Surgery Faculty
Leadership
![Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS, Professor and Chair, Department of Sugery](/comc/surgery/images/dart1.jpg)
Benjamin W. Dart, IV, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical Director, Skills and Simulation Lab
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
![R. Phillip Burns, MD, Vice Chair](/comc/surgery/images/burns.jpg)
R. Philip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Breast Surgery
![W. Heath Giles, MD, Program Director, Surgery](/comc/surgery/images/giles.jpg)
W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Surgery Residency and Masters in General Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Endocrinology Surgery
![Christopher Bell, MD, Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency](/comc/surgery/images/bellc-cropped.png)
Christopher M. Bell, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Surgery
![Dave Bhattacharya, MD, Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency](/comc/surgery/images/b12.jpg)
Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Medical School: Universty of Tennessee
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery
![Michael Carr, MD, FACS, FAAP, Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation Education](/comc/surgery/images/carr-cropped.jpg)
Michael G. Carr, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation Education
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Louisville
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery
![Darren Hunt, MD](/comc/surgery/images/huntd.jpg)
Darren Hunt, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical School: Mercer School of Medicine
Specialty: Trauma Surgery and Critical Care Surgery
![G. Alan Hyde, MD, Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship](/comc/surgery/images/hydega-cropped.jpg)
G. Alan Hyde, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: Univeristy of Tennessee
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery
![Robert Jean, MD, Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency](/comc/surgery/images/jean.jpg)
Robert Jean, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical School: University of South Alabma
Specialty: Genera Surgery and Trauma Surgery
![Charles Joels, MD, Associate Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship](/comc/surgery/images/joels.jpg)
Charles Joels, MD, FACS, RPVI
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director,
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
![Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS, Program Director, Vascular Surgery](/comc/surgery/images/katragunta-cropped.jpg)
Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: Missouri State University
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
![Robert Maxwell, MD, Program Director, Surgical Critical Care](/comc/surgery/images/maxwell.jpg)
Robert A. Maxwell, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Specialty: General Surgery and Trauma Surgery
![Eric C. Nelson, MD, FACS](/comc/surgery/images/nelson.jpg)
Eric C. Nelson, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery
![stanley](/comc/surgery/images/stanley.jpg)
Professor, Department of Surgery
Clerkship Director, Department of Surgery
Medical School: Indiana University
Faculty
![arnold](/comc/surgery/images/arnold.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
![Michael Barfield](/comc/surgery/images/barfield-cropped.png)
![Donald Barker](/comc/surgery/images/barker-cropped.jpg)
Chief Medical Officer, Erlanger Health System
![Ehsan Benrashid](/comc/surgery/images/benrashid-cropped.png)
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
![Todd Cockerham](/comc/surgery/images/cockerham.jpg)
![Jeremy G. Fisher](/comc/surgery/images/fisherj-cropped.jpg)
![Michael S. Greer](/comc/surgery/images/greerm.jpg)
![Stephen H. Greer](/comc/surgery/images/greers.jpg)
![John Huggins](/comc/surgery/images/huggins.jpg)
![Benjamin Kellogg](/comc/surgery/images/kellogg.jpg)
![Alan J. Koffron](/comc/surgery/images/koffrona.jpg)
![Julie A. Koffron](/comc/surgery/images/koffronj.jpg)
![Curt S. Koontz](/comc/surgery/images/koontz.jpg)
![lyman](/comc/surgery/images/lyman.jpg)
![Vicente Mejia](/comc/surgery/images/mejia.jpg)
![S. Michael Roe](/comc/surgery/images/roe.jpg)
![Lisa A. Smith](/comc/surgery/images/smithl.jpg)
![Beth Snell](/comc/surgery/images/snell-cropped.png)
![staton](/comc/surgery/images/staton.jpg)
![tanner](/comc/surgery/images/tanner.jpg)
![Alvaro A. Valle](/comc/surgery/images/valle.jpg)
Affiliated Faculty
Clinical Instructor
Medical School: Louisiana State Univeristy
Specialty: General Surgery
Clinical Instructor
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Specialty: General Surgery