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GEMS Faculty

Erik Q. Ballert, MD, FACS

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Professor of Surgery at UK HealthCare
  • Deputy Executive Director of Veteran’s Administration National Surgery Office

William C Cavatassi, MD

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Associate Professor of Surgery

Oliver J Fackelmayer, MD, FACS

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
  • Medical Director, Good Samaritan Surgical Specialties Clinic

William B Inabnet III, MD, MHA, FACS

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Professor
  • Johnston-Wright Endowed Professor and Chair of Surgery

Varun Jain, MBBS

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Positions Held:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Director - General, Endocrine, & Metabolic Medicine Fellowship

Cortney Y Lee, MD, FACS

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Professor of Surgery
  • Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Melissa Ranney Newcomb, MD, FACS

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  • Graduate Medical Education

Positions Held:
  • Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
  • Section Chief of General Surgery, VA Medical Center

Maria Raye Anne V Ng, MD

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
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John Scott Roth, MD, FACS

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Professor of Surgery
  • Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
  • Division Chief, General, Endocrine. and Metabolic Surgery

David A Sloan, MD

  • Surgery

Positions Held:
  • Warren H. Proudfoot Professor in Surgical Oncology
  • Section Head, Endocrine Surgery

Joshua P Steiner, MD

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Positions Held:
  • Assistant Professor

Crystal Totten, MD

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

Surgery

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