Faculty

Administration

• Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, FACS — chair, Department of Surgery
• David K. Imagawa, MD, PhD, FACS — vice chair, academic affairs
• Roy Fujitani, MD, FACS - vice chair, faculty development
• Victor Joe, MD, FACS, MBA - vice chair, qualiity
• Jeffry Nahmias, MD, FACS — vice chair, research
• Maheswari Senthil, MD, FACS - vice chair, research
• Michael Lekawa, MD, FACS – vice chair, inpatient operations
• Maki Yamamoto, MD, FACS – vice chair outpatient operations

Research

• Jeffry Nahmias, MD, FACS — vice-chair
• Maheswari Senthil, MD, FACS — vice-chair

Education

• Brian R. Smith, MD, FACS — director, Residency Program/director, Advanced GI/MIS Fellowship
• Isabella Kuo, MD, FACS  — director, Student Education
• Oliver Eng, MD, FACS — director, Student Education
• Lourdes Swentek, MD, FACS — director, Student Electives
• Maki Yamamoto, MD, FACS — associate director, Residency Program
• Matthew Whealon, MD, FACS - assistant director, Residency Program/associate director, CRS fellowship
• Steven Mills, MD, FACS — director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
• Matthew O. Dolich, MD, FACS — director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
• Maheswari Senthil, MD, FACS - director, Complex Surgical Oncology Fellowship
• Nii-Kabu Kabutey, MD, FACS - director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Beckman Laser Institute

• Thomas E. Milner, PhD — director
• Michael Berns, PhD
• Kristen M. Kelly, MD
• John Stuart Nelson, MD, PhD

Cardiac Surgery

• Jack C. Sun, MD — chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Fabio Sagebin, MD

Colon & Rectal Surgery

• Skandan Shanmugan, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Joseph C. Carmichael, MD, FACS
• Steven D. Mills, MD, FACS
• Michael J. Stamos, MD, FACS — dean, UCI School of Medicine
• Valery Vilchez, MD 
• Matthew Whealon, MD 

Emergency General Surgery

• Sebastian Schubl, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Emergency General Surgery
• Theresa Chin, MD, FACS 

Gastrointestinal Surgery

• Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Shaun Daly, MD, FACS
• Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD, FACS
• Brian R. Smith, MD, FACS

Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Surgery & Islet Cell Transplantation

• David K. Imagawa, MD, PhD, FACS — chief, Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Surgery & Islet Cell Transplantation
• Hirohito Ichii, MD, PhD
• Zeljka Jutric, MD, FACS

Surgical Oncology

• Maheswari Senthil, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
• John A. Butler, MD, FACS
• Freddie J. Combs, MD
• Oliver S. Eng, MD, FACS
• Kari J. Kansal, MD, FACS
• Karen T. Lane, MD, FACS
• Erin H. Lin, DO
• Melissa Mao, MD, FACS
• Thuy Tran, MD
• Maki Yamamoto, MD, FACS

Thoracic Surgery

• Ali Mahtabifard, MD- chief, Thoracic Surgery
• Hari Keshava, MD, FACS

Transplantation

• Robert R. Redfield III, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Transplantion
• Hirohito Ichii, MD, PhD, FACS

Trauma, Critical Care, Acute Care & Burn Surgery

• Jeffry Nahmias, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Acute Care & Burn Surgery
• Cristobal Barrios Jr., MD, FACS
• Theresa Chin, MD, FACS 
• Matthew O. Dolich, MD, FACS
• Areg Grigorian, MD
• James Jeng, MD, FACS
• Victor C. Joe, MD FACS
• Allen P. Kong, MD, FACS
• Michael Lekawa, MD, FACS 
• Alliya Qazi, MD
• Sebastian Schubl, MD, FACS
• Lourdes Swentek, MD, FACS

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

• Nii-Kabu Kabutey, MD, FACS — chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
• Anthony H. Chau, MD
• Samuel L. Chen, MD
• Roy M. Fujitani, MD, FACS
• Ian L. Gordon, MD, PhD
• Isabella J. Kuo, MD, FACS