Khalid M. Abbed, MD
Assistant Professor; Chief, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery; and Director, Minimally Invasive and Oncologic Spine Surgery
Neurosurgery / Spine Surgery

Clinical Interests: minimally invasive spine surgery; complex spinal surgery and reconstruction; spine and spinal cord tumors; spine trauma; degenerative spine disease; revision spine surgery; artificial disc replacement; general neurosurgery

Antonios Arvelakis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor          
Surgery / Transplant & Immunology

Clinical Interests: adult and pediatric liver transplantation; kidney transplantation; pancreas transplantation; hepatobiliary surgery; pediatric liver/kidney transplantation

Daniel J. Boffa, MD
Assistant Professor Surgery / Chest Surgery (Thoracic)

Clinical Interests: esophageal cancer; lung cancer; achalasia; gastroesophageal reflux disease; hiatal hernias; esophageal diverticulum; minimally invasive surgery

Veerle Bossuyt, MD
Assistant Professor    
Pathology/Cytopathology

Clinical Interests: Women's Health Program in pathology (gynecologic and breast pathology); cytopathology

Ketan R. Bulsara, MD
Assistant Professor and Director, Neuroendovascular and Skull Base Surgery Program
Neurosurgery / Neurovascular Surgery
Diagnostic Radiology (/ Interventional Neuroradiology

Clinical Interests: skull base/cerebrovascular microsurgery; neuroendovascular surgery; neurovascular and skull base pathologies; aneurysms; strokes; complex skull-based tumors; arteriovenous malformations

Kevin Ching, MD
Assistant Professor    
Pediatrics / Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Clinical Interests: pediatric emergency medicine; medical education

Julie E. Goodwin, MD
Associate Research Scientist       
Pediatrics / Pediatric Nephrology (Kidneys)

Clinical Interests: chronic kidney disease; renal disease; acid-base disorders; hypertension; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; chronic kidney disease; hematuria; proteinuria; renal bone disease; urinary tract obstruction; vesicoureteral reflux; transplantation

Malini Harigopal, MD
Instructor        
Pathology / Pathology, Cytopathology

Clinical Interests: breast, thyroid and gynecologic cytology

John J. Huang, MD
Assistant Professor; Director, Uveitis Service            
Ophthalmology / Uveitis Service

Clinical Interests: non-infectious and infectious uveitis; retinal disorders; macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; macular hole; macular pucker; retinal detachment; cystoid macular edema; hereditary retinal degeneration; ocular lymphoma; ocular leukemia

Gary Kupfer, MD
Associate Professor         
Pediatrics / Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Clinical Interests: Performing analyses using serum from patients with pediatric malignancies, genetic markers will be sought out to identify disease. These markers could then be used for diagnosis, prognosis, staging, and tracking of disease in patients.

Melissa L. Langhan, MD
Assistant Professor          
Pediatrics / Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Clinical Interests: pediatric emergency medicine; emergency ultrasound in pediatric patients

Kisha A. Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor          
Pathology

Clinical Interests: gastrointestinal and liver pathology

Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Endovascular Program

Clinical Interests: general vascular surgery; abdominal aortic aneurysm; lower extremity occlusive disease; carotid endarterectomy; carotid artery disease; endovascular aneurysm repair, thoracic aortic aneurysm, minimally invasive; endovascular; carotid stent; venous disease; varicose veins; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA); endografts; endovascular; venous ablation; venous laser

Lubna Pal, MBBS, MRCOG, MSc
Assistant Professor          
Obstetrics & Gynecology / Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Clinical Interests: infertility; menopause/perimenopause; diminished ovarian reserve; obesity and reproductive dysfunction; Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS); osteoporosis/osteopenia/low bone mineral density

Jullie W. Pan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor         
Neurosurgery, Neurology

Clinical Interests: Epilepsy; electroencephalography

John S. Reach, Jr., MD, MSc
Assistant Professor and Director, Foot and Ankle Service           
Orthopaedics / Foot & Ankle Service

Clinical Interests: Total Ankle Replacement (TAR); Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA): INBONE; Berkley; STAR; Salto ankle prosthesis; Salto Talaris anatomic ankle prosthesis; ankle arthritis; foot arthritis; foot pain; ankle pain; joint resurfacing; computer navigation; Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS); musculoskeletal ultrasound ultrasonography; sonography; sports/athletic injuries of the ankle and foot; tendon rupture; cycling and running related orthopaedic injury; ankle instability; orthopedic surgery; soft-tissue reconstruction with bio-scaffolds; AlloDerm graft jacket; first MTP (big toe) joint arthritis and deformity (hallux rigidus bunions); hallux valgus (hammer toe); tendon disorders: tendon Achilles, posterior tibialis, anterior tibialis, peroneous; Extensor Hallucis Longus (EHL); advanced tendon reconstruction; Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS); arthroscopy; rheumatoid foot and ankle; lower extremity trauma/fractures: leg, calf; external fixation; fixator ring; llizarov external fixator frame method; Taylor spatial frame; deformity correction (lower extremity); clubfoot; flatfoot; cavus (high arch); pronator; supinator; cartilage biology; Osteochondral Autograft Transplant (OATS); allograft mosaiplasty; Carticel limb salvage; nerve injury; nerve reconstruction; nerve graft; microvascular reconstruction; vascularized bone; rotation flaps; knee disorder; internal derangement; total knee replacement; Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA); intraoperative ultrasound imaging

Michael Lewis Schilsky, MD
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation   
Internal Medicine / Digestive Diseases / Hepatology

Clinical Interests: liver transplant; acute liver failure; cirrhosis; inherited metabolic disorders of the liver; Wilson disease; iron overload disorders; hemochromatosis; alpha-1 antitrypsin disease

Brian G. Smith, MD
Associate Professor and Director, Pediatric Orthopaedics          
Orthopaedics / Pediatric Orthopaedics

Clinical Interests: spinal deformities: idiopathic scoliosis: infantile, juvenile, adolescent; neuromuscular scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, spondylolisthesis; hip disorders: developmental hip dysplasia, perthes disease, slipped capital epiphysis; foot disorders: clubfoot, vertical talus, cavus foot, metatarsus adductus, flatfoot; pediatric fractures; neuromuscular disorders: cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT); lower extremity disorders: torsional or angular deformities, Blounts disease, limb length inequality

Ece S. Tek, MD
Assistant Professor          
Psychiatry

Clinical Interests: addiction psychiatry; dual diagnosis; geriatric psychiatry

Constantine G.A. Theoharis, MD
Assistant Professor          
Pathology (Tissue & Organ Diseases)

Clinical Interests: cytopathology; cytology; Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA); surgical pathology; endocrine pathology

Peter G. Whang, MD
Assistant Professor          
Orthopaedics / Spine Service

Clinical Interests: spinal conditions treated: neck and arm pain/numbness/weakness; lower back and leg pain (sciatica); degenerative arthritis of cervical/thoracic/lumbar spines; degenerative disc disease; disk herniations (C/T/L spines); spinal stenosis; spinal trauma (C/T/L spines) including cervical whiplash and osteoporosis compression fractures; scoliosis (adult and adolescent); spondylolysis (pars defects)/ spondylolisthesis; spinal tumors; spinal infections; spinal surgeries performed include: spinal fusions (C/T/L spines); spinal decompressions (C/T/L spines); microscopic discectomies; motion-preserving surgeries including artificial disc replacements and X-Stop; minimally invasive spine surgery; kyphoplasty (for compression fractures)