Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
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2025 - Present
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Surgery
Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
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2022 - Present
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Surgery
Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Surgery
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2024 - Present
Surgery,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
The Goldilocks Cholecystectomy-Choosing the Right Approach for Patients.
Journal article JAMA Surg · September 16, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteMedSurg: A Reciprocal Resident-Led Lecture Series for Medicine and Surgery Residents.
Journal article J Surg Res · August 10, 2026 INTRODUCTION: Collaboration between medical and surgical teams is integral to quality patient care. To bolster working relationships, a resident-led exchange curriculum was created for internal medicine (IM) residents on common surgical problems and for su ... Full text Link to item CiteShort-term safety and efficacy of revision or conversion metabolic and bariatric surgery in older adults: an analysis of the MBSAQIP database.
Journal article Surg Endosc · August 2026 BACKGROUND: A subset of older adults who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) eventually requires revision or conversion of their index MBS procedure. However, the relative safety of revision/conversion MBS in the older population as compared to y ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Medtronic HUGO
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Covidien Lp · 2023 - 2029Technology Evaluation in a Multi-Center Study of Safety and Performance of the OTTAVA System (TEMPO)-Pro00119435
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Auris Health, Inc. · 2026 - 2027Behind a Mask of Shame: A Hermeneutic Phenomenologic Exploration of Surgical Residents¿ Experiences with Shame
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Association for Surgical Education Foundation · 2025 - 2026View All Grants
Education
Harvard University ·
2007
M.Ed.
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine ·
2003
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
1999
B.A.