Department of Surgery

Walter J. Chwals, MD, FACS, FAAP, FCCM

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Chief of Pediatric Surgery; Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief; Director, Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5025
Fax #: 617-636-8122

Pediatric surgery, pediatric trauma, congenital disorders requiring surgery in newborns, GI inflammatory diseases in children, pediatric tumors (surgical oncology), nutrition in post-surgical neonates, pediatric obesity and minimally invasive surgery

Jason F. Hall, MD, MPH

Title(s): Surgeon-in-Chief and Chair, Department of Surgery; Tufts Medical Center; Benjamin Andrews Chair of Surgery and Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-6190
Fax #: 617-636-6110

Colorectal Surgery

Horacio M. Hojman, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Chief, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Surgical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit; Associate Director, Trauma Surgery; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4488
Fax #: 617-636-8172

Trauma, surgical critical care, acute care surgery

Payam Salehi, MD, PhD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Chief, Vascular Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Disease Program; Vascular Surgeon; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Vascular Surgery
Appt. Phone: Aortic Disease referrals phone: 617-636-5590; Vascular Surgery referrals phone: 617-636-8094
Fax #: 617-636-8003

Complex aortic surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, vascular and endovascular surgery, venous surgery, complex wound care

Sajani N. Shah, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, General Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-6093
Fax #: 617-636-9095

General surgery, laparoscopic surgery, obesity surgery, trauma surgery

Michael E. Tarnoff, MD, FACS

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): CEO, Tufts Medical Center; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, General Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-6093
Fax #: 617-636-9095

General surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, obesity surgery

Mohammad Almeqdadi, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Transplant Hepatologist and Instructor
Department(s): Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4886
Fax #: 617-636-1003

Liver Transplant, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Hemochromatosis, Portal Hypertension, Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Mohammed A. Bawazeer, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Trauma Surgeon; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4488
Fax #: 617-636-8172

General surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine and Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Nikolay Bugaev, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Associate Trauma Medical Director at Tufts Medical Center and Executive Director of Research, Department of Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): General Surgery, Trauma/Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4488
Fax #: 617-636-8172

Trauma/Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, MBA

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery; Breast Surgical Oncologist; Plastic Surgeon; Breast Surgeon; Oncoplastic Specialist; Associate Professor, TUSM
Department(s): Surgery, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5600
Fax #: 617-636-9095

Breast surgical oncology, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, breast surgery, oncoplastic surgery

Frederick Y. Chen, MD, PhD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Chief, Cardiac Surgery; Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5590
Fax #: 617-636-6410

Surgical treatment of acquired heart disease, surgical repair of valvular heart disease, minimally invasive surgery, arrhythmia surgery, heart transplantation, circulatory assist devices, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Lilian Chen, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Colon and Rectal Surgeon; Associate Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program; Associate Director of Surgical Education; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-6190
Fax #: 617-636-6110

Minimally invasive and robotic colorectal surgery, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, anorectal disease, rectal prolapse and sacral nerve stimulator for fecal incontinence

Artur Chernoguz, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Pediatric Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5025
Fax #: 617-636-8122

Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, Neonatal surgery, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), minimally invasive surgery, congenial diaphragmatic hernia, congenital anorectal malformations, thoracic surgery, Hirschsprung's disease, congenital abdominal wall deformities

Gregory S. Couper, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5590
Fax #: 617-636-6410

General cardiac/thoracic surgery

Despoina Daskalaki, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Surgeon
Department(s): Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4886
Fax #: 617-636-1003

Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreatic Surgery, Robotic Surgery

Daniel N. Driscoll, MD, FACS

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Plastic Surgeon; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5600
Fax #: 617-636-9095

Cosmetic surgery of the face and body, breast reconstruction, body contouring after massive weight loss, pediatric plastic surgery, posttraumatic and post-oncologic reconstruction, burn reconstruction

Martin D. Goodman, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program; Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-9248
Fax #: 617-636-9095

General surgery, advanced abdominal tumors, peritoneal surface malignancies, hepatobiliary/pancreatic/colorectal minimally invasive surgical oncology

Martin Hertl, MD, PhD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Chief, Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Department(s): Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery
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Kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation, complex hepatobiliary surgery

Carl-Christian A. Jackson, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Pediatric Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5025
Fax #: 617-626-8122

Pediatric surgery, pediatric trauma, minimally invasive surgery, congenital chest wall deformities, neonatal surgery

Benjamin P. Johnson, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care
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Trauma and acute care surgery, surgical intensive care

Alyson Kaplan, MD, MSc

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Transplant Hepatologist and Instructor
Department(s): Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4886
Fax #: 617-636-1003

Liver Transplant, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Hemochromatosis, Portal Hypertension, Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Woon Cho Kim, MD, MPH

Title(s): Trauma Surgeon, Assistant Professor in Surgery
Department(s): Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
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Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Shivani Kumar, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Vascular Surgeon; Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Vascular Surgery
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Aortic aneurysm disease, aortic dissection, endovascular intervention, PAD, limb salvage, dialysis access, venous disease

Sarah M. Persing, MD, MPH

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Surgeon
Department(s): Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5600
Fax #: 617-636-9095

Breast cancer, plastic surgery, oncoplastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, microsurgery

Louis Reines, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS

Title(s): Colon and Rectal Surgeon; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Appt. Phone:
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Diverticulitis, colon cancer, rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, anal fissure, anal fistula and abscess, minimally invasive colorectal surgery

Jennifer Sabo, NP

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Nurse Practitioner
Department(s): Surgery, Surgical Oncology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-9248
Fax #: 617-636-9095

Peritoneal surface malignancies

Thomas Schnelldorfer, MD, PhD, FACS

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Surgical Oncologist; Director, Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology; Director of the Surgical Imaging Laboratory; Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Surgical Oncology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-9400
Fax #: 617-636-9095

Gastrointestinal and oncologic surgery, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary cancers, gallbladder disease, minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery

Aaron T. Sparks, DO

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Cardiac Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department(s): Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5590
Fax #: 617-636-6410

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Heart Failure/Transplantation, Valve Repair/Replacement

Rona Spector, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Thoracic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5589
Fax #: 617-636-9095

General thoracic and foregut surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, surgical robotics, lung cancer

Yong Zhan, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Co-Director, Aortic Disease Program; Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery
Appt. Phone: Aortic Disease referrals phone: 617-636-5590; Vascular Surgery referrals phone: 617-636-8094
Fax #: 617-636-6410

Surgical treatment of acquired heart disease, aortic aneurysm and dissection surgery, surgical repair of valvular heart disease, minimally invasive surgery, arrhythmia surgery, heart transplantation, circulatory assist devices