About the Physicians and Staff

Denise W. Gee, MD
Dr. Gee received her MD degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 2001.  She trained as an intern and resident in Surgery at Boston Medical Center from 2001-2006.  After residency, Dr. Gee completed an advanced laparoscopic fellowship at The Massachusetts General Hospital from 2006-2007.  She was then appointed to the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery.  Her research interests include minimally invasive therapies and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).  Dr. Gee has authored numerous publications in the field of NOTES.  Dr. Gee is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentay Tract (SSAT). 

Field Willingham, MD


David W. Rattner, MD
Dr. Rattner received his MD degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1978. He trained as an intern and resident in Surgery at The Massachusetts General Hospital from 1978- 1985. Dr Rattner was then appointed to the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery. In 1999 he became the Chief of the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery. He was made Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in 2003. Dr Rattner has been active in numerous national surgical organizations. He has served as a trustee of The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), President   of the Boston Surgical Society, Governor of The American College of Surgeons (ACS), President of The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons(SAGES) . He is also an active member of The American Surgical Association, The Society of Surgical Oncology, and The Halsted Society. Dr Rattner has authored more than 150 original publications and 80 book chapters. Dr Rattner was one of the founding members of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization and currently serves on this organization’s Board of Trustees. Dr Rattner was a founding member of CIMIT (The Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapies).  Dr Rattner is CoChair of the SAGES-ASGE joint committee on Natural Orifice Trans-lumenal Endoscopic Surgery and is a founding member of NOSCAR (Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment of Research).  His areas of research include trans-lumenal gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive therapies and The Operating Room of the Future.