Education Faculty and Staff

SURGERY EDUCATION FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION 

Chandra Are, MD
Vice Chair for Medical Education
Office Location: MSC 4001A
Office Phone: 402-559-8941

Stefani Coleman, C-TAGME
Education Program Administrator
Office Location: MSB 4534
Office Phone: 402-559-5905

STUDENT EDUCATION  

James Padussis, MD, Surgery Clerkship Director
Office Location: KTZ 8.12.302
Office Phone: 402-559-8941

Jessica Veatch, MD, CST Co-Director
Office Location: MSB 4530B
Office Phone: 402-559-8979

Ashlee Duffy, PhD, CST Co-Director
Office Location: MSB 45105
Office Phone: 402-559-6784

Beverly Vaughn, UME Program Coordinator II
Office Location: MSB 4538
Office Phone: 402-559-4718

RESIDENT & FELLOW EDUCATION 

GENERAL SURGERY

Tiffany N. Tanner, MD, FACS, Program Director
Office Location: MSB 4504
Office Phone: 402-559-5510

Jennifer Leinicke, MD, MPHS, FACS, FASCRS
Associate Program Director
Office Location: MSB 4582
Office Phone: 402-559-6592

Bradley Reames, MD, MS
Associate Program Director
Office Location: KTZ 8.12.302
Office Phone: 402-559-8941  

 

Toni Laux, GME Program Coordinator
Office Location: MSB 4567
Office Phone: 402-559-5510

Diane Treat, GME Program Coordinator
Office Location: MSB 4567
Office Phone: 402-552-2007

 

 

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Valmont Desa, DDS, MD, Program Director
Office Location: SSP 2014
Office Phone: 402-559-6445 

 

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

Vishal Kothari, MD, FACS, Program Director
Office Location: WHM 3036B
Office Phone: 402-559-4581

 

Sarah Dawson, MIS/CAST Program Coordinator
Office Location: WHM 3036C
Office Phone: 402-559-7733

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Robert Cusick, MD, Program Director
Office Location: Children's Nebraska Campus
Office Phone: 402-955-7400



Jolene Krueger, Program Coordinator
Office Location: LOC 
Office Phone: 402-559-8591

PLASTIC SURGERY

Shannon L. Wong, MD, Program Director
Office Location: MSB 4536
Office Phone: 402-559-3007



Toni Harris, Program Coordinator
Office Location: ESH 6011
Office Phone: 402-559-3007

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE

Charity Evans, MD, MHCM, FACS, Program Director
Office Location: MSB 4542
Office Phone: 402-559-8884

 

Jessica Bruno, Program Coordinator
Office Location: MSB 4550
Office Phone: 402-559-8884

THORACIC SURGERY

Rudy Lackner, MD, Program Director
Office Location: UT 6133
Office Phone: 402-559-4389



Kelly McDonald, Division Administrator
Office Location: UT 6130
Office Phone: 402-559-7328

UROLOGIC SURGERY

Chad LaGrange, MD, Program Director
Office Location: SSP 2013B
Office Phone: 402-559-4292

 

Grace Handleman, Program Coordinator
Office Location: SSP 2015
Office Phone: 402-559-4284

VASCULAR SURGERY

Jonathon Thompson, MD, Program Director
Office Location:  UT 6150
Office Phone: 402-559-7300

 

Kelly McDonald, Division Administrator
Office Location: UT 6130
Office Phone: 402-559-7328

TRANSPLANT SURGERY

Luciano Vargas, MD, Program Director
Office Location: MSB 4509
Office Phone: 402-559-3389