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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Surgery

Residency · Nashville, TN

Sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Directors Julia Shelton, Susie Lin and Tarek Absi

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Everyone 537Leadership 17Faculty 439Residents 16Publishes with residents 9Staff 31Graduates 9
  • Julia Shelton, MD

    General Surgery Residency Program Director

    Pediatric surgery physician, Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Susie Lin, MD

    Program Director

    Maxillofacial surgery physician, Associate Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Management of orofacial infections

  • Tarek Absi, MD

    Program Director · Papers with 2 residents since 2023

    Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Ischemic Heart Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Molecular biology cardiac valvular diseases, Clinical outcomes research.

  • Deepa Magge, MD

    Associate Program Director

    Complex general surgical oncology physician, Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    GI Cancer Surgery, Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, Colon and Rectal Cancer Surgery

  • Eric Lambright, MD

    Assistant Program Director

    Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor and Chair at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Long-Term Physical HRQOL Decreases After Single Lung as Compared With Double Lung Transplantation, Communication About the Probability of Cancer in Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules

  • Joel Bradley, MD

    Associate Program Director

    Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Diaphragmatic Hernias, Hernias (Inguinal, Ventral, Incision), Sports Hernia/Athletic Pubalgia

  • John Trahanas, MD

    Assistant Program Director

    Surgical critical care physician, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Cardiac Transplantation, Transplant

  • Oliver Gunter, MD, MPH

    Associate Program Director

    Surgical critical care physician, Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH

    Associate Program Director

    Complex general surgical oncology physician, Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Breast Cancer, Melanoma, Breast Cancer in minority populations, Melanoma in minority populations

  • Shannon Eastham, MD

    Associate Program Director

    Surgical critical care physician, Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Christian Crannell, MD

    Director Mentorship Program

    Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Joseph Blankush, MD

    Site Director for Williamson Medical Center

    Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Hernias (Inguinal, Ventral, Incision)

  • Richard Davis, MD

    Site Director for Kijabe, Kenya

    Surgeon, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Shannon McChesney, MD

    VA-Site Program Director, General Surgery Residency

    Colorectal surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Colleen Kiernan, MD, MPH

    Chief, Division of VA General Surgery, TVHS

    Complex general surgical oncology physician, Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Endocrine Disorders of the Adrenal Glands

  • Matthew Spann, MD

    Chief, Division of General Surgery

    Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Naji Abumrad, MD

    Chair Emeritus, Department of Surgery

    Surgeon, John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Diabetes

  • Aaron Eckhauser, MD

    Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine

    Cardiologist, Adjunct Professor at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

  • AM
    Aaron Morrison, MD

    Physician

    Otolaryngologist at Mercy Hospital Springfield

  • Aaron Williams, MD

    Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Heart Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support

  • AA
    Abimbola Ayangbesan, MD

    Physician

    Urologist at Texas Oncology

  • AB
    Adrian Barbul, MD

    Faculty Mentor, General Surgery

    Surgeon

  • Ahmad Rahman

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    Dentist, Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Aimal Khan, MD

    Director, Colorectal Research Center

    Colorectal surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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