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
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
 Trauma Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Program
Director of Global Surgery, and Chair of DEI Task Force, Department of Surgery
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)