Speaker Topics: Surgery

Jonathan Edward Efron, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of Ravitch Service
The Mark M Ravitch, MD Endowed Professorship in Gastrointestinal Surgery

A colon and rectal surgeon whose clinical focus includes colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, fecal incontinence and anorectal disorders, Dr. Efron joined Johns Hopkins Medicine from the Mayo Clinic.

He is an expert in minimally invasive and robotic procedures and colostomy-sparing procedures, such as ileal pouch and anal anastomosis.

Dr. Efron graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, then completed his residency in general surgery at the North Shore University Hospital.  He served two fellowships in colon and rectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Florida.  He has a particular interest in the management of recurrent rectal cancer.

 

Martin A. Makary, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management

Dr. Makary is a surgeon specializing in laparoscopic pancreas surgery and is the surgical director of the Johns Hopkins Pancreatitis Center and Islet Transplant Program.  Dr. Makary has published over 100 scientific articles on quality and safety in healthcare.  He worked with the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to develop the WHO checklist and has become an international advocate for accountability in medicine.  He is a frequent guest medical commentator for CNN and FoxNews and speaks regularly on healthcare reform.  His newest book "Unaccountable", is about how common-sense solutions can fix healthcare.

Ariel Niroomand Rad, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Dr. Rad is a plastic surgeon specializing in microvascular breast reconstruction and aesthetic surgery.  His focus for breast cancer patients is providing state-of-the-art free flap procedures (DIEP flap, SGAP flap, TUG flap, and SIEA flap).  he also performs cosmetic surgery.  He participates in surgical missions dedicated to helping patients with cleft lip and palate, burn scars, and birth deformities in underserved countries.

Dr. Rad has published in major peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at national meetings.  At the 2009 American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery meeting, he received a national award for his work on perforator flaps.

Dr. Rad graduated magna cum laude in mechanical engineering at Princeton where he was captain of the NCAA Division I swim team.  White at Duke, he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar and studied immunology at the National Institute of Health (NIH).  He continued this research for three years in London, England where he became highly accomplished in professional Ballroom and Latin dance.  His dance skills were featured in the hit ABC television documentary Hopkins.