Our General Surgery Team
In this age of high technology and rapidly advancing medical science, no procedure is a one-surgeon show. Rather, surgeons approach surgery as a collaboration, working closely with experts in comfort and pain control (anesthesiologists), laboratory physicians (pathologists), critical care specialists and imaging experts (radiologists).
In addition, comprehensive care of children like yours often requires consultation and cooperation with other specialists, such as oncologists (cancer), obstetrician/gynecologists (pregnancy and birth), urologists (urinary system), neonatologists (newborn care) and genetic counselors.
Members of our team are listed below. All doctors are certified by the American Board of Surgery and are members of all of the national pediatric surgical associations.
Physicians
- Stephanie Chao, MD
- Bill Chiu, MD
- James Dunn, MD, PhD - Division Chief
- Julie Robin Fuchs, MD
- Gary E. Hartman, MD, MBA
- Thomas Hui, MD
- Jeong Hyun, MD
- Dennis Lund, MD - Chief Medical Officer
- Claudia M. Mueller, MD, PhD
- Janey Pratt, MD
- Wendy Su, MD
- Karl G. Sylvester, MD
- James K. Wall, MD
- Aaron Cunningham, MD - Fellow
Advanced practitioners
- Claire Abrajano, RN, MSN, WOCN, CPNP
- Katherine Alvarez, PA
- Deanna Garza, RN
- Rajashree Koppolu, CPNP-PC/AC, MS, RN, MSL, NPD-BC
- Meredith Lahey, RN, MS, CPNP-AC, RNFA
- Ethan Lew, PA
- Jackie Nguyen, PA
Administrative staff
- Kyla Dalusag, RN - Outcomes Nurse
- Lisa Forneris - Division Manager, Pediatric General Surgery
- Angela Leija - Administrative Associate
- Rosa Madera - Bariatric Administrator
- Vicente Marcelo - Clinical Research Coordinator
- Elizabeth Marquez - Administrative Associate
- Russelle Anne McDermott - Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Coordinator
- Dalia Michel - Outcomes Coordinator
- Kristina Tolentino - Administrative Associate
