Surgical Oncology
Subspecialty: Complex Surgical Oncology, Breast)

Paige Teller, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Emory University Hospital
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology (Breast)

Lindsay Tse, DO

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: Houston Methodist Hospital – Laparoscopic Surgery
Subspecialty: Laparoscopic Surgery

Elizabeth Turner, MD

Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital - Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Laura Withers, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Orlando Regional Healthcare, Surgical Critical Care
Orlando Regional Healthcare, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

Leslie Wu, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital - Endocrine Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery