Given the incredible influx of new hires, we wanted to send out a special announcement apart from the newsletter to introduce them all. Names, divisions, and roles are included below.
(Current folks - hope you're paying attention... There will be a test later)
So please join us in welcoming Surgery's newest faculty and staff!
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Vinay Kumaran, MD
Associate Professor
Transplant Surgery
5/1/2019
Dr. Kumaran has a medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India, where he also served a residency. He completed his fellowship training at the Thomas Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is a founding member of the Liver Transplantation Society of India and is a member of the International Liver Transplantation Society and American Society of Transplant Surgeons. An expert in living liver donation, he has performed more than 700 living liver surgeries and has been a consultant to medical centers establishing living liver donor programs.
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Sarah Krzastek, MD
VAMC Affiliate
Urology
7/22/2019
Dr. Krzastek received her medical degree from VCU and residency training in surgical urology at VCU Health (HS '18). She completed her fellowship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and returns to Richmond to join the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center and as affiliate faculty with VCU Surgery. Her specific areas of interest include men's sexual health and andrology.
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Rebecca Zee, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Urology
7/29/2019
Dr. Zee received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Boston University and Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in urology at UVA and her fellowship in pediatric urology at Children's National Medical Center. Her academic interests include prenatal hydronephrosis, robotic urologic surgery, vesicoureteral reflux, correction of urinary tract obstruction, hypospadias, undescended testis and resident education. She is involved in the Societies for Fetal Urology Prenatal Hydronephrosis Registry and has an interest in quality improvement.
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Seung Duk Lee, MD, PhD
Instructor
Transplant Surgery
8/1/2019
Dr. Lee received his medical degree from Seoul National University in South Korea where he also completed a five-year residency in general surgery. He then completed his fellowship at the National Cancer Center to include Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgery and living donor liver transplant. Most recently he completed a clinical fellowship at UVA in transplant surgery. His clinical interests include living donor liver transplant and liver resection with minimally invasive approaches for HCC and liver metastasis. His research interests include liver regeneration, novel biomarkers of HCC, and ICG based photodynamic therapy for HCC.
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Aamir Khan, MD
Instructor
Transplant Surgery
8/1/2019
Dr. Khan received his medical degree from ASCOMS in Jammu, India and completed his surgical residency at SKIMS. After completing a transplant fellowship at the University of Iowa, he joined VCU's Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship program which he completed in July before joining the Division of Transplant Surgery. His clinical specialties include liver, pancreas, and kidney transplant, hepatobiliary surgery, dialysis access, and robotic and laparoscopic surgery in transplant patients. His research interests include organ preservation, islet cell transplantation, robotic surgery, and outcomes in donor surgery.
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Jason Sulkowski, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Surgery
8/12/2019
Dr. Sulkowski received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then completed his residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and then fellowship at Children's National Medical Center. His research interests include clinical outcomes research with a particular interest in colorectal diseases.
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Daniel Newton, MD
Assistant Professor
Vascular Surgery
8/26/2019
Dr. Newton received his medical degree from VCU School of Medicine and completed a General Surgery Residency at VCU Health (HS '17). He received his fellowship training at the University of Pennsylvania. His clinical interests include open and endovascular repair of the aorta, vascular reconstruction for oncologic resections, hemodialysis access, and peripheral artery disease. His research interests include reducing perioperative stroke in endovascular procedures, surgical education, and pathways for enhanced recovery after vascular surgery.
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David Bruno, MD
Associate Professor
Transplant Surgery
8/26/2019
Dr. Bruno received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., where he also completed his surgical residency. He later served as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health and completed a fellowship in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation at Emory University. Dr. Bruno was previously at the University of Maryland where he was on faculty as Assistant Professor and served as director of their transplant fellowship program.
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Mena Dous, MHA
Associate Administrator
Transplant Surgery & Bariatric/GI Surgery
8/12/2019
A graduate from VCU, Mena joins us from Bon Secours where he served as the Program Manager for Clinical Operations. As our newest Associate Administrator, he will support both the Division of Transplant Surgery as well as the Division of Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgery.
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Davis Roche
MHA Intern
Surgery Administration
8/12/2019
Davis is a current VCU student in the Master's of Health Administration program with the School of Allied Health Professions. He will be working closely with Surgery administration on a variety of projects and administrative functions to provide real-life experience during his educational training.
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Malerie Everhart, Cassie Crane, Candice Combs, & Regan Gifford
Project Empower
Malerie, Candice, and Regan are our newest Project Empower Advocates with the Injury & Violence Prevention Program. Cassie is Empower's newest therapist. All work hand-in-hand with victims of sexual and domestic violence as advocates for their care and partners in their healing and well-being once they leave VCU.
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Ashley Iglesias & Sabian Gresham
Administrative Assistants
ACSS
Ashley joins us from Fredericksburg where she has worked in healthcare for over 13 years. Sabian comes to us from Bon Secours where she worked as a unit secretary for the Progressive Care Unit. Both will be supporting several surgeons within the Division of Acute Care Surgical Services.
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