Appointments, Promotions & Inductions

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) bestows honor upon its physicians in the form of new appointments and promotions within each department. Below are the most recent appointments and promotions in the Department of Surgery, as well as new hires in the department and recent inductions into professional societies:

Appointments & Promotions

John D. Allendorf, MD
Advisory Dean of Student Affairs
Co-Director, Gross Anatomy Correlation Clinics
Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH
Chief, Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Jean C. Emond, MD
Vice Chair for Operations and Quality Management, Department of Surgery
Dennis L. Fowler, MD
United States Surgical Professor of Clinical Surgery
William B. Inabnet, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Kathie-Ann P. Joseph, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Breast Surgery Section
Jessica J. Kandel, MD
Irving Associate Professor of Surgery with tenure in the Pediatric Surgery Division
Eric A. Rose, MD
Associate Dean for Translational Research, Columbia University Medical Center
Ann Marie Schmidt, MD
Gerald and Janet Carrus Professor of Surgical Science
Jeffrey L. Zitsman, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Division

New Faculty, 2005-2006

Laura A. Klein, MD
Instructor in Clinical Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Allan S. Stewart, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Aortic Surgery Program

Department of Surgery Fall Reception October 4, 2004

Department of Surgery Fall Reception October 4, 2004 Honoring the appointments and promotions within the Department of Surgery

From Left to right: Doctors Daniel Feinberg, June Wu, Robert Cowles, W. Barry Inabnet, Leila Murabee, Eric A. Rose, Sarah Holland, Lloyd Ratner, William Kim, Harold Brem, Nicholas Morrissey

New Faculty, 2004-2005

Robert Cowles, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Daniel Feingold, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Sarah W. Holland, MD
Instructor in Clinical Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
Leila Mureebe, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
Lloyd E. Ratner, MD
Interim Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation
June Wu, MD
Instructor in Clinical Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery

New Faculty, 2003-2004

Harold Brem, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
William B. Inabnet, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division of General Surgery
James F. McKinsey, MD
Interim Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
Shubha Varma, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery

Inductions

Columbia surgeons are recognized throughout the country as leaders of their respective fields. Below are the most recent professional society inductions within the Department of Surgery:

American College of Surgeons	John D. Allendorf, MD Dennis L. Fowler, MD (Board of Governors)
American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association	John D. Allendorf, MD
American Society of Breast Disease	Kathie-Ann P. Joseph, MD (Breast Specialty Training Committee; Outreach and Special Populations Committee)
American Society of Breast Surgeons	Mahmoud B. El-Tamer, MD
American Surgical Association	Craig R. Smith, MD
American Thyroid Association	Kathryn A. Spanknebel, MD
Association of Academic Surgery	John D. Allendorf, MD
Center for Scientific Review	Howard L. Kaufman, MD
Commission on Cancer's Liaison Program	Howard L. Kaufman, MD (New York State Chair)
French National Academy of Surgery	William B. Inabnet, MD
Institute for Cancer Genetics	Jessica J. Kandel, MD
International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association	John D. Allendorf, MD
National Cancer Institute IRB for Pediatrics	Jessica J. Kandel, MD
New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group	Mahmoud B. El-Tamer, MD
New York Surgical Society	Kathryn A. Spanknebel, MD
President's Cancer Panel, NIH/NCI	Kathie-Ann P. Joseph, MD
Society of Surgical Oncology	Mahmoud B. El-Tamer, MD