Author: Department of Surgery

In this role, Dr. Cho will oversee the Harvard medical students on the surgery rotation within the Principal Clinical Experience (PCE).  Dr. Cho has previously served as associate clerkship director for the past five years.

NANCY L. CHO, MD
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Clerkship Director, Harvard Medical School Core Surgery Rotation
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Cho received her BA from Harvard University and MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed residency training in general surgery and fellowship training in endocrine surgery at the Brigham. Dr. Cho is the section chief of Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery and assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Cho’s clinical interests include endocrine diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Her current research focuses on investigating gender disparities in academic surgery, including award recognition, operative experience, and society leadership. Dr. Cho has also published extensively on clinical outcomes in endocrine surgery to optimize delivery of patient care and improve surgical practices. She currently serves on committees for the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and the Association for Academic Surgery.

Dr. Belkin, the John Anthony Mannick Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery will be retiring at the end of the month. Dr. Belkin first came to the Brigham as the Homan’s Fellow in Vascular Surgery in 1988 and spent the following 30 years as an academic surgeon focused on clinical care, teaching and research.

Michael Belkin, MD
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
John Anthony Mannick Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Belkin received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery residency at Hartford Hospital, a vascular research fellowship at Boston University (now Boston Medical Center) and the Homans’ Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the Brigham under the guidance of Dr. John Mannick. He is board certified in vascular surgery. Upon completion of his fellowship programs, he became an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at New England Medical Center (now Tufts Medical Center). In 1992, he became the program director in general surgery at the Brigham and later became the chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in 2001.

The author of 160 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Belkin’s clinical interests include open and endovascular approaches to aortic aneurysmal disease, carotid occlusive disease, arterial aneurysms, complex limb salvage and vascular surgery. A devoted educator, his research also focuses on the training of vascular surgery fellows and general surgery residents.

Dr. Belkin was recently appointed Emeritus status at Harvard Medical School based on his meritorious service and plans to stay involved in teaching and research at the Brigham.

Marcus Semel, MD, MPH
Interim Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, John Homan’s Fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Semel is a vascular and endovascular surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and South Shore Hospital. He serves as the program director for the John Homans’ Fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and as the director for the division’s Vein Center. He completed both his surgery residency and fellowship training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Semel was a Homans’ Fellow in Vascular Surgery under Dr. Belkin from 2012-2014.