Department of Surgery
Surgical Research
Our Faculty
Division Spotlights
- Vermont Public Television's "Emerging Science" to highlight UVM
Department of Surgery researchers.
CLICK HERE for details. - Health Economist Chris Jones, Ph.D., Sheds New Light on Treatments, Links Medicine and Business
- Brian Sprague PhD Research Addresses Decline in Hormone Replacement Therapy Use, and gets media attention from Reuters Health
- Peter Zvara, MD, PhD receives EPSCoR award
- Kalev Freeman, MD, PhD to be featured on Vermont Public Television discussing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports.
Faculty List
- Jonathan E. Boyson, PhD
Chief, Div. of Surgical Research
Associate Professor - William Drucker, MD, FACS
Professor Emeritus - Mujde Erten, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Kalev Freeman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor - Christopher Jones, DPhil
Assistant Professor
- Turner Osler, MD, FACS
Professor - Stephanie Pero, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Girja Shukla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Brian Sprague, PhD
Assistant Professor - Yu-Jing Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Peter Zvara, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor - Katarina Zvarova, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

The mission of the Division of Surgical Research is to enhance patient care through the advancement of biomedical knowledge, and to employ cutting-edge technologies to pursue new therapeutic breakthroughs. The research in the Division spans a variety of disciplines, and encompasses clinical, basic, and translational research.
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