Education Faculty and Staff

SURGERY EDUCATION FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION 

Chandra Are, MD, Vice Chair for Graduate 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

Olabisi Sheppard, MD, CST Director
Office Location: MSB 4559
Office Phone: 402-559-8884

Michelle Rooney, UME Program Coordinator II
Office Location: MSB 4538
Office Phone: 402-559-5577

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 III
Office Location: MSB 4567
Office Phone: 402-559-5510

Diane Treat, GME Program Coordinator I
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 



Pat Tolliver, Program Coordinator
Office Location: SSP 2020
Office Phone: 402-559-6445

PLASTIC SURGERY

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



Toni Harris, Program Coordinator
Office Location: MSB 4536
Office Phone: 402-559-3007

THORACIC SURGERY

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



Esben Kincaid, Program Coordinator
Office Location: UT 6130
Office Phone: 402-559-7328

VASCULAR SURGERY

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

 

Esben Kincaid, Program Coordinator
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

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

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

Corrigan McBride, MD, Program Co-Director
Office Location: MSB 4501
Office Phone: 402-559-6592

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

 



   

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Robert Cusick, MD, Program Director
Office Location: CHMC Campus
Office Phone: 402-955-7400



Jolene Krueger, GME/Fellowship Coordinator
Office Location: LOC 
Office Phone: 402-559-8591
TRANSPLANT SURGERY

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

 

Kristin Aliano, Program Coordinator
Office Location: MSB 4510
Office Phone: 402-559-3382