The Department of Surgery is led by many nationally and internationally respected experts.
Alfonso Torquati, MD, MSCI, FACS
Chairperson
Keith Millikan, MD
Senior Vice Chair
Vice Chair, Education
Amir H. Dorafshar, MBChB
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Theodore J. Saclarides, MD
Vice Chair, Network Surgery
Jonathan Myers, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Philip Omotosho, MD
Vice Chair, Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Division of General Surgery
Scott W. Schimpke, MD
Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Deana Shenaq, MD
Program Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program
Christopher Coogan, MD
Program Director, Urology Residency Program
Ami Shah, MD
Co-director, MS Clerkship
Benjamin Veenstra, MD
Co-director, MS Clerkship
Dana Hayden, MD
Director, Research
Jose Velasco, MD
Director, Surgical Innovation
Naomi Parrella, MD, FAAFP, Dipl. ABOM
Chief of Lifestyle Medicine
Medical Director, Center for Weight Loss & Lifestyle Medicine
Director, Strategic Development and Implementation
Daniel J. Deziel, MD
Department Liaison to Stroger Hospital
Rosalinda Alvarado, MD
Diversity Officer