General Surgery Residency Program Leadership

Meet the Team

Tara Kent, MD

Tara S. Kent, MD, MS

Program Director, Vice Chair of Education, Associate Professor of Surgery 
Division of Surgical Oncology

Benjamin James, MD

Benjamin C. James, MD, MS

Associate Program Director, Director of Resident Research, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
 

Charles Parsons MD

Charles S. Parsons, MD

Associate Program Director, Instructor in Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care

Sidhu Gangadharan, MD, MHCM

Sidhu Gangadharan, MD

Assistant Program Director, Professor of Surgery
Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery/Interventional Pulmonology

Jennifer Wilson, MD​

Jennifer Wilson, MD

Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery/Interventional Pulmonology

Daniel J. Wong, MD​

Daniel J. Wong, MD

Associate Program Director, Instructor in Surgery
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department Leadership

Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD 
Chair of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief
Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery

Richard D. Cummings, PhD
Vice Chair, Basic and Translational Research
S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Surgery in the Field of Nutrition Medicine

Allen D. Hamdan, MD 
Vice Chair, Operations
Associate Professor of Surgery

Per-Olof Hasselgren, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Research
George H. A. Clowes Jr., Distinguished Professor of Surgery

Tara S. Kent, MD, MS 
Vice Chair, Education
Associate Professor of Surgery

Richard Whyte, MD, MBA
Vice Chair, Quality, Safety, and Clinical Affairs
Professor of Surgery

Divisions

Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care 
Charles H. Cook, MD
Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care
Associate Professor of Surgery

Cardiac Surgery
Kamal Khabbaz, MD
Chief of Cardiac Surgery
David S. Ginsburg Associate Professor of Surgery in the Field of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Colon and Rectal Surgery 
Evangelos Messaris, MD, PhD
Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery

General Surgery 
Benjamin James, MD
Chief of General Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Bernard T. Lee, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS
Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Surgical Oncology
Umut Sarpel, MD
Lecturer in Surgery

Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
Sidhu Gangadharan, MD
Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
Associate Professor of Surgery

Transplant Surgery
Devin E. Eckhoff, MD
Chief of Transplant Surgery

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD
Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
George H. A. Clowes, Jr. Professor of Surgery

Major Affiliated Hospitals

Boston Children’s Hospital
Steven J. Fishman, MD
Chair of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Surgery

Mount Auburn Hospital
Aram Demirjian, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham
Christopher G. Boyd, MD
Chief of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham
Assistant Professor of Surgery