Course Directors

Charu Paranjape, MBBS
Faculty at Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Robotic Education,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Chair and Chief of General Surgery
Mass General Brigham,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Kumar Krishnan, MD
Gastroenterologist | Internist
Director of Endoscopic Innovation, Technology, and Education for Gastroenterology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Hany Takla, MD, FACS, FASMBS, DABS-FPMBS
General & Bariatric Surgeon
Medical Director of Surgical services
Chair Department of Surgery
General Surgery Dover I Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery
Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
 

Faculty

Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD, FACS
Gastrointestinal and General Surgery,
Director of Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Adham Saad, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery
University of South Florida Health

Alexandra Maltby, PA-C
General Surgery Physician Assistant,
Department of Surgery,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Aman Ali, MD
Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist

Ankit Patel, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Minimally Invasive / Robotic Surgery
Division of General and GI Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Chief of Surgery
Emory Bariatric Center

Ashley Vernon, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Gastrointestinal and General Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Ashraf Maghrabi, MD
Consultant, Thoracics and Bariatric Surgery,
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital

Ashvind Bawa, MD
Professor of Surgery,
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Gastroenterologist,
Massachusetts General Hospital

B. Ramana, MBSS, MS
Bariatric Surgeon, General Surgeon, Laparoscopic Surgeon,
Clinic Ramana | Beside Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata

Dana Telem, MD
Section Head of General Surgery,
Associate Chair for Quality and Patient Safety,
Lazar J. Greenfield Professor of Surgery,
University of Michigan Health

David Lourié, MD
Robotic Surgery Specialist,
Huntington Health

Deepak Subramanian, MD
Bariatric Surgeon, General Surgeon, Laparoscopic Surgeon,
Chennai Gastro Care

Denise Gee, MD
Minimally Invasive Foregut | Bariatric Surgeon
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Surgery,
Surgical Director, Mass General Weight Center,
Section Head, Swallowing, Heartburn and Esophageal Disease Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Elan Witkowski, MD, MS
Gastrointestinal Surgeon,
Head, Hernia Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Eran Brauner, MD
General Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Eric Pauli, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery,
General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery,
Penn State Health

George Velmahos, MD, PhD
John F. Burke Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Division Chief of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Hassan Mashbari, MD
Assistant professor in Surgery,
General Surgery Residency Program Director,
Director, Clinical Simulation & Life Support Center,
Jazan University

Jignesh Gandhi, MD
Senior Consultant,
General Surgeon,
Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgeon,
Global Hospital | Mumbai

Jennifer Lopes, RN
Endoscopy Registered Nurse,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

John DeWitt, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound,
Indiana University Health

John Pandolfino, MD
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine,
Hans Popper Professor,
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology),
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Kathryn Schlosser, MD
General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital

Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Gastrointestinal Surgeon | Bariatric Surgeon | Laparoscopic/Minimally Invasive Surgeon
Director of the Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael DeWane, MD
General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael Reinhorn, MD
General Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Mohit Bhandari, MD
Distinguished University Professor,
Chair of the Department of Surgery,
McMaster University

Nora Fullington, MD
General Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Omar Ghanem, MD
Metabolic Surgeon, Mayo Clinic

Pawanindra Lal, MD
Department of Surgery,
Maulana Azad Medical College

Peter Fagenholz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Pancreatic and General Surgeon,
Surgical Director, MGH Pancreatitis Treatment Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Pramod Shinde, MD
Bariatric Surgeon, General Surgeon, Laparoscopic Surgeon,
Kaushalya Hospital & Research Centre | Nashik

Premkumar Balachandran, MD
Clinical Lead, Apollo Institutes of Hernia Surgery and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
 Apollo Hospitals

Priyanca Waghmarae, PA-C
Outpatient Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Rahul Mahadar, MD
Senior Gastrointestinal Surgeon,
Jeevanshree Hospital

Rajesh Shrivastava, MD
Bariatric & Laparoscopic Surgeon

Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD
Thrall Family Professor of Radiology,
Professor of Systems Biology,
Harvard Medical School;
Center for Systems Biology,
Radiologist, Interventional Radiology,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Rana Pullat, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of Surgery,
Director of Bariatrics and Robotic Surgery
Division Chief of Foregut and Metabolic Surgery,
Medical University of South Carolina

Reem Sharaiha, MD, MSc
Gastroenterology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Rocco Ricciardi, MD
Colorectal Surgeon | Gastrointestinal Surgeon
Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Roy Patankar, MD
Director and Administrative Head,
Zen Multispeciality Hospital

Sanjay Sonar, MD
General Surgeon, Godrej Memorial Hospital | Mumbai

Sharad Sharma, MD
Bariatric Surgeon, Fortis Hospital Mulund | Mumbai

Sheila Partridge, MD
General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Suha K. Kaaki, MD
General Surgeon, Duke University Hospital

Susana Wishnia, MD
General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Ali Tavakkoli, MD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Chief, Division of General and GI Surgery,
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness,
Program Director, Advanced Minimally Invasive Fellowship,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Uzma Siddiqui, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Endoscopic Ultrasound and Advanced Endoscopy Training
Director, Center for Endoscopic Research & Therapeutics
University of Chicago Medicine

Vivek Bindal, MD
Director & Head,
Max Institute of Minimal Access, Bariatric & Robotic Surgery

Yalini Vigneswaran, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
University of Chicago Medicine

Yusef Kudsi, MD, MBA, FACS,
Gastrointestinal and General Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Shannon Gagnon, RN

Christina Warne, PT
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Kendal Towle, APRN
APRN, General Surgery,
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital