Course Directors

Liliana Bordeianou, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Co-Director, MGH Pelvic Floor Disorders Center,
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Colorectal Surgery Collaborative,
Massachusetts General Hospital 

Christy Cauley, MD
Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School;
Colorectal Surgeon, Gastrointestinal Surgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital 

International Faculty

Joseph Nunoo Mensah, MD, FASCRS  
Colorectal Surgeon at Kings College Hospital and Cleveland Clinic London,UK; Head of the Department of Colorectal Surgery; Former President of the  International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS) from 2022-24.

Arun Rajanasakul , MD, FASCRS 
Emeritus Prof at the Banpakok International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand: Honorary FASCRS (USA), PSCS (Phillipines), ACRSI (India) and SSCS (Singapore) Fellow; Past president of the Colorectal Surgery Committee of Thailand and the Coloproctology Association of Asia-Pacific;  Inventor of the LIFT (Ligation Intersphincteric Fistula Tract) Procedure

Lucia Oliveira, MD
Director of the Anorectal Physiology department, Cepemed, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Board Member of ALAPP (Latin American Pelvic Floor Society)

Carlo Ratto, MD, FASCRS 
Prof. Ratto is the Chief of the Unit of Proctology and Pelvic Floor Surgery at the Isola Tiberina Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, and Hon FASCRS (USA)

Ayca Gultekin, MD
Professor of Surgery, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine, Turkey; Editor in Chief, Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease; Assistant Secretary, UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) Section of Surgery-Coloproctology; Chair of Pelvic Floor Disorders Group, Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Gabriela Moseline, MD 

Gonzalo Hagerman, MD , FASCRS
Professor, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico; Staff Surgeon, Department of Surgery, ABC Hospital, Mexico City; President Sandra Sucar Foundation; Past president Mexican Bord of Specialists in Diseases of Colon and Rectum

USA Faculty

David A. Kleiman, MD, MSc, FACS, FASCRS                                                                         
Staff colorectal surgeon in the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine

Julia Saraidaridis, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Staff colorectal surgeon in the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center , Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine; National PI on the BLINQ Study and the ASCRS Anorectal QI Taskforce

Mark K. Soliman, MD, MBA
Chief of Colorectal Surgery and Program Medical Director, AdventHealth Digestive Health Institute; Chair of Colorectal Surgery, AdventHealth Medical Group

Will Perry, MD

Margarita Murphy, MD

Lilias Maquire, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Colorectal Surgeon, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Memorial VA Medical Center
Director of Colorectal Research, University of Pennsylvania

Maggie Westfal, MD
Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
4th Year Medical Student Clerkship Director; Division of Colorectal Surgery Medical University of South Carolina

Stephen Goldstone, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Principal Investigator of the ANCHOR Study Group

Jennifer Davids, MD
Section Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Boston Medical CenterNaomi Sell Goldsmith, MD

Lillian Chen, MD

Angela Khunen, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Tufts University School Of Medicine
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Program Director, Lahey Clinic, MA

David Kleiman, MD

Julia Saraidaridis, MD
Staff Surgeon, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Thomas Peponis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery/Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School

Jason Hall, MD

Olga Berezneva

Mass General Brigham and Harvard Faculty

Kyle Staller, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Staff Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dana Fugelso, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Joel Goldberg, MD 
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital

William Kastrinakis, MD
Chief of General Surgery at the North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA
Surgical Director of the Mass General/Northshore Cancer Center

Rob Goldstone, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital

Grace Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Colorectal Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital and Salem Hospital

Rich Hodin, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Division Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Ron Bleday, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Section Colon and Rectal Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vice Chair in Surgery for Quality and Safety
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Colorectal Surgery Collaborative

Rocco Ricciardi, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Section Colon and Rectal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Todd Francone, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts Medical School
Division Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital

Lieba Savitt, NP-C; WHNP-BC, MSN, MBA
APP Clinical Manager
Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Beth O'Dea, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Hiroko Kunitake, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Director, Massachusetts General Hospital
Chair, Perioperative Senior Health Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Jonathan Glickman, MD 
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Holly Bonnette, ANP-BC 
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital; Lead APP, Colorectal Surgery Center and Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders

Daniel Worrall, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital