Core Faculty

William Oppat, M.D.

Program Director

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

General Surgery Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO & Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Australia

Vascular Fellowship: McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Paraskevi Orfanou, M.D.

Associate Program Director

Specialty: General Surgery

Residency: Wayne State University

Fellowship: ECMO University of Michigan

Amir Damadi, M.D.

Associate Program Director

Specialty: Colorectal Surgery

Residency: Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital

Fellowship: William Beaumont Hospital

Michael J. Jacobs, M.D.

Interim Chair Department of Surgery

Specialty: General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: Ascension Providence Hospital

Scott Barnes, D.O.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Residency: McLaren Macomb Medical Center

Fellowship: Detroit Medical Center

Jasneet Bhullar, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: University of Minnesota

Ernesto R. Drelichman, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Colorectal Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: Mayo Medical School College of Medicine

Linda Dubay, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Yousif H. Goriel, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Ramachandra Kolachalam, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General and Laparoscopic Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Nafisa Kuwajerwala, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General Surgery

Residency: William Beaumont Hospital

Fellowship: North Oakland Medical Center

Scott Laker, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Laparoscopic Surgery

Residency: New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital/Manhattan VA Medical Center

Fellowship: Hackensack University Medical Center

Michael W. Lee, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Residency: Indiana University

Alison Maringo, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Vascular Surgeon

Residency: Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center

Fellowship: Rush University

Alasdair I. McKendrick, M.D. (Emeritus)

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Colorectal Surgery

Residency: Royal College of Medicine and Surgery

Vijay K. Mittal, M.D.

Associate DIO

Specialty: General, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery

Residency: Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital

Fellowship: Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital

Kevin D. Nolan, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Residency: University of North Carolina Hospital

Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Lisa Parker, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Residency: Baylor University Medical Center

Fellowship: Baylor University Medical Center

Ralph D. Pearlman, M.D. (Emeritus)

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Colorectal Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital

Pritham P. Reddy, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Residency: Ascension St. John Hospital

Fellowship: Southern Illinois University

Jason Rizqallah, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Residency: Wayne State University

Fellowship: Bariatric Surgery training at Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina

Mubashir Sabir, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: New Jersey Bariatrics P.C., University Medical Center of Princeton

Sumet Silapaswan, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General Surgery

Residency: Ascension Providence Hospital

Fellowship: Roswell Park Memorial Hospital

Ehssan Zare, M.D.

Teaching Physician

Specialty: General Surgery and Trauma/Critical Care Surgery

Residency: Michigan State University/Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital

Fellowship: Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center