News – Page 37 – Surgery News & Notes

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

Mark Fairweather, MD, Named Program Director of the Mass General Brigham/Dana-Farber Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Harvard Medical School

Mark Fairweather, MD
Program Director, Mass General Brigham/Dana-Farber Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
Associate Program Director, Brigham General Surgery Residency, Department of Surgery
Director, Advanced Surgery Clerkships, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Fairweather joined the faculty in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Brigham in 2018, specializing in GI/HPB and sarcoma. He is a graduate of Hanover College and received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital followed by a fellowship in complex general surgical oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Fairweather’s clinical interests include cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and soft-tissue sarcomas. In addition to research on treatment outcomes for sarcoma, including retroperitoneal sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors, he also serves as an executive officer for the Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC (AFT), where his work focuses on developing and validating methods of capturing high-quality real-world data alongside ongoing clinical trials.

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021

Welcoming New Faculty – Kristin A. Sonderman, MD, MPH

Please join us in welcoming Kristin A. Sonderman, MD, MPH, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Kristin A. Sonderman, MD, MPH
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care

Dr. Sonderman completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where she went on to receive her medical degree. She holds an MPH from the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health. She completed her general surgery residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship from the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. She was also an Arthur Tracy Cabot research fellow at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at the Brigham. She most recently completed a trauma and surgical critical care fellowship at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland.

Dr. Sonderman is a member of various professional societies, including the American Medical Association (AMA), the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). She is an associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a fellow of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST).

Dr. Sonderman’s research interests include surgical capacity building in low income countries through national surgical planning, surgical education and training. Additionally, she has interests in trauma education and resident development.

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

Welcoming New Faculty – Enobong J. Efiong, MD

Please join us in welcoming Enobong J. Efiong, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Enobong J. Efiong, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care

Dr. Efiong completed a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from New York University and received her medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. She completed her general surgery residency at Geisinger Medical Center and a fellowship in surgical critical care from Georgetown University affiliated MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

Dr. Efiong is double board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. She is a member of various professional societies, including the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Medical Association (AMA).

Dr. Efiong’s areas of interest include resident education and global health. She believes regularly meeting patients at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives is imperative, especially while ensuring their perspectives are acknowledged and appreciated. She views her role as both systematic and collaborative, making sure patients are compassionately cared for, educated and equipped to make safe informed decisions, as she helps them navigate the path to definitive treatment/surgical intervention.