New Faculty

Seven new faculty members joined the Department of Surgery recently.

1. Syed Osman Ali, M.D., clinical instructor of surgery, is a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at Altru Health System in Grand Forks. He joined the UND Surgery Department faculty Dec. 2, 2013. Dr. Ali received his Medical Doctor degree from Aga Khan University in Pakistan. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Connecticut and his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Loyola University.
   
   
2. Aaron J. Chalmers, M.D., clinical instructor of surgery, is a general and vascular surgeon at Mid Dakota Clinic in Bismarck. Dr. Chalmers joined the UND Surgery Department on Aug. 26, 2013. He earned his M.D. at UND and completed his residency at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
   
   
3. Roxanne R. Keene, M.D., clinical instructor of surgery, is an orthopedic surgeon at Mercy Medical Center in Williston. She joined the UND Department of Surgery on May 10, 2013. Dr. Keene is an alumna of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, where she earned her M.D.. She completed her orthopedic surgery residency at Southern Illinois University.
   
   
4. S.M. Farhan Khan Galzie, M.D., clinical instructor of surgery, is the director of robotic urologic surgery at Essentia Health in Fargo. He joined the UND Surgery Department on May 1, 2013. Dr. Khan Galzie earned his M.D. from J.J.M. Medical College at Devangere, Karnataka, India. He completed his residency in Urology at the University of California in Irvine.
   
   
5. Jay M. MacGregor, M.D., is an instructor of surgery and director of surgical education, as well as a colon and rectal surgeon at Sanford Health in Fargo. Dr. MacGregor joined the UND Surgery Department on Nov. 18, 2013. He earned his M.D. from Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. Dr. MacGregor is a recent graduate of the UND Surgery Residency Program (2011) and went on to complete a fellowship in clinical colon and rectal surgery at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla.
   
   
6. Stephen D. Markewich, M.D., clinical instructor of surgery, is an anesthesiologist at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck. He joined the UND Surgery Department on Aug. 26, 2013. Dr. Markewich earned his M.D. from the Medical University of the Americas in the West Indies. He completed his residency in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
   
   
7. Thomas G. Wambach, M.D., clinical instructor of surgery, is a general surgeon at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fargo. He joined the UND Surgery Department on May 10, 2013. Dr. Wambach is an alumnus of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, where he earned his M.D. and also graduated from the UND Surgery Residency Program in 1999.