Department of Surgery

Educational opportunities for the resident rotating on the General Surgery Service include didactic and interactive rounds with the faculty, multidisciplinary conferences with the gastroenterology service weekly, and multidisciplinary clinics in breast disease, surgical oncology, and GI disease. There is also a laparoscopic surgery fellowship program.

General Surgery Residency Program Official Website

John Tarpley, MD
Director,
General Surgery Residency Program
Section of Surgical Sciences

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Kyla Terhune, MD
Associate Program Director,
General Surgery Residency Program
Section of Surgical Sciences

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Stephanie Rowe Burnham
Coordinator, General Surgery Residency Program
Section of Surgical Sciences
Phone: (615) 343-6642
Email: stephanie.burnham@vanderbilt.edu

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Margaret Genendlis
Department Education Assistant 
General Surgery Residency Program
Section of Surgical Sciences
Phone: (615) 322-1414
email: margaret.genendlis@vanderbilt.edu 

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Third Year Surgical Clerkship for VUSM Students

Steven J. Eskind, M.D., Director                   
email:  steven.eskind@vanderbilt.edu
Margaret J. Tarpley, Clerkship Associate      
Phone: (615) 322-1548; 322-2363
Email:  margaret.tarpley@vanderbilt.edu

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Graduate Medical Education

Donald Brady, MD, Director
Patricia Craft, Administrative Director
Phone: (615) 322-4916
E-mail: gme.office@vanderbilt.edu