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Please join us in welcoming M. Blair Marshall, MD, FACS, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

M. Blair Marshall, MD, FACS
Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Marshall is a graduate of Brown University and received her medical degree from Georgetown Medical School, where she also completed a residency in General Surgery. Dr. Marshall completed both a Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship and General Thoracic fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Most recently, Dr. Marshall was chief of Thoracic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital where she received the outstanding faculty teaching award on multiple occasions. She is currently the editor of Thoracic Surgery Clinics and the thoracic editor of Operative Techniques in Thoracic Surgery.

Her research and clinical interests include: minimally invasive and robotic techniques for complex thoracic procedures, simulation, surgical education, surgical videos and patient safety.

Please join us in welcoming Daniel E. Rinewalt, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Daniel E. Rinewalt, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Rinewalt is a graduate of Texas Tech University and received his medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston Medical School. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Rush University Medical Center/Cook County Hospital followed by a Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he also completed a fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Surgery. He is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Most recently, Dr. Rinewalt was a clinical instructor in cardiothoracic transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at Stanford University.

His research and clinical interests include all aspects of adult cardiac surgery as well as heart and lung transplantation, ventricular assist device placement, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and surgical education.

The following recipients were recently honored with awards at Final Service Conference and the Department of Surgery Graduation Dinner.

Student Teaching Awards

• PGY 1: James Etheridge, MD
• PGY 2: Paul Salem, MD and Rachel Atkinson, MD
• PGY 3: George Li, MD
• PGY 4: David Harris, MD and Kristin Sonderman, MD
• PGY 5: Joseph Mets, MD [Recipient of the Robert T. Osteen Award for Medical Student Education in Surgery]

Surgery Class of ’63 Scholar: Kristin Sonderman, MD

PBB Scholar Award: George Li, MD

Dr. Grant Rodkey Award (VA Hospital Award): Becca Scully, MD

Dr. Christine Weeks Schofield Award (South Shore Hospital Award): Rachel Atkinson, MD

Dr. Edward Kwasnik Award (South Shore Hospital Award): James Senturk, MD, PhD 

The Vollman Award (Faulkner Hospital Award): Lily Saadat, MD

Dr. Francis D. Moore, Sr. Award: Anupamaa Seshadri, MD

Dr. Donald D. Matson Award: Samir Shah, MD

Dr. Richard E. Wilson Award: Edwin G. Gravereaux, MD