Current 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 Publications
Applying a Shame Lens to Understand Surgical Resident Well-Being: A Call for a Mixed Methods Research Agenda to Build Shame Competence.
Journal Article J Surg Educ · January 2026 There is a well-known but incompletely described well-being crisis in surgery. Rates of poor mental health, substance misuse, and self-harm ideation are concerningly high. There is a growing interest in, and a related body of literature seeking to understa ... Full text Link to item CiteHernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery Fellowships: results of a 1-year pilot program : Pilot of hernia surgery fellowship.
Journal Article Surg Endosc · December 2025 BACKGROUND: Hernias are among the most common maladies treated by surgeons worldwide. Over the past decades, the spectrum of hernia disease has become increasingly more complex. There is thus a role for the creation of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery Fel ... Full text Link to item CiteAssociations of Computerized Tomography-Based Body Composition and Food Insecurity in Bariatric Surgery Patients.
Journal Article Obes Surg · September 2025 INTRODUCTION: Food insecurity (FI) is associated with increased adiposity and obesity-related medical conditions, and body composition can affect metabolic risk. Bariatric surgery effectively treats obesity and metabolic diseases. The association of FI wit ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Medtronic HUGO
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Covidien Lp · 2023 - 2029Behind 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 - 2026Video-based Collaborative Learning to Improve Ventral Hernia Repair
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Harvard University ·
2007
M.Ed.
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine ·
2003
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
1999
B.A.