SURGERY NEWS
VOLUME 4, NO. 1 SPRING 2019
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Message from the Chair . . . . . . . . . 2 Department News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 New Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 New Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Awards and Kudos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Visiting Professors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 International Presence . . . . . . . . . 8 Faculty Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Faculty Announcements . . . . . . . . 10 Save the Date!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Presentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12 Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
CREDITS Senior Editor David Shibata, MD Editorial Staff Brynn Conapitski Photography Allen Gillespie
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(above) Chittoor “Sai� Sudhakar, MD, is one of the most recent recruits to Memphis. He is the new division chief of Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Surgery, the Methodist Endowed Professor of Cardiac Surgery, and co-director of the Methodist Le Bonheur Adult Cardiac Service Line. Photo Credit: Allen Gillespie