James T. Mayes III, MD Dr. Mayes graduated medical school at the University of Chicago in 1979. He completed residency training at the University of Illinois/Cook County Hospital in Chicago in 1986. During that time he did advanced immunology research at Scripps Research Institute in LaJolla, California. Dr. Mayes did his fellowship training in transplantation surgery, graduating in 1988. This included kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation, including advanced Hepatobiliary surgery. More... J.R. Salameh, MD Dr. J.R. Salameh is a Board-certified general surgeon and a fellowship trained laparoendoscopic surgery specialist. After obtaining his M.D. from Saint Joseph University (Beirut, Lebanon), Dr. Salameh did his General Surgery training at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) and then completed a Laparoscopic/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas). Prior to joining Surgical Associates at Virginia Hospital Center in July 2007, he was Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Surgery Simulation Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson, MS). More...