All of the surgeons in the TMHPO Department of Surgery are Board Certified or Board Eligible by the American Board of Surgery. Many also held or are currently holding positions in prestigious national and international organizations such as The American College of Surgeons (ACS), The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), Society of Surgical Oncology, and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS).
Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
- Hai, Shaikh A., MD, FACS - Surgical Critical Care, Accute Care Surgery and General Surgery
- Ochoa, Robert A., M.D. - General and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
- Sucher, Joseph F., MD, FACS - Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Digestive Surgery
- Dunkin, Brian, MD, FACS - Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy
- Fahy, Bridget, MD, FACS - Surgical Oncology and Colorectal Surgery
- Fischer, Craig P., MD, MPH, FACS - Hepatobiliary, Gastrointestinal and Advanced Laparoendoscopic Surgery
- Reardon, Patrick R., MD, FACS - Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery, Foregut Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
- Sherman, Vadim, MD, FACS, FRCS - Minimally Invasive General and Bariatric Surgery
General Surgery
- Bass, Barbara Lee, MD, FACS - Breast surgery, endocrine surgery, GI surgical oncology and inflammatory bowel disease
- Dunkin, Brian, MD, FACS - Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy
- Fahy, Bridget, MD, FACS - Surgical Oncology and Colorectal Surgery
- Fischer, Craig P., MD, MPH, FACS - Hepatobiliary, Gastrointestinal and Advanced Laparoendoscopic Surgery
- Hai, Shaikh A., MD, FACS - Surgical Critical Care, Accute Care Surgery and General Surgery
- Lugo, Rafael, MD, FACS - Advanced Laparoscopic General Surgery
- Ochoa, Robert A., M.D. - General and Acute Care Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
- Oppermann, Timothy, MD - General and Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Reardon, Patrick R., MD, FACS - Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery, Foregut Surgery, and Bariatric Surgery
- Saharia, Ashish, MD - General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation
- Sherman, Vadim, MD, FACS, FRCS - Minimally Invasive General and Bariatric Surgery
- Sucher, Joseph F., MD, FACS - Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
- Worley, Todd A., MD - Minimally Invasive General and Bariatric Surgery
Surgical Oncology
- Bass, Barbara Lee, MD, FACS - Breast surgery, endocrine surgery, GI surgical oncology and inflammatory bowel disease
- Blackmon, Shanda, MD, MPH, FACS - Thoracic Surgery
- Fahy, Bridget, MD, FACS - Surgical Oncology and Colorectal Surgery
- Fischer, Craig P., MD, MPH, FACS - Hepatobiliary, Gastrointestinal and Advanced Laparoendoscopic Surgery
- Kim, Min, MD - Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
- Blackmon, Shanda, MD, MPH, FACS - Thoracic Surgery
- Kim, Min, MD - Thoracic Surgery
Transplantation
- Burroughs, Sherilyn Gordon, MD, FACS - Kidney and Liver Transplantation
- Gaber, A. Osama, MD, FACS, FRCS - Kidney, Pancreas and Liver Transplantation
- Ghobrial, R. Mark, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS - Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Knight, Richard, MD, FACS - Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
- Podder, Hemangshu, MD, Ph.D. - Kidney, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
- Saharia, Ashish, MD - General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation



















