Inova Fairfax Hospital, Inova Women’s Hospital, Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital, and Inova Heart and Vascular Institute are consistently ranked among the country's finest hospitals and care providers for excellence and innovation. #1 Hospital in DC and Virginia; Top 10 in the Nation for Obstetrics and Gynecology U.S. News & World Report has again ranked Inova Fairfax Hospital #1 in the Washington, DC metro area, as well as #1 in the state of Virginia.

Scott Sullivan, MD A member of Inova Medical Group Close description about Inova Medical Group members The doctors of Inova Medical Group are Inova’s premier primary care and specialty physicians, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. Specialty: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Close description about Inova Medical Group members Board-certified specialties granted by an ABMS Member Board. Learn more about board certification.

Medical Director, Cardiac Surgery Watch Video Alan M. Speir, MD A member of Inova Medical Group Close description about Inova Medical Group members The doctors of Inova Medical Group are Inova’s premier primary care and specialty physicians, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. Specialty: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Close description about Inova Medical Group members Board-certified specialties granted by an ABMS Member Board. Learn more about board certification.

The Colorectal Surgical Section of the Inova Fairfax Hospital Department of Surgery is composed of surgeons specially trained in the surgical treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. In addition to the five to six years of general surgical training, each surgeon has completed another one to two years of specialized training in colon and rectal surgery. Each surgeon is board certified, or is board eligible.

Donald Colvin, MD, Section Chief Lynda Dougherty, MD Katherine Khalifeh, MD  Kimberly Matzie, MD  Timothy A. Plerhoples, MD Caroline Sanchez, MD  Paul Savoca, MD Lawrence Stern, MD

The Department of Surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital offers a full-cycle surgery residency program as well as two fellowship programs, one in surgical critical care and one in laparoscopic, minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. Learn More Surgery Residency Program Surgical Critical Care Fellowship  Bariatric Surgery Fellowship 

The section of General Surgery consists of over 30 board-certified surgeons trained to diagnose and manage a broad array of surgical problems. Many are fellowship trained and have particular expertise in certain subspecialties. These range from the common to the unusual, and include hernias, gallbladder disorders, endocrine, breast and intestinal diseases. We see a wide variety of cancer patients, including breast, thyroid and parathyroid, gastrointestinal malignancies including stomach, small and large intestine.

Stefano Agolini, MD Robert Ahmed, MD Ghiath Alshkaki, MD  Richard Brenner, MD Oscar Bronsther, MD  Sara Bruce, MD Arun Chowla, MD Kathleen Cleland, MD Costanza Cocilovo, MD Robert Cohen, MD Jan Dekker, MD Jonathan Dort, MD Kirsten Edmiston, MD Hazem Elariny, MD Daniel Fortes, MD Philip Guzzetta, MD Gordon Hafner, MD, Section Chief Johann Jonsson, MD Teruaki Kodama, MD John Moynihan, MD Maureen O’Donnell, MD Esam Omeish, MD Virginia Park, MD James Piper, MD Ashok Prahlad, MD William Purkert, MD H.