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The Department of Surgery’s team of experts provide general and specialized surgical services to infants, children and adolescents in convenient locations of care like Andover, Lawrence, Lexington, Milford, North Dartmouth, Norwood, Peabody, Waltham, Weymouth and Boston.

Physicians

Steven J. Fishman, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)

Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Terry Buchmiller, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Catherine Chen, MD, MPH

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Farokh Demehri, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate, Division of Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Belinda Dickie, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Woo Song Do, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Lecturer of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dario Fauza, MD, PhD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD

W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Vice-Chairman of Pediatric General Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital and the Surgical Director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation

W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Heung Bae Kim, MD

Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, & Intestine and Multi-visceral Transplant Programs; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center

Robert C. Shamberger Professorship in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Monica Langer, MD, MS

Director of Global Surgery, Global Health Program; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Eliza Lee, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Craig Lillehei, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Distinguished Chair in Surgical Education

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Biren P. Modi, MD, MPH

Surgical Director, Thyroid Center & CAIR; Director, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Program; Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship; Vice-Chair of Education, Craig W. Lillehei Chair in Surgical Education

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Somala Mohammed, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

David P. Mooney, MD, MPH

Director, Trauma Center; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Prathima Nandivada, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Konstantinos Papadakis, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Mark Puder, MD, PhD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Senior Surgical Advisor for Quality & Safety; Weitzman Family Chair for the Advancement of Quality & Safety; Director, Health Services Research Fellowship in Pediatric

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Robert Shamberger, MD

Chief, Emeritus, Department of Surgery

Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

Khashayar Vakili, MD

Scientific Researcher

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Brent R. Weil, MD, MPH

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD

Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Jill M. Zalieckas, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert, MD, MSc

Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistants

Nikki Check, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery

John Gironda, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery

Kathleen Renzi, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery

Psychologists

Lauren Mednick, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Department of Surgery; Clinical Psychologist, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Advanced Practice Clinicians

Alicia Avola, MSN, RN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery

Kelly Bartkus, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC

General Surgery Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery

Soumey Lui, RN, MSN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center

Caitlin Phinney, MSN, RN, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner, Level II APRN, Department of Surgery, Medicine United with Surgery in Caring for IBD patients (MUSIC) Program

Megan Rabe, MSN, RN, CPNP

Director of Advanced Practice Nursing; Nurse Practitioner, Department of Cardiology

Jennifer Tomich, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner; Clinical Coordinator, Department of Surgery

Staff Nurses