Category: New Faculty

Please join us in welcoming George Molina, MD, MPH, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

George Molina, MD, MPH
Associate Surgeon, Division of Surgical Oncology

Dr. Molina graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS in cellular and molecular biology. He obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and he completed an MPH in quantitative methods at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in complex surgical oncology at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Cancer Center and Massachusetts General Hospital.

As part of his general surgery training, Dr. Molina also completed a two-year postgraduate research fellowship at Ariadne Labs, where he worked on projects in health systems innovation and research, global surgery modeling, clinical studies in surgical oncology, surgical safety culture in inpatient and ambulatory settings and impact of a surgical safety checklist program.

He is board certified in general surgery, and he is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO).

Dr. Molina’s clinical and research interests include improving the safety, quality and equity of surgical care through health systems innovation. He is also interested in understanding the impact of fragmentation of cancer care on disparities in surgical outcomes in the United States. Dr. Molina will be conducting his research at the Center for Surgery and Public Health and at Ariadne Labs.

Please join us in welcoming Alison Laws, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Alison Laws, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Breast Surgery

Dr. Laws graduated from the University of British Columbia and obtained her medical degree from McMaster University. She completed a general surgery residency at the University of Calgary and a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS).

Dr. Laws’ clinical and research interests include optimizing oncologic outcomes after breast cancer surgery, improving cancer care delivery through implementation of evidence-based practices, as well as managing patients at high-risk for breast cancer.

Please join us in welcoming Matthew Pommerening, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Matthew Pommerening, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Pommerening is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He received both his medical degree and general surgery training from the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, where he also spent time studying clinical outcomes after traumatic injury. He went on to complete a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center followed by a thoracic surgery fellowship at the Brigham. He is board certified in general surgery, and he is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

In residency, Dr. Pommerening developed an interest in studying clinical outcomes and completed a two-year clinical research fellowship and a master’s degree in clinical research established by the Center for Clinical Research & Evidence-Based Medicine at McGovern Medical School.

His clinical interests include the breadth of general thoracic surgery, including minimally invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures, lung cancer and advanced foregut surgery. His research interests are focused on designing and conducting clinical trials to advance evidence-based practice in thoracic surgery.