General Surgery Faculty and Staff

Cristina Nituica, MD, FACS
Program Director
Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics
Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University
Core faculty
Christina Maser, MD, MHA, FACS
Associate Program Director and Core Faculty
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Yale University

Maher Ghanem, MD, FACS
Core Faculty
Residency: Damascus University and Central Michigan University

Omar Marar, MD
Residency: St. Barnabas Medical Center

John Sharpe, MD, MS, FACS
Core Faculty
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Faculty
Samuel Shaheen, MD, FACS
President and CEO, CMU Medical Education Partners Medical School: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Residency: McGaw Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University
Timothy Hackett, MD
Residency: The Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati
Chet Morrison, MD
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science
Residency: Fitzsimons Army Medical Center / William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Wael Solh, MD
Residency: Columbia University, School of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Luke's Rosevelt Hospital
Yong C. Yoon, MD, FACS
Medical School: State University of New York College of Medicine at Brooklyn
Residency: St. Luke's-Rosevelt Hospital Center
Nurse practitioners and physician assistant
Elizabeth Hernden, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Laurie Meyer, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Zachary Retzler, PA-C
Physician Assistant