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BIDMC Surgery Department Chairman Josef Fischer, M.D., has announced six important additions to our staff. “These top-notch surgeons bring expertise that complements the department’s exceptional diagnostic and treatment services,” says Fischer, Mallinckrodt Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. “This represents a significant investment in the future of the department and the medical center,” adds Paul Levy, BIDMC president and CEO. The new surgeons are:
Douglas
W. Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., a nationally recognized solid organ
transplantation specialist, joined BIDMC in December as chief of transplantation,
after directing Ohio’s largest liver transplant program at the University
of Cincinnati. He will lead BIDMC’s multidisciplinary solid organ program
that performs kidney, pancreas and liver transplants as well as non-transplant
hepatobiliary, liver resection and end-stage renal disease surgery. BIDMC
has reactivated its liver transplant program under his leadership. 
Frank
G. Opelka, M.D., F.A.C.S., a specialist in colon and rectal surgery
and pelvic floor disorders, joined BIDMC March 1 as chief of colon and
rectal surgery and vice chair of finance for surgery. Opelka previously
was president of the medical staff at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New
Orleans and physician executive and member of the board of governors at
the Ochsner Clinic. 
Per-Olof
Hasselgren, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., a leader in metabolism and sepsis
research and an accomplished endocrine surgeon, will become vice chair
of research in surgery and director of endocrine surgery May 1. He served
as professor of surgery and vice chairman of research in the department
of surgery and professor of molecular and cellular physiology in the department
of molecular and cellular physiology at the University of Cincinnati.
Larry
M. Gentilello, M.D., F.A.C.S., an international expert in alcohol
intervention in trauma and hypothermia, became chief of trauma and surgical
critical care March 1. Gentilello was associate director of the trauma
intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center, associate professor
of surgery and co-director of the surgical critical care residency at
the University of Washington. 
Simon
K. Ashiku, M.D., has joined BIDMC as a thoracic surgeon Feb. 15. A
graduate of Harvard Medical School, he completed general and cardiothoracic
surgery residencies at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mayo Clinic.
The recipient of the Kazajian and Lyndon Peer fellowships, he is an active
researcher. 
Kathy
Golbarg Niknejad, M.D., joins as a urological surgeon, effective June
1. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, she was an urology resident at
BIDMC, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, West Roxbury VA Hospital and Children’s
Hospital, Boston, a general surgery resident at BWH, and chief resident
at BWH and West Roxbury VA Hospital.Last year, Mark Callery, M.D., F.A.C.S., became chief of the division of general surgery. Other recent recruitments are cardiothoracic surgeons John Liddicoat, M.D., and Ralph de la Torre, M.D., and neurosurgeon Adel Malek, M.D.
- Jerry Berger & Cindy ReVelle
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