Department of Surgery: Faculty Success | Ohio State College of Medicine

National Leadership Positions and Awards

11 faculty members named to Castle Connolly’s "Exceptional Women in Medicine" list
48 faculty members named to Castle Connolly’s "Top Doctors" list
6 faculty members named to Castle Connolly’s "Top Black Doctors" list

Mona El Refaey, PhD, MS – $3.2 million, five-year R-01 grant recipient
Matthew Gorr, PhD – $2.4 million, five-year R01 grant recipient
Nahush Mokadam, MD – member, council of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Loren Wold, PhD – U.S. Department of Defense grant recipient; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs contract recipient
Hua Zhu, PhD – 2023 Outstanding Reviewer, Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Emily Huang, MD – member, American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
Matthew Kalady, MD – vice president, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Research Foundation Board of Trustees

Phoenix Chen, PhD – editorial board member, BMC Medical Education; member, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) committees (Education Council, Resident and Fellow Training, Educational Resources)
Courtney Collins, MD – Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship recipient
Daniel Gallego-Perez, PhD – American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows inductee
Benjamin Poulose, MD – 10 years of service as a consultant/chair to the American Board of Surgery General Surgery Certifying Examination Hernia Consultant Committee
Kristin Stanford, PhD – American Heart Association Award for the Chronic Psychosocial Stress Collaborative Project

Jennifer Aldrink – fellow, American Surgical Association; surgical discipline lead, Children’s Oncology Group Renal Tumor Committee
Gail Besner, MD – member, Society of University Surgeons; $4 million, 5-year R01 grant recipient; Steve Allen, MD, Distinguished Scholar in Pediatric Research Award; Daniel Drake Medal recipient, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cory Criss, MD – Pediatric Device Consortia (P50) grant from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Marc Michalsky, MD, MBA – fellow, American Surgical Association; member, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery (SOSu) Executive Committee
Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH – member, American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
Sara Rasmussen, MD, PhD – member, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Board of Directors

Glen Barber, PhD – Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter (PELD) Prize
Joal Beane, MD – vice chair, The Ohio State University Research Committee
Priya Dedhia, MD, PhD – American Society for Clinical Investigation 2024 Young Physician-Scientist awardee; Director’s Award Pilot for Expanded Research (DAPER) award recipient
Andrew Gunderson, PhD – $2.5 million, five-year R01 grant recipient
Timothy Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH – honorary member, Italian Surgery Society; treasurer-elect, International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD – 2024 Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Trailblazer Award

Desmond D’Souza, MD – examiner, oral boards for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery; Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons 2024 President’s Invited Lectureship Award
Peter Kneuertz, MD – member, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Surgical Robotics Scholarship Committee; member, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Thoracic Education Committee; cancer physician liaison, Commission on Cancer (CoC)

Sylvester Black, MD, PhD – chair, Hepatobiliary Pathophysiology Study Section (HBPP); Kidney, Urology and Digestive Systems Integrated Review Group (DKUS); Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health; fellow, American Surgical Association; and member, Surgical Biology Club II (SBCII)
Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD – president, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Austin Schenk, MD, PhD – $2.5 million, five-year R01 grant recipient

Julia Coleman, MD, MPH – graduate, Society of University Surgeons; vice chair, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Associate Member Council; inductee, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Business of Science 2024 class; Best of Basic Science Paper, The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Anahita Jalilvand, MD, PhD – Turcotte Award from the Central Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; $953,100, five-year K08 grant recipient
Jennifer Knight Davis, MD – member, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Leadership Academy
Jonathan Wisler, MD – member, Society of University Surgeons

Bryan Tillman, MD, PhD – 2023 Research Innovation Career Development Award recipient; 2024 American Heart Association Transformational Project Award recipient; $2.7 million, four-year R01 grant recipient