Author: Department of Surgery

Please join us in welcoming Abdelrahman A. Nimeri, MD, FACS, FASMBS, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Abdelrahman A. Nimeri, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Associate Surgeon, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Dr. Nimeri received his medical degree from Al-Azhar University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. He completed general surgery training at Huron Hospital in the Cleveland Clinic Health System and fellowship training in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery with a focus practice designation in bariatric surgery and the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Nimeri worked as an associate professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina and Wake Forrest University School of Medicine. He was the program director of the MIS Bariatric Fellowship Program and section chief of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center/Atrium Health, as well as medical director at Atrium Health Weight Management and chair of the Health Disparity Subcommittee in the Department of Surgery at Atrium Health.

Dr. Nimeri serves as the secretary/treasurer for the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and is a member of the editorial board of the Obesity Surgery Journal of IFSO, as well as their associate editor. He is a reviewer of various journals, including the International Journal of Obesity and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, and a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS) and IFSO.

Dr. Nimeri’s clinical and research interests include mechanism of action and outcomes of bariatric surgery, health disparity in obesity care, surgical quality and surgical education.

Please join us in welcoming Ryan R. Gerry, MD, MPH, FACS, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Ryan R. Gerry, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Surgeon, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Dr. Gerry received his undergraduate degree in biology at Macalester College and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He received general surgery residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Upon completion of residency at the Brigham, Dr. Gerry spent time as a general surgeon in Anchorage, Alaska performing the breadth of general surgery, including bread and butter general surgery, colorectal surgery, endoscopy, pediatric surgery and vascular surgery. For six years, he was the trauma medical director at Platte Valley Medical Center, where he also served as the chief of Surgery. Most recently,
Dr. Gerry was the medical director of general surgery at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, a 19-bed critical access hospital in the rural central coast of California. He currently works as a general surgery consultant to MD Review and as a general surgery medical expert with COPIC malpractice insurance. He has performed over 5,000 surgeries in the past 11 years. 

His clinical interests include hernia surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction, gallbladder surgery, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.  His academic and research interests include rural general surgery, surgical education and minimally invasive techniques in surgery.

Please join us in welcoming Amy E. Hackmann, MD, FACS, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Amy E. Hackmann, MD, FACS
Associate Surgeon, Division of Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Hackmann received her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her medical degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She received general surgery residency training at the University of South Florida and completed a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She completed a research fellowship in vascular surgery at Washington University, St. Louis and a fellowship in cardiothoracic transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Hackmann was an associate professor of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, chief of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECMO) and associate program director of the thoracic surgery residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center, as well as medical director of Cardiovascular/Thoracic ECMO at the Parkland Health & Hospital System. She is a member of various medical institutions, including the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS).

Dr. Hackmann is an adult cardiac surgeon with a clinical focus in heart and lung transplantation and both temporary and durable mechanical circulatory support. She is involved in education efforts for multiple international societies including AATS, STS and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). Her research interests include ECMO outcomes, mechanical support for cardiogenic shock and ECMO during CPR (ECPR).