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William Chapman

Professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Transplantation

Chapman, also chief of the abdominal transplantation section, is a highly respected liver transplant specialist. He researches image-guided liver surgery and minimizing the effects of liver injury.


Expertise: liver transplant, abdominal transplant, hepatobiliary surgery

Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu


Graham Colditz

Associate Director, Prevention and Control, Siteman Cancer Center

Colditz
Colditz

Dr. Colditz is an Epidemiologist and Associate Director for Prevention and Control at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He is the Niess-Gain Family Professor in Medicine, Department of Surgery, at Washington ...



Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu


Ralph Damiano Jr.

The John Shoenberg Professor of Surgery

Damiano
Damiano

The chief of cardiac surgery in the Division of Cariothoracic Surgery, Damiano is internationally recognized for his innovative research in surgical robotics and minimally invasive heart surgery.


Expertise: surgical robotics, minimally invasive heart surgery, robotically assisted surgery, minimally invasive surgery, heart rhythm abnormalities

Media assistance: (314) 286-0109 / reckessg@wustl.edu


Matthew Dobbs

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Sugery

Dobbs has expertise in surgery and care for all pediatric orthopaedic conditions, but his primary interests involve the treatment of clubfoot and other foot deformities, as well as pelvic reconstructive surgery, pediatric spinal surgery and treatment of pediatric trauma.


Expertise: pediatric orthopaedics, clubfoot, trauma, scoliosis, leg length disorders, congenital and developmental foot anomalies, congenital pelvic and hip disorders, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu


Richard H. Gelberman

Fred C. Reynolds Professor and Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Gelberman
Gelberman

The Fred C. Reynolds Professor and head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Richard H. Gelberman, M.D., is a world-renowned expert in hand and wrist microsurgery and a former president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.


Expertise: hand surgery, wrist surgery, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, tendon healing, carpal tunnel, radial fracture

Direct contact: (314) 747-2531


David Gray

Associate professor in the Program in Occupational Therapy

Gray studies how environmental enhancers and barriers affect people with disabling conditions. He also is examining how surgery influences the mobility of children and adults with cerebral palsy. Additionally, he is looking at how disabling conditions affect the spouses of people with multiple sclerosis ...


Expertise: environmental enhancers and barriers, disabling conditions, mobility of children with cerebal palsy, disabling conditions and spouses

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Ira Kodner

Director of the Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics

Kodner
Kodner

Kodner directs one of the only comprehensive programs in ethics and human values at a university in the United States. While other centers study human values, most are located in a particular school and address particular topics. The Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics supports the study, ...


Expertise: Ethics, health care policy

Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu


Susan Mackinnon

Sydney M. Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Mackinnon established her world-wide reputation as a surgeon in 1988 by completing the first donor nerve transplant, a procedure that can restore feeling to severely injured limbs. Her success as a surgeon is built on years of research on immunology and nerve regeneration and preservation. She also ...


Expertise: Nerve regeneration and transplantation, carpal tunnel syndrome, hand surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery

Media assistance: (314) 286-0119 / millerbe@wustl.edu


K. Daniel Riew, M.D.

Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor & Chief, Cervical Spine Surgery, Washington University Orthopedics Professor of Neurological Surgery

A cervical spine specialist, K. Daniel Riew, M.D. performs between 250 and 300 cervical spine operations each year. The Professor of Orthopedic and Neurological surgery also studies the use of synthetic, cervical discs as a potential alternative to spinal fusion surgery. He is included in the Best ...


Expertise: cervical spine surgery for treatment of degenerative, traumatic and inflammatory spine problems, including spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu


Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson is a board certified vascular surgeon with dozens of publications and awards to his credit. He owns two patents for devices related to vascular surgical procedures. He specializes in treating aortic and vascular aneurysms.


Expertise: General vascular procedures, abdominal aortic aneurysm, AAA

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