Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Surgery and Digestive Health

Our mission is to be a leader in the advancement of surgical and digestive health innovation by promoting excellence in education, fostering collaborative research, and delivering high-quality clinical care. We strive to create an environment where clinicians, engineers, and students can collaborate to transform clinical care and medical education through continuous improvement and discovery to improve health.

Electives:

  • Gastroenterology (CLE 720)
  • Adult Reconstruction-Hip and Knee (CLE 675)
  • Hand Surgery (CLE 780)
  • Orthopedic Sports Medicine (CLE 765)
  • Orthopedic Trauma (CLE 743)
  • General Surgery Sub-Internship (CLE 681)
  • Advanced Ophthalmology (CLE 741)
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery (CLE 783)
  • Introduction to Opthalmology (CLE 740)
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery I (CLE 744)
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II (CLE 745)
  • Pediatric Surgery (CLE 784)
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (CLE 742)
  • Rural Surgery (CLE 782)
  • Vascular Surgery (CLE 781)
  • Clinical Pharm Therapeutics (BSE 750)

Graduate Residencies

General Surgery Residency - Program Details & Application InfoOMFS Residency - Program Details & Application InfoVascular Surgery Residency - Program Details & Application Info

Research Groups

Medical Research Themes at Carle Illinois

Student Interest Groups

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dermatology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Orthopedic Surgery

Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society ChapterWomen in Surgery

Surgery Interest Group

Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Interest Group (TSCC)

News

3D-printed prosthesis: Point-of-care option for breast cancer patients

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Mentoring Women in Orthopedic Surgery

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Innovating Access on the Front Lines of Medicine

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Augmented Reality Transforming Medical Processes CI MED Research Shows

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Clinical Research Mentor

 

Victor Stams, MD


Clinical Research Mentor, Plastic Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Sciences
vstams1@illinois.edu

Department Faculty

  • Nathan Ackerman
  • Jarrod Almaroad
  • Saba Alniemi
  • Ayman Alzubi
  • Muhamad Amine
  • Sarah Anderson
  • Jonathan Aubry
  • Jonathan Bailey
  • Robert Bane
  • Alexia Beccue
  • Richard Berlin
  • Neil Biegler
  • Julius Bonello
  • Bethany Briggs
  • Michael Carroll
  • Angela Catarinicchia
  • Salvatore Catarinicchia
  • About Cham
  • Jay Chauhan
  • Kimberly Cradock
  • Kelly Cunningham
  • Robert Cusick
  • Sherfield Dawson
  • Donna Decamara
  • Kathleen Dominguez
  • Mohammed Elshamy
  • Sheikh Faheem
  • Darryl Fernandes
  • Tuesday Fisher
  • Matilde Francois
  • Bart Gastwirth
  • Brian Gebhart
  • Terry Hatch
  • Jeremy Henrichs
  • Ashley Hill
  • Travis Holt
  • Ashok Jagasia
  • Jeremy Johnson
  • Clifford Johnson
  • Douglas Jones
  • James Jonna
  • Adam Kahn
  • Erick Kawakita
  • Mariam Khalid
  • Raja Khauli
  • John Kim
  • Walter Knoll
  • Edward Kolb
  • Ronald Konchanin
  • Benjamin Leak
  • Cheng-Ting Lee
  • Paul Li
  • James Liu
  • Andrew Logeman
  • Jonathan Lucking
  • Amy MacDougall
  • Leslie Manohar
  • Apryl Martin
  • Neil Mashruwala
  • Stephen Matter
  • Warren McCauley
  • Jonathan McJunkin
  • Vivek Mehta
  • Morgan Moon
  • Henry Moore
  • Michael Moran
  • Dana Morrison
  • Thomas Murphy
  • David Naour
  • Joseph Newcomer
  • Kim-Phung Nguyen
  • Michael Novak
  • Uretz Oliphant
  • Bruce Orkin
  • Mark Palermo
  • Scott Paluska
  • Jacob Perkins
  • Erica Person
  • Leon Plowright
  • Ryan Porter
  • Davendra Ramkumar
  • Bernie Ranchero
  • Nicholas Rawson
  • John Regan
  • Jonas Reid
  • Juan Rodriguez
  • Blair Rowitz
  • Sara Royston
  • Rafael Ruggieri
  • Stefanie Schroeder
  • Robert Seidle
  • Mark Shima
  • Juda Slavkovsky
  • James Sobeski
  • David Sole-Del Valle
  • Victor Stams
  • Daniel Suarez
  • Lyn Tangen
  • Michael Tsipursky
  • Smita Vyas
  • Ruidi Wang
  • Autumn Ward
  • John Wieland
  • John Williams
  • Richard Wolf
  • Michael Wozniak
  • Glen Yang
  • Julie Young
  • Robert Yu
  • Abu-Bakar Zafar
  • Jerrad Zimmerman

 Surgery and Digestive Health Contacts

Ryan Porter

RYAN PORTER
Interim Head, Department of Surgery and Digestive Health
rgporter@illinois.edu

Jaya Yodh, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

JAYA YODH
Course Director, Department of Surgery and Digestive Health
jyodh@illinois.edu

 

HENRY MOORE

HENRY MOORE
Clerkship Director, Department of Surgery and Digestive Health
hmoore2@illinois.edu