General Surgery Residency Faculty

Ohio State’s Department of Surgery faculty take pride in educating top-tier residents.

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As a resident, you’ll have the opportunity to work with instructors who are leaders in their medical fields. Through participation in more than 1,000 surgeries over the course of your residency, you’ll learn leading-edge techniques and medical best practices.

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Our Leaders

Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, MTS, PhD

Timothy Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD

  • Chair, Department of Surgery
    The Urban F. Meyer III and Shelley M. Meyer Chair for Cancer Research
    Surgeon in Chief
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Mark Arnold, MD

  • Program Director, Surgery Residency
    Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
    Professor, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Amber Traugott, MD

Amber Traugott, MD

  • Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
    Unit Director, Surgery Clerkship, Part 2 LSI Curriculum
    Associate Professor, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Director, Department of Surgery Research Training Program
    Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery
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Xiaodong (Phoenix) Chen, PhD, MS

Xiaodong (Phoenix) Chen, PhD, MS

  • Senior Director of Education Science and Research
    Associate Professor, Surgical Education and Research
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Lisa Cunningham, MD

  • Assistant Program Director, Surgery Residency
    Assistant Professor – Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Aslam Ejaz, MD

Aslam Ejaz, MD

  • Assistant Program Director, Surgery Residency
    Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
    Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
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Kelly Haisley, MD

Kelly Haisley, MD

  • Assistant Program Director, Surgery Residency
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
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Emily Huang, MD

  • Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
    Assistant Professor, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH

  • Professor, General Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
    Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
    Director, Global Surgery
    Professor, General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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