Course Directors

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

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

Joel Goldberg, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Faculty 

Karim Alavi, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center;
Associate Professor, UMass Chan Medical School

Karen Bagetta, RN
Massachusetts General Hospital

Ron Bleday, MD
Vice Chair for Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Surgery,
Section Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery,
Brigham and Women's Hospital;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Holly Bonnette, AGP-CNP
Lead Colorectal APP,
Massachusetts General Hospital

George Chang, MD, MS, MHCM, FACS, FASCRS, FSSO
Department Chair ad interim, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Division of Surgery,
Professor, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Division of Surgery,
Associate Vice President, Regional Surgery Strategy,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Julie Cornish, FRCS, MD, MBBCh
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon,
University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff

Jennifer Davids, MD
Section Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
Associate Chair for Clinical Operations,
Boston Medical Center

Quentin Denost, MD, PhD
Colon & Rectal Surgery,
Professor, Bordeaux Colorectal Institute
Clinique Tivoli-Ducos, Bordeaux, France

Todd Francone, MD, MPH, FACS, FACSRS
Chief, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery,
Director, Robotic Surgery
Associate Chair, Department of Surgery,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Rob Goldstone, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital;
Staff Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital

Stephen Goldstone, MD, FACS
Principal Investigator Anchor Study,
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Jon Greer, MD
Surgical Oncology, General Surgery,
Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program,
Director, General Surgery Residency Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jason Hall, MD, MPH
Surgeon-in-Chief and Chair, Surgery,
Interim Director, Cancer Center,
Tufts Medical Center;
Benjamin Andrews Professor,
Chair, Department of Surgery,
Tufts University School of Medicine

Jennifer Irani, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Associate Surgeon, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery,
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Angela Khunen, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center;
Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan-Lahey, UMass Chan Medical School;
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Hiroko Kunitake, MD, MPH
Colon and Rectal Surgery,
Surgical Director, Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Mehmet Kuzu, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Professor,
University of Ankara

Grace Lee, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Liz Lilley, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Lillias Maguire, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery,
Director of Research, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
Measey Surgical Faculty Career Development Endowed Professor,
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Penn Medicine

Peter Marcello, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center;
Associate Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan-Lahey, UMass Chan Medical School;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Justin Maykel, MD
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
Medical Director of Perioperative Services,
Joseph M. Streeter and Mary Streeter DeFeudis Chair in Surgery,
UMass Memorial Medical Center;
Professor, UMass Chan Medical School

Nelya Melnitchuk, MD, MSc
Gastrointestinal and General Surgery,
Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship,
Director in Peritoneal Surface Malignancy,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Melissa Murphy, MD, MPH
Executive Chief of Surgery, Care New England Chief of Surgery,
Associate Surgeon, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery,
Kent Hospital;
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Joseph Nunoo Mensah, B Med Sci (Hons), BM BS, FRCS, FASCRS, FISUCRS, LLM
Consultant, Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon,
Cleveland Clinic London

Aparna Parikh, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Program Director GI Medical Oncology,
Director of the Global Cancer Care Program, MGB Cancer Institute;
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Reversing Early Recurrence

Thomas Peponis, MD
General Surgery,
Colon and Rectal Surgery,
UMass Memorial Health

Miguel Pera, MD
Head of General and Digestive Surgery Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona;
Digestive surgeon, barnaclínic+;
Interim Full Professor,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Motaz Qadan, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute;
Gapontsev Family Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Rocco Ricciardi, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Endowed Cancer Chair XIX, Mass General Brigham;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Narimantas Samalavičius, MD
Professor,
Habilitated Doctor of Medical Sciences,
Vilnius University

Julia Saraidaridis, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center;
Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan-Lahey, UMass Chan Medical School;
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Shimul Shaw, MD, MHCM
Division Chief of Abdominal Transplant,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Clinical Director, Transplant Center, Mass General Brigham

Paige Walsh, MD
Medical Oncology, Mass General Brigham

Jiping Wang, MD
Research Director, Division of Surgical Oncology,
Director, Minimally Invasive Gastric Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology,
Brigham and Women's Hospital;
Endowed Cancer Chair, Mass General Brigham;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Wo, MD
Associate Program Director
Harvard Radiation Oncology Residency Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital

James Yoo, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital