Grand Rounds Speakers Bureau

The attending faculty of the Department of Surgery at Columbia University pride themselves not only as innovators, but educators, and welcome an opportunity to speak on a variety of medical advancements.

If you have any questions or would like to book a speaker/topic, please contact Annmarie Tarleton, Special Events Coordinator at (212) 304-7813 or at3004@cumc.columbia.edu

The Speakers

  • Selim M. Arcasoy, MD, MPH
    Medical Program Director, Lung Transplant Program
  • Michael Argenziano, MD
    Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Director, Surgical Arrhythmia Program
  • Tracey D. Arnell, MD
    Chief, Division of General Surgery, Vice Chair, Medical Education, Department of Surgery, Chairman, Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Director, General Surgery Residency Program
  • Jeffrey A Ascherman, MD
    Site Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
  • Emile A. Bacha, MD
    Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery, Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center
  • Danielle R. Bajakian, MD
    Director, Critical Limb Ischemia Program
  • Erika S Berman Rosenzweig, MD
    Associate Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Comprehensive Care Center at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Director, CTEPH Program at CUMC - NYP
  • John A Chabot, MD
    Vice President, ColumbiaDoctors, Chief, Division of GI/Endocrine Surgery , Executive Director, Pancreas Center
  • Wendy Kay Chung, MD
    Precision Medicine Resource Leader, Irving Institute, Medical Director, Columbia Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Associate Director for Education, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chief, Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
  • David Jonathan Cohen, MD
    Medical Director, Renal Transplantation
  • Frank D'ovidio, MD
    Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program, Director, Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion Program
  • Jean C. Emond, MD
    Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Chief of Transplantation Services, Columbia University, Executive Director, Transplant Initiative, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Program Director, Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship
  • Katherine Fischkoff, MD
  • Isaac George, MD
    Surgical Director of the Heart Valve Center at Columbia, Surgical Director, Structural Heart Disease, NYP
  • Mark E Ginsburg, MD
    Surgical Director, Lung Volume Reduction Program, Surgical Director, Jo-Ann LeBuhn Center for Lung Diseases, Associate Director of General Thoracic Surgery at NYP/Columbia
  • Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD
    Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Surgical Director, Columbia University Hyperhidrosis Center
  • Richard M. Green, MD
    Associate Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center , New York, NY
  • Mark A. Hardy, MD
    Director Emeritus and Founder, Renal and Islet Transplantation NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY and Surgeon, Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Islets
  • Tomoaki Kato, MD
    Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
  • Pokala Ravi Kiran, MD
    Chief and Program Director, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Director, Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research
  • Michael David Kluger, MD
    Medical Director, Milstein Hospital 6HS Surgical Oncology Unit
  • James A. Lee, MD
    Co-Director, New York Thyroid-Parathyroid Center, Vice Chair, New Media, Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Director, CollectedMed Education Project, Co-Director, Adrenal Center
  • Steven A. Lee-Kong, MD
  • William Middlesworth, MD
    Director, Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY , Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Nicholas Morrissey, MD
    Bicampus Director of Clinical Trials, Division of Vascular Surgery
  • Roman Nowygrod, MD
    Director, Medical Student Clerkship Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY , Director, Surgery Preceptorship Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
  • Lloyd E. Ratner, MD
    Director, Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Department of Surgery Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Christine H. Rohde, MD
    Chief of Microvascular Services, Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
  • Benjamin Samstein, M.D.
    Surgical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia , Director, Transplant Surgery Fellowship
  • Beth A. Schrope, MD, PhD
    Director, Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program, Pancreas Center
  • Joshua R. Sonett, MD
    Chief, General Thoracic Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia , Director, The Price Family Center for Comprehensive Chest Care, Lung and Esophageal Center
  • Henry M Spotnitz, MD
    Vice-Chairman, Research & Information Systems, Department of Surgery, Director, Cardiovascular Surgery Research Lab
  • Steven Stylianos, MD
    Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY
  • Bret Taback, MD
    Director, Melanoma and Sarcoma, Director, Breast Surgery Fellowship
  • Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD
    Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section, Director of Cardiovascular Institute, Co-Director, HCM program, Division of Cardiac, Vascular & Thoracic Surgery, Co-Director, Aortic Program, Co-Director, Marfan Clinic
  • Byron Thomashow, MD
    Medical Director, NYP Lung Volume Reduction Program, Medical Director, Jo-Ann LeBuhn Center for Chest Disease
  • June K. Wu, MD
  • Jeffrey L. Zitsman, MD
    Director, Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital