Surgical Service Staff
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center offers one of the largest surgical training programs in the country, with a world-renowned surgical staff, all of whom are members of the Harvard Medical School faculty.
Training Program Leadership
Elliot L. Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Surgery,
Surgeon-in-Chief
Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery
Scott R. Johnson, M.D.
Vice Chairman for Education
Program Director, General Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Jonathan Critchlow, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Christopher Boyd, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
Instructor in Surgery
Allen Hamdan, M.D.
Vice Chair for Communication
Assistant Program Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
Sidhu Gangadharan, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department Administration
Per-Olof Hasselgren, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chairman for Research;
George H. A. Clowes, Jr., Professor of Surgery
Daniel B. Jones, M.D.
Vice Chair for Technology and Innovation
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgical Services
Sidney Levitsky, M.D.
Senior Vice Chairman;
David W. and David Cheever Professor of Surgery
Russell Nauta, M.D.
Vice Chairman; Professor of Surgery;
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital
Richard Whyte, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Quality, and Safety
Visiting Professor of Surgery
Departmental Divisions
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care
Michael Cahalane, M.D.
Acting Chief; Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Kamal Khabbaz, M.D.
Chief; Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Deborah Nagle, M.D.
Chief; Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Mark Callery, M.D.
Chair; Division Chiefs Council; Chief; Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
Ron Alterman, M.D.
Chief; Visiting Professor of Surgery
Division of Ophthalmology
Frank Berson, M.D.
Chief; Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Division of Otolaryngology
Robert Frankenthaler, M.D.
Chief; Assistant Professor of Otology and Laryngology
Division of Plastic Surgery
Robert Frankenthaler, M.D.
Acting Chief; Assistant Professor of Otology and Laryngology
Division of Podiatry
John Giurini, D.P.M.
Chief; Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Jennifer F. Tseng, M.D.
Chief; Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
Sidhu Gangadharan, M.D.
Chief; Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplantation
Douglas Hanto, M.D., PhD.
Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief; Lewis Thomas Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
William DeWolf, M.D.
Chief; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Marc Schermerhorn, M.D.
Chief; Associate Professor of Surgery
Integrated Hospitals’ Surgical Departments
Steven Schwaitzberg, M.D.
Chief, Department of Surgery, Cambridge Hospital;
Associate Professor of Surgery
Russell Nauta, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital;
Professor of Surgery
Leon Josephs, M.D.
Chief of Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital
