Contact the Department of Surgery

Office of the Chair

Bryan Clary, MD, MBA
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
M.J. Orloff Family Endowed Chair in Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, UC San Diego Health
858-249-0988

Lourdes Smith Huidor
Executive Director
858-249-1989
lsmithhuidor@health.ucsd.edu

Shalynn "Shay" Castro
Executive Assistant to the Chair
858-249-0988
shaycastro@health.ucsd.edu

Administration & Business Office

Casey Sandack
Administrative Vice Chair
858-657-7174
sandack@health.ucsd.edu

Alice Jimenez
Administrative Division Director
Admin | Anatomy | Plastics| Transplant | Trauma | Vascular
858-249-1392
a7jimenez@health.ucsd.edu

Michael Stroud
Administrative Division Director
Breast | CFS | Colorectal | MIS | Pediatric Surgery | Surgical Oncology | Surgical Sciences
858-246-1065
mstroud@health.ucsd.edu

Vy Pantovic
Academic HR Analyst
858-249-0873
vpantovic@health.ucsd.edu

Communications

Brittany Fair, MS
Director of Communications 
858-287-0694
bfair@health.ucsd.edu