Breadcrumb Centers And ServicesGeneral And Gastrointestinal SurgeryComprehensive Hernia CenterMeet The Comprehensive Hernia Center Team Copy URL to Clipboard URL COPIED! Print Meet the Comprehensive Hernia Center Team Aurora D. Pryor, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS Surgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital More David R. Cloutier, MD More Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, MD, PhD, MEng Bariatric, Foregut, and Hernia Surgeon More Nicholas Paxson Gabinet, MD Surgeon, Brown Health Medical Group Surgery More Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD Metabolic Bariatric Surgeon More Bradford C. Gray, MD General Surgeon More Jordan Hebert, DO Surgeon, Brown Health Medical Group Surgery More Tareq Kheirbek, MD More Stephanie N. Lueckel, MD Physician Researcher More Andrew R. Luhrs, MD Director, Center for Medical and Surgical Weight Loss More Niel Page, MD Surgeon, Brown Health Medical Group Surgery More Thach Pham, MD, MBA Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery, Saint Anne's Hospital More Beth Ann Ryder, MD Metabolic Bariatric Surgeon More Holden Spivak, MD Surgeon, Brown Health Medical Group Surgery More Todd S. Stafford, MD Metabolic Bariatric Surgeon More Andrew H. Stephen, MD More Julia S. Tassinari, MD Associate Director, Breast Cancer Center at Newport Hospital More James D. Valente, MD Medical Director, Chair of Surgery More General and Gastrointestinal Surgery Morton Hospital Center for Treatment of Reflux and Swallowing Disorders Comprehensive Hernia Center What Is a Hernia? Meet the Team Conditions We Treat Achalasia Diagnosis Surgery Frequently Asked Questions Appendicitis Common Duct Stones Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy) Gallstones Non-Surgical Treatments Open (Conventional) Surgery Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Diagnosis Frequently Asked Questions Non-Surgical Treatment Surgery Postoperative Expectations Anti-Reflux Surgery About Hiatal Hernia Spleen Disorders Diseases of the Spleen Anemia FAQs Reasons for Surgery Anesthesia Preparing for Surgery Discharge Pain and Discomfort Post-Splenectomy Incision Care Patient Education When to Contact Us General Preoperative Instructions Activity Guidelines