Awori J. Hayanga, MD, MPH, MHL, FRCS, FACS, FCCP
Founder & Executive Director
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Director, WVU ECMO Program
Director, Quality Division of Thoracic
Medical Director, HVI Division of Research
Dr. Hayanga is a Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the West Virginia University Medicine. He is the Director of the WVU Heart & Vascular Institute ECMO Program and Medical Director of Research. Board certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, he completed his surgical training at Johns Hopkins University and University of Michigan followed by cardiothoracic and transplant surgery training at the University of Washington and University of Pittsburgh respectively. He served as an Alfred Sommer Scholar during his MPH at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, as a 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) Patient Safety Scholar, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Fellow and Senior Medical Adviser to the Deputy Secretary in Washington, D.C. He is a 2021 Johns Hopkins Leadership Fellow and holds a Masters degree in Healthcare Leadership (MHL) from Brown University and certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an expert Health Policy panelist with RAND Corporation, elected member of American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and editorial board member for Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation and LUNG and expert reviewer for numerous journals including Nature and JAMA. He is a grant-funded researcher and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers. His clinical work and research focus on ECMO, transplantation and application of data analytics in prevention, diagnosis, and mitigation of end-stage pulmonary disease. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He was invited to write the guidelines for the use of ECMO in patients with severe COVID-19 disease in JTCVS.
Andrew Warshaw, MD
Russell G. Robertson, MD
Russell G. Robertson, MD
The Andrew L. Warshaw, MD Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research is a collaboration of scientists, oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists and interventional endoscopists sharing a focus on pancreatic cancer.
Surgeon-in-Chief, Emeritus; Director, Pancreatic Biology Laboratory, Mass General Cancer Center; Director, Andrew L. Warshaw
The Andrew L. Warshaw, MD Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research is a collaboration of scientists, oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists and interventional endoscopists sharing a focus on pancreatic cancer.
Surgeon-in-Chief, Emeritus; Director, Pancreatic Biology Laboratory, Mass General Cancer Center; Director, Andrew L. Warshaw Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Dr. Andrew Warshaw, a graduate of Harvard College and of Harvard Medical School, trained in surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Russell G. Robertson, MD
Russell G. Robertson, MD
Russell G. Robertson, MD
Remembering Russell G. Robertson, MD- November 7, 1952 - May 31, 2021.
Dr Robertson was Chairman, Council on Graduate Medicine Education, Advisor to Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services with Regard to Physician Supply and Distribution; Chair of Family and Community Medicine Council of Graduate Medical Education , North
Remembering Russell G. Robertson, MD- November 7, 1952 - May 31, 2021.
Dr Robertson was Chairman, Council on Graduate Medicine Education, Advisor to Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services with Regard to Physician Supply and Distribution; Chair of Family and Community Medicine Council of Graduate Medical Education , Northwestern University, Feinberg School Of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine.
Alessandro Olivi, M.D.
Russell G. Robertson, MD
Alessandro Olivi, M.D.
Professor and Director of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome
Chair of the Neurosurgery Institute, Agostino Gemelli Hospital.
Dr Olivi, is the director of the Johns Hopkins brain tumor division and meningioma service. At Hopkins, Dr Olivi served as director of the division of neurosurgical oncology, vice director of the department of
Professor and Director of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome
Chair of the Neurosurgery Institute, Agostino Gemelli Hospital.
Dr Olivi, is the director of the Johns Hopkins brain tumor division and meningioma service. At Hopkins, Dr Olivi served as director of the division of neurosurgical oncology, vice director of the department of neurosurgery, medical director of the Neurosurgery Critical Care Unit, and head of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s department of neurosurgery. In 2015, Olivi was appointed professor and director of neurosurgery at Catholic University of Rome and chair of the Neurosurgery Institute at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital.
George Jallo, MD
Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
Alessandro Olivi, M.D.
Clinical Practice Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Professor of Neurosurgery.
George Jallo, M.D., is medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital for Institute Brain Protection Sciences (IBPS) and clinical practice director of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
An internationally respected pedia
Clinical Practice Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Professor of Neurosurgery.
George Jallo, M.D., is medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital for Institute Brain Protection Sciences (IBPS) and clinical practice director of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
An internationally respected pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Jallo is a professor of neurosurgery, pediatrics and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include tumors of the brain and spinal cord, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring for eloquent tumors, use of minimally invasive technologies such as endoscopy and keyhole surgery, and surgical treatment of epilepsy.
Sir Murray F. Brennan, GNZM, MD, FACS
Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
Dr. Murray Brennan is an oncologic surgeon scientist. He was Chair of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 1985 to June 2006, and served as Vice President of International Programs and Director of the Bobst International Center from 2010 to 2018. Dr. Brennan is currently Senior Vice President of Interna
Dr. Murray Brennan is an oncologic surgeon scientist. He was Chair of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 1985 to June 2006, and served as Vice President of International Programs and Director of the Bobst International Center from 2010 to 2018. Dr. Brennan is currently Senior Vice President of International Programs. He has lectured throughout the world and authored or co-authored more than 1,100 scientific papers and book chapters, and three books on soft tissue sarcoma. He has served as Director of the American Board of Surgery, Vice President of the American College of Surgeons, Chairman of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and President of the Society of Surgical Oncology, the James IVth Association, the Society of Clinical Surgery, the International Gastric Cancer Association, and the American Surgical Association. He has been awarded Honorary Fellowships in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, of England, and in Ireland, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and Canada. Dr. Brennan has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh, Otago, and Goteborg and University College of London. In 1995, Dr. Brennan was honored with membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; in 2000 he received the American College of Surgeons’ highest award, the Distinguished Service Award. In January 2015 he was appointed by Her Majesty The Queen as Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
Dr Julie Freischlag is the chief executive officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, and chief academic officer of Atrium Health Enterprise.
Dr Freischlag has helped to drive change in academic medicine with a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion. For more than 15 years, she has led educat
Dr Julie Freischlag is the chief executive officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, and chief academic officer of Atrium Health Enterprise.
Dr Freischlag has helped to drive change in academic medicine with a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion. For more than 15 years, she has led education and training programs at top medical schools in her role as professor and chair of surgery and vascular surgery departments. Freischlag also has more than 30 years of experience leading patient-care services as chief of surgery or vascular surgery at nationally ranked hospitals. She served as professor, chair of the surgery department and surgeon-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. She led initiatives to expand research, add specialty clinical services, improve patient-centered care and patient safety, redesign the surgical training program and enhance academic career paths for faculty.
