Faculty & Staff

Richard Lee, MD

• Chief & Professor, Cardio Thoracic Surgery

Vijay Patel, MD

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Robert Rice, MD

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Dominic Gallo, MD

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Daniel L. Miller, MD

• Director of Thoracic Surgery, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Professor of Surgery

John Kuckelman, DO

• Clinical Assistant Professor

Renee Hilton, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Chief, MIDS
• Co-Director of the Digestive Health Center
• Director of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

Aaron Bolduc, MD

• Assistant Professor Co-Director, Adrenal Center
• Surgical Director, Adrenal Center

Jaine McKezie, MD

• Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgeon
• Assistant Professor of Surgery

James D. St. Louis, MD, FACC, FACS

• Chief, Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
• Co-Director, Pediatric & Congenital Heart Program
• J. Harold Harrison, MD Endowed Chair of Surgery
• Professor, Department of Surgery & Pediatrics

Brian Bateson, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery

Charles G. Howell, MD

• CEO, AUMA
• Professor, Surgery

Robyn Hatley, MD

• Professor, Surgery & Pediatrics
• Section of Pediatric Surgery

Walter Pipkin, MD

• Interim Vice Chair, Surgery
• Surgeon in Chief, CHOG
• Section Chief, Pediatric Surgery
• Associate Professor, Surgery

Christian Walters, MD

• Assistant Professor, Surgery
• Section of Pediatric Surgery

Jack Yu, MD

• Milford B. Hatcher Professor
• Professor, Surgery
• Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Robert Dinsmore, MD

• Professor, Plastic Surgery

Danny Yakoub, MD PhD

• Chief, Surgical Oncology
• Associate Professor, Surgery

Steven Colquhoun, MD

• Professor, Surgery
• Surgical Oncology

Taranjit Arora, MD

• Associate Professor, Surgery
• Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Alicia Arnold, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Breast Program Director -Georgia Cancer Center
• Associate Surgery Clerkship Director
• Department of Surgical Oncology/Breast Surgical Oncologist

James Wynn, MD

• Interim Section Chief
• Professor, Transplant, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, Dialysis Access, Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Surgery

Ahmad Mirza, MD

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Department of Surgery/Transplant Division

Valia Bravo-Egana, PhD, D (ABHI), MBA

• Director, Technical Supervisor and Clinical Consultant of Histocompatibility/ Immunology Laboratory
• Assistant Professor of Surgery

Adil Abuzeid, MBBS, FACS

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Steven B. Holsten, Jr., MD

• Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
• Surgical Director of AUMC Adult Surgery
• Professor of Trauma/ACS Surgery
• Director of Education, Surgery

Terence O'Keeffe, MB, ChB, FACS, FCCM

• J. Harold Harrison, MD Distinguished Chair in Trauma Surgery
• Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Professor, Surgery

Elizabeth Fox, MD, FACS

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care,General Surgery
• Assistant Program Director for General Surgery Residency

Erin Switzer, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Andrew Lawson, DO

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Associate Program Director for Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Amanda Lee, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Erika Mabes, DO

• Assistant Professor: Trauma/Critical Care, General Surgery
• Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency

William D. Jordan, Jr., MD

• Moretz/Mansberger Distinguished Chair in Surgery and Professor

Gautam Agarwal, MD

• Professor and Chief, Section of
• Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Toby Cohen Tally, MD

• Assistant Professor, Surgery
• Surgery Site Clerkship Director
• AU-UGA Medical Partnership
• UGA Health Sciences Campus

Jason Turner, MBA

• Department Administrator

Tiffany Smith, MBA

• Business Manager

Megan Mumford

• Office Manager

Rachael Singletary

• Administrative Assistant to the Chair of Surgery

Gail Harper

• Coding Manager, Surgical Services