Tulane - Department of Surgery

Tulane Surgery’s @STaghaviMD has been awarded a $1.2M CDC grant to study how bedside intervention & community support can reduce revictimization after violent injury.

“…Ultimately, I hope this work puts trauma surgeons out of business.”

Read more: bit.ly/4qPKbMP

Proud to celebrate Tulane Surgery's Dr. Kevin Harrell, who was just named a 2025 CityBusiness Health Care Hero!

“The kind of surgeon you want in the room when every second counts...”

Congratulations, and well-deserved, Dr. Harrell!
#TulaneSurgery #HealthCareHero #TraumaSurgery

🚨 New research from Tulane Surgery: PGY5 Dr. Kavin Sugumar is first author on a @JAMANetworkOpen study showing FDA-approved pCR metric may not predict survival in rectal cancer trials.

🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3TT1jSL
#JAMA #TulaneSurgery #TulaneMedicine

Dr. Shauna Levy completed her 500th Robotic Surgery at East Jefferson General Hospital today! Congratulations Dr. Levy! 🤖 #tulanesurgery #roboticsurgery

Dr. Sharven Taghavi has been appointed Division Chief of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, & Surgical Critical Care and the William Henderson Endowment Chair.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Taghavi!
#TraumaSurgery #EndowedChair