The Department of Surgery welcomed two new faculty members Sept. 1. Sandra L. Kavalukas, M.D. joins the section of Colorectal Surgery and Stewart R. Carter, MD joins the Division of Pediatric Surgery.

Dr. Kavalukas attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University, completed her residency in General Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida. She also trained as a Physician Assistant prior to attending medical school. Dr. Kavalukas' expertise includes inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, laparoscopic and robotic surgery and anorectal disorders.

Dr. Carter attended medical school at University of Louisville School of Medicine, completed his residency in General Surgery at Loyola University of Chicago and fellowships in Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Endosurgery at University of Alabama Birmingham/Children's of Alabama and Pediatric Surgical Critical Care at Northwestern University/Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago. His expertise includes minimally invasive surgery, single incision laparoscopy, surgical critical care and pediatric trauma, and his research interests include non-invasive monitoring in critically ill infants and children, pulmonary inflammation in the surgical patient, neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, surgical education with a focus on pediatric and neonatal laparoscopy.