Faculty & Staff

Richard Lee, MD

• Chief & Professor, Cardio Thoracic Surgery

Vijay Patel, MD

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

James D. St. Louis, MD, FACC, FACS

• Chief, Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
• Co-Director, Pediatric & Congenital Heart Program
• J. Harold Harrison, MD Endowed Chair of Surgery
• Professor, Department of Surgery & Pediatrics

Renee Hilton, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Chief, MIDS
• Co-Director of the Digestive Health Center
• Director of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

Aaron Bolduc, MD

• Assistant Professor Co-Director, Adrenal Center
• Surgical Director, Adrenal Center

Charles G. Howell, MD

• CEO, AUMA
• Professor, Surgery

Robyn Hatley, MD

• Professor, Surgery & Pediatrics
• Section of Pediatric Surgery

Walter Pipkin, MD

• Interim Vice Chair, Surgery
• Surgeon in Chief, CHOG
• Section Chief, Pediatric Surgery
• Associate Professor, Surgery

Christian Walters, MD

• Assistant Professor, Surgery
• Section of Pediatric Surgery

Edmond F. Ritter, MD

• Section Chief, Plastic Surgery
• Professor of Surgery

Jack Yu, MD

• Milford B. Hatcher Professor
• Professor, Surgery
• Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Mouchammed Agko, MD

• Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery

Maria Helena Lima, MD

• Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery

Edward Kruse, MD

• Chief, Surgical Oncology
• Assistant Professor, Surgery

Taranjit Arora, MD

• Associate Professor, Surgery
• Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Daniel Albo, MD

• Professor, Surgery
• Director, Oncology Surgical Services

Alicia Vinyard, MD

• Assistant Professor

Ahmad Mirza, MD

• Transplant Program

Muhammad Saeed, MD

• Interim Chief of Transplant Surgery & Immunology
• Assistant Professor, Surgery
• Section of Transplant & Immunology

Adil Abuzeid, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Steven B. Holsten, Jr., MD

• Interim Chairman, Surgery
• Interim Surgery Service Chief at AUHS
• Professor of Trauma/ACS Surgery
• Director of Education, Department of Surgery

Terence O'Keeffe, MB, ChB, FACS, FCCM

• J. Harold Harrison, MD Distinguished Chair in Trauma Surgery
• Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Professor, Surgery

Cassandra White, MD

• Associate Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Keith O'Malley, MD, FACS

• Professor, Surgery
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Elizabeth Fox, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Erin Switzer, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery

Andrew Lawson, DO

• Assistant Professor
• Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
• Associate Program Director for Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Martha Terris, MD

• Professor, Surgery
• Section Chief, Urology
• Program Director, Urology Residency Program

Rabii Madi, MD

• Professor, Surgery
• Director of Urologic Oncology & Robotic Surgery

Bradley Morganstern, MD

• Associate Professor, Pediatric Urology

Sherita King, MD

• Assistant Professor, Urology

Zachary Klaassen, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Assistant Program Director

Pablo Santamaria, MD

• Assoc. Professor, Urology

Lynn Allmond, FNP, BC, CCRC

• Family Nurse Practitioner
• Section of Urology

Regina Canty, NP

• Family Nurse Practitioner, Georgia Cancer Center

Miranda Wood, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Gautam Agarwal, MD

• Associate Professor and Chief, Section of
• Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Mrinal Shukla, M.D., RPVI

• Assistant Professor, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
• Associate Program Director for General Surgery Residency

Toby Cohen Tally, MD

• Assistant Professor, Surgery
• Surgery Site Clerkship Director
• AU-UGA Medical Partnership
• UGA Health Sciences Campus

Joel Hall, MBA

• Senior Administrator

Jason Turner

• Department Administrator

Holly Rippy

• Quality Improvement Coordinator

VACANT

• Business Operations Specialist

Robert R. Nesbit, JR. MD

• Professor Emeritus, Surgery
• Director of Medical Student Education

Megan Mumford

• Administrative Assistant, Chairman & Administrator
• Administrative Assistant, CEO AUMA

Elaine Lord

• PPG Billing Coordinator