Surgery Faculty
Leadership

Benjamin W. Dart, IV, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical Director, Skills and Simulation Lab
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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R. Philip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Breast Surgery
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W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Surgery Residency
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery and Endocrinology Surgery
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Christopher M. Bell, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Medical School:Ìý University of Tennessee
Specialty:Ìý Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Surgery
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Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Medical School:Ìý University of Tennessee
Specialty: ÌýPediatric Surgery
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Michael G. Carr, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation Education
Medical School:Ìý University of Louisville
Specialty:Ìý Pediatric Surgery
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Darren Hunt, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care FellowshipÌý
Medical School:Ìý Mercer School of Medicine
Specialty:Ìý Trauma Surgery and Critical Care Surgery
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G. Alan Hyde, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Medical School:Ìý University of Tennessee
Specialty:Ìý Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Robert Jean, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical School:Ìý University of South Alabama
Specialty:Ìý Genera Surgery and Trauma Surgery
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Charles Joels, MD, FACS, RPVI
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director,
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
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Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Medical School: ÌýMissouri State University
Specialty: ÌýVascular Surgery
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Robert A. Maxwell, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care FellowshipÌý
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Specialty: General Surgery and Trauma Surgery
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Eric C. Nelson, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Medical School:Ìý Loma Linda University
Specialty:Ìý Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Professor, Department of Surgery
Clerkship Director, Department of Surgery
Medical School: Indiana University
Faculty
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Medical School: University of Tennessee
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Eugene Eddlemon, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical School:Ìý Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Specialty:Ìý Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
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Medical School: University of Tennessee
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Medical School: University of Iowa
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Affiliated Faculty
Coleman L. Arnold, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery
Nicholas Ballay, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Specialty: General Surgery
J. Thomas S. Layman, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Specialty: General Surgery
Michael P. Sumida, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Specialty: General Surgery
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