Surgeons

John C. Magee, M.D.

Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant
Surgical Director, Pediatric Abdominal Transplant
Associate Professor, General Surgery

Dr. John Magee is an Associate Professor in the Section of General Surgery, Division of Transplantation. Dr. Magee received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. He completed his General Surgery residency at the University of Michigan in 1996. During his residency, Dr. Magee spent three years as a research fellow in the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He also completed the Post Doctoral Research Training Program at the University of Michigan. Following general surgery training, he completed a two year multi-organ transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan. He joined the faculty in 1998.

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Darrell A. Campbell, Jr., M.D.

Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery
Chief of Clinical Affairs
Professor, General Surgery

Dr. Campbell received his BS degree in zoology from Michigan State University in 1968, and graduated with distinction from George Washington University, receiving an MD degree in 1972. Subsequently, Dr. Campbell received his General Surgery training at the University of Michigan Medical School from 1972 through 1979. During this period, he spent two years as an investigator in the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, working in the laboratory of Ronald B. Herberman, Chief of Immunodiagnostics. Following General Surgery training, Dr. Campbell began his special interest in transplantation, a field which he has pursued and in which he continues to be actively involved. Dr. Campbell spent six months on sabbatical with Professor Sir Roy Calne learning the intricacies of liver transplantation in Cambridge, England, in 1986.

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Michael J. Englesbe, M.D.

Assistant Professor, General Surgery

Michael J. Englesbe, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Transplant Surgery. Dr. Englesbe received his undergraduate degree at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1993. He went on to obtain his medical degree in 1997 from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan Health System in 2004. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Englesbe did a research fellowship in vascular biology at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Englesbe completed a two year felloship in transplant surgery at the University of Michigan in June of 2006. In July 2006, he joined the faculty in the same Transplant Division.

Dr. Englesbe's clinical interests focus on liver transplantation. His research interests are intimal hyperplasia and transfusions.

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Shawn J. Pelletier, M.D.

Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation
Assistant Professor, General Surgery

Shawn J. Pelletier, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan.   Dr. Pelletier received his medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1996.   He completed his General Surgery residency in 2003, at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.   Dr. Pelletier went on to complete a two year fellowship in Transplant Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System, and joined the faculty in July of 2005.

Dr. Pelletier's clinical interests focus on all aspects of abdominal organ transplantation.   His research interests focus on surgical infections and the recurrence of viral hepatitis in transplant patients.

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Jeffrey D. Punch, M.D.

Director, Transplant Center
Associate Professor, General Surgery

Dr. Jeffrey Punch is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Transplantation in the Section of General Surgery. Dr. Punch received his medical degree from the University of Michigan. During his residency he did a Research Fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Rile Rees at the Ann Arbor Veteran's Hospital studying tissue injury associated with ischemia-reperfusion. Upon completion of his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan, Dr. Punch was appointed as the University of Michigan Transplantation Fellow and Lecturer in Surgery. He completed this two year multi-organ transplantation fellowship in which he was trained to perform kidney, pancreas, and liver transplant procedures. During this time he also completed the University of Michigan Molecular Biology Course. Following the completion of his training, he was certified by the Organ Procurement Organization of Michigan to perform kidney, pancreas, and liver retrieval procedures. He also was board certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.

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Randall Sung, M.D.

Surgical Director, Pancreas Transplant
Assistant Professor, General Surgery

Dr. Randall Sung is an Assistant Professor in the Section of General Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery. Dr. Sung graduated with a degree in Biochemical Science from Harvard University in 1985. He received his medical degree and completed his surgical residency at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City. In 1997, following the completion of his surgical residency, Dr. Sung began a two year fellowship in Transplant Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He subsequently joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. In 2002, Dr. Sung returned to the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor in the Transplant Surgery Division.

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Jeremiah G. Turcotte, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, General Surgery

Dr. Jeremiah Turcotte is a Professor Emeritus of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. Within the Department he is a member of the Division of Transplant Surgery in the Section of General Surgery. Dr. Turcotte obtained his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1957 and completed his residency in general surgery at Michigan in 1963. He was certified in General Surgery in 1964 and Surgical Critical Care in 1986. While active he served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Head of the Section of General Surgery, Director of the Liver Transplant Center and Liver Transplant Program and Chairman of the Professional Fee Management Policy Committee. He was a Director of the American Board of Surgery and a member of the Residency Review Committee. On December 31, 2000 Dr. Turcotte retired from active faculty status and was appointed Professor Emeritus. He remains active in education, clinical research and regional and national organizations.

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Theodore H. Welling III, M.D.

Assistant Professor, General Surgery

Theodore H. Welling, III, M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Section of General Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery. Dr. Welling received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1999 and went on to complete his General Surgery residency in 2005. Dr. Welling then completed a two year fellowship in Transplant Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System, and joined the faculty in July 2007.

Dr. Welling's clinical interests are in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. His research interests are in the fields of liver tumor immunology, therapy of hepatic malignancy, and liver transplant outcomes.

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Hepatologists (for Pediatric Patients)

M. James Lopez, M.D.

Pediatric Director, Liver Transplant
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Dr. James Lopez received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health System. In 2002, he was recertified in Pediatric Gastroenterology. His clinical interests include pediatric liver disease and transplantation. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2002.

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Pamela I. Brown, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Dr. Pamela Brown received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. She completed her gastroenterology fellowship at Harvard University and Brown University. Her clinical interests include growth and development, short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease, and pancreatic diseases. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1998.

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Chris J. Dickinson , M.D.

Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology Division
Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Dr. Chris Dickinson received his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He completed his pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Michigan. His clinical interests include chronic hepatitis, CrohnOs disease, and ulcerative colitis. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1986.

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Pharmacists

Jeong Mi Park, M.S., PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy

Dr. Jeong Mi (Jamie) Park completed her education as a PharmD at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. She continued her post-doctoral training as a transplant immunology fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington and, then, her pharmacy practice residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2002 Dr. Park joined the faculty of the University of Michigan.

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