Surgery faculty

2021

Surgery facultyReferring physician guide

For provider-to-provider phone consults and patient transfers, please call the Access Center at

(608) 263-3260 or (800) 472-0111. This is a

resource exclusively for healthcare providers.

For an up-to-date list of our physicians, including their specialties, please visit uwhealth.org/findadoctor.

For more information about our programs for referring

physicians or to access our Request For Clinic Appointment Form for fax or online submissions,

please visit uwhealth.org/refer or call one of our

specialty surgery clinics directly (list at right).

Use our Provider Quick Reference Tool for easy

scheduling from any device: pqr.surgery.wisc.edu

Location key

1SP . . . . . . . . 1 S. Park Clinic

20SP . . . . . . 20 S. Park Clinic

AFCH . . . . . American Family Children’s Hospital

AG . . . . . . . . Arbor Gate Vein Clinic

DHC . . . . . . . Digestive Health Center

GHS . . . . . . . Gundersen Health System

SA . . . . . . . . . SwedishAmerican (Rockford)

TAC . . . . . . . UW Health at The American Center

UH . . . . . . . . University Hospital

UPH-M . . . . UnityPoint Health - Meriter

Monona Specialty Clinic

WC . . . . . . . . West Clinic

Acute Care and Regional General Surgery (608) 263-7502

Audiology: UH (608) 263-6190

Audiology (Pediatric): AFCH (608) 262-3147

Bariatric Surgery (608) 265-7090

Cardiac Surgery (608) 263-1530

Colorectal Surgery: 1SP (608) 287-2100

Colorectal Surgery: DHC (608) 890-5000

Congenital Heart (Pediatric) (608) 263-6420

Cosmetic Surgery (Transformations) (608) 836-9990

Endocrine Surgery (608) 242-2888

ENT: UH (608) 263-6190

ENT: UPH-M (608) 417-6175

ENT (Adult and Pediatric): 1SP (608) 287-2500

ENT (Pediatric): AFCH (608) 265-7760

General Surgery: 1SP (608) 287-2100

General Surgery: SA (779) 696-8700

General Surgery: TAC (608) 440-6300

General Surgery: UH (608) 263-7502

General Surgery (Pediatric): AFCH (608) 263-6420

General Surgery (Pediatric): GHS (608) 782-7300

Minimally Invasive Foregut Surgery (608) 440-6363

Plastic Surgery: 1SP (608) 287-2100

Plastic Surgery: 20SP (608) 720-5200

Plastic Surgery (Adult and Pediatric): UH (608) 263-7502

Plastic Surgery (Pediatric): AFCH (608) 263-6420

Surgical Oncology (Breast /Melanoma) (608) 266-6400

Surgical Oncology (GI/Hepatobiliary/Pancreas) (608) 263-7502

Thoracic Surgery (608) 263-7502

Transplant Surgery (Abdominal) (608) 263-1384

Transplant Surgery (Heart) (608) 263-1690

Transplant Surgery (Lung) (608) 265-5658

Transplant Surgery (Pediatric Liver) (608) 263-9531

Vascular Surgery: 1SP (608) 287-2100

Vascular Surgery: SA (779) 696-8799

Vascular Surgery: WC (608) 263-8915

Venous Disease: AG (608) 282-8080

Surgery faculty

Acute Care and Regional General Surgery

Rebecca Busch, MD

Lee Faucher, MD

Angela Gibson, MD, PhD

Angela Ingraham, MD, MS

Hee Soo Jung, MD

Mehreen Kisat, MD, MS

Kenneth Kudsk, MD

Alexandra Lacey, MD

Ann O’Rourke, MD, MPH

Stephanie Savage, MD, MS

John Scarborough, MD

Patrick Shahan, MD, MS

Ben Zarzaur, MD, MPH

Audiology

Sara Misurelli, AuD, PhD (AFCH, UH)

Bariatric Surgery

Luke Funk, MD, MPH

Michael Garren, MD

Compton Kurtz, MD

Anne Lidor, MD, MPH

Cardiac Surgery

Andreas de Biasi, MD

Amy Fiedler, MD

Satoru Osaki, MD, PhD

Jason Smith, MD

Colorectal Surgery

Julia Berian, MD, MS

Evie Carchman, MD

Eugene “Chip” Foley, MD

Bruce Harms, MD, MBA

Charles Heise, MD

Ray King, MD, PhD (1SP)

Elise Lawson, MD, MSHS

Cristina Sanger, MD

Congenital Heart (Pediatric)

Petros Anagnostopoulos, MD, MBA

Joshua Hermsen, MD

Cosmetic Surgery (Transformations)

Ahmed Afifi, MD

Kyla Bennett, MD

Michael Bentz, MD

Scott Chaiet, MD

Paul DiMusto, MD

Catharine Garland, MD

Katherin Gast, MD

Jeffrey Larson, MD

Benjamin Marcus, MD

Jon Matsumura, MD

Brett Michelotti, MD

Courtney Morgan, MD

Venkat Rao, MD

Margaret Schwarze, MD

John Siebert, MD

Endocrine Surgery

Dawn Elfenbein, MD

Kristin Long, MD, MPH

Susan Pitt, MD, MPHS

David Schneider, MD, MS

Rebecca Sippel, MD

ENT (Adult and Pediatric)

Michael Becker, MD (1SP)

Chad Ennis, MD (1SP, AFCH)

Diane Heatley, MD (AFCH)

Tony Kille, MD (AFCH)

Matthew Lister, MD (1SP)

Michael McDonald, MD (UPHM)

Michael Puricelli, MD (AFCH)

Burke Richmond, MD (UH)

Elizabeth Sisk, MD (AFCH)

Paul Staskowski, MD (1SP)

David Upton, MD (1SP)

Jessica Van Beek-King, MD (AFCH)

ENT (Facial Plastics)

Scott Chaiet, MD, MBA (UH)

Benjamin Marcus, MD (UH)

ENT (Head and Neck Cancer)

Tiffany Glazer, MD (UH)

Gregory Hartig, MD (UH)

Timothy McCulloch, MD (UH)

Aaron Wieland, MD (UH)

ENT (Laryngology/Voice)

Seth Dailey, MD (1SP, UH)

David Francis, MD, MS (UH)

ENT (Otology/Neurotology)

G. Mark Pyle, MD (UH)

Joseph Roche, MD (UH)

ENT (Sinus)

Ian Koszewski, MD (1SP, UH)

Thomas Pasic, MD (AFCH, UH)

ENT (Speech-Language Pathology)

Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP (1SP, UH)

Nathan Welham, PhD, CCC-SLP (UH)

General Surgery (Adult)

James Cole, Jr, DO (SA)

Kenneth Foster, MD, MBA (1SP, UH)

Krystle Lange, DO (SA)

David Melnick, MD, MPH (1SP, UH)

Dacia Pickering, MD, PhD (SA)

Michael Sloan, MD, (1SP)

Roland Vega, MD (1SP, UH)

General Surgery (Pediatric)

Adam Brinkman, MD (AFCH, GHS)

Jeffrey Du Bois, MD (GHS)

Hau Le, MD (AFCH, GHS)

Charles Leys, MD, MSCI (AFCH, GHS)

Peter Nichol, MD, PhD (AFCH, GHS)

Minimally Invasive Foregut Surgery

Luke Funk, MD, MPH

Michael Garren, MD

Compton Kurtz, MD

Anne Lidor, MD, MPH

Amber Shada, MD

Michael Sloan, MD

Plastic Surgery (Adult and Pediatric)

Ahmed Afifi, MD (20SP, UH)

Michael Bentz, MD (20SP, AFCH, UH)

Brian Gander, MD (20SP, UH)

Katherine Gast, MD, MS (20SP, UH)

Jeffrey Larson, MD (20SP)

Brett Michelotti, MD (20SP, UH)

Delora Mount, MD (AFCH, UH)

Samuel Poore, MD, PhD (UH)

Venkat Rao, MD, MBA (20SP, UH)

Neil Salyapongse, MD (1SP, UH)

John Siebert, MD (UH)

Surgical Oncology (Breast/Melanoma)

Laura Bozzuto, MD, MS

Meeghan Lautner, MD, MSC

Heather Neuman, MD, MS

Jennifer Racz, MD, MBA

Lacey Stelle, MD

Lee Wilke, MD

Surgical Oncology (GI/Hepatobiliary/Pancreas)

Daniel Abbott, MD

Rebecca Minter, MD

Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly, MD

Patrick Varley, MD, MS

Sharon Weber. MD

Syed Nabeel Zafar, MD, MPH

Thoracic Surgery

Malcolm DeCamp, MD

James Maloney, MD

Daniel McCarthy, MD, MBA, MEM

Transplant Surgery (Abdominal)

David Al-Adra, MD, PhD

Anthony D’Alessandro, MD

David Foley, MD

Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD

Joshua Mezrich, MD

Nikole Neidlinger, MD

Jon Odorico, MD

Daniel Abbott, MD

Charles Acher, MD

Ahmed Afifi, MD


Petros Anagnostopoulos, MD, MBA

Michael Becker, MD

Michael Beninati, MD

Kyla Bennett, MD

Michael Bentz, MD

Julia Berian, MD, MS

Kendall Boone, MD

Laura Bozzuto, MD, MS

Adam Brinkman, MD

Rebecca Busch, MD

Evie Carchman, MD

Sandra Carr, MD

Scott Chaiet, MD, MBA

James Cole Jr, DO

Seth Dailey, MD


Use our Provider Quick Reference Tool for easy scheduling from any device: pqr.surgery.wisc.edu

Transplant Surgery (Heart)


Amy Fiedler, MD

Joshua Hermsen, MD


Jason Smith, MD

Transplant Surgery (Lung)

Malcolm DeCamp, MD

James Maloney, MD


Transplant Surgery (Pediatric Liver)



Vascular Surgery

Charles Acher, MD (WC)

Kyla Bennett, MD (1SP, WC)

Kendall Boone, MD (SA)

Paul DiMusto, MD (1SP, WC)

John Hoch, MD (1SP, WC)

Jon Matsumura, MD (WC)

Courtney Morgan, MD (1SP, WC)

John Rectenwald, MD, MS (1SP, WC)

Margaret Schwarze, MD, MPP (1SP, WC)

Girma Tefera, MD (1SP, WC)

Victor Weiss, MD (WC)

Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD (1SP, WC)

Michael Kikta, MD (SA)

Sara Mijal, MD (SA)

Venous Disease

Sandra Carr, MD

Richard Feinberg, MD

Other resources

The Department of Surgery is proud

to partner with you to provide the

best patient care possible. We offer

a number of resources to help you

refer patients, learn the latest in

surgery, and evaluate patients who

may need surgical care.

Visit surgery.wisc.edu for:

• Continuing education

• Surgery Sett podcast

• Grand Rounds presentations

• Faculty updates on new techniques,

research, patient work-ups and more


Malcolm DeCamp, MD

Paul DiMusto, MD

Jeffrey Du Bois, MD

Dawn Elfenbein, MD

Chad Ennis, MD

Lee Faucher, MD

Richard Feinberg, MD

Amy Fiedler, MD

David Foley, MD

Eugene “Chip” Foley, MD

Kenneth Foster, MD, MBA

David Francis, MD, MS

Luke Funk, MD, MPH

Brian Gander, MD

Catherine Garland, MD

Michael Garren, MD

Katherine Gast, MD, MS

Angela Gibson, MD, PhD

Tiffany Glazer, MD

Bruce Harms, MD, MBA

Gregory Hartig, MD

Diane Heatley, MD

Charles Heise, MD

Joshua Hermsen, MD

John Hoch, MD

Angela Ingraham, MD, MS

Hee Soo Jung, MD

Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD

Michael Kikta, MD

Surgery faculty

Ray King, MD, PhD

Tony Kille, MD

Mehreen Kisat, MD, MS

Ian Koszewski, MD

Kenneth Kudsk, MD

Compton Kurtz, MD

Alexandra Lacey, MD

Krystle Lange, DO

Jeffrey Larson, MD

Meeghan Lautner, MD, MSC

Elise Lawson, MD, MSHS

Hau Le, MD

Charles Leys, MD, MSCI

Anne Lidor, MD, MPH

Matthew Lister, MD

Kristin Long, MD, MPH

James Maloney, MD

Benjamin Marcus, MD

Jon Matsumura, MD


Timothy McCullouch, MD

Michael McDonald, MD

David Melnick, MD, MPH

Joshua Mezrich, MD

Brett Michelotti, MD

Sara Mijal, MD

Rebecca Minter, MD

Sara Misurelli, AuD, PhD

Courtney Morgan, MD

Delora Mount, MD


Nikole Neidlinger, MD

Heather Neuman, MD, MS

Peter Nichol, MD, PhD

Jon Odorico, MD

Ann O’Rourke, MD, MPH


Thomas Pasic, MD

Dacia Pickering, MD, PhD

Susan Pitt, MD, MPHS

Samuel Poore, MD, PhD

G. Mark Pyle, MD

Michael Puricelli, MD

Jennifer Racz, MD, MBA

Venkat Rao, MD, MBA

John Rectenwald, MD, MS

Burke Richmond, MD

Joseph Roche, MD

Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly, MD

Neil Salyapongse, MD

Cristina Sanger, MD

Stephanie Savage, MD, MS

John Scarborough, MD

David Schneider, MD, MS

Margaret Schwarze, MD, MPP

Amber Shada, MD

Charles Shahan, MD, MS

John Siebert, MD

Rebecca Sippel, MD

Elizabeth Sisk, MD

Michael Sloan, MD

Surgery faculty

Jason Smith, MD

Paul Staskowski, MD

Lacey Stelle, MD

Girma Tefera, MD

Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

David Upton, MD

Jessica Van Beek-King, MD

Patrick Varley, MD, MS

Roland Vega, MD

Sharon Weber. MD

Victor Weiss, MD

Nathan Welham, PhD, CCC-SLP

Aaron Wieland, MD

Lee Wilke, MD

Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD

Syed Nabeel Zafar, MD, MPH

Benjamin Zarzaur, MD, MPH


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Provider Relations Coordinator

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Lori serves as an advocate for you and is available to:• Assist with navigation of UW Health system

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providers, to make sure we understand your needs and are

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trials and upcoming UW Health events

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