Department of Surgery Adds Five Top-Notch Surgeons

The Department of Surgery has taken advantage of the longstanding tradition of excellence in surgical training at the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine by recruiting three of our most outstanding former residents, Drs. Matt Bozeman, Russell Farmer and Paul Tennant, as well as former fellow Dr. Prejesh Philips. We also are excited to announce that we have recruited top-notch breast surgeon Dr. Nicholas Akjay. They all joined the faculty this summer.

Dr. Nicholas Ajkay , Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, joins the Department of Surgery upon completing his Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, PA. Dr. Akjay completed his General Surgery residency at the University of Kentucky, as well as a Plastic Surgery residency at Rosario University in Bogotá, Colombia. He also attended medical school at Rosario University. Dr. Akjay also completed fellowships in Oncologic Plastic Surgery at the National Cancer Institute in Bogotá and Craniofacial Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School & Operation Smile International in Norfolk, VA. His areas of expertise include breast cancer and melanoma.

Dr. Matt Bozeman , Instructor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, joins the Department of Surgery upon completing his General Surgery residency at UofL. He also completed a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at UofL in 2012. Dr. Bozeman attended medical school at Texas Tech School of Medicine. In Lubbock. His areas of expertise are general surgery, trauma surgery and surgical critical care.

Dr. Russell Farmer , Instructor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, joins the Department of Surgery upon completing his Colorectal fellowship at UofL. He also completed his General Surgery residency at UofL in 2013. Dr. Farmer attended medical school at University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. His area of expertise is colon and rectal surgery with special focus on robotic surgery, laparoscopy, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr. Prejesh Philips , Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, joins the Department of Surgery upon completing his Surgical Oncology and HepatoPancreaticoBiliary fellowships at UofL. Dr. Philips completed his general surgery residency at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, as well as Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, India, where he also completed medical school. His areas of expertise include esophageal, gastric, liver, pancreatic, colon, and bile duct cancers, sarcoma and general surgical oncology.

Dr. Paul Tennant , Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery has returned to the Department of Surgery following a Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Dr. Tennant completed his residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at UofL. He completed medical school at University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis. Dr. Tennant's areas of expertise include head and neck surgical oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery.