Faculty

Oliver C. Whipple, MD, FACS, FASMBS – Bariatric Surgery

• Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Florida
• Residency: Memorial Medical Center
• Graduate Degree: Mercer University School of Medicine

David Carney, MD, FACS – Pediatric General Surgery

• Associate Program Director for Surgical Residency, Department of Surgery, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia
• Medical School: SUNY - Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York
• Residency: SUNY - Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York
• Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery – Indiana University School of Medicine, J.W. Riley Hospital for Children
• Board Certification: Pediatric Surgery

James Dunne, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery

• Professor of Surgery, Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Mercer School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
• Residency: National Naval Medical Center
• Fellowship: Trauma and Surgical Critical Care - R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Heather MacNew, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

• Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Professor of Surgery – Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Trauma/Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Miller Hamrick, MD, FACS – Pediatric General Surgery

• Student Clerkship Director, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s National Medical Center
• Board Certification: Pediatric Surgery

James Garber, MD, FACS – Surgery

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Board Certification: Surgery

William Bromberg, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

• Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Residency: General Surgery - Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Fellowship: Trauma and Surgical Care, Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Oliver Whipple, MD, FACS, FASMBS - Surgery

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Florida
• Board Certification: Surgery

William C. Boswell, MD, FACS – Pediatric General Surgery

• Associate Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital
• Board Certification: Pediatric Surgery

Anthony Avino, MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery

• Assistant Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
• Residency: University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
• Research: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville and Mayo Clinic Rochester, Jacksonville, Florida and Rochester,
  Minnesota Vascular Surgery Research
• Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
• Board Certification: Vascular Surgery

Alan Lord, MD, FACS – General Surgery

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine – Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery – Orlando Regional Medical Center
• Board Certification: American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Alexis M. Gage, MD, MPH, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
• Master of Public Health, University of Washington Department of Health Services
• Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital
• Fellowship: Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
• Board Certification: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Alvaro H. Fonseca, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Trauma and Critical Care, University of California San Diego Medical Center
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Katherine McBride, MD – Trauma Surgery

• Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery, Vidant Medical Center
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Stephanie Ireland Gordy, MD, FACS – Trauma Surgery

• Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Oregon Health and Science University
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Mickey M. Ott, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center
• Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Grand Rapids/Michigan State University; Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Elizabeth N. McKeown, MD – Colorectal Surgery

• Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
• Residency: Swedish Medical center
• Fellowship: University of Tennessee at Erlanger
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Colorectal Surgery

Robert J. Kelly, Jr. MD – Bariatric Surgery, Surgery

• Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Board Certification: Surgery

William E. Burak. MD, FACS – Breast Surgery

• Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
• Residency: University of Maryland Medical System
• Fellowship: Surgical Oncology – The Ohio State University, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute; Research Fellowship – Hormones and Cancer Program, The Ohio State University, Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Board Certification: Surgery

Joseph Sheppard Mondy, III, MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
• Residency: University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fellowship: Trauma and Surgical Critical Care – University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California; Research Fellow in Vascular Biology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
• Additional: Resident in Vascular Surgery, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Davis S. Moon, MD, RPVI – Vascular Surgery

• Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
• Residency: Memorial University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
• Board Certification: Vascular Surgery

Christopher E. Walls. MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
• Medical School: Emory University
• Residency: General Surgery - Emory University
• Fellowship: Vascular Surgery - Emory University
• Board Certifications: Surgery; Vascular Surgery

Matthew C. Ochsner, MD – Head and Neck Surgery

• Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
• Residency: Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery - Emory University School of Medicine
• Fellowship: Head and Neck Surgical Oncology/Microvascular Reconstruction University of Miami

Ryan Abbaszadeh, MD – Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

• Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
• Residency: University of Washington Department of Surgery
• Fellowship: University of Virginia Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
• Board Certification: Surgery

Chadwick Stouffer, MD – Cardiovascular Surgery

• Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• Residency: Grand Rapids / Michigan State University General Surgery
• Fellowship: University of Florida Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Board Certification: Cardiovascular Surgery

Robert Liebman, MD – Head and Neck Surgery

• Medical School: Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
• Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Fellowship: University of Florida Department of Otolaryngology
• Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery