Surgery

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Husam H. Balkhy

Title: Professor of Surgery

Expertise: Cardiology, Surgery

Departmental Website: https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/husam-h-balkhy

John Fung

Title: Professor of Surgery; Co-Director, Transplant Institute

Expertise: Organ transplantation, Surgery

Departmental website: https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/john-fung

Scott Eggener

Title: Professor of Surgery and Radiology

Expertise: Surgery

Departmental website: https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/scott-eggener

Jayant Pinto

Title: Professor, Surgery and Medicine; Director, Rhinology and Allergy; Director, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Research

Expertise: Air pollution, Alzheimer’s, Sinus and nasal diseases, Sleep apnea, Surgery

Departmental website: https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/jayant-pinto

John C. Alverdy

Title: Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery; Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Expertise: Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgery

Departmental website: https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/john-c-alverdy