Contact Us

• Anita P. Courcoulas, MPH, MD, FACS
  Principal Investigator
  Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Division
  3380 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite #390
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  Telephone: (412) 641-3670
  Fax: (412) 641-3640
  E-mail: courcoulasap@upmc.edu
• William Gourash, MSN, CRNP
  Senior Research Coordinator & Nurse Practitioner
  Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Division
  3380 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite #390
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  Telephone: (412) 641-3646
  Fax: (412) 641-7612
  E-mail: gourashwf@upmc.edu

• Paul D. Berk, MD
  Principal Investigator
  Columbia University Medical Center
  650 W. 168th St. Room 1006
  New York, NY 10032
  Telephone: (212) 305-4491
  E-mail: pb2158@columbia.edu

• Alfons Pomp MD FACS FRCSC
  Leon C. Hirsch Professor
  Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
  Chief, GI, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
  Weill Cornell Medical College
  New York Presbyterian Hospital
  525 East 68th Street, Box 294
  New York, NY 10065
  Phone: 212-746-5294
  Fax: 212-746-5236
  E-mail: apomp@med.cornell.edu 
  Website: www.cornellweightlosssurgery.org
• Faith Ebel, RD, MS, MPH
  Research Coordinator
  Weill Cornell Medical College
  525 E. 68th St. F-763A
  New York, New York 10065
  Telephone: (212) 746-5069
  Fax: (212) 746-8680
  E-mail: fee2002@med.cornell.edu
  Website: www.cornellweightlosssurgery.org

• James E Mitchell, MD
  Principal Investigator
  University of North Dakota/Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
  120 8th Street South
  Po box 1415
  Fargo, ND 85103
  Telephone: (701) 365-4916
  Fax: (701) 293-3226
  E-mail: jmitchell@nrifargo.com
• Kathy Lancaster
  Coordinator
  University of North Dakota/Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
  120 8th Street South
  Po box 1415
  Fargo, ND 85103
  Telephone: (701) 365-4945
  Fax: (701) 293-3226
  E-mail: klancaster@nrifargo.com

• David R. Flum, MD, MPH, FACS
  Principal Investigator
  University of Washington
  1950 NE Pacific Street
  Box 356410
  Seattle, WA 98195-6410
  Telephone: (206) 685-6551
  Fax: (206) 543-8136
  E-Mail: daveflum@uw.edu
  
• Skye Stewart, MSc, CCRC
  Research Coordinator
  University of Washington
  1107 NE 45th St. Suite 502 Seattle, WA 98105
  Telephone: 206-543-8240
  Fax: 206 616-9032
  E-mail: skyes@uw.edu
• Megan Miller, MEd
  Research Coordinator
  University of Washington
  1107 NE 45th St. Suite 502 Seattle, WA 98105
  Telephone: (206) 616-9032
  Fax: 206-543-1248
  E-mail: millermj@uw.edu

• Richard Thirlby, MD
  Co-Investigator
  Virginia Mason Medical Center
  1100 Ninth Avenue
  Seattle, WA 988101
  Telephone: (206) 223-6636
  Fax: (206) 625-7245
  E-mail: richard.thirlby@vmmc.org

• Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FACS
  Principal Investigator
  Bariatric Surgery
  3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
  BTE 223
  Portland, OR 97239-30987
  Telephone: (503) 494-1181
  Fax: 503-494-2059
  E-mail: wolfeb@ohsu.edu
• Chelsea Cassady, BS
  Primary Coordinator
  3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
  BTE 223
  Portland, OR 97239-30987
  Telephone: 503-494-1746
  Fax: 503-494-2059
  E-mail: cassady@ohsu.edu

• Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS
  Principal Investigator
  Professor of Surgery and Biochemistry
  East Carolina University
  Brody School of Medicine
  600 Moye Boulevard 1L-09
  Greenville, NC 27858
  Telephone: 252-744-4749
  Fax: 252-744-3074
  E-mail: poriesw@ecu.edu
• William Chapman III, MD
  Co-Investigator
  East Carolina University
  Brody School of Medicine
  600 Moye Boulevard
  Greenville, NC 27834
  Telephone: 252-744-3801
• Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD
  Co-Investigator
  East Carolina University
  Brody School of Medicine
  600 Moye Boulevard
  Greenville, NC 27834
  Telephone: 252-744-0292
• Blair Cundiff
  Primary Coordinator
  East Carolina University
  Brody School of Medicine
  600 Moye Boulevard 1L-09
  Greenville, NC 27858
  Telephone: 252-744-5281
  Fax: 252-744-3074
  E-mail: cundiffb@ecu.edu
• Mallory Ball
  Research Coordinator
  East Carolina University
  Brody School of Medicine
  600 Moye Boulevard 1L-09
  Greenville, NC 27834
  Telephone: 252-744-5292
  Fax: 252-744-3074
  E-mail: Ballm@ecu.edu