General Surgery
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Section of General Surgery

We provide comprehensive, expert care for a wide range of treatments and conditions, a world class education and boundless research opportunities.
Our Tradition of Excellence in General Surgery

The U-M Medical School Section of General Surgery delivers comprehensive, expert care for a wide range of treatments and conditions across our divisions of Acute Care Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Veterans Administration. Our future surgical leaders will gain confidence and expertise on these conditions through our top-ranked medical school, residency and fellowship programs. 

Our research program is also renowned for its creativity and breadth, focusing on improving quality of life, developing new cancer immunotherapies, and personalizing healthcare with innovative technologies like morphomic analysis.
About

We're proud to provide top-tier health care, biomedical research and medical education across seven clinical specialties.

Education

We’re committed to educating the profession’s future surgical leaders, from undergraduates and medical students to fellows.

Research

Our program is known for its creativity and breadth in advancing the field, achieving breakthroughs in basic research to clinical trials.

Faculty

Our team is renowned for their contributions to surgery through leading patient care, research and education.

Patient Care

Our patient-centric approach is built on a model of coordination across seven specialties, resulting in better care outcomes.

Giving

Support our commitment to innovation and excellence in general surgery, from education and research to patient care.

Michigan Promise

The Michigan Promise aims to empower faculty members and residents in the Department of Surgery to achieve professional success. We support initiatives connected to environment, recruitment, leadership, achievement, innovation and outreach.

Learn more about our Michigan Promise
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Leadership
See all General Surgery faculty profile-dana-telem-2019 Dana A Telem
Lazar J Greenfield M.D. Professor of Surgery
Associate Chair, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Section Head, Surgery
Service Chief
Lesly Dossett Lesly A Dossett, MD, MPH
Maud T Lane Research Professor of Cancer Quality Improvement
Associate Chair
Department of Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery
Paul Gauger Paul Glenn Gauger, MD, FACS, FACE, MAMSE
Ambulatory Care Clinical Chief
Norman Thompson M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Brian C. George Brian C George
Hugh Cabot Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Associate and Service Chief, Surgery
Michael McGee profile photo Michael F McGee
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Nabeel Obeid Nabeel R Obeid, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical Director, UMMG
Robert W O'Rourke, MD Robert W O'Rourke
William J Fry Professor of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
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Medical School News
Robert H. Bartlett, M.D., and Zhen Xu, Ph.D., named National Academy of Inventors fellows
The National Academy of Inventors has selected U-M faculty members Robert H. Bartlett, M.S., FACS, and Zhen Xu, Ph.D., as fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. They were nominated for being innovative researchers with extensive work translating discoveries into new products and technologies that are addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges
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Department News
Two Michigan Medicine surgery residency programs are top in the nation in latest Doximity rankings
The 2024-2025 Doximity Residency Navigator rankings are out, and the Department of Surgery continues to excel in its commitment to providing a high-quality training experience for its residents.
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Department News
What makes a great clinical surgery educator? Faculty and residents weigh in
Surgeons often gravitate toward a particular pillar of the academic surgical mission. Some shine in research, others are at home in the operating room, and some thrive as teachers. That third pillar, education, is as critical as the others to prepare surgical trainees for future independent practice.
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Department News
2024 Moses Gunn Research Conference highlights
The Department of Surgery held the 35th annual Moses Gunn Research Conference on June 7 at the Michigan League to showcase the cutting-edge surgical research happening within the department. To participate, residents, medical students, and other researchers submitted abstracts of their work to be considered for a poster or an oral presentation at the conference.
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Department News
Beyond missions: Building a sustainable kidney transplant program in Rwanda
Jeffrey Punch brings just one bag, a carry-on typically packed with a week's worth of underwear, socks and shirts, a jacket, three pairs of pants, a shaving kit and loupes. The pants are worn twice each to save on packing space. A mini pharmacy also collects frequent flier miles in case travel-related illness strikes
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Medical School News
Six receive Graduate Medical Education Awards for 2024
Four faculty and two staff members from the departments of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Radiology and Surgery, and the Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME), are recipients of GME Awards for 2024