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Meet Our Core Clinical Faculty

The teaching faculty demonstrate a dedication to resident education.

Program directors, chiefs, and chairman

akay-begum-1003020611.jpgBegum Akay, MD 
Associate program director, general surgery residency

Mark Frikker, MDMark Frikker, MD 
Chief, surgical services 
Chairman, department of general surgery

Felicia Ivascu, MDFelicia Ivascu, MD
Vice chief, surgical services
Chief, surgical critical care
Program director, general surgery residency

Graham Long, MDGraham Long, MD
Associate program director- research, general surgery residency
Medical director, surgical clinical trials office

Nathan Novotny, MDNathan Novotny, MD
Associate program director, general surgery residency

Breast surgery

Nayana Dekhne, MDNayana Dekhne, MD
Medical director, breast clinic
Program director, breast surgery fellowship

kiran-sayee-1043502990.jpgSayee Kiran, MD

Zakiya Shakir, MDZakiya Shakir, MD

Cardiovascular surgery

Franco FazzalariFranco Fazzalari

Phillip Robinson, MDPhillip Robinson, MD

Francis Shannon, MDFrancis Shannon, MD 

Alessandro Vivacqua, MDAlessandro Vivacqua, MD

Colorectal surgery - Red Team

adeyemo-adewunmi.jpgAdewunmi O Adeyemo, MD

bauman-john.jpgJohn Bauman, MD

deshmukh-ganesh.jpgGanesh Deshmukh, MD

krasnick-bradley.jpgBradley Krasnick, MD

Claire Peeples, MDClaire Peeples, MD

Vishnu Pemmaraju, MDpemmaraju_vishnu.jpg

shellnut-jason.jpgJason Shellnut, MD

wasvary-harry.jpgHarry Wasvary, MD

ziegler-matthew.jpgMatthew Ziegler, MD
Program director, colon & rectal surgery fellowship

Endocrine Surgery – Blue Team

Peter Czako, MDPeter Czako, MD

Sapna Nagar, MDSapna Nagar, MD

Surgery - Gold Team

Alexander DeMare, MDAlexander DeMare, MD

Vandad Raofi, MDVandad Raofi, MD

Lavanya Yohanathan, MDLavanya Yohanathan, MD

Surgery - Green Team

David Chengelis, MDDavid Chengelis, MD

Kevin Krause, MDKevin Krause, MD
Chief, bariatric & minimally invasive surgery

Kathryn Ziegler, MDKathryn Ziegler, MD
Medical director, simulation learning institute

Surgery - Orange Team

Anthony Iacco, MDAnthony Iacco, MD
Program director, surgical critical care fellowship

Randy Janczyk, MDRandy Janczyk, MD
Chief, trauma surgery

Surgery - Pink Team

Mark Frikker, MDMark Frikker, MD
Chief, surgical services
Chairman, general surgery

Felicia Ivascu, MDFelicia Ivascu, MD
Vice chief, surgical services
Chief, surgical critical care
Program director, general surgery residency

Sean MastersSean Masters, MD

Surgery – Purple Team

Wesley Barnes, MDWesley Barnes, MD

James Robbins, MDJames Robbins, MD
President, Royal Oak medical staff

Matthew Robbins, MDMatthew Robbins, MD

Surgery – Yellow Team

Jimmi Mangla, MDJimmi Mangla, MD

Mario Villaba, MDMario Villaba, MD

Grosse Pointe surgery

armanii-krikor-1598052995.jpgKrikor Arman, MD

Christopher Scipione, MDChristopher Scipione, MD

Hepatobiliary and transplant surgery

Damanpreet Bedi, MDDamanpreet Bedi, MD
Interim director, transplant outcomes & QAPI

Steve Cohn, MDSteve Cohn, MD

Krishna G Putchakayala, MDKrishna G Putchakayala, MD

Arya Zarinsefat, MDArya Zarinsefat, MD

Pediatric surgery

Begum Akay, MDBegum Akay, MD
Associate program director, general surgery residency

Pavan Brahmamdam, MDPavan Brahmamdam, MD

Nathan Novotny, MDNathan Novotny, MD
Director, reg & international outreach
Associate program director, general surgery residency

Anthony Stallion, MDAnthony Stallion, MD
Chief, pediatric surgery 

Thoracic surgery

Michael Coello, MDMichael Coello, MD

Sang Kim, MDSang Kim, MD 

jamil-kevin-1083864565.jpgKevin Jamil, MD

wahl-caitlin-1245626662.jpgCaitlin Wahl, MD

Thomas WatsonThomas Watson
Chief, thoracic surgery

Vascular surgery

Paul Bove, MDPaul Bove, MD

O William Brown, MDO William Brown, MD
Chief, vascular surgery
Program director, vascular surgery fellowship

Graham Long, MDGraham Long, MD
Associate program director- research, general surgery residency
Medical director, surgical clinical trials office

Matthew Major, MDMatthew Major, MD

Charles Shanley, MDCharles Shanley, MD

Matt Uzieblo, MDMaciej Uzieblo, MD