Department of Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate

Administration

UMass Medical School-Baystate logo 759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
Phone: 413-794-5165

Chairs

Nicolas Jabbour, MD, Department Chair
Kevin Moriarty, MD, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Neal Seymour, MD, Vice Chair for Clinical and Educational Affairs

Division Chiefs

Division of Cardiac Surgery: Neal Hadro, MD (Interim)
Division of Colorectal Surgery: Kelly Tyler, MD
Division of General Surgery: John Romanelli, MD
Division of Neurosurgery: Dennis Oh, MD
Division of Pediatric Surgery: Kevin Moriarty, MD
Division of Plastic and Hand Surgery: Pranay Parikh, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology: Richard Arenas, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery: Rose Ganim, MD
Division of Transplantation Surgery: Kenneth McPartland, MD
Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care: Edward Kelly, MD
Division of Urology: Richard Alexander, MD
Division of Vascular Surgery: Neal Hadro, MD

Education Programs

Residency

Surgery Residency

Fellowships

4th Year Electives for Medical Students

Breast Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
General Surgery Acting Internship
Neurosurgery Subinternship
Pediatric Surgery Acting Internship
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Surgical Oncology Acting Internship
Trauma Surgery Acting Internship

Medical Student Core Clerkship

Surgery

Simulation Education

The Baystate Simulation Center and Goldberg Surgical Skills Lab, accredited by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 comprehensive education institute, are under the direction of the Department of Surgery.

Scholarly Activity

Research

Some of the research activities within the department include:

Breast Cancer
Cancer Molecular Biology
Geographic Information System in Healthcare
Pediatric Surgery Clinical Research
Minimally Invasive Instrument Development
Diabetes
Hypothyroidism
N.O.T.E.S. (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery)
Surgery Outcomes
Transplant Research
Virtual Reality Simulation Based Training
Performance Assessment Methodology

Publications

View recent Department of Surgery publications in the Scholarly Commons database.

Non-Clinical Faculty

Aixa Perez Coulter, MS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Gladys Fernandez, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Sallie Schneider, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery

Clinical Faculty

Abdallah K. Alameddine, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Albert I. Alexander, MD

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Reginald Alouidor, MD

Specialties: Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Janivette Alsina, MD

Specialties: General Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Surgical Oncology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Thampi K. Ampadi, MD

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Richard B. Arenas, MD

Specialties: Surgical Oncology
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Gregory T. Banever, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Pediatric General Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Glen S. Brooks, MD

Specialties: Plastic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Yamuna T. Carey, MD

Specialties: General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Jesse T. Casaubon, DO

Specialties: Breast Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Yiming A. Ching, MD

Specialties: Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Steven J. Covici, MD

Specialties: Comprehensive Ophthalmology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
David Wayne Deaton, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Matthew R. DeLuzio, DO

Specialties: Thoracic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Daniel T. Engelman, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery, Critical Care Medicine
- Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Richard M. Engelman, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery
- Clinical Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine
Robert W. Eppsteiner, MD

Specialties: Otolaryngology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Ann-Kristin U. Friedrich, MD

Specialties: Breast Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Stephen J. Gallo, MD

Specialties: Urology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Rose B. Ganim, MD

Specialties: Thoracic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Darius K. Greenbacher, MD

Specialties: Sports Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Shilpa Gulati, MD
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Burritt L. Haag, MD

Specialties: Endocrine Surgery, Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Neal Christopher Hadro, MD

Specialties: Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Nicolas Jabbour, MD

Specialties: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
- Chair and Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Azad A. Jabiev, MD

Specialties: Endocrinology, Endocrine Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kamal K. Kalia, MD

Specialties: Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Tovy H. Kamine, MD

Specialties: General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
David S. Katz, MD

Specialties: General Surgery
- Instructor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Edward Kelly, MD

Specialties: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kristina Z. Kramer, MD

Specialties: Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Matthew D. Kronick, MD

Specialties: Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Jay N. Kuhn, MD

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Aleksandr Kurbanov, MD

Specialties: Transplant Surgery, Nephrology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine
Aleksandr Kurbanov, MD

Specialties: Nephrology, Transplant Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Ziad N. Kutayli, MD

Specialties: Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
David R. Lally, MD

Specialties: Comprehensive Ophthalmology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Andrew Lam, MD

Specialties: Comprehensive Ophthalmology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Craig R. Lareau, MD

Specialties: Foot and Ankle Orthopedic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Jonathan Y. Lee, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mohs Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
John C. Lohlun, MD

Specialties: Nephrology, Transplant Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Robert Lee Madden, MD

Specialties: Transplant Surgery, Nephrology
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Richard T. Martin, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Hand Surgery, Hand Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Holly S. Mason, MD

Specialties: Breast Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Alan D. McClelland, MD

Specialties: General Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kenneth J. McPartland, MD

Specialties: Transplant Surgery, Nephrology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kevin Patrick Moriarty, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hand Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Pediatric Urology, Pediatric General Surgery, General Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
- Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Marvin E. Morris, MD

Specialties: Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Aparajit Naram, MD

Specialties: Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Pediatric Hand Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Katie S. Nason, MD

Specialties: Thoracic Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Marc A. Norris, MD

Specialties: Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Richard Ogbuji, MD

Specialties: Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Dennis S. Oh, MD

Specialties: Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery, Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Pranay M. Parikh, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Hand Surgery, Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kaitlin P. Debbink, MD

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
John R. Romanelli, MD

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
- Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Anthony J. Rousou, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Gabriel E. Ryb, MD

Specialties: General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Siavash Saadat, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Robert N. Schapiro, MD

Specialties: Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Jerry Michael Schreibstein, MD

Specialties: Otolaryngology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Neal E. Seymour, MD

Specialties: General Surgery
- Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Holly K. Sheldon, MD

Specialties: Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Michael J. Spink, DDS, MD

Specialties: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
William E. Swanson, MD

Specialties: Urology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
David B. Tashjian, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Pediatric General Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Michael V. Tirabassi, MD

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Pediatric General Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kelly M. Tyler, MD

Specialties: Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Kelly M. Wanamaker, MD

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Eleanor S. Winston, MD

Specialties: Hospice and Palliative Care, Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Jeffrey C. Wint, MD

Specialties: Hand Surgery
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Bruce I. Wintman, MD

Specialties: Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Jacqueline J. Wu, MD

Specialties: General Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Michael E. Zavaski, MD

Specialties: Urology
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate

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