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Faculty: St. Joseph General Surgery Residency

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health’s St. Joseph Medical Center and community-based specialty groups give tremendous support and educational opportunities for our program. Below are the faculty members that are a part of our program.

Program director

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Shalini R. Kanneganti, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Colo-rectal surgery
   

Bariatric surgery

Haroon Anwar, MD

Haroon P. Anwar, MD

Shanley Deal, MD

Shanley Deal, MD

Troy Houseworth, MD, FACS

Troy P. Houseworth, MD, FACS

Breast surgery

Bindupriya Chandrasekaran, MD

Bindupriya Chandrasekaran, MD

Cardiothoracic surgery

Thomas “TJ” Templin, MD

Thomas (TJ) P. Templin, MD

Daniel Cuadrado, MD

Daniel Cuadrado, MD

Craig Hampton, MD, FACS

Craig Hampton, MD, FACS

Jamal Anyalebechi, MD

Jamal Anyalebechi, MD

Timothy James, MD

Timothy James, MD

Andrew Forbes, MD

Andrew Forbes, MD

David Stuesse, MD

David Stuesse, MD

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Andrew Mesher, MD

Gastroenterology

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Kyung W. Noh, MD

Ioannis Papadopoulos, MD

Ioannis Papadopoulos, MD

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Mark Potter, DO

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Spencer S. Root, MD

General surgery/hepatobiliary surgery

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Eugene S. Cho, MD, FACS

Anna Hubbard, MD

Anna Hubbard, MD

Joshua G. Barton, MD

Joshua G. Barton, MD, MBA, FACS

Robert Brasch, MD

Robert Brasch, MD

Oliver Andrew, DO

Oliver Andrew, DO

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Steven Giss, MD, FACS

General Surgery
St. Anthony Hospital

 

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Linda Pai, MD, FACS

General Surgery
St. Anthony Hospital

 

 

Head and neck surgery

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Douglas M. Sorensen, MD, FACS

Pediatric surgery

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Stephanie P. Acierno, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP

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Elizabeth (Liz) Berdan, MD, MS, FAAP, FAPSA

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Meade P. Barlow, MD, FACS, FAAP

 

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Mauricio (Tony) Escobar, Jr., MD, FACS, FAAP

   

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Randall M. Holland, MD, FACS

Sean Ciullo, MD

Sean Ciullo, MD

Gavin Falk, MD

Gavin Falk, MD

Transplant surgery

Andrew Perry, MD

Andrew Perry, MD

Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan, MD

Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan, MD

Julian K. Horwitz, MD

Julian K. Horwitz, MD

Trauma/ACS

Paul Inouye, MD

Paul Inouye, MD, FACS

Jamison S. Nielsen, DO, MBA, FACS

Jamison S. Nielsen, MD, MBA, FACS

Teresa Bell, MD

Teresa Bell, MD

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John K. Lam, MD

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Megan M. Cecchini, MD, FACS

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Albert Hsu, MD

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Michael A. Bidus, MD

Gynecologic Oncology Surgery
St. Joseph Medical Center

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Lisa M. Schomogyi, MD, FACS

Trauma Surgery
Tacoma Trauma Trust
St. Joseph Medical Center and Tacoma General Hospital

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Cabrini L. Sutherland, MD, MPH

Trauma Surgery
Tacoma Trauma Trust
St. Joseph Medical Center and Tacoma General Hospital

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Caesar M. Ursic, MD, FACS

Trauma Surgery
Tacoma Trauma Trust, Medical Director
St. Joseph Medical Center and Tacoma General Hospital

Urology

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Daniel L. Willis, MD

Urology
St. Joseph Medical Center

Urology oncology

Jaspreet Parihar, MD

Jaspreet Parihar, MD

Alex Borchert, MD

Alex Borchert, MD

Vascular surgery

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Hao T. Vu, MD

Amit Kainth, MD, FACS, RPVI

Amit Kainth, MD, FACS, RPVI

Daiva Nevidomskyte, MD

Daiva Nevidomskyte, MD

Allen Rubin, MD

Allen Rubin, MD

Felix Vladimir, MD

Felix Vladimir, MD