Research

Faculty Directory (A-Z)

Agarwal, Piyush K., MD —  bladder cancer, urinary microbiome, immunotherapy

Alverdy, John C., MD —  surgical infection, gut microbiome, sepsis

Asafu-Adjei, Denise, MD, MPH  — urology, health services research

Chong, Anita S., PhD —  transplant immunology, tolerance

Gaines, Sarah, MD  — microbiome, vascular fistula

Gupta, Mahesh P., PhD — molecular basis of heart failure, chromatin remodeling

Hanson, Summer E., MD, PhD tissue engineering, lymphatics

Keutgen, Xavier M., MD — pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, PRRT

Madariaga, Maria Lucia, MD  — thoracic, ex vivo organ perfusion, lung cancer

Merkow, Ryan P., MD, MS — surgical quality, outcomes, SIHSR; Vice Chair, Quality & Safety

Modi, Parth K., MD, MS — urologic oncology, health services research

Pocivavsek, Luka, MD, PhD — biomechanics of acute aortic syndromes; AI strategy

Reid, Russell R., MD, PhD — craniofacial tissue engineering, bone biology

Rinker-Schaeffer, Carrie W., PhD — metastasis biology

Sanchez, Pablo G., MD, PhD —  lung transplantation, ex vivo lung perfusion

Shanmugarajah, Kumaran, MD, PhD — machine perfusion, transplant tolerance

Shogan, Benjamin D., MD — microbiome, anastomotic leak, ileus, colorectal cancer recurrence

Shubeck, Sarah P., MD, MS — breast oncology, surgical de-escalation

Skolarus, Ted A., MD, MPH — implementation science, SIHSR director

Vigneswaran, Yalini, MD, MS  — foregut/MIS, bariatric outcomes;

Witkowski, Piotr P., MD, PhD  — islet-cell transplantation, Type 1 diabetes

Zakrison, Tanya L., MD, MPH  — trauma, firearm violence, injury prevention