Faculty Promotions and Appointments

The following faculty members were recently appointed or promoted at Harvard Medical School.

Nicholas Berlin, MD, MPH, appointed assistant professor of surgery.

Akinobu Itoh, MD, PhD, appointed associate professor of surgery.

Serguei Melnitchouk, MD, MPH, promoted to associate professor of surgery .

Eric Sheu, MD, PhD, promoted to associate professor of surgery.

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD, Promoted to Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD
Chief, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Uppaluri is a professor in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Harvard Medical School and head and neck surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical interests include minimally invasive head and neck surgery, including endoscopic approaches for skull base tumors and transoral laser removal of head and neck cancers, thyroid surgery and salivary gland/ parotid tumor management. To help manage these complex conditions, Dr. Uppaluri works in a close, multidisciplinary fashion with colleagues in neurosurgery, plastic surgery, medical and radiation oncology.   

Dr. Uppaluri completed his medical school and obtained a doctorate in molecular genetics at the University of Minnesota. He subsequently trained in otolaryngology- head and neck surgery at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He remained as a faculty member there for 16 years prior to moving to Boston in 2016. Dr. Uppaluri is the chief of head and neck surgical oncology at Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center and chief of the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  

Dr. Uppaluri’s research interests focus on basic and translational approaches to improving outcomes for patients with head and neck cancers. He leads an NIH funded laboratory focused on immunotherapy. He also been the leader of clinical trials integrating novel therapeutics into the surgical management of head and neck cancers

Incoming Interns for AY 2025-2026

We are pleased to report that this year’s residency match results are in. Here are the first-year residents who will be joining our surgical residencies this June.

Categorical General Surgery – Dr. Stephanie Nitzschke, Program Director

  • Fares, Sami – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Kristo, Angela – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Schiazza, Alexis – Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Sienko, Peter – University of Michigan Medical School
  • Ukhuedoba, Ikhianosen – Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
  • Wong, Paul – University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
  • Wu, Victoria – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Yang, Victor – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Zimmerman, Talia – George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Preliminary General Surgery – Dr. Stephanie Nitzschke, Program Director

  • Braun, Maxime – University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • El-Najjar, Dany – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Ilkhani, Saba – Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  • Liu, Eileen – Boston University School of Medicine
  • Puder, Jonathan – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine,
  • Dogar, Mariam – Harvard Medical School [IR]
  • Sim, Nathan – Wayne State University School of Medicine [IR]

Thoracic Integrated I – 6 – Dr. Michael Jaklitsch, Program Director

  • Davis, Hannah – Indiana University School of Medicine [thoracic surgery]
  • Zamirpour, Siavash – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine [cardiac surgery]

Harvard Plastic Surgery – Dr. Kyle Eberlin, Program Director; Dr. Lydia Helliwell, Associate Program Director/BWH Site Director

  • Emovon, Emmanuel – Duke University School of Medicine
  • Harish, Varsha – Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Lee, Daniela – Harvard Medical School
  • Yessaillian, Andrea – University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Harvard Medical School / Mass Eye and Ear / Mass General Brigham Program in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery – Dr. Alice Maxfield, Associate Program Director/BWH Site Director

  • Abdulbaki, Hasan – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
  • Carlson, Ryan – University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Fleseriu, Cara – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Telischi, Julia – University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Zhao, Maryann – Harvard Medical School

Oral Medicine – Program Director, Dr. Piamkamon Vacharotayangul

  • Dadlani, Sakshi – New York University School of Dental Medicine
  • Gaitonde, Stuti – Goa Dental College and Hospital
  • De Francia, Mhary Grace – University of Washington