The majority of the program’s general surgery graduates continue their training in a specialized area of surgery.
Chief Residents routinely secure prestigious fellowship positions in any one of a number of academic programs across the country. Fellowship positions obtained by Chief Residents graduating in the recent past are as follows:
2023 Graduates
Victoria G. Aveson, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Northwell Health
Gregory D. Jones, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Jessica N. Limberg, M.D.
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Duke University School of Medicine
Lama Obeid, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania
Paul Shin, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Providence Saint John's Cancer Institute
Matthew Skovgard, M.D..
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dessislava Stefanova, M.D.
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Mount Sinai, New York City
Jessica Thiesmeyer, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
University of California – San Francisco
2022 Graduates
Richard Willis Cass, Jr., M.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Christopher Steven Chandler, M.D.
Transplantation Surgery Fellowship
UCLA Medical Center
Jackly Michael Juprasert, M.D., M.S.
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
UCSF Medical Center
Mengyuan Liu, M.D.
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nicole Alyssa Meredyth, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania
Nicole Janina Narayan, M.D.
Pediatric Surgery Research Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alexander William Peters, M.D., M.P.H.
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Medical College of Wisconsin
Matthew Wingo, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
Stanford University School of Medicine
2021 Graduates
Patrick Dolan, M.D.
MIS Fellowship
Mount Sinai
Gregory Eckenrode, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Rutgers University - Newark
Matthew Iyer, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Duke University
Kendall Lawrence, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania
Jeremy Leonard, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
University of Colorado - Denver
Caitlin McIntyre, M.D.
Surgical Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Johnny Stratigis, M.D.
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Timothy Ullmann, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
University of California San Francisco
2020 Graduates
Dalia Alqunaibit, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care
Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Center
Adham Elmously, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian
William Hammond, M.D., M.Sc.
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of Calgary
Matthew Symer, M.D., M.S.
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medicine
Dagny von Ahrens, M.D.
Transplant Surgery Fellowship
Mount Sinai, NY
Katherine Gray, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Maureen Moore, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medicine
2019 Graduates
Jonathan Abelson, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Washington University in St. Louis
Neel Chudgar, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
John Creasy, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Duke University School of Medicine
Jason Gardenier, M.D.
Plastic Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brandon Guenthart, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Stanford Medicine
Oriana Petruolo, M.D.
Breast Surgery Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Saurabh Saluja, M.D.
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine
Marc Vimolratana, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian – Cornell
2018 Graduates
Marco Bertucci Zoccali, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
University of Chicago
Andreas de Biasi, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Stanford Medicine
Elinore Kaufman, M.D.
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Minneman, M.D.
General Surgeon
Michael Pezold, M.D.
Vascular Surgery
New York University
Matthew C. Smith, M.D.
Vascular Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian – Cornell/Columbia
2017 Graduates
Anna Aronova, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Mount Sinai (NYC)
Filippo Filicori, M.D.
Advanced GIMIS Fellowship
Portland Medical Center
Brendan Finnerty, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery
Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Jamie Green, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai (LA)
Robert McMillan, M.D.
Transplantation Fellowship
UCLA
Michael Morton, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Jennifer Murphy, M.D.
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Patrick Seastedt, M.D.
General Surgeon
United States Air Force
2016 Graduates
Christopher Agrusa, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Hasan Aldailami, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Daniel Fish, M.D., M.S.
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
The Cleveland Clinic
Kareem Ibrahim, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine
David Kleiman, M.D., M.S.c.
Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Gregory Salzler, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2015 Graduates
Laurence Belin, M.D., M.P.H.
Active Duty General Surgeon
United States Navy
Toni Beninato, M.D.
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco
Antonio Coppolino, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Douglas Jones, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Eric Sorenson, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Samuel Thomas Sultan, M.D.
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship
The University of Maryland Medical Center
Yusuke Terasaki, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Harma Khachig Turbendian, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2014 Graduates
Cheguevara Afaneh, M.D.
Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery Fellowship
NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
David Anderson, M.D.
Breast Surgery Oncology Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alyssa Reiffel Golas, M.D.
Plastic Surgery Residency
New York University
Stefan Kachala, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
The Cleveland Clinic
Starr B. Koslow, M.D.
Breast Oncology Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter W. McWhorter, M.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
North Shore Hospital System/Long Island Jewish
Katrina B. Mitchell, M.D.
Breast Surgery Fellowship
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Barrie S. Rich, M.D.
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
North Shore/LIJ Cohen Children's Hospital
2013 Graduates
Vinod Balachandran, M.D.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Matthew Bott, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fellowship
Washington University in Saint Louis
Peter Henderson
Plastic Surgery Residency
New-York Presbyterian
Xavier Keutgen, M.D.
HPB Surgery Fellowship
Zurich, Switzerland
David Liska, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
The Cleveland Clinic
William Nugent, M.D.
Critical Care Fellowship
New-York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Elliot Servais, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stacy Ugras, M.D.
Breast Surgery Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2012 Graduates
Christina V. Angeles, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Ronald M. Brooks, M.D.
University of Louisville School of
Medicine
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency
Elaine Cheng, M.D.
University of California Los Angeles
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship
Vanessa P. Ho, M.D.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School
Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship
Nicholas A. La Gamma, M.D.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Tracy-Ann S. Moo, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center
Breast Surgery Fellowship
Cameron T. Stock, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
2011 Graduates
Nimmi Arora, M.D
John Wayne Cancer Institute
Breast Oncology Surgery Fellowship
Cenk Cayci, M.D.
Mayo School of Graduate Medical
Education
Plastic Surgery Residency
David Ebler, M.D.
Jackson Memorial Hospital
University of Miami, Florida
Trauma & Critical Care Fellowship
Evan Feldman, M.D.
Washington University/Barnes-Jewish
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Benjamin Golas, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Duncan Hughes, M.D.
Duke University Durham, NC
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
Edwin R. Itenberg, D.O.
William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak,
Michigan
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Ankit Sarin, M.D.
University of California San
Francisco
Clinical Fellowship in The Department of Surgery
Sebastian Schubl, M.D.
Attending Surgeon
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Christopher Towe, M.D.
New York University
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship