Leadership

Christopher K. Senkowski, MD

  • General and Oncologic Surgery, GI/Oncologic Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Surgical Program
  • Director and Professor of Surgery
  • Mercer University School of Medicine

Faculty

Anthony J. Avino, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

William C. Boswell, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Associate Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Pediatric Surgery

William J. Bromberg, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Professor of Surgery
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Trauma/Critical Care

Justin Brown, MD

  • Vascular Surgery
  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine

William E Burak, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Breast Oncology
  • Breast Surgery

David E. Carney, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Associate Program Director and Associate Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Pediatric Surgery

Edward Jerome Cohn, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

Michael S Dahn, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

William A. Darden, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
  • Mercer University School of Medicine – Savannah Campus

James R Dunne, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Professor of Surgery
  • Mercer University School of Medicine - Savannah
  • Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

G. Taylor Ellison, Jr., MD

  • Vascular Surgery
  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine

Alvaro Humberto Fonseca, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Trauma/Critical Care

Alexis M Gage, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery

James Charles Garber, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Oncology/GI Surgery

Miller C Hamrick, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Pediatric Surgery

Robert J Kelly, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery

S. Alan Lord, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery

Heather Garnett MacNew, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery

Katherine McBride, MD

  • Trauma/Critical Care
  • Surgical Program

Elizabeth McKeown, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery

J. Sheppard Mondy, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Associate Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

Davis S. Moon, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Vascular Surgery

Mickey M Ott, MD

  • Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Mercer University School of Medicine – Savannah Campus
  • Surgical Program
  • Trauma/Critical Care

John Domenic Paletta, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Plastic Surgery

Chadwick Stouffer, MD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine

Anthony M. Sussman, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

Christopher E. Walls, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

Oliver Christian Whipple, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery

Lourens Willekes, MD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine

Christopher L. Wixon, MD

  • Surgical Program
  • Assistant Professor
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vascular Surgery

Christopher Senkowski, MD, FACS – Surgical Oncology

  • Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
  • Program Director for General Surgery Residency
  • Mercer University School of Medicine Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Harvard Medical School
  • Residency:  General Surgery, Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center
  • Fellowships: 
    • Surgical Critical Care – Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami School of Medicine, Ryder Trauma Center
    • Trauma Surgery - Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami School of Medicine, Ryder Trauma Center
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

David Carney, MD, FACS – Pediatric General Surgery

  • Associate Program Director for Surgical Residency, Department of Surgery, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia
  • Medical School:  SUNY - Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York
  • Residency:  SUNY - Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Surgery – Indiana University School of Medicine, J.W. Riley Hospital for Children
  • Board Certification:   Pediatric Surgery 

James Dunne, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery

  • Professor of Surgery, Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Mercer School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
  • Residency:  National Naval Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Trauma and Surgical Critical Care - R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care 

Heather MacNew, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

  • Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Professor of Surgery – Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Trauma/Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care  

Miller Hamrick, MD, FACS – Pediatric General Surgery

  • Student Clerkship Director, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Medical School:  Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s National Medical Center
  • Board Certification:  Pediatric Surgery

James Garber, MD, FACS – Surgery

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Board Certification:  Surgery 

William Bromberg, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

  • Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Residency:  General Surgery - Lehigh Valley Hospital
  • Fellowship:  Trauma and Surgical Care, Lehigh Valley Hospital
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Oliver Whipple, MD, FACS, FASMBS - Surgery

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • Board Certification:  Surgery

William C. Boswell, MD, FACS – Pediatric General Surgery

  • Associate Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital
  • Board Certification:  Pediatric Surgery

Anthony Avino, MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
  • Residency:  University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Research:  Mayo Clinic Jacksonville and Mayo Clinic Rochester, Jacksonville, Florida and Rochester,
    Minnesota Vascular Surgery Research                   
  • Fellowship:  Vascular Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
  • Board Certification:  Vascular Surgery 

Alan Lord, MD, FACS – General Surgery

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine – Savannah Campus, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Colon and Rectal Surgery – Orlando Regional Medical Center
  • Board Certification:  American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Alexis M. Gage, MD, MPH, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
  • Master of Public Health, University of Washington Department of Health Services
  • Residency:  Morristown Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowship:  Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
  • Board Certification:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Alvaro H. Fonseca, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Trauma and Critical Care, University of California San Diego Medical Center
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care 

Katherine McBride, MD – Trauma Surgery

  • Medical School:  University of Vermont College of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery, Vidant Medical Center
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care 

Stephanie Ireland Gordy, MD, FACS – Trauma Surgery

  • Medical School:  Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Surgical Critical Care, Oregon Health and Science University
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care 

Mickey M. Ott, MD, FACS – Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Medical School:  Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Residency:  Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center
  • Fellowship:  Surgical Critical Care, Grand Rapids/Michigan State University; Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Surgical Critical Care 

Elizabeth N. McKeown, MD – Colorectal Surgery

  • Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Medical University of South Carolina
  • Residency:  Swedish Medical center
  • Fellowship:  University of Tennessee at Erlanger
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Colorectal Surgery 

Robert J. Kelly, Jr. MD – Bariatric Surgery, Surgery

  • Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  University of Alabama School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Board Certification:  Surgery

William E. Burak. MD, FACS – Breast Surgery

  • Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Residency:  University of Maryland Medical System
  • Fellowship:  Surgical Oncology – The Ohio State University, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute; Research Fellowship – Hormones and Cancer Program, The Ohio State University, Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Board Certification:  Surgery 

Joseph Sheppard Mondy, III, MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Medical College of Virginia
  • Residency:  University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fellowship:  Trauma and Surgical Critical Care – University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California;  Research Fellow in Vascular Biology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
  • Additional:  Resident in Vascular Surgery, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
  • Board Certifications:  Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Surgical Critical Care 

Davis S. Moon, MD, RPVI – Vascular Surgery

  • Medical School:  Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Memorial University Medical Center
  • Fellowship:  Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
  • Board Certification:  Vascular Surgery

Christopher E. Walls. MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Medical School:  Emory University
  • Residency:  General Surgery - Emory University
  • Fellowship:  Vascular Surgery - Emory University
  • Board Certifications: Surgery; Vascular Surgery

Matthew C. Ochsner, MD – Head and Neck Surgery

  • Medical School:  Emory University School of Medicine
  • Residency:  Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery - Emory University School of Medicine
  • Fellowship:  Head and Neck Surgical Oncology/Microvascular Reconstruction University of Miami

Ryan Abbaszadeh, MD – Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

  • Medical School:  University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Residency:  University of Washington Department of Surgery
  • Fellowship:  University of Virginia Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
  • Board Certification: Surgery

Chadwick Stouffer, MD – Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Medical School:  Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Residency:  Grand Rapids / Michigan State University General Surgery
  • Fellowship:  University of Florida Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Board Certification:  Cardiovascular Surgery

Robert Liebman, MD – Head and Neck Surgery

  • Medical School:  Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
  • Residency:  Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Fellowship:  University of Florida Department of Otolaryngology
  • Board Certification:  American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery