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The VESL Team

Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Richard Lee, MD, JD, MBA

  • Chief & Prof., Cardiothoracic Surgery

706-721-6679

ricklee@augusta.edu

 

General Surgery

Clerkship Director

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JAINE MCKENZIE, MD

  • Assistant Prof., MIS & Bariatric Surgeon
  • Gen. Surgery Clerkship Director-MCG

706-721-4686

jmckenzie@augusta.edu

 

Pediatric Surgery

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Walter L. Pipkin, MD

  • Surgeon in Chief, CHoG
  • Section Chief, Pediatric Surgery;
  • Prof,, Surgery

706-721-3941

wpipkin@augusta.edu

 

Surgical Oncology

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Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD

  • Chief, Surgical Oncology
  • Assoc. Prof,, Surgery

706-721-4726

dyakoub@augusta.edu

 

Transplant Surgery

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Ahmad Mirza, MD

  • Clinical Assistant Prof., Surgery-Transplant

706-721-4761

ahmirza@augusta.edu

 

Vascular Surgery

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Gautam Agarwal, MD, RPVI

  • Chief, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
  • Medical Director, Vascular Lab
  • Prof., Surgery

706-721-1606

gagarwal@augusta.edu

General Surgery

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Alicia Huff Arnold, DO

  • Associate Prof., Surgery
  • Breast Program Director-GCC
  • Gen. Surgery Program Director

706-721-4726

aliarnold@augusta.edu

 

MIS Surgery

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Aaron Bolduc, MD

  • Associate Prof., Surgery
  • Surgical Director, AU Adrenal Ctr.
  • Bariatric & MIS

706-721-4686

abolduc@augusta.edu

 

Plastic Surgery

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Dr. Jack C. Yu

  • Milford B. Hatcher Prof. & Chair of Ped. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Interim Chief, Plastic & Recon. Surgery

706-721-2198

jyu@augusta.edu

 

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Bao-Ling Adam, PhD

  • Simulation Director
  • General Surgery Residency

706-721-6828

badam@augusta.edu

 

Trauma Surgery

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

  • J. Harold Harrison, MD Distinguished Chair in Trauma Surgery
  • Chief, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care/Gen. Surgery
  • Prof., Surgery

706-721-7702

tokeeffe@augusta.edu

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