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  • Sunil K Geevarghese, MD, MSCI, FACS

    Professor of Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology & Radiological Sciences
    Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation
    Department of Surgery
    Vice Chair for Education
    Section of Surgical Sciences
    Medical Director, Transplant Perioperative Services
    Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital
    Phone
    (615) 936-1831
    Fax
    (615) 936-0435

    Dr. Geevarghese is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where he continued with general surgery residency under Dr. John Tarpley. His fellowship training in multiorgan transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery followed at UCLA under Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil.

    The son of distinguished educators, he has made surgical education his major ongoing work. Recognizing a gap in perioperative resident education, he devised the Educational Time-Out method to formalize preoperative goal setting at the end of the surgical time-out and to provide postoperative feedback using the SIMPL app. Given the rising tide of burnout among healthcare providers, he founded the Vanderbilt Resilience Rapid Response Team, a specially trained team that facilitates early recognition and support. A founding member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Wellness Committee, he helped develop the ASTS Peer Support Network, designed to assist members who have suffered adverse events. This model of peer support has now been extended to other surgical societies such as the Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association, American Head and Neck Society and the American Pediatric Surgical Association. He leads ASTS efforts in surgical ergonomics for transplant fellows based on exercises created for Vanderbilt general surgery residents.

    A sought-after educator in transplantation and surgical education, he has lectured for nearly two decades in Vanderbilt Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Management and Engineering. More recently his research work into moral injury has garnered national attention with visiting professorships and named lectures at over 20 US institutions in the last 4 years, including the 31st Annual Dr. Ashmore Lecture at University of South Carolina Prisma Health, the 6th Annual Dr. Gordon Lecture at Houston Methodist Hospital and the 14th Annual Dr. Method Lecture at Northwestern Medicine.

    For his work in surgical resident education, he received the coveted Vanderbilt Robert S. McCleery Master Teacher Award for Surgical Resident Education in 2017. His dedication to the transplant surgical experience of medical students and residents through recruitment, research, and mentorship was recognized with the inaugural 2020 ASTS Pipeline Award. In January of 2021 he was appointed Vice Chair for Education in the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt which allows him to advocate for all Vanderbilt surgical student, resident, and fellow training programs.

    He is active nationally in numerous roles. Among these, he serves as Councilor-at-Large of ASTS and Chair of Education & Training Committee of the Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association.

    Married to Dr. Liby John Geevarghese, a staff psychiatrist at the Nashville VA Hospital, they have three children and have called Nashville home for over 25 years. In his free time, he enjoys family, travel, and horology.

  • Timothy M Geiger, M.D., MMHC

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Department of Surgery
    Vice Chair for Network Surgical Strategy & Development
    Section of Surgical Sciences
    Executive Medical Director
    Surgery Patient Care Center
    Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital
    Appointment: (615) 322-2063
  • James R. Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., A.G.A.F.

    Paul W. Sanger Professor of Experimental Surgery
    Professor of Surgery and Cell & Developmental Biology
    Department of Surgery
    Vice Chair for Surgical Research
    Section of Surgical Sciences
    Phone
    Phone: (615) 936-3726
    MRB4
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    2213 Garland Ave S
    Room / Suite
    10-435G
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37232
  • Lee D. Gorden, M.D., FACS

    Associate Program Director
    Vanderbilt ASTS Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship
    Professor of Surgery, Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
    Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
    (615) 936-2956
  • Ana M. Grau, M.D., F.A.C.S.

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Division of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery
    Surgical Oncology Services
    Division of Veterans Affairs General Surgery
    Phone
    (615) 322-2391
    Fax
    (615) 343-4598
    Preston Research Building
    2220 Pierce Ave
    Room / Suite
    597
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37232
  • Eric L Grogan, M.D. M.P.H.

    Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery
    Vice Chair for Research
    Department of Thoracic Surgery
    Chief Thoracic Surgery
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville TN
    Clinic Phone
    Appointments: (615) 322-0064
  • Oscar Guillamondegui, M.D., M.P.H.

    Professor of Surgery, Neurological Surgery, and Hearing & Speech Sciences
    Carol Ann Gavin Directorship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
    Director
    Multidisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic
    Department of Surgery
    Medical Director
    Periop Quality
    Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital
  • Oliver L Gunter, MD, MPH, FACS

    Professor of Surgery
    Associate Program Director
    Fellowship Program
    Division of Acute Care Surgery
    Department of Surgery
    Medical Director
    Emergency General Surgery
    Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital
    Phone
    Phone: (615) 936-0175
    Fax
    Fax: (615) 936-0185
  • Michael Golinko, M.D.

    Delta Dental of TN Smile 180 Foundation Director of the Cleft & Craniofacial Program
    Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
    Monroe Carrell Jr Childrens Hospital
    Program Director of the Craniofacial Fellowship
    Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Oto-Head & Neck Surgery & Neurosurgery
    Department of Plastic Surgery
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Phone
    (615) 322-2350
    Fax
    (615) 936-0167
  • Michael Golinko, M.D.

    Delta Dental of TN Smile 180 Foundation Director of the Cleft & Craniofacial Program
    Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
    Monroe Carrell Jr Childrens Hospital
    Program Director of the Craniofacial Fellowship
    Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Oto-Head & Neck Surgery & Neurosurgery
    Department of Plastic Surgery
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Phone
    (615) 322-2350
    Fax
    (615) 936-0167