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The surgery faculty of the Residency Program is notable for the background, training and experience of its members. Fulltime faculty includes attending surgeons all of whom hold appointments in the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina, School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Their primary responsibility is resident education. Ten surgeons in the private community constitute the remaining faculty. Our entire faculty is based at NHRMC.
Full Time Faculty
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Thomas V. Clancy, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Program Director
Professor of Surgery,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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| Dr Clancy trained in general surgery at the New Rochelle Hospital and in Trauma/Critical Care at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx. He was on the faculty of the New York Medical College before his arrival in 1987. He is an active member of the Eastern Association of the Surgery of Trauma, American Association for the Surgery on Trauma, the Southern Surgical Association, Southeastern Surgical Congress, and the American College of Surgeons. He has served on the ACS Board of Governors, Committee on Trauma, and Committee on Applicants. He is a past president of NC Chapter of the ACS and serves as the Medical Director for the NHRMC Trauma Center. |
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Cyrus A. Kotwall, M.D., M.Sc, F.A.C.S.
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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| 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. |
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William W. Hope, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Surgical Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Hope completed his Fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He received his undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and surgical residency in the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Hope is an active member of SAGES, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Hernia Society. Dr. Hope also serves Director of the Surgical Simulation Laboratory. He is credentialed in Robotic Surgery.
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William Borden Hooks, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Hooks completed his Fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the Bowman-Gray, Winston-Salem Hospital. He has his undergraduate and medical school degree from UNC, Chapel Hill and he completed his surgical residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. His surgical interest is bariatric and advanced laparoscopic surgery.
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Elizabeth Acquista, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Acquista is a general surgeon who completed her General Surgery training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a Fellowship in Critical care at the Hartford Hospital of the University of Connecticut. She graduated from New York University with a BS in Neural Science and medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Her primary interests are acute care surgery and critically ill patients.
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