Department of Surgery

HCC-514, MC 9202
https://www.surgery.usc.edu/main/default.htm

Main Phone: (323) 442-5910
Main Fax: (323) 442-5872

Chair and Professor
Starnes, Vaughn A.
(323) 442-5849
Administrative Services Coordinator
Guzman, Claudia
(323) 442-6878
Chief Administrative Officer
Selby, Brad
(323) 442-5851
Chief Financial Officer/ Business Services Director
Wilson, Todd
(323) 442-5979
Sr. Administrator, Development and Marketing
Starnes, Julie
(323) 442-5855
Director of Administrative Services (HDC)
Bravo, Rosemarie
(323) 442-6229
Appointments/Promotions Manager
Sanchez, Patricia
(323) 442-7593
Residency Coordinator
Clendening, Mitzi
(323) 442-7824

Surgical Skills Teaching Center

Director
Sullivan, Maura
(323) 442-8040
Surgery Clinic Director
Casagrande, Yolee
(323) 442-9696

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
https://www.surgery.usc.edu/cvti/index.htm

For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 442-5849
Fax Line(323) 442-5956
Professor and Chair
Starnes, Vaughn A.
(323) 442-5849
Associate Professors
Baker, Craig
Barr, Mark L.
Cohen, Robbin G.
Herrington, Cynthia
Wells, Winfield J.

(323) 442-5849
(323) 442-5849
(323) 442-5849
(323) 361-4148
(323) 361-4148
Assistant Professors
Bowdish, Michael
Cunningham, Mark C.
Fleischman, Fernando
Huang, Ming Lu
Kim, Richard
Lien, Ching Ling

(323) 442-5849
(323) 442-5849
(323) 442-5849
(626) 683-9000
(323) 361-4148

Division of Colorectal Surgery

https://surgery.keckmedicine.org/colorectal

Administrative Faculty Office(323) 865-1501
For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 865-3690
Fax Line(323) 865-3671
Division Chief and Professor of Clinical Surgery
Lee, Sang W.
(323) 865-3690
Administrative Assistant
Cordova, Amelia
(323) 865-1501
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Ault, Glenn T.
(323) 442-4093
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Cologne, Kyle G.
(323) 865-3690
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Ortega, Adrian
(323) 409-7846
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Shin, Joongho
(323) 865-3690
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery; Assistant Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Residency Program
Hsieh, Christine
(323) 865-3690
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Choi, Sarah
Duldulao, Marjun P.
Koller, Sarah E.

(323) 865-3690
(323) 865-3690
(323) 865-3690
Physician Assistant
Kang, Cindy
Cindy.Kang@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-3690
Lee, Ji Hyun
Jiyun.Lee@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-3690
Moya, Eva
Eva.Moya@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-3690
Registered Nurse
Acevedo, Corina – Ostomy Management
Corina.Acevedo@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-3690
Hill, Debbie-Anne
Debbie-Anne.Hill@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-3690

Division Faculty Support Staff

Support Coordinator Office Supervisor
Alonzo, Dennise
dennise.alonzo@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-3677
Administrative Business Partner to All Faculty
Cordova, Amelia
amelia.cordova@med.usc.edu
(323) 865-1501
Clinic Manager
Freeman, Iliana
iliana.freeman@med.usc.edu
(323) 442-5707

Division of Hepato-biliary and Pancreatic Surgery

https://www.surgery.usc.edu/hepatobiliary/

For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 442-5837
Fax Line(323) 442-7173
Professor
Alexopoulos,Sophoclis
Dhanireddy, Kiran
Genyk, Yuri
Matsuoka, Lea
Parekh, Dilip
Selby, Rick
Sher, Linda
Stapfer, Maria

(323) 442-6852
(323) 442-5091
(323) 442-6897
(323) 442-7706
(323) 442-5846
(323) 442-6266
(323) 442-5950
(323) 442-9006

Abdominal Organ Transplant Unit

Transplant Director
Herrington, Cynthia
(323) 442-5699
Transplant Surgical Director
Genyk, Yuri
(323) 442-6897
Infectious Disease Director
Blodget, Emily
Surgical Director of Kidney Program
Alexopoulos, Sophoclis
(323) 442-6852
Surgeons
Selby, Rick
Sher, Linda
Stapfer, Maria
Mendez, Robert
Matsuoka, Lea
Dhanireddy, Kiran
Shidban, Hamid

(323) 442-6266
(323) 442-5950
(323) 442-9006

(323) 442-7706
(323) 442-5901
(213) 802-0100
Nephrologists
Smogorzewski, Miroslaw
Qazi, Yasir
(323) 442-6144
(323) 442-9021
Hepatologists
Fong, Tse-Ling
Donovan, John
Javadi, Fariba
Kahn, Jeffery A.
Khemichian, Saro
Kayali, Zeid
(323) 442-6153
(323) 442-6151

(323) 442-6152

Psychiatrist
Benedek, Lana
(323) 442-9041

Neurological Surgery

https://keck.usc.edu/neurological-surgery/

GNH-3800, MC9314
Main Phone: (323) 226-7421
Main Fax: (323) 226-7833

Chair
Giannotta, Steven
(323) 226-7421
Administrative Coordinator
Guzman, Katherine
(323) 226-7421
Professors
Apuzzo, Michael
Giannotta, Steven
McComb, J. Gordon
Weiss, Martin
Yu, Cheng
(323) 226-7421
(323) 226-7421
(323) 361-2169
(323) 226-7421
(323) 442-8735
Associate Professors
Amar, Arun
Chen, Thomas
Gruen, John Peter
Larsen, Donald
Lee, Stefan
Liu, Charles

(323) 226-7421
(323) 226-7421
(323) 226-7421
(626) 351-3369
(323) 442-1067
(323) 226-7421
Assistant Professors
Hsieh, Patrick
Krieger, Mark
Liker, Mark
Mack, William

(323) 226-7421
(323) 361-2169
(323) 442-5720
(323) 226-7421

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

https://www.surgery.usc.edu/plasticsurgery

For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 442-9066
Fax Line(323) 442-5872
Division Chief and Professor of Clinical Surgery
Kim, Anothony W.
(323) 442-9066
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Atay, Scott M.
Harano, Takashi
Wightman, Sean C.
(323) 442-9066
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Oh, Daniel
(323) 442-9066
Physician Assistant
Chung, Elizabeth
Cohen, Ariella
Leach, Nadia
Kim, Sara
(323) 442-9066
Nurse
Gonzalez, Lydia
(323) 442-9066
Administrative Assistant
Villarreal, Maria
(323) 442-9058
Clinic Manager
Valentino, Ashley
(323) 442-5849
Lead Scheduler
Santoiemma, Greg
(323) 442-8196

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

https://www.surgery.usc.edu/acutecare/

For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 409-7761
Fax Line(323) 441-9909
Division Chief and Professor
Demetriades, Demetrios
(323) 409-7761
Associate Professor
Belzberg, Howard
(323) 409-7798
Assistant Professors
Bass, Margarita
Hanpeter, David
Inaba, Kenji
Lam, Lydia
Talving, Peep
Hammer, Peter

(323) 409-8597
(818) 898-4900
(323) 409-8597
(323) 409-8604
(323) 409-8604
(323) 409-7762

Division of Upper GI and General Surgery

https://www.surgery.usc.edu/uppergi-general/

For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 442-6814
Fax Line(323) 442-5877
Division Chief and Associate Professor
Lipham II, John C.
(323) 442-9067
Section Chiefs and Professors
Katkhouda, Namir (Bariatric Surgery)
Sener, Stephen (Breast, Endocrine, Soft Tissue Surgery)
(323) 442-5708
(323) 865-3535
Professor
Silberman, Howard
(323) 865-3535
Associate Professors
Crookes, Peter
Recabaren, James

(323) 442-6832
(626) 449-6606
Assistant Professors
Goldfarb, Melanie
MacDonald, Heather
Sedrak, Michael
Zehetner, Joerg

(323) 865-3535
(323) 865-3535
(323) 442-5889
(323) 442-6841

Division of Vascular Surgery

https://www.surgery.usc.edu/vascular/

For Patient Care and General Inquiries, please call(323) 442-5988
Fax Line(323) 442-5735
Division Chief and Professor
Weaver, Fred
Office: (323) 442-6835
Clinic: (323) 442-5988
Professor
Katz, Steven
(626) 792-1211
Associate Professors
Rowe, Vincent
Office: (323) 442-6835
Clinic: (323) 442-5951
Assistant Professors
Lee, William M.
Ochoa, Christian
Woo, Karen

(626) 792-1211
(626) 792-1211
Office: (323) 442-6835
Clinic: (323) 442-5988
Research
Professors
Laird, Peter
Marcel, Nimni

(323) 442-7890
(323) 224-5067
Associate Professors
Hong, Young-Kwon
Laird, Ite

(323) 442-7825
(323) 865-0655
Assistant Professors
Armstrong, Johnathan
Han, Bo

(323) 442-3387
(323) 442-2242