Meet Our Team

The Department of Surgery’s team of experts provide general and specialized surgical services to infants, children and adolescents in convenient locations of care like Andover, Lawrence, Lexington, Milford, North Dartmouth, Norwood, Peabody, Waltham, Weymouth and Boston.

Physicians

Steven J. Fishman , MD

Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)
Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Farokh Demehri , MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Belinda Dickie , MD, PhD

Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Tom Jaksic , MD, PhD

Vice-Chairman of Pediatric General Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Heung Bae Kim , MD

Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, & Intestine and Multi-visceral Transplant Programs; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center
Robert C. Shamberger Professorship in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Monica Langer , MD, MS

Co-Chair for Global Surgery, argaret C. Ryan Global Health Program; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Craig Lillehei , MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Distinguished Chair in Surgical Education
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Biren P. Modi , MD, MPH

Vice Chair of Education; Craig W. Lillehei Chair in Surgical Education; Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship; Surgical Director, CAIR; Surgical Director, Thyroid Center; Director, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Program
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Prathima Nandivada , MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Shawn Rangel , MD, MSCE

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Senior Surgical Advisor for Quality & Safety; Weitzman Family Chair for the Advancement of Quality & Safety; Director, Health Services Research Fellowship in Pediatric
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Brent R. Weil , MD, MPH

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Christopher B. Weldon , MD, PhD

Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Jill M. Zalieckas , MD, MPH

Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistants

Psychologists

Lauren Mednick , PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Department of Surgery; Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) and Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Advanced Practice Clinicians

Staff Nurses