Department of Surgery Committees

The Department of Surgery’s Clinical Practice Committee brings together divisional leadership to discuss ambulatory operations best practices, challenges, and ideas to further our clinical output. 

Committee Chair: William E. Fisher, M.D.

• Committee Chair: William E. Fisher, M.D.
• Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.
• Joseph Coselli, M.D.
• Nicole Miller
• Gabriel Loor, M.D.
• Priya Minoje
• E. Ramsay Camp, M.D.
•  Joseph L. Mills, M.D.
• Marc Moon, M.D.
• Robert Southard, M.D.
• Samer Mattar, M.D.
• Martin Zielinski, M.D.
• Kenneth Liao, M.D.
• John Goss, M.D.
• Shawn Groth, M.D.
• Stacy Carter, M.D.
• Claire Ozaki, M.D.
• Sebastian Winocour, M.D.
• Jayer Chung, M.D.
• George Van Buren II, M.D.
• Juliet Holder-Haynes, M.D.
• Feibi Zheng, M.D.
• Michele Loor, M.D.
• Zachary Pallister, M.D.
• Charrika Williams, NP
• Ashley Waldon, PA
• Lashanes Washington
• Alastair Thompson, M.D.
• James W. Suliburk, M.D.
• Atif Iqbal, M.D.
• Nick Ryan
• Kelvin Willis
• Djacarda Williams
• Alexis Shafii, M.D
• Vicente Orozco, M.D.
• Stephanie Middleton
• Lindsey Vargas
• Sharon Galloway
• N. Thao N. Galvan, M.D.
• Sarah Morrissey
• Holly Clayton
• Sarah Mahlke
• Belinda Kovacik
• Abby Marinez
• Lynn Tran
• Shanda Blackmon, M.D.
• Ryan Dumas, M.D.

The Department of Surgery’s Research Committee provides critical guidance regarding clinical and basic science research activities, including the Faculty Research Grant program supporting the development of innovative research projects by faculty. The committee also matches our research track residents with faculty mentors, assists with planning our annual Research Day Symposium and develops policies to align and drive research goals.

Chair: Livia Eberlin, Ph.D.

• Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.
• Ghanashyam Acharya, Ph.D., M.Sc.
• E. Ramsay Camp, M.D.
• Changyi Johnny Chen, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
• Jayer Chung, M.D., M.Sc.
• Ravi Kiran Ghanta, M.D.
• Atif Iqbal, M.D. 
• Lara Landry, PharmD, Ph.D.
• Jennifer Leonard, M.D., Ph.D. 
• Kenneth K. Liao, M.D., Ph.D.
• Samer Mattar, M.D.
• Thomas Milner, Ph.D.
• Tamer Mohamed, Ph.D.
• R. Taylor Ripley, M.D., B.S.
• Hu Ying Shen, M.D., Ph.D.
• James W.  Suliburk, M.D.
• Alastair Thompson, M.D.
• Sanjeev Vasudevan, M.D.
• Qizhi Cathy Yao, Ph.D., M.D. 
• Abbas Rana, M.D.
• Chris Pederson, M.D.

The Advanced Practice Provider Council's purpose is to support, promote, and serve the Advanced Practice Providers in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery. The council serves as a representative group for all Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) within the Department of Surgery. The Council is an arena for APP networking and mentoring, as well as policy and procedure optimization.