Maine Medical Center
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Leadership & Faculty

The surgical faculty at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (MHMMC) is comprised of excellent, busy clinical surgeons. The magnet attracting them to MHMMC is the opportunity to teach medical students and residents and to continue to bring new ideas and technology to the bedside and to the operating room.

The teaching staff includes surgeons who received their training at MHMMC as well as those whose training and experience were in institutions across the country. Many have held faculty positions in other University programs and all hold current faculty positions at the Tufts School of Medicine. Both individually and as a group, the faculty balances an interest in the broad aspects of their specialty as well as one or more subspecialty focuses, such as Transplantation, Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Oncology, etc. The relatively small size of the MHMMC Surgical Residency encourages close contact with this faculty and results in a strong sense of mutual respect and support.

Program Leadership

Jaswin S Sawhney
Jaswin Sawhney, MD
Surgical Residency Program Director

Internship: Mayo Clinic– General Surgery
Residency: Christiana Care Hospital System – General Surgery
Residency: University of Pittsburgh – Hand Surgery
Fellowship: Tulane University – Clinical Research
Fellowship: Brown University School of Medicine – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialties: Surgical Critical Care, Surgery of the Hand

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Joseph D Mack
Joseph Mack, MD
Associate Program Director

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Colon and Rectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Elizabeth N Turner
Elizabeth Turner, MD
Associate Program Director

Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital - Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

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Administrative Leadership

Brian W Nolan
Brian Nolan, MD
Surgeon in Chief

Medical School: University of Connecticut
Internship: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

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Faculty

Marie Cheney Audett
Marie Audett, MD

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Hospital – Colon and Rectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Meredith A Baker
Meredith Baker, MD

Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital – Pediatric Surgery
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NY-Presbyterian
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

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Anna M Boniakowski
Anna Boniakowski, MD
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Program

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: University of Michigan Medical Center
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

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Jennifer M Burg
Jennifer Burg, MD

Medical School: Perelman School Of Medicine At The University Of Pennsylvania
Residency: Oregon Health and Science University - Surgery
Subspecialty: Thoracic Surgery

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Thomas B Brady
Thomas Brady, MD

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Colorectal Surgery

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John G Carson
John Carson, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Residency: University of California Irvine – College of Medicine – General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Chicago – Vascular Surgery
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

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Damien W Carter
Damien Carter, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: University of Washington Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Harborview Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care, Burn & Soft Tissue 

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David L Ciraulo
David Ciraulo, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship: Peninsula Hospital Center - Transitional
Residency: Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Hartford Hospital – Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

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Daniel C Cullinane
Daniel Cullinane, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Georgetown University – General Surgery
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University – Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

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Sarah E Deery
Sarah Deery, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital – General Surgery
Fellowship: John Hopkins University
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

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Elizabeth S M DesJardin
Elizabeth Desjardin, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Northwestern University Medical School – Breast Surgery
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology (Breast)

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Jonathan Dreifus
Jon Dreifus, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Georgia Baptist Medical Center – Laparoscopic Surgery
Subspecialty: Laparoscopic Surgery 

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Faysal M Elgilani
Faysal Elgilani, MD

Medical School: University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland – General Surgery
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic – Transplant Surgery
Subspecialty: Transplant Surgery

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Timothy L Fitzgerald
Timothy Fitzgerald, MD

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical Center
Residency: University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Washington Hospital Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Toronto – Surgical Oncology
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology

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Kristina A Giles
Kristina Giles, MD

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

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Patricia S Greatorex
Patricia Greatorex, MD

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: Eisenhower Army Medical Center – General Surgery
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology (Breast)

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Lee D Hallagan
Lee Hallagan, MD
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in Surgery

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Specialty/Subspecialty: General Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

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Jeffrey M Halter
Jeffrey Halter, MD

Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Ohio State University College of Medicine – Pediatric Surgery
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

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Gary M Hochheiser
Gary Hochheiser, MD

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Thoracic Surgery
Subspecialty: Thoracic Surgery

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Kathreen Portia Lee
Kathreen Lee, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Surgery
Fellowship: State University of New York at Stony Brook – Colon and Rectal Surgery
Subspecialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Dougald C MacGillivray
Dougald MacGillivray, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: New York Hospital – Cornell University Medical College - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology

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Kimberly T Malka
Kimberly Malka, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

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Baird Mallory
Baird Mallory, MD

Medical School: University of British Columbia
Residency: Montreal General Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Sainte-Justine’s Hospital
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

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Anna G Meader
Anna Meader, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency:  MaineHealth Maine Medical Center – General Surgery  
Fellowship: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center – Surgical Critical Care
Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

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Kunal Mehta
Kunal Mehta, MD

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency:  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

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Heidi J Miller
Heidi Miller, MD

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center – Minimally Invasive Surgery
Subspecialty: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics

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Brittany Misercola
Brittany Misercola, MD

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - Surgery
Subspecialty: General Surgery

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Bryan C Morse
Bryan Morse, MD

Medical School: University of South Carolina
Residency: Greenville Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Emory University – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care, Trauma

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Tovah Z Moss
Tovah Moss, MD

Medical School: Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine
Residency: University of Vermont Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin at Madison – Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Specialty:  Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Juan M Palma Vargas
Juan Palma-Vargas, MD

Medical School: University of Guadalajara
Internship: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Med – General Surgery
Residency: El instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/Western Medical Center
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center - Transplantation
Subspecialty: Surgery, Transplantation

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Kartikey A Pandya
Kartikey Pandya, MD

Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center – General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Michigan Medical School – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: Montreal Children’s Hospital –Pediatric Surgery
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

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Syed M Quadri
Syed Quadri, MD

Medical School: McMaster University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Toronto Hospitals - Surgery
Residency: University of Toronto Hospitals – Thoracic Surgery
Fellowship: University of Toronto Hospitals – Thoracic Surgery
Specialty: Thoracic Surgery

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Shantanu Razdan
Shantanu Razdan, MD

Medical School: Grant Medical College
Residency: Harlem Hospital – Columbia University – General Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery

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Melville Parker Roberts III
M. Parker Roberts, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Tulane University and the University of Texas Affiliated Hospitals - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Colorectal Surgery

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Scott Robinson, MD PhD

Medical School: Emory University
Residency: University of Michigan – Vascular Surgery
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

Richard E Royal
Richard Royal, MD

Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University
Residency: York Hospital
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati – Pediatric Surgery
Fellowship: National Cancer Institute of Health – Surgical Oncology
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center – Surgical Oncology
Subspecialty: Surgical Oncology

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Kirk G Sahagian
Kirk Sahagian, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center - General Surgery
Subspecialty: Bariatric and Colorectal Surgery

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Forest R Sheppard
Forest Sheppard, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Colorado Denver – Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

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Eric M Shurtleff
Eric Shurtleff, DO

Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Internship: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine - Surgery
Fellowship: University of California Davis School of Medicine – Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship: University of California Davis School of Medicine
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

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Jillian K Smith
Jillian Smith, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical School - Surgery
Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center – Complex Surgical Oncology
Subspecialty: Complex Surgical Oncology, Breast

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Lindsay Marie Tse
Lindsay Tse, DO

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: Houston Methodist Hospital – Laparoscopic Surgery
Subspecialty: Laparoscopic Surgery

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Christopher G Turner
Chris Turner, MD

Medical School: Columbia University School of Medicine
Residency: SUNY Down State Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan - Pediatric Surgery
Graduate Education: Harvard School of Public Health
Subspecialty: Pediatric Surgery

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Laura T Withers
Laura Withers, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital - General Surgery
Fellowship: Orlando Regional Healthcare, Surgical Critical Care
Orlando Regional Healthcare, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Subspecialty: Surgical Critical Care

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Leslie S Wu
Leslie Wu, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center - General Surgery
Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital - Endocrine Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery

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Lily J Wang
Lily Wang, MD

Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brooks
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital GME – General Surgery
Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – Vascular Surgery
Subspecialty: Vascular Surgery

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