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In This Issue
New Vice Chair
Surgery Residency Video
Shadowing Program
New Faculty
2013 
Annual Report
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Department of Surgery 
2013 Annual Report
2013 Annual Report
Upcoming 
Visiting 
Professors
THE PETER J. MOZDEN VISITING PROFESSORSHIP 
  February 10, 2014
  
Monica Bertagnolli, MD
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

SMITHWICK VISITING PROFESSORSHIP
March 10, 2014
Michael Conte, MD 
Professor and ChiefDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) 
Bostonia Features BMC Trauma Program

Dr. Peter Burke had just finished the morning session of a medical conference at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas when the news flashed on a lobby TV: two bombs had exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, turning an annual celebration into a war zone.

 

Boston Trauma
Boston Trauma Stories
Robin's story is one that could happen to almost anybody. She was riding her bicycle on her way home from work and was hit by a truck. She suffered a devastating head injury that could easily have been life changing or even fatal. 
 
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Department of Surgery Leadership

James Utley Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center
Program Director, Surgery Residency

 

David McAneny, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Surgery  
Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Stephen Sentovich, MD, MBA
Associate Chair for Clinical Operations
Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

 

Tracey Dechert, MD 
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine 

 

Donald Hess, MD

Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine 

Jane Mendez, MD
Clerkship Director

Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine 

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In this issue of our Department of Surgery e-newsletter, read about our Department's new Vice Chair; check out our 2013 Annual Report; watch videos about our Surgery Residency Program and our Trauma Program; see what we are doing to expose medical students to the world of surgery; and meet our new faculty members.
 
Department Appoints New Vice Chair
David McAneny, MD
David McAneny, MD
David McAneny, MD, is the new Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery. In this role, he will also serve as Division Chief of General Surgery and Section Chief of Surgical Oncology. 
 
A graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. McAneny completed his residency at Boston University Medical Center and Boston City Hospital and a Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Surgery at Lahey Clinic Medical Center. 
 
He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons, and an active member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the New England Surgical Society and the Boston Surgical Society. He is also a Past-President of the Medical-Dental Staff of Boston Medical Center, a Past-President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and former Massachusetts state chairman of the Commission on Cancer.
Department of Surgery Residency Program Video 


Shadowing Program - Students Get Early Exposure to Surgery 
Tracey Dechert, MD, discusses a case with a medical student

Tracey Dechert, MD, knows from experience that medical students are exposed to misinformation about the field of surgery. As a woman, she was actively discouraged from becoming a surgeon; as the faculty advisor to the student Surgical Society at BUSM, she often hears students tell her that before their surgical rotation they had never considered surgery because they either didn't understand the field, or held negative perceptions of it.

 

 

New Faculty
George Kasotakis, MD, MPH
George Kasotakis, MD, MPH, Section of Acute Care & Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care  

George Kasotakis, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Staff Physician, Boston Medical Center, received his medical degree from the School of Medicine, University of Crete in Heraklion, Greece. He completed his General Surgery Residency at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE and both a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, Dr. Kasotakis holds a Masters of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. He is currently researching novel anti-inflammatory formulations to mitigate the sequelae of acute lung injury and sepsis, and conducting quality and outcomes research in trauma and emergency surgery.

 

 

Nicole Kissane-Lee, MD, EdM
Nicole Kissane-Lee, MD, EdM, Section of Bariatric Surgery
Nicole Kissane-Lee, MD, EdM, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Staff Physician, Boston Medical Center, is a graduate of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. In addition, she holds a Master of Education from Harvard University. Dr. Kissane-Lee completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL and completed an Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as a Fellowship in Medical Simulation at the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In addition to her role as attending surgeon in the Section of Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Kissane-Lee also serves as Clinical Director of Surgical Simulation at Boston Medical Center and Director of Surgical Education Research for the Department of Surgery. Her clinical and research interests include advanced laparoscopic surgery, metabolic surgery, and the use of simulation in surgical education and surgical research.   

 

 

Hiroko Kunitake, MD, MPH
Hiroko Kunitake, MD, MPH, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Hiroko Kunitake, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Staff Physician, Boston Medical Center, is a graduate of Harvard University and received her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California in Los Angeles, CA. In addition, Dr. Kunitake holds a Master of Public Health from the University of California in Los Angeles, CA. She completed her residency in general surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and completed a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kunitake is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and her clinical and research interests include management of rectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, and research in colorectal surgery outcomes and quality.  

 

 

Ewald Ray Mendeszoon Jr., DPM

Ewald Ray Mendeszoon Jr., DPM, Division of Podiatry Surgery
Ewald Ray Mendeszoon Jr., DPM, Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine, Staff Physician, Boston Medical Center, received his doctor of podiatric medicine from New York College of Podiatric Medicine in New York, NY and completed his residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He is board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. His research and clinical interests include prophylactic and emergent diabetic foot surgery, the pathogenesis and management of Charcot Arthropathy and sports-related injuries.  

 

 

David Negron, DPM, MBA

David Negron, DPM, MBA, Division of Podiatry Surgery
David Negron, DPM, CWS, DABPS, MBA, Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine, Staff Physician, Boston Medical Center, is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany in Albany, NY and received his doctor of podiatric medicine from New York College of Podiatric Medicine in New York, NY. He also holds an MBA from Adelphi University's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business in Garden City, NY. He completed his residency at New York College of Podiatric Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals in New York, NY and a preceptorship at Foot Doctors in Utica, NY. He is board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and as a Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) by the Academy of Wound Management. In addition, Dr. Negron is certified in Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy. His clinical interests include podiatric surgery and wound care with an emphasis on the diabetic foot.  

 

 

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