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The Department of Surgery at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center has a long and distinguished history of cutting-edge surgical research. Our faculty is passionate about pursuing focused and innovative surgical research.


Recent research by our faculty members:

Faculty Member Research Area
Michael E. Zenilman, M.D.

Pancreatic Physiology
Dale Distant, M.D. Kidney Transplantation in Minority Populations, Immunosuppresion
John Kral, M.D., Ph.D. Surgical Biology of Obesity
Robert Schulze, M.D. Novel Inhibitors of Sepsis, Role of Aortic Cross
Clamp in Resuscitation
Alexander Schwartzman, M.D. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pancreatitis-Associated Protein
Chongmin Huan, M.D. Ph.D

Director of Surgical Research
Molecular study of pancreatic regenerating protein (Reg) and pancreatitis associated protein (PAP) in gastrointestinal inflammation, autoimmune diseases and cancers.