SURGERY NEWS
VOLUME 5, NO. 1 SUMMER 2020
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Message from the Chair . . . . . . . . . 2 Department News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Awards and Kudos. . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Graduating Residents. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 New Faculty & Fellows. . . . . . . . . 6-7 New Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 International Presence . . . . . . . . . 9 Faculty Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Faculty Announcements . . . . . . . . 11 New Initiatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Presentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14 Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-24
CREDITS Senior Editor David Shibata, MD Editorial Staff Brynn Conapitski Photography Allen Gillespie
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The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/ Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.
Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Visiting Professor Odette Harris, MD, MPH, professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, with Scott Strome, MD, Robert Kaplan Executive Dean and Vice Chancellor of Clinical Affairs, David Shibata, MD, Scheinberg Endowed Chair in Surgery, professor and chair, and Regan Williams, MD, associate professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery.