General and GI Surgery Faculty
Division Chief
Edward Lin, DO, MBA
– Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Associate Program Director, Emory Endosurgery Fellowship, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
– Director, Gastroesophageal Treatment Center and Esophageal Physiology Lab, The Emory Clinic
– Surgical Director, Emory Bariatric Center
Dr. Lin was the first surgeon in the United States to perform endoscopic plication for gastroesophageal reflux at Emory University Hospital Midtown in June 2004; directed the development of a single incision, laparoscopic technique for resection of colon cancer; and worked with Dr. Juan Sarmiento to develop unique techniques for laparoscopic-assisted formal liver resections, such as the performance of laparoscopic hepatectomy though incisions that are much smaller than those of a standard open procedure.
Dr. Lin has been the surgical director of the Emory Bariatric Center since 2006, and successfully led the center's accreditation process for its Emory University Hospital-Midtown location from the Bariatric Surgery Center Network of the American College of Surgeons (ACS BSCN) in 2007, 2011, and 2013. He travels academically teaching laparoscopic and endoscopy techniques, is an officially designated Lap Band proctor, mentors dozens of surgeons throughout the country, and is a leader in operations management related to surgical practice and delivery of patient care. He is an acknowledged expert in esophageal, stomach, bowel, and robotic surgery.
Faculty
Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD
– Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University SOM
– Medical Director, Electronic ICU Service, Emory Healthcare
Craig M. Coopersmith, MD
– Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Interim Director, Emory Critical Care Center, Emory University SOM
– Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
– Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
– Director, Surgical/Transplant Intensive Care Unit, Emory University Hospital
S. Scott Davis, Jr, MD
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Medical Director of Perioperative Services, Emory University Hospital
– Director, Emory Endosurgery Unit for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
David R. Elwood, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Assistant Director, Acute and Critical Care Surgery Service, Emory University Hospital
John R. Galloway, MD
– Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Nutritional Metabolic Services, Emory University Hospital
– Medical Director of Transplant and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, EUH
– Associate Section Chief for Critical Care, Nutrition and Metabolic Support, EUH
Wendy R. Greene, MD
– Associate Professor of Surgery and Director, Acute and Critical Care Surgery, Emory Critical Care Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Carla I. Haack, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Henry B. Tippie Clinician Scholar, Emory University SOM
– Director, Surgery Care Coordination, Emory University Hospital
Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Eric M. Knauer, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Dominic Papandria, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Ankit Patel, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Robotic Surgery Program, Division of General and GI Surgery, Emory University SOM
Dipan C. Patel, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Snehal Patel, MD, MS
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Jonathan D. Pollock, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Susan A. Safley, PhD
– Assistant Professor, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Juan M. Sarmiento, MD
– W. Dean Warren Distinguished Chair of Surgery
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Surgery
Neil D. Saunders, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Marty T. Sellers, MD, MPH
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Federico J. Serrot, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Virginia O. Shaffer, MD
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Joe Sharma, MD
– Director, Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery, Emory University Hospital
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Chief Quality Officer, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
– National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) Champion, Emory University Hospital
– (Secondary Appointment) Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Arvinpal Singh, MD
– Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Medical Director, Emory Bariatric Center
A.L. Jackson Slappy, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Acting Chief, General Surgery, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Jahnavi Srinivasan, MD
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Surgical Simulation and Elective Programs, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
– Surgical Director, ExCel Simulation Lab, Emory University SOM
– Surgical Director, Emory Crohn's and Colitis Center
– Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM
Jamil L. Stetler, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
John F. Sweeney, MD
– Joseph Brown Whitehead Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Surgical Services, Emory Healthcare
– Surgeon-in-Chief, Emory Healthcare
Collin J. Weber, MD
– Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
