WHO WE ARE
FACULTY
Dr. Chung’s research goal is to incorporate evidence-based medicine and patient-reported outcomes into hand surgery. He is the Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded multi-center Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial (WRIST). He is committed to teaching research methodology and holds K24 mentorship funding from the NIH. Finally, he ensures the spread of clinical knowledge by hosting international research fellows at UM and traveling frequently with GlobalREACH.
Charles B.G. de Nancrede Professor of Surgery
Twitter: @kecchung
Dr. Sears’ research focuses on studying treatment and process variation in surgery outcomes, efficiency and value of surgical care, and implementation of patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice. Her frequent topics included appropriateness and efficiency of advanced diagnostic testing on different health conditions. She is also serving as a Principal Investigator at the VA Center for Clinical Management Research.
Assistant Professor
Twitter: @ErikaDSears
Dr. Waljee's research focuses on improving patient-centered outcomes following surgery across a variety of patient populations. Frequent topics include the efficacy of patient-reported outcomes as quality metrics in surgical collaborative quality improvement programs and variation in postoperative patient outcomes. Additionally, Dr. Waljee serves as a Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (M-OPEN), a project focused on improving perioperative opioid practices statewide.
Associate Professor
Twitter: @waljeejenn
Lu Wang is Associate Professor of Biostatistics. She received her Ph.D in Biostatistics from Harvard University in 2008 and joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in the same year. Dr. Wang's research focuses on statistical methods for evaluating dynamic treatment regimes, personalized health care, nonparametric and semiparametric regressions, missing data analysis, functional data analysis, and longitudinal (correlated/clustered) data analysis. She has been collaborating with investigators at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health.
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
FELLOWS
SHASHANK DWIVEDI, MD
DAVID RIVEDAL, MD
JOSEPH FAHMY, MD, MS
Hand Fellow
Boston University School of Medicine
Hand Fellow
University of Wisconsin - Madison
School of Medicine and Public Health
T32 Research Fellow
Northeast Ohio Medical University
College of Medicine
RESIDENTS
HOYUNE E. CHO, MD
KRISTINE HUYNH, MD
ROBERT KANE, MD
PGY-4 at University of California-Irvine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Twitter: @estherchoMD
PGY-2 at UT Southwestern
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
PGY-1 at Medical University of South Carolina
New York Medical College
Twitter: @Robert__Kane
ALFRED YOON, MD
CHIEN-WEI WANG, MD
PGY-4 at University of Michigan
Medical College of Georgia
PGY-7 at University of Michigan
David Geffen School of Medicine at
University of California, Los Angeles
RESEARCH ANALYSTS
KATE CHANG, MS
University of Michigan
Research Design & Statistical Analysis
RESEARCH COORDINATORS
PAT BURNS, MPH
SANDRA KOTSIS, MPH
University of Michigan
Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Epidemiology
SUNITHA MALAY, MPH
University of Michigan
Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology
MEDICAL & GRADUATE STUDENTS
ASHRUTH REDDY, BS
SAKURA HORIUCHI, BS
Medical College of Georgia (M3)
Emory University, BS
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George Washington University
Medical School (M4)
Rhodes College, BS
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TRISTA BENITEZ, MPH
University of Michigan Medical School (M3)
University of California - Los Angeles, MPH
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KINAN SAWAR, BS
I-CHUN LIN, BA
JACOB NASSER, BS
Wayne State University School of Medicine (M4)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BS
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UT Southwestern Medical School (M4)
University of Texas at Dallas, BA
George Washington University
Medical School (M4)
University of Michigan, BS
Twitter: @jacobsnasser96
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SHANNON WOOD, BS
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
University of Michigan, BS
Twitter: @ShanMWood
ANNE SEYFERTH, BS
Sidney Kimmel Medical School - Thomas Jefferson University (M1)
University of Michigan, BS
Twitter: @seyferth_anne
University of Michigan Medical School (M3)
University of California, Los Angeles, BS
RODNEY AHDOOT, BS
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
CYNTHIA HUANG, BS
BHUVAN POTTEPALEM, BS
JAYNAB AKHTAR, BS, MS
University of Michigan
Biomolecular Science
University of Michigan
Neuroscience and English
University of Michigan
Biology, Healthy, and Society & History of Art
RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS
ROHIT AGARWAL
KEVIN LANDRUM, BS
University of Michigan
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University of Michigan
Biomolecular Science
AARUSHI RATNA, BS
University of Michigan
Data Science
NIHARICA SURI KANNAN
DAANIYAH MIRZA
University of Michigan
Neuroscience
Minor in French
University of Michigan
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Loyola Stritch School of Medicine (M1)
University of Michigan, BS
MEGHAN CICHOCKI, BS
BRENNEN MCMANUS
University of Michigan
Biomedical Engineering
