Dr. Poulose will also serve as the Robert M. Zollinger LeCrone-Baxter Memorial Endowed Chair. He is currently an associate professor in general surgery at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as director of the Vanderbilt Hernia Center and associate director of the gastrointestinal endoscopy suite. He is an expert in complex abdominal wall reconstruction.
Dr. Mokadam comes to OSU from Seattle-based University of Washington Medical Center, where he was the LeRoss Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery, surgical director of heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support as well as program director for the cardiothoracic residency program. A heart failure specialist, he has clinical expertise in heart transplants and ventricular assist devices.
Both Drs. Poulose and Mokadam will assume their roles in August.
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