The surgery faculty of the Residency Program is notable for the background, training, and experience of its members. Fulltime faculty presently includes three attending surgeons, all holding appointments in the Department of Surgery of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Their primary responsibility is resident education.

Twelve surgeons in three private practices, Wilmington Health Associates, Coastal Carolina Surgical Associates and Miles Surgical, also support resident education, integrating residents fully in their practices. Both groups perform essentially all their major operations at NHRMC, with resident involvement.

Residents rotate through surgical subspecialty services in neurological surgery, orthopedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, urology, plastic surgery, and cardiac surgery. Twenty-six surgeons in all specialties above, except orthopedic surgery hold part-time clinical appointments in the U.N.C. Department of Surgery. Of this group, nearly all are graduates of U.S. medical colleges (one graduate from Padua, Italy, and one from Johannesburg, South Africa) and all received postgraduate medical training from U.S. medical school-affiliated hospitals. Sixteen received additional training in their respective subspecialties, including such institutions as U.N.C., New York University, Georgetown, Florida, Johns Hopkins, South Carolina, Iowa, Mayo Clinic, Washington University, and the National Cancer Institute.

Full Time Faculty

	Thomas V. Clancy, M.D., F.A.C.S.  Program Director  Professor of Surgery,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr Clancy trained in general surgery at the New Rochelle Hospital and in surgical critical care and trauma at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. He was on the faculty of the New York Medical College before his arrival in 1987. He is a member of the Eastern Association of the Surgery of Trauma, the American Association of the Surgery on Trauma, and the American College of Surgeons. He has held several leadership positions with the Committee on Trauma of the North Carolina chapter of the American College of Surgeons, including the position of vice-chair. He is Medical Director for the NHRMC Trauma Center.
	Cyrus A. Kotwall, M.D., F.A.C.S. Associate Program Director, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr Kotwall received his general surgical training at the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto, and specialty training in surgical oncology and head and neck surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. He was on the attending staff at the University of Toronto before his arrival in Wilmington in 1993. He is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He serves as Medical Director of the Zimmer Cancer Center at NHRMC.
	William W. Hope, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Surgical Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Hope joins us from Carolinas Medical Center where he completed his fellowship in minimally invasive surgery in May 2008. After receiving his degree in biology from UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Hope graduated medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He did his residency at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center in Greenville, South Carolina.

Part-time faculty, Department of General Surgery

Wilmington Health Associates

Alan Hubbard, M.D.

Medical School: Medical College of Virginia

Residency in General Surgery: Jefferson Medical College Fellowship (vascular surgery): New York University

Alison Lynn, M.D.

Medical School: George Washington University

Residency in General Surgery: Jefferson Medical College

Joseph Payne, M.D.

Medical School: University of North Carolina

Residency in General Surgery: Tulane University

Fellowship (colorectal surgery): Cleveland Clinic Hospitals

Philip Brown, M.D.

Medical School: East Carolina University

Residency in General Surgery: East Carolina University

 Fellowship (vascular surgery): John Hopkins

Charles Scott, M.D.

Medical School: University of Cincinnati

Residency in General Surgery: Boston University

Fellowship (vascular surgery): St. Vincent's Hospital

Charles Neuwirth, MD

Medical School: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Residency in General Surgery: Pitt County Memorial Hospital Fellowship: (Vascular Surgery) Penn State Milton S. Hershey Med. Ctr. 

Coastal Carolina Surgical Associates

James Harris, M.D.

Medical School: University of Michigan

Residency in General Surgery: William Beaumont Hospital

Fellowship (surgical endoscopy): Massachusetts General Hospital

Larry Knott, M.D.

 Medical School: Wake Forest University

Residency in General Surgery: University of Mississippi

 Fellowship (vascular surgery): University of Florida

Warren McMurry, M.D.

 Medical School: University of North Carolina

Residency in General Surgery: Medical University of South Carolina

Fellowship (vascular surgery): University of Florida

Darrell Tackett, M.D.

Medical School: Vanderbilt University

Residency in General Surgery: Vanderbilt University

David Weatherford, M.D.

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Residency in General Surgery: Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System

Fellowship (vascular surgery): University of Tennessee

Elizabeth Southerland Weinberg, M.D.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residency in General Surgery: Good Samaritan Hospital

Fellowship (breast surgery oncology): H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Miles Surgical

David R. Miles, M.D.

Medical School: University of Michigan

Residency in General Surgery: Tulane University

Visiting Faculty

Attending surgeons from UNC, Duke University Medical Center, East Carolina Medical Center, and the Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.) come to NHRMC twice a month to lead patient management conferences, give lectures, and discuss research projects. They provide a valued added perspective on both routine and problem cases, and enhance the learning environment for residents.

U.N.C. burn specialists and transplant surgeons act as attending surgeons for NHRMC residents during those rotations. The U.N.C.-Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill is the largest Burn Center in the southeastern U.S. The solid organ transplant program is the largest and busiest in the state.