Department of Surgery News & Updates
In this issue of our Department of Surgery e-newsletter, learn about new faculty who joined our group, read our Annual Report and watch a video about our Surgery Residency Program.

Annual Report 2016

The Department of Surgery is pleased to share our Annual Report with you. We are proud of our faculty, residents and staff and the progress we have made this year.  


Surgery Residency Program Video

The Surgery Residency Program at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine provides residents with the range and depth of academic experience and academic exposure required to develop superior surgical skills and an ability to make mature, informed, independent judgments. 

Jason F. Hall, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS, joins the Department of Surgery as new Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Jason F. Hall, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS
Section Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Boston Medical Center
Co-Director, Dempsey Center for Digestive Disorders, Boston Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Jason Hall is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross (cum laude). He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School as well as a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and served as the Churchill Assistant in Surgery (Super-Chief Resident). Dr. Hall completed a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. 

He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Dr. Hall has received a traveling fellowship from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, holds leadership positions in a number of national and regional societies and has an active research career. 

Dr. Hall's clinical interests include: colorectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, anorectal conditions and surgery, and sphincter sparing surgery.
Welcoming New Faculty

F. Thurston Drake, MD, MPH 
Attending Surgeon, Section of Surgical Endocrinology, Boston Medical Center
Laszlo N. Tauber Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Drake received his Medical Degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT and a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He completed a residency in General Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center and a Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in San Francisco, CA. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. 
His research and clinical interests include: general surgery and endocrine surgery (including surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands), improving outcomes for common surgical diseases, innovations in surgical education and improving access to surgical care in the developing world.

Luise I. Pernar, MD
Attending Surgeon, Section of Minimally Invasive and Weight Loss Surgery, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine (recommended for)

Dr. Pernar received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. She completed a residency in General Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, followed by a fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery also at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. 
Her clinical and research interests include: laparoscopic bariatric surgery, hernia surgery, gallbladder surgery, foregut surgery, endoscopy, surgical education and surgical outcomes.

Sabrina E. Sanchez, MD, MPH 
Attending Surgeon, Sections of Acute Care & Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine (recommended for)

Dr. Sanchez received her Medical Degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine in Chicago, IL and a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She completed a residency in General Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center and a Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, MI. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. 
Her clinical and research interests include: geriatric surgery, long term quality of life after trauma, palliative care in surgical ICU settings, and resident education and well-being.

Kei Suzuki, MD
Attending Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine (recommended for)

Dr. Suzuki received his Medical Degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, NY and a Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's (MSKCC) joint program with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College (NYPH/WCMC). 
He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery.  His research and clinical interests include: prognostication and tumor immunology of early lung adenocarcinoma and robotic surgery.
Upcoming Visiting Professors


Peter J. Mozden, MD, Visiting Professorship in Surgical Oncology
Friday, October 28, 2016


Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS
Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery 
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Chief, Endocrine Surgery,  University of Chicago Medical Center




Smithwick Visiting Professorship in Vascular Surgery
Friday, March 24, 2017


R. Clement Darling, III, MD, FACS
Chief, Vascular Surgery, Albany Medical Center Hospital
Professor of Surgery,  Albany Medical College




George H. Clowes, Jr., MD, Trauma Lecture and Visiting Professorship
Friday, May 5, 2017



Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, 
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University 
Surgeon-in-Chief, Temple University Health System  

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