Surgery’s Michigan Promise
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Our Michigan Promise to You

We're dedicated to helping our residents and faculty reach their full potential.

Advancing Surgical Excellence

At the U-M Medical School Department of Surgery, we recognize that our success is due to the talent, commitment and vision of faculty and residents. We pledge that we will support each individual to achieve their full professional and academic potential. The Michigan Promise ensures that faculty and residents within our department, and our community as a whole, realize our goals as the leaders and best.

The Michigan Promise is designed to accelerate achievement and ensure that our environment allows all individuals to achieve excellence and professional satisfaction. Because our faculty and residents play a central role in executing the mission of the Department of Surgery, these efforts are integrated as a core value of equal importance to other core departmental values.

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Laura Rivard
Program Manager
Please reach out if you would like to learn more about the Michigan Promise.
Our Impact
Environment

We foster a workplace that champions our core values of well-being, diversity and professional excellence.

Recruitment

We build the best team by recruiting people from diverse backgrounds and offering inclusive opportunities.

Achievement

To be our best, we empower everyone to be their best with mentorship and professional development.

Leadership

We're shaping the leaders of tomorrow, ensuring everyone has support and equal opportunities.

Innovation

Our innovation hub offers development opportunities for trainees and faculty members throughout their careers.

Outreach

Our programs are designed to integrate diverse ideas and foster an inclusive environment.

We are Michigan Surgery

I would like people to say that the Michigan Promise has had a positive impact on surgery, through our science, through developing new ways to care for patients, but also through improving culture and leadership in surgery and changing perspectives on what it means to be a surgical leader.

Department of Surgery Chair
Justin B. Dimick, MD smiles while standing in front of a wall display featuring the Michigan Promise initiative

Meet some of our surgeons—and your potential collaborators and mentors—and find out what makes them tick.

Here at U-M Medical School Department of Surgery as part of the Michigan Promise, our goal is to create an environment where every individual thrives. Our passion drives everything we do, and we nurture that passion in others. Collaboration excites us, and our unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds make our work stronger.

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Support the Michigan Promise

Contribute to the Department of Surgery's pursuit of excellence in academic surgery. Your support helps faculty and trainees participate in leadership, outreach and achievement initiatives.

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Program Leadership
Lesly Dossett Lesly A Dossett, MD, MPH
Maud T Lane Research Professor of Cancer Quality Improvement
Associate Chair
Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Calista M. Harbaugh Calista M Harbaugh, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
erin perrone Erin E Perrone, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery and Medical Director
UMMG
Jenny M. Shao profile photo Jenny M Shao Kashmanian, MD, FACS
Associate Chair
Department of Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery