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H. Richard Alexander, Jr., M.D.
Associate Chairman for Clinical Research, Surgery
Dr. Alexander is an internationally recognized surgical oncologist and clinical researcher. He treats cancer patients at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center and is associate chairman for clinical research in the University of Maryland Department of Surgery.
Dr. Alexander came to the University of Maryland after spending 16 years at the National Institutes of Health, where he served as chief of the surgical metabolism section, chairman of the gastrointestinal malignancies section and deputy director of the NCI's Center for Cancer Research.
Dr. Alexander is recognized for developing innovative techniques to treat patients with advanced cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the liver. One example is isolated hepatic perfusion, a way to circulate high doses of chemotherapy directly into the liver to treat patients with inoperable cancer. With this "closed loop" technique, only the liver is exposed to the chemotherapy, protecting other organs and minimizing the side effects of treatment.
Dr. Alexander received his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in general surgery at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and did a fellowship in surgical oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Surgical Association and the Society of Surgical Oncology. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.
Dr. Alexander has written more than 200 journal articles and has lectured throughout the United States and the world. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Annals of Surgical Oncology. He is a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Annals of Surgery and Surgery.
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Andrea Chao Bafford, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Andrea Bafford is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. As an undergraduate, she received her B.S. in Biology from Cornell University, where she graduated summa cum laude. She went on to receive her M.D. from the Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Bafford completed both an internship and residency in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. She also completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. Dr. Bafford is board certified in both general surgery and colon and rectal surgery.
As a surgeon, Dr. Bafford's special interests include laparoscopic and robotic colon and rectal surgery, sphincter-sparing surgery for colorectal cancer, surgical treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, surgery for anorectal disorders, laparoscopic treatment of diverticulitis, treatment of rectal prolapse, and screening and therapeutic colonoscopy. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is also a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the Association for Academic Surgery.
Dr. Bafford has authored or co-authored numerous publications in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and textbooks. Her research interests are in the microbiology of and surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease.
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Steven I. Hanish, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Hepatobiliary Surgery
Dr. Steven Hanish is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of hepatobiliary surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Hanish then completed a multi-visceral abdominal transplant fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009, he was recruited to Emory University Hospital where he served as both a liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgeron and director of the multidisciplinary liver tumor board.
Dr. Hanish specializes in Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, as well as both kidney and pancreas transplantation. He has expertise in the surgical management of both primary and metastatic disease to the liver. He has a special interest in Cholangiocarcinoma and received subspecialty training in laparascopic liver resection.
Dr. Hanish's research interest focuses on outcomes of liver transplant recipients and those patients with primary hepatic malignancies and the use of MRI in the diagnosis of liver tumors, both benign and malignant. Moreover, he has been active on both the national and local levels in increasing organ donation and process optimization to improve patient outcomes.
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Nader Hanna, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.
Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical Operations for General & Oncologic Surgery
Dr. Hanna, who specializes in treating gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and soft tissue sarcoma, is head of Surgical Oncology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Previously at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, he served as director of gastrointestinal clinical research at the Lucille Markey Cancer Center and associate professor of surgery.
He received his medical degree from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, in 1985; completed his surgical residency at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University; and completed two fellowships at the University of Chicago. He is board-certified in general surgery and surgical oncology.
His research interests include using adenovirus-mediated gene therapy and genetic radiotherapy to treat cancer.
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Ajay Jain, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Ajay Jain is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Most recently, Dr. Jain was a clinical instructor in the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
A graduate of the the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Dr. Jain continued his training as general surgery resident at Johns Hopkins, where he also completed a research fellowship in immunology and oncology and a clinical fellowship in surgical oncology.
Dr. Jain's clinical and research interests include surgical management of melanoma, breast, endocrine and GI cancer surgery, laboratory research in tumor immunology and clinical research in surgical oncology.
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Stephen Kavic, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Dr. Kavic is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.A. in chemistry. He attended medical school at the Yale University School of Medicine. He also received his general surgery residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he served as administrative chief resident. He completed a two-year fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Kavic's clinical interests include minimally invasive abdominal surgery, surgery of the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopy, and the surgical treatment of anorectal disease. He has pursued multiple research projects on colon cell adhesion, clinical outcomes, and quality of life studies.
In addition to being board certified in general surgery, Dr. Kavic has authored or co-authored 25 peer-reviewed scientific papers and chapters. He is also a member of the Association for Surgical Education, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
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Susan B. Kesmodel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Susan Kesmodel is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Most recently, Dr. Kesmodel was a surgical oncology fellow and clinical specialist at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Kesmodel continued her training as a general surgery intern and resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before serving as a surgical oncology fellow at M.D. Anderson.
Dr. Kesmodel specializes in gastrointestinal tumors, pancreatic cancer and melanoma, and is board certified in surgery.
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Mark D. Kligman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Head, Bariatric Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Mark Kligman, an expert in minimally invasive gastric bypass surgery, is head of Bariatric Surgery, assistant professor of surgery, and director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He has performed more than 400 laparoscopic Roux-en-Y operations in the past five years with an outstanding rate of success.
A trained trauma surgeon, Dr. Kligman developed an interest in bariatric surgery while at the Medical College of Ohio, where he served as division chief of trauma/critical care/emergency services and medical director of the surgical intensive care unit. Eventually, he decided to devote the majority of his practice to weight loss surgery.
He received his medical degree from Wayne State University. In addition to a residency and research fellowship at the University of Maryland, he completed fellowships in trauma surgery and surgical critical care at the University of Miami. He has written many articles and given numerous presentations on laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
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Katherine G. Lamond, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Kate Lamond grew up in Maryland and received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She then moved to Charlottesville, Virginia for general surgery training at the University of Virginia. Following residency, she completed a minimally invasive surgery fellowship, including bariatric surgery training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
She operates within the Division of General and Oncologic Surgery as well as the UM Center for Weight Management and Wellness. As a surgeon, Dr. Lamond’s special interests include minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic hernia repair, laparoscopic weight loss surgery, and laparoscpic anti-reflux surgery for GERD.
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John A Olson M.D., Ph.D.
Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of General and Oncologic Surgery
Member, American Surgical Association
John A. Olson, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed the new Head of the Division of General and Oncologic Surgery within the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Department of Surgery.
Dr. Olson is a nationally respected surgeon-scientist who specializes in endocrine and oncologic surgery with an emphasis on cancer of the parathyroid glands, thyroid, and breast. His NIH-funded laboratory focuses on parathyroid disease, and he recently was awarded a NIH R01 grant to study molecular mechanisms of altered calcium sensing in human parathyroid disease. His clinical research interests include development of biomarkers for breast cancer and the study of aromatase inhibitor therapy to improve surgical outcomes for post-menopausal women with breast cancer.
“Dr. Olson has developed a highly ambitious vision for the growth of the clinical, scientific, and educational programs within general and oncologic surgery, specifically within endocrine surgery,” says Stephen T. Bartlett, M.D., Peter Angelos Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery. “With Dr. Olson’s leadership we expect to further expand our strong scientific programs and increase collaboration with other surgical specialties across the department.”
In a study on neoadjuvant aromatase inhibitors sponsored by the American College of Surgeons Oncology group (ACOSOG) and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in June 2011, a research team, co-led by Dr. Matthew Ellis at Washington University in St. Louis and by Dr. Olson at Duke University, found that half of the women in the study who were treated for four months with aromatase inhibitors were able to have breast-conserving surgery instead of mastectomy. Dr. Olson will continue to lead progressive research initiatives to address endocrine tumors and breast cancer in his new role at the University of Maryland.
“It’s exciting to join a team of such dedicated researchers and to feel such institutional support for advancing science and translational medicine,” says Olson. “The University of Maryland is a place that clearly strives to advance medicine and improve patient outcomes, and I am eager to help cultivate continued growth in these areas.”
Dr. Olson joins the University of Maryland from Duke University Medical Center where he was Chief of the Section of Endocrine, Breast, and Oncologic Surgery. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from the University of Florida. He received his general surgery training at Washington University in St. Louis and completed a surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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Jonathan P. Pearl, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jonathan Pearl, MD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Oncologic Surgery. He is a nationally recognized expert in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy. His clinical practice focuses on complicated surgical disorders of the esophagus and stomach. He also has expertise in repair of complex hernias, including multiply recurrent hernias.
Dr Pearl is widely published in leading surgical journals and textbooks. His clinical research focuses on hernia outcomes and techniques. He also has an interest in surgical simulation and resident education.
Dr Pearl joins the faculty at the University of Maryland after serving 13 years in the United States Navy as a General Surgeon. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and received his fellowship training in Advanced Laparoscopy and Endoscopy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
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Devinder Singh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Singh is an assistant professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He was born and raised in Baltimore. He graduated from Brown University for college, Columbia University for medical school, and Yale University for a combined general surgery and plastic surgery residency. He is interested in the full spectrum of cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery, including facial cosmetic surgery, breast reconstruction, breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lifting, liposuction, injectable cosmetic medicine, endoscopic carpal tunnel release, and body contouring after massive weight loss.
His original scientific research on body contouring was presented at national meetings, and he was awarded the Yale Plastic Surgery Research Prize for developing a new approach to treat obstructive nasal air passages during rhinoplasty (nose surgery). While training, he travelled to Brazil and Miami to gain experience in modern trends within cosmetic surgery. Additionally, he spent further elective time at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York where he studied breast reconstruction, including microsurgical techniques required for perforator flaps. In his free time, he has travelled to both Thailand and Honduras for pro bono reconstructive surgery trips to treat children afflicted with cleft lip/palate and various congenital hand disorders.
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Douglas J. Turner, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Dr. Turner is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and staff surgeon at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System in Baltimore.
Dr. Turner was a magna cum laude graduate of Bucknell University, earning a B.S. in chemistry, before going to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his general surgery residency training at the University of Michigan, where he also served as administrative chief resident.
Dr. Turner's clinical interests include thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He's also a very active researcher, dating back to John Hopkins, where he studied models of intestinal apoptosis in ischemia reperfusion models with Timothy G. Buchman, M.D., Ph.D. He also completed a research fellowship while at Michigan, and was awarded an NIH training fellowship in Surgical Gastroenterology under the supervision of Michael W. Mulholland, M.D., Ph.D. During this time he received both the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society Research Fellowship and the Milton J. Bryant/Margaret Arnold Research Award.
He continues his active interest in research with co-mentors Barbara L. Bass, M.D. and Jian-Ying Wang, M.D., Ph.D. His research investigates the molecular mechanisms through which intestinal epithelial migration is regulated after wounding. For this effort he has received the Frederick Plugge Faculty Research Award, the C. James Carrico Faculty Research Fellowship through the American College of Surgeons, and recently a Research Career Development Award through the VA. He has authored or co-authored 16 peer-reviewed scientific papers and chapters. He is also a member of the ACS, AAS, SAGES, SSAT and the AVAS.
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