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Stephanie Nitzschke, MD, Named Program Director of the Brigham General Surgery Residency Program

Stephanie Nitzschke, MD, has been appointed program director of the Brigham General Surgery Residency Program. Dr. Nitzschke has served as an associate director of the program since 2018.

Stephanie Nitzschke, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn, Surgical and Critical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical Director, Burn Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Nitzschke is an acute care surgeon, trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School. She is a graduate of Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and completed a general surgery residency at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. She also completed a burn surgery fellowship at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research and a trauma and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the trauma and critical faculty in 2014 and has been the medical director of the Brigham Burn Center since 2017.

Dr. Nitzschke is an active participant in resident and medical student education. Her research interests include clinical outcomes for burn and trauma patients. She has authored over 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts and chapters and presented 20 surgical care abstracts and lectures regionally and nationally.

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Recent Faculty Promotions

The following Department of Surgery faculty members were recently promoted:

Thanh Barbie, MD

Thanh Barbie, MD, to assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Jessica Erdmann-Sager, MD

Jessica Erdmann-Sager, MD, to assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Suniti Nimbkar, MD

Suniti Nimbkar, MD, to assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Robert Riviello, MD, MPH

Robert Riviello, MD, MPH, to associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Hisashi Tsukada, MD, PhD

Hisashi Tsukada, MD, PhD, to assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

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Welcoming New Faculty – Anupama Mehta, MD

Please join us in welcoming Anupama Mehta, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Anupama Mehta, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn, Surgical and Critical Care

Dr. Mehta graduated with honors from Rutgers College and obtained her medical degree from the University of Vermont. She completed a general surgery residency at Loyola University Medical Center and a burns and critical care fellowship at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

She is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. She is also a member of the American Burn Association (ABA) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

Dr. Mehta’s clinical interests include: Burn surgery and reconstruction, wound healing, scar tissue management and burn critical care. She also treats pediatric burns and patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Additionally, she has interests in faculty development and resident wellness initiatives.