General Surgical Residency - Faculty | The University of Arizona College of Medicine

Full-Time General Surgery Faculty

Faculty	Brief Bio
	General Surgery
Jon King, MD, FACS	Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine General Surgery Residency: Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency
Jennifer F. Preston, MD, FACS	Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency, Program Director Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson General Surgery Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship: Oregon Health & Science University Areas of Interest: Surgical education, minimally invasive treatment of foregut diseases and robotic surgery
Priya Rajdev, MD	Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School General Surgery Residency: Emory University Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship: Oregon Health and Science University Areas of Interest: Minimally invasive surgery, foregut and esophageal disease, public policy, health equity, advocacy, science communication
Nathaniel Soper, MD, FACS	Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Iowa School of Medicine General Surgery Residency: University of Utah Fellowship: NIH Fellow at Digestive Disease Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN Areas of Interest: Minimally invasive surgery for gastrointestinal disease, gallstones and benign esophageal disorders, as well as ultrasound and motility of the gastrointestinal tract, surgical education
	Endocrine
Rosemarie Metzger MD	Associate Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health General Surgical Residency: University of Virginia Endocrine Surgery Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, Ohio Areas of Interest: Surgical treatment for disease processes related to the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands
Mira Milas, MD, FACS	Chief, Division of Endocrine Surgery Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Texas, Houston Surgical Residency: Emory University Endocrine Fellowship: Emory University Areas of Interest: Thyroid nodules, parathyroid disease, neck ultrasound
Alex Nelson DO	Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: Midwestern University General Surgical Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship: University of Michigan Areas of Interest: Benign and malignant disorders of the thyroid, parathyroids, adrenal glands, and GI neuroendocrine tumors, minimally invasive general surgery, surgical education
	Colorectal
Eugene Kim, MD	Medical School: State University of New York at Brooklyn School of Medicine (Downstate) General Surgery Residency: Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship: UMDNJ Rober Wood Johnson Medical School Areas of Interest: Management of benign and malignant colorectal disease; Minimally invasive treatment of colorectal disease
Jason Weiss, MD, FACS	Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Iowa General Surgery Residency: Phoenix Integrated General Surgery Residency Pelvic Floor Surgery Fellowship: University of Southern California Colorectal Surgery Fellowship: The Ohio State University Areas of Interest: Surgical education, minimally invasive treatment of colorectal diseases such as colorectal cancer and diverticulitis, robotic surgery, colonoscopy, hemorrhoid disease, fecal incontinence and constipation.
	Bariatrics
MacKenzie Landin, MD	Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin Surgical Residency: Rush University Medical Center and John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship: Duke University Areas of Interest: Bariatric and minimally invasive surgery, general surgery
Christine Lovato, MD, FACS, FASMBS	Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine Surgical Residency: St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland California Areas of Interest: Bariatric and minimally invasive surgery, metabolic disease
	Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
Paul Dabrowski, MD, FACS	Associate Trauma Program Medical Director, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Associate Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: Tulane Surgical Residency: University of Pennsylvania General Surgery and Trauma/Critical Care Fellowships: Tulane University and Charity Hospitals Areas of Interest: Trauma and surgical critical care
Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS	Trauma Outreach Director Associate Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Surgical Residency: Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency Fellowship: UCSF Fresno Valley Medical Center Areas of Interest: Rural trauma, acute care surgery, multi-disciplinary surgery for placental abnormalities
Ara Feinstein, MD, MPH, FACS	Assistant Medical Student Clerkship Director Associate Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Physician Executive, Specialties, Banner Medical Group Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine General Surgery Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital in affiliation with Harvard Medical School Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Areas of Interest: Business of surgical care, health systems
Natasha Keric, MD, MPH, FACS	Medical Student Clerkship Director Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Illinois School of Medicine Surgical Residency: Scott and White Clinic in Texas Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland Areas of Interest: Surgical education and mentorship, traumatic injuries and resuscitation, complex surgical abdominal conditions
Nirav Patel, MD, FACS	Vice Chair for Quality and Patient Safety Associate Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Wisconsin General Surgery Residency: Gundersen Medical Foundation-Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of California-San Diego Areas of Interest: Surgical clinical quality improvement, global health, system process engineering, general trauma acute care surgery with a focus on minimally invasive approaches and complex abdominal wall reconstructions
Amy Sisley, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Program Director	Associate Program Director for Simulation Associate Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Surgical Residency: University of Chicago Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship: Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia Areas of Interest: Surgical education and simulation, trauma, acute surgical conditions and critical illness
Allison Tompeck, MD	Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine General Surgery Residency: Pinnacle Health System – Polyclinic Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern Areas of Interest: Trauma, surgical critical care, intra-abdominal sepsis, abdominal compartment syndrome, acute complicated pancreatitis