GEMS Faculty

Erik Q. Ballert, MD, FACS
Positions Held:
- Professor of Surgery at UK HealthCare
- Deputy Executive Director of Veteran’s Administration National Surgery Office


Oliver J Fackelmayer, MD, FACS
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
- Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
- Medical Director, Good Samaritan Surgical Specialties Clinic

William B Inabnet III, MD, MHA, FACS
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Johnston-Wright Endowed Professor and Chair of Surgery

Varun Jain, MBBS
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
- Associate Director - General, Endocrine, & Metabolic Medicine Fellowship

Cortney Y Lee, MD, FACS
Positions Held:
- Professor of Surgery
- Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Melissa Ranney Newcomb, MD, FACS
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor of Surgery
- Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
- Section Chief of General Surgery, VA Medical Center


John Scott Roth, MD, FACS
Positions Held:
- Professor of Surgery
- Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
- Division Chief, General, Endocrine. and Metabolic Surgery

David A Sloan, MD
Positions Held:
- Warren H. Proudfoot Professor in Surgical Oncology
- Section Head, Endocrine Surgery


Crystal Totten, MD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
- Co-Vice Chair of Professionalism and Integrity
- Director, General, Endocrine, and Metabolic Surgery Fellowship