John Friel is a Colorectal Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Brighton, Massachusetts. Dr. Friel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Anal Fissure, Hemorrhoids, Bladder Reconstruction, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Friel is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kudsi is a minimal invasive surgeon with clinical focus on complex abdominal wall reconstruction. Recognized for maintaining one of the world’s most extensive personal databases in robotic AWR, spanning from patient-reported outcomes to published long-term follow-up data. He played a key role in setting up robotic hernia programs in Americas, Europe, & Asia and performed over 3500 robotic surgeries. Throughout his career, he established an accredited MIS fellowship and a funded clinical research fellowship focused on AWR and artificial intelligence. He has written over 100 original peer reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He serves as a periodic reviewer of several surgical journals and is the co-editor of five robotic textbooks with over 100 national & international presentations. He has assumed prominent leadership roles at CRSA, SAGES, ASE, and founded the Robotic Surgery Collaboration (RSC), a vicarious learning platform that unites over 10,000 surgeons. He has organized numerous international summits, taught hernia surgery to over 1000 surgeons and was awarded the Swedish Surgical Society’s medal in 2022.Dr. Kudsi, a native of Aleppo, Syria, earned his medical degree from University of Aleppo, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship in tissue engineering at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, surgical residency at Lankenau Medical Center, minimal invasive surgery fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and advanced Minimal Invasive Surgery traveling fellowship at IRCAD Strasbourg University, France. He pursued an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship and co-founded digital surgical, a company with patented technology in intra-operative real-time 3D micrometer scanning and Artificial intelligence. Dr. Kudsi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Gallbladder Removal, and Endoscopy.

Charles Parsons is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Parsons has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Ogilvie Syndrome, Hernia Surgery, and Gastrostomy.

Stephen Odom is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Odom is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Ogilvie Syndrome, Gallbladder Disease, Gallbladder Removal, and Gastrostomy.

Haytham Kaafarani is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kaafarani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Gallbladder Disease, Fasciotomy, and Small Bowel Resection.

Gregory Kechejian is a General Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Milton, Massachusetts. Dr. Kechejian is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Gangrene, Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Hernia Surgery.

Noelle Saillant is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Brighton, Massachusetts. Dr. Saillant has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Fistula, Cholecystitis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Gallbladder Removal, and Small Bowel Resection.

Christopher Boyd is a General Surgeon in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Boyd is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Gallbladder Disease, Hernia Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Kevin Mccarthy is a General Surgeon in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Mccarthy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Gallstones, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.

Dr. Nitzschke is an associate surgeon in the Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is the program director for the general surgery residency program in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Nitzschke completed her bachelor’s degree at Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame, her master’s degree at MCP Hahnemann University and her medical degree at Loyola University Strict School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, where she was the administrative chief resident. She completed a burn surgery fellowship at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research and a trauma and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was the medical director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Burn Center. Dr. Nitzschke’s current research is focused on the acute resuscitation needs of patients with shock. She has been involved in various research endeavors such as the evaluation of the triage process for elderly trauma patients and the care of patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections. Dr. Nitzschke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Necrotizing Fasciitis, Ogilvie Syndrome, Cholecystitis, Small Bowel Resection, and Gastrostomy.

George Velmahos is a General Surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Velmahos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Gallbladder Disease, Fasciotomy, and Small Bowel Resection.

Peter Fagenholz is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Fagenholz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Gallbladder Removal, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Dr. Christopher C. Thompson is the Director of Endoscopy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  He is also the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program Director and clinical faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Dr. Thompson’s clinical interests include endoscopic surgery applied to foregut conditions, with a focus on endoscopic treatment of obesity, GERD, Zenker’s diverticula, achalasia, gastroparesis,  postsurgical complications, and pancreatobiliary disease.  He spends the majority of his time performing these advanced endoscopic procedures and also cares for these patients in the ambulatory setting.  The remainder of his time is devoted to research in endoscopic surgery, with a focus on device development, clinical outcomes, and endoscopic education. His research has resulted in numerous patents, development of new endoscopic procedures, and over 300 publications.  He was awarded the Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization Clinical Innovation Award in 2007 for developing and performing the first endoscopic suturing procedure to treat obesity.  He also invented anastomosis technology, which has been shown to treat type 2 diabetes effectively in early clinical trials.  He was responsible for much of the early work in Bariatric Endoscopy, having been called the founding father of the field, and edited the first textbook and video atlas on the subject.  Some of his other important clinical innovations include the development of new endoscopic techniques for treating pancreatic necrosis, gastric outlet obstruction, sleeve gastrectomy stenosis, pancreaticojejunal anastomotic strictures, and postsurgical complications.  He also developed an endoscopic part-task simulator used by many fellowship programs (the TEST box).These accomplishments have led to a broad clinical referral base, and to national and international invitations for lectureships and live case demonstrations, including the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Blackwell Lectureship, ACG American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Presidential Plenary Lecture, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) J Edward Berk Presidential Plenary Lecture, ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship, all post-graduate education courses for the major US gastroenterology and surgical societies, and numerous respected courses throughout Europe, Asia, and South America.  He has also mentored more than 20 fellows, many of whom have gone on to thrive in prestigious academic institutions, and he established the first Fellowship in Bariatric Endoscopy. Dr. Thompson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Esophageal Varices, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Endoscopy, and Gastric Bypass.

Gentian Kristo is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Dr. Kristo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Juvenile Angiofibroma, Umbilical Hernia, and Appendectomy.

Dr. Brent T. Shoji is a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.Dr. Shoji is board certified in general surgery and his clinical interests include anorectal disorders and surgery, cost containment, gallstone disease, gastrointestinal disease and surgery, general surgery, and hernia repair. Dr. Shoji is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Splenectomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Ryan Gerry is a General Surgeon in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Dr. Gerry is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Gallstones, Choledocholithiasis, Colostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Charles Cook is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Cook is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gallbladder Removal, and Hernia Surgery.

Amy Wyrzykowski is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Wyrzykowski is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Alok Gupta is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Gupta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gallbladder Disease, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Gabriel Brat is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Brat has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Hernia Surgery, and Gallbladder Removal.