DEI Committee

Surgery DEI Committee

Faculty Committee Members

Olugbenga Okusanya, MD, FACS Associate Professor
Vice Chair for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
Director, Chest Wall Disorders Center
Director of Simulation Education
Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program
215-955-5562

Babak Abai, MD, FACS Associate Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Vascular Surgery
215-955-8304

Kenneth A. Andreoni, MD Professor
Enterprise Surgeon Leader for Transplant Surgery
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation
Interim Director, Jefferson Transplant Institute
215-955-8920

Adam S. Bodzin, MD Associate Professor
Surgical Director, Liver Tumor Program
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
215-955-8920

Hien T. Dang, PhD J. Wallace Davis and Gail G. Davis Chair in Surgery
Vice Chair for Research
Director, Division of Surgical Research
Assistant Professor
215-955-1621

Aditi Jain, PhD Research Assistant Professor 215-955-2693

George J. Koenig, DO, FACS Associate Professor
Medical Director, Trauma Program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Medical Director, JeffSTAT
Medical Co-Director, Center for Operational Resource Efficiency (CORE) and Transfer Center
215-955-2165

Anirudh Kohli, MD, FACS Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Trauma Program at Lankenau Medical Center
215-955-2165

Ashesh P. Shah, MD, FACS Associate Professor
Director, Division of Transplantation
Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation
215-955-8920

Talar Tatarian, MD, FACS, FASMBS Assistant Professor
Deputy Co-Chair for Clinical Research
Program Director, Advanced Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Co-Vice Chair for Quality
Enterprise Leader for Bariatric Surgery Research
215-955-0020

Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD, FACS Associate Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program
215-955-6996

Staff Committee Members

Cara M. Staley, MSN, AGACNP-BC
Division of Vascular & Endovasular Surgery

 

Sung Whang, DNP, CRNP
Division of Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery