Dr. Mohammed Kalan is a general surgeon affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital and George Washington University Hospital. He practices out of the Washington Institute of Surgery in Washington, D.C. and Chevy Chase, Md. Dr. Kalan has an expertise in abdominal surgery, clinical gastroenterology, colorectal surgery, gastrointestinal cancers, minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery and robotic surgery. Dr. Kalan earned his MBBS from Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College in India. He completed a residency in general surgery at Temple University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in laparoscopic surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Kalan is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Edinburgh, U.K. Dr. Kalan has earned numerous awards. His teaching awards include the Outstanding Faculty Teacher for the Department of Surgery from Georgetown University Hospital in 2001; the Golden Apple Award Nomination from Georgetown University Medical School in 2000; the Georgetown Caring Star from Georgetown University Hospital in 2009 and 2003; and the W.L. Gore/Stuart I. Myers Award for Academic Excellence from Temple University in 1998. Dr. Kalan has also been named one of America’s Top Surgeons by the Consumers’ Research Council of America from 2010-2014; and a Top Doctor in General and Laparoscopic Surgery by Washingtonian magazine in 2002. Dr. Kalan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gallbladder Disease, Appendicitis, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.

Dr. Drew Jung is an assistant professor of surgery in the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery. He is an expert in minimally invasive surgery whose clinical focus is in laparoscopic and robotic surgeries. He has specialties in open and laparoscopic hernias, bariatrics, foregut, and quality improvement as it pertains to quality of care. Dr. Jung is focused on being able to get patients back on their feet sooner and have the potential to get back to work sooner than before. He is open to accepting all new patients to provide his expertise. Videos Dr. Andrew Jung M.D Bio Video. Dr. Jung is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction, Low Blood Pressure, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Martin Paul is a General Surgeon in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Paul is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Femoral Hernia, Cholecystitis, Hernia Surgery, and Ureteral Reconstruction. Dr. Paul is currently accepting new patients.

Thomas Zorc is a General Surgeon in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Zorc is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Lump in the Abdomen, Hernia, Cellulitis, and Hernia Surgery.

Bindu Umapathi is a Colorectal Surgeon in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Umapathi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Rectal Prolapse, Anal Fissure, Levator Syndrome, Hemorrhoidectomy, and Ureteroscopy.

Maria Villanueva is a Geriatrics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Villanueva is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Sepsis, Dehydration, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Enrique Daza-Racines is a General Surgeon in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Daza-Racines is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Gallstones, Choledocholithiasis, Gallbladder Disease, Hernia, and Hernia Surgery.

Karen Ospina is a General Surgeon in Kensington, Maryland. Dr. Ospina is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Subareolar Abscess, Gallbladder Disease, Intraductal Papilloma, Pilonidal Sinus Disease, and Hernia Surgery.

Mark Steves is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Steves is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Steves is currently accepting new patients.

Usha Yenigalla is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Yenigalla is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Sepsis, Stroke, Gastrostomy, and Hip Replacement.

Fatima Khan is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Khan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Sepsis, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Bridgit Alumkara is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Alumkara is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Pulmonary Embolism, Apoplexy, Hernia Surgery, and Gastrostomy.

Marissa Watts is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Watts is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Sepsis, Rhabdomyolysis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Watts is currently accepting new patients.

Ahmad Famili is a Hospital Medicine provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Famili is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Gastrostomy and Endoscopy.

George Conrad is a General Surgeon in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Conrad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Ogilvie Syndrome, Gallstones, Hernia Surgery, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Conrad is currently accepting new patients.

Konstantinos Makris is a General Surgeon in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Makris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Hernia, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Parathyroidectomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Jerome Byam is an assistant professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Byam is an acute care surgeon with a robust general surgery and trauma surgery practice based at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD. He has experience treating both routine and complex surgical patients using a variety of techniques including performing minimally invasive procedures using robotics and laparoscopy. After earning his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, Dr. Byam completed a surgical residency at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. He underwent further subspecialty training at the University of Chicago, completing a fellowship in solid organ Abdominal Transplant surgery. Dr. Byam worked as an acute care general surgeon in Washington DC before joining the staff at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Byam is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He remains active in his local community, is an avid triathlete, and enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. Selected Publications Barnett RE, Keskey RC, Linsky PL, Byam J, Mathis TJ, Cheadle WG. Tension-free Open Mesh Cooper's Ligament Repair for Femoral Hernia. Am Surg. 2013 Sep;79(9):952-3. Byam J, Renz J, Millis JM. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr 2013;2(1):22-30. Byam Jerome, Boone P, Azzam RK, Millis JM. Absence of early graft loss from hepatic artery thrombosis in pediatric liver transplantation with use of implantation Doppler probe. Journal International Pediatric Transplantation Association. Presented at IPTA Meeting July 2013. Jones, Christopher M, Byam JA, Iannitti DA, Marvin, MR. (2014) Hepatobiliary Ultrasound. In Schrope (Ed.), Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound. (pp. 73-86) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. Dr. Byam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Umbilical Hernia, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Dr. Alexandra Roginsky is a fellowship-trained surgeon with expertise in robotic, minimally invasive and trauma surgery. Dr. Roginsky has two decades of broad surgical experience and is dedicated to finding the most effective, least invasive, way to treat patients. She completed her fellowship training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, her residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and medical school at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She has been listed as a top surgeon by the Consumer’s Research Council of America and is widely published in multiple fields, including minimally invasive surgery and cancer biology. Videos Alexandra B. Roginsky, M.D.Acute Care and Trauma Surgeon Selected Publications Alexandra B. Roginsky, Alexander Tsesis, Hate speech, volition, and neurology, Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 174–177, https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsv058 Roginsky, Alexandra. For Our Patients: On Becoming the Surgeon Advocate, Leader, and Learner. (2019). American College of Surgeons. https://www.facs.org/member-services/yfa/advocacy-essays/2019/aroginsky Roginsky, Alexandra. Young Fellows Advocacy and Action. American College of Surgeons. (2018). https://www.facs.org/member-services/yfa/advocacy-essays/2018/roginsky. Dr. Tsesis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Diverticular Disease, Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, Colostomy, and Small Bowel Resection.

Dr. Vivek A. Patil is a colorectal surgeon affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital and Suburban Hospital, where he serves as chairman of colorectal surgery, as well as Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital. He practices out of Colorectal Surgery of Maryland and Washington, D.C., located in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Patil has an expertise minimally-invasive surgery, including laparoscopy and robotic surgery, to treat benign and malignant conditions of the colon and rectum. He has special interests in anorectal conditions, inflammatory bowel disease and pelvic floor disorders. Dr. Patil earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he participated in surgical research and received the John O. Vieta, M.D. Award for Surgical Excellence and Compassionate Care. Dr. Patil also completed a fellowship in colorectal surgery at Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Patil is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Dr. Patil has been consistently named one of Washingtonian Magazine’s Top Doctors. Dr. Patil is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hemorrhoids, Rectal Prolapse, Colorectal Cancer, Hemorrhoidectomy, and Ileostomy.

Edward Tanner, M.D., is a professor of gynecologic oncology in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the medical director for women’s health in the Johns Hopkins National Capital Region. Dr. Tanner is an internationally recognized expert in gynecologic surgery and is known for his surgical skills, compassionate bedside manner, leadership and teaching abilities. Dr. Tanner’s clinical interests include surgical management of advanced gynecologic cancers, including radical debulking surgery for ovarian cancer, as well as minimally invasive surgery for early-stage female cancers. He is particularly focused on developing innovative techniques that reduce complications and speed recovery time. His research interests include sentinel lymph node mapping in endometrial and cervical cancers, exploring ways to reduce complications for patients having surgery for advanced ovarian cancer, robotic single-site surgery and identifying new treatments for patients with uterine sarcoma. He has authored more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and has lectured nationally and internationally on sentinel lymph node techniques, uterine sarcoma and surgical innovations for gynecologic cancer. He is the chapter author of “Surgery for Endometrial Cancer” in Telinde’s Operative Gynecology, the definitive textbook for gynecologic surgery techniques in the United States. Dr. Tanner is a member of the NRG Corpus Committee, which develops clinical trials for uterine cancer on behalf of the National Cancer Institute. A Maryland native, Dr. Tanner received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham before returning to Baltimore to complete his residency in gynecology and obstetrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he was among the first fellows to complete an extensive training program in robotic surgery for gynecologic cancers. Dr. Tanner has served as a faculty member at The Johns Hopkins Hospital as well as the Marcia Stenn Professor and chief of gynecologic oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago. Having served as the gynecologic oncology fellowship program director at both The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Tanner taught the next generation of gynecologic surgeons and health care leaders. Dr. Tanner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma, Endometrial Cancer, Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, Hernia Surgery, and Oophorectomy.