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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

Daniel Cuadrado, MD

Daniel Cuadrado, MD

Thomas “TJ” Templin, MD

Thomas (TJ) P. Templin, MD

Gastroenterology

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Kyung W. Noh, MD

Ioannis Papadopoulos, MD

Ioannis Papadopoulos, MD

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Mark Potter, DO

General surgery/hepatobiliary surgery

Joshua G. Barton, MD

Joshua G. Barton, MD, MBA, FACS

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Eugene S. Cho, MD, FACS

Robert Brasch, MD

Robert Brasch, MD

Anna Hubbard, MD

Anna Hubbard, MD

Jihui Li, MD, FACS

Jihui Li, MD, FACS

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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

 

 

Georg Wiese, MD, FACS

Georg Wiese, MD, FACS

Gynecology oncology

Jennifer Wolf, MD

Jennifer Wolf, MD

Head and neck surgical oncology

Justin Pavlovich, MD

Justin Pavlovich, MD

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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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Meade P. Barlow, MD, FACS, FAAP

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

Sean Ciullo, MD

Sean Ciullo, MD

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

Gavin Falk, MD

Gavin Falk, MD

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Randall M. Holland, MD, FACS

Transplant surgery

Julian K. Horwitz, MD

Julian K. Horwitz, MD

Andrew Perry, MD

Andrew Perry, MD

Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan, MD

Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan, MD

Trauma/ACS

Megan M. Cecchini, MD

Megan M. Cecchini, MD, FACS

Albert Hsu, MD

Albert Hsu, MD

Paul Inouye, MD

Paul Inouye, MD, FACS

John K. Lam, MD

John K. Lam, MD

Thomas Mitchell, MD, FACS, MHA

Thomas Mitchell, MD, FACS, MHA

Vitaliy Natkha, DO

Vitaliy Natkha, DO

Jamison S. Nielsen, MD, MBA, FACS

Jamison S. Nielsen, MD, MBA, FACS

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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

Matthew Surrusco, MD

Matthew Surrusco, MD

Luke Willand, MD

Luke Willand, MD

Urology oncology

Alex Borchert, MD

Alex Borchert, MD

Jaspreet Parihar, MD

Jaspreet Parihar, MD

Vascular surgery

Amit Kainth, MD, FACS, RPVI

Amit Kainth, MD, FACS, RPVI

Daiva Nevidomskyte, MD

Daiva Nevidomskyte, MD

Felix Vladimir, MD

Felix Vladimir, MD

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Hao T. Vu, MD