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Surgery

Welcome to the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery Division of Research

Vision: To be a nationally recognized institution in surgical research

Strategic Goals

Empower

Train tomorrow's surgeon scientists

Elevate

Facilitate research beyond support

Engage

Foster intentional research development

Excel

Focus on our strengths as a differentiator

Division Leadership

Tammy Kindel, MD, PhD Tammy Kindel, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Chief, Division of Research
Professor, Division of Minimally Invasive & Gastrointestinal Surgery
Board of Directors, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Krissa Packard, MS, ACRP-CP, CRA Krissa Packard, MS, ACRP-CP, CRA
Research Program Director
Division of Research
Department of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
kpackard@mcw.edu
(414) 955-1861

Surgery Research Directory

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Committee for Accelerating Research Discovery in Surgery (CARDS)

Started in 2021, the Committee for Accelerating Research Discovery in Surgery (CARDS) fosters interest in research by faculty members and trainees, promotes department participation in internal and external research forums, reviews promising extramural funding applications for stimulus grants, and communicates the availability of research opportunities.

View the committee's selected We Care Scholar recipients

CARDS Members

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Jeffrey Anderson, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor

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Emre Arpali, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

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Brian T. Craig, MD

Assistant Professor

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Mitchell R. Dyer, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

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Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS

Professor; Director, Bariatric Surgery Program

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Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS

Associate Professor

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Mochamad (Muska) M. Nataliansyah, MD, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery; CHDS implementation scientist

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Philip N. Redlich, MD, PhD

Gerald L. Schmitz MD Professor of Surgery, MCW; Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, MCW; Chair, Department of Surgery Mentoring Committee

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Timothy J. Ridolfi, MD, MS, FASCRS

Professor

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Ezra Teitelbaum, MD, MEd

Associate Professor

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Aoy Tomita Mitchell, PhD

Professor with Tenure, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Faculty

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Young-In Chi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; Research Scientist, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

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Angela J. Mathison, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery; Technology Development Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

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