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Surgical Care

This page is to introduce our Surgical Care team.

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Heather Evans, MD MS

Chief of Surgical Services

VA Charleston health care

David Countryman MD

Assistant Chief of Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Douglas Cassidy MD

Surgeon - Minimally Invasive Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Elizabeth Spitz PA - General Surgery

Physician Assistant

VA Charleston health care

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Jennifer Fiorini MD, FACS

Surgeon – General surgery and Surgical Critical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Mark Lockett MD

Professor of Surgery

VA Charleston health care

Roberta Sefcik MD, MSCR

Surgeon - Neurosurgery

VA Charleston health care

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Thomas Curran MD MPH

Surgeon – Colorectal surgery

VA Charleston health care

Vy Nguyen, DNP, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner - Neurosurgery

VA Charleston health care

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Mary Kate Bryant MD

Surgeon - General and Bariatric Surgery

VA Charleston health care

William Lancaster MD

Associate Professor

VA Charleston health care

Monica Abernot MD

VA Charleston health care

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John B Adams II MD

Lead Physician

VA Charleston health care

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William Albergotti III MD

Surgeon - Otolaryngology

VA Charleston health care

Jakima S Ambers DPM

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

Milton B Armstrong

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Nicholas C Arpey

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Eliza L Barnwell MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Charles Beischel MD, PhD

Chief of Ophthalmology Section

VA Charleston health care

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Jeffrey Blice MD

Surgeon - Ophthalmology

VA Charleston health care

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Alan J Block DPM

Foot and Ankle Surgeon - Section Lead of Podiatry

VA Charleston health care

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Michael R Bobian MD

Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgeon

VA Charleston health care

Robert G Brame

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Thomas Brothers MD

Chief of Vascular Surgery

VA Charleston health care

Debbie Byron MD

Podiatric Surgeon

VA Charleston health care

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Edward Cheeseman Jr. MD

Ophthalmologist

VA Charleston health care

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Lindsey Cox MD

Surgeon - Urologist

VA Charleston health care

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Michael Cushner

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Charles Daly MD

Orthopedic Surgery of the Hand

VA Charleston health care

Christopher Dagrossa

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Sudeep K Das

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

Phillip D Decubellis

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

James B Detorre

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

Laurie A Elliott

Ophthalmologist

VA Charleston health care

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Virgilio V George MD

Surgeon – Colorectal surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Barry C Gibney DO

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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John A Glaser MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Robert Grubb III MD

Surgeon - Urologist

VA Charleston health care

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Whitney S Graybill

GYN

VA Charleston health care

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Solomon Hayon, MD

Surgeon - Urology

VA Charleston health care

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Fernando A Herrera

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Gabriel M Klein MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Jan A Kylstra

Ophthalmologist

VA Charleston health care

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Barry J Lifson MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

Laura K Magnuson

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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George N Magrath

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Pinckney J Maxwell

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

John A McFadden II

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Ted Meyer MD, PhD

Surgeon - Otologist

VA Charleston health care

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Matthew J Nutaitis Sr MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Krishna Patel MD

Head and Neck Surgeon

VA Charleston health care

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Robert E Peyser

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Phelan Piehota MD

Ophthalmologist

VA Charleston health care

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Nicolas H Pope MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Chitharanjan Pullattrana MD, FACS, FASMBS

General Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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William Pullen MD

Surgeon - Sports Orthopedics

VA Charleston health care

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Brandon Rogalski MD

Orthopedic Surgeon - Shoulder & Elbow Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Jean M Ruddy

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Stephen Savage MD

Surgeon - Urology

VA Charleston health care

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Robert G Sawyer

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Rodney Schlosser MD

Otolaryngology

VA Charleston health care

Elizabeth D Sharpe

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Judith M Skoner MD

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Matthew K Stein MD

Surgical

VA Charleston health care

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Benjamin Stone MD

Surgeon- Urology

VA Charleston health care

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Jeffrey M Sutton

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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M. Lance Tavana MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Cristian M Thomae

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Edward Trudo MD

Assistant Chief of Surgery

VA Charleston health care

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Matvey Tsivian

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Frank Voss MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

VA Charleston health care

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Lucas J Witer

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Paul R Womble

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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Sanford M Zeigler

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

Steven J Pangborn DPM

Podiatrist

VA Charleston health care

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Peter Urban

Surgical Care

VA Charleston health care

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