My research and clinical practice are centered on technical quality improvement in colorectal surgery. In support of those efforts, I have served in several leadership positions within Michigan Medicine. Clinically, I mentor students, residents and colorectal surgery fellows
and I have served as the Director of Surgical Coaching for both an MSQC video coaching-based quality improvement project in colectomy, and as Co-Investigator for a federal RO1-funded study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. I am also a high volume colorectal surgeon. Through the combination of clinical, operational, and scholarly work, I influence surgical quality at all levels, from the clinic to the hospital to statewide collaboratives, and at a national level in my specialty.

My clinical interests run the breadth of colorectal surgery and I have a general colorectal surgery
practice. In addition, I have unique training and expertise in inflammatory bowel disease, re-operative
surgery, multi-visceral resections for pelvic malignancy involving multidisciplinary surgical teams, and the
robotic approach to rectal cancer

My research interests are centered on technical and quality improvement in colorectal surgery. During my time at Michigan I have successfully taken my clinical interests in technical improvement and developed a coaching program and paradigm for surgeon technical and professional improvement that has received national recognition.