Meet Our Team
The Department of Surgery’s team of experts provide general and specialized surgical services to infants, children and adolescents in convenient locations of care like Andover, Lawrence, Lexington, Milford, North Dartmouth, Norwood, Peabody, Waltham, Weymouth and Boston.
Physicians
Steven J. Fishman, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief ; Chief, Department of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Terry L. Buchmiller, MD
Associate, Department of Surgery Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Catherine Chen, MD, MPH
Assistant, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Farokh Demehri, MD
Attending, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Belinda Dickie, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dario O. Fauza, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Thomas Hamilton, MD
Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program; Attending Surgeon, Esophageal Atresia Treatment Program Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD
W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Vice-Chairman of Pediatric General Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital and the Surgical Director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Russell W. Jennings, MD
Emeritus Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Heung Bae Kim, MD
Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Craig Lillehei, MD
Senior Associate, Department of Surgery; Transplant Surgeon, Department of Surgery Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Biren P. Modi, MD, MPH
Surgical Director, Thyroid Center; Associate Surgical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR); Director, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Program; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Somala Mohammed, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery
David P. Mooney, MD, MPH
Director, Trauma Center; Assistant, Department of Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Prathima Nandivada, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Konstantinos Papadakis, MD
Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE
Associate, Department of Surgery; Senior Surgical Advisor for Quality & Safety; Weitzman Family Chair for the Advancement of Quality & Safety; Director, Health Services Research Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Robert Shamberger, MD
Chief, Emeritus, Department of Surgery Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Khashayar Vakili, MD
Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, and Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Programs Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Brent R. Weil, MD, MPH
Assistant, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD
Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Jill M. Zalieckas, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert, MD, MSc
Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center; Attending, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolPsychologists
Lauren Mednick, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Surgery; Clinical Psychologist, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical SchoolAdvanced Practice Clinicians
Kelly Bartkus, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
General Surgery Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Lianne Cole, MSN, PNP
Vascular Ring Clinical Coordinator, General Surgery
Stephanie Flores
Program Coordinator, Department of Surgery
Lindsay Lemire, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Nurse, Department of Surgery
Rebecca Leslie, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Maria McMahon, MSN, RN, PNP-PC/AC
Trauma Center Manager, Department of Surgery
Ellen O'Donnell, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Caitlin Phinney, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Jennifer Tomich, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner; Clinical Coordinator, Department of SurgeryPhysician Assistants
Shawn Anderson, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery
