Department of Surgery Faculty Members Among Boston’s Top Doctors 2024

54 Department of Surgery faculty members have been named “Top Doctors” by Boston magazine this year.  Congratulations to the following providers for being recognized as the best in their respective fields.

COLON & RECTAL SURGERY

  • Ronald Bleday, MD
  • Joel Goldberg, MD
  • James Yoo, MD

PLASTIC SURGERY

  • Matthew Carty, MD
  • Yoon Chun, MD
  • Lydia Helliwell, MD
  • Dennis Orgill, MD
  • Andrea Pusic, MD, MS
  • Christian Sampson, MD (Hand Surgery)
  • Simon Talbot, MD

OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  • Donald Annino Jr., MD
  • Regan Bergmark, MD
  • Thomas Carroll, MD
  • Carleton Corrales, MD
  • Laura Goguen, MD
  • Stella Lee, MD
  • Alice Maxfield, MD
  • Anthony Prince, MD
  • Eleni Rettig, MD
  • Rachel Roditi, MD
  • Jennifer Shin, MD, SM
  • Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD

SURGERY

  • Stanley Ashley, MD
  • Thomas Clancy, MD
  • Gerard Doherty, MD
  • Laura Dominici, MD
  • Hassan Khalil, MD
  • Tari King, MD
  • Sayeed Malek, MD
  • Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, MHCM
  • Faina Nakhlis, MD
  • Matthew Nehs, MD
  • Ko Un Clara Park, MD
  • Chandrajit Raut, MD, MSc
  • Esther Rhei, MD
  • Douglas Smink, MD, MPH
  • Ali Tavakkoli, MD
  • Ashley Vernon, MD

THORACIC & CARDIAC SURGERY

  • Raphael Bueno, MD
  • Christopher Ducko, MD
  • Amy Hackmann, MD
  • Hassan Khalil, MD
  • Ciaran McNamee, MD
  • Steven Mentzer, MD
  • Matthew Rochefort, MD
  • Scott Swanson, MD
  • George Tolis Jr., MD
  • John Wain, MD
  • Jon Wee, MD
  • Daniel Wiener, MD

VASCULAR SURGERY

  • Michael Belkin, MD
  • Edwin Gravereaux, MD
  • Matthew Menard, MD
  • Louis Nguyen, MD, MPH, MBA
  • Charles Ozaki, MD

2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report

Over the past year, the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has continued to build on our proud history of clinical and academic achievement. This report highlights just some of the many examples of our ongoing commitment to excellence in clinical care, research and surgical education.

To view or download the report, click here.

Nancy Cho, MD, Named BWH Surgery Clerkship Director

In this role, Dr. Cho will oversee the Harvard medical students on the surgery rotation within the Principal Clinical Experience (PCE).  Dr. Cho has previously served as associate clerkship director for the past five years.

Nancy L. Cho, MD Headshot

NANCY L. CHO, MD
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Clerkship Director, Harvard Medical School Core Surgery Rotation
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Cho received her BA from Harvard University and MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed residency training in general surgery and fellowship training in endocrine surgery at the Brigham. Dr. Cho is the section chief of Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery and assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Cho’s clinical interests include endocrine diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Her current research focuses on investigating gender disparities in academic surgery, including award recognition, operative experience, and society leadership. Dr. Cho has also published extensively on clinical outcomes in endocrine surgery to optimize delivery of patient care and improve surgical practices. She currently serves on committees for the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and the Association for Academic Surgery.