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Class of 2022

  • Francisco Alvarado
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/SCC/ACS Fellowship, Rutgers Newark Hospital
  • Vinoth Birabaharan
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/SCC Fellowship, Stony Brook Hospital
  • Elaine Carelus
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Northside Hospital Atlanta
  • Caroline Dong
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/SCC/ACS Fellowship, UTHSC Memphis
  • Noah Kinstlinger
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Fellowship, Westchester Medical Center
  • Ethan Ravetch
  • Fellowship Location: Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Vicente Ramos
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Hospital
  • Richard Teo
  • Fellowship Location: Transplant Fellowship, Mass General Hospital
  • Hayavadhan Thuppal
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Fellowship, Allegheny Health
  • Ariela Zenilman
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Fellowship, NYP Columbia/Cornell

Class of 2021

  • Fareed Cheema
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Stonybrook
  • Amanda Hua
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Georgetown University
  • Michael Jureller
  • Fellowship Location: Advanced GI Surgical Fellowship, Methodist Richardson Medical Center
  • Cosman Camilo Mandujano
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Rutgers University & Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center
  • Xavier Pereira
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Fellowship, New York University
  • Gustavo Romero Velez
  • Fellowship Location: Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
  • Ian Solsky
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Wake Forest University
  • Raj Vaghjiani
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Kristen Wong
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Wisconsin
  • Paul Yoffee
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center

Class of 2020

  • Naomi Berezin
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • John Bliton
  • Fellowship Location: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Manasa Kanneganti
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Virginia
  • Jeffery Lipman
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of North Carolina
  • Katie MacCallum
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Georgetown University
  • Victoria Needham
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • Jessica Pastoriza
  • Fellowship Location: Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
  • David Weithorn
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Faye Yu
  • Fellowship Location: Private Practice

Class of 2019

  • Marc Dauer, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Fellowship, Montefiore
  • Benjamin Farber, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Iowa University Hospital
  • Joelle Getrajdman, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, LAC+USC Medical Center
  • Abraham Katz, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
  • Michael LaQuaglia, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  • Vishes Mehta, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, UCI Health
  • Audrey Pendleton, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/Critical Care, University of Virginia Commonwealth; Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Rush (2020-2021)
  • Caitlin Polistena, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Florida
  • Yu Xia, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center

Class of 2018

  • Ki Won Kim, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, University of Miami
  • Ravi Kapadia, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Geisinger Health System
  • Mojdeh Kappus, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Deaconess Hospital
  • Anna Liveris, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Maryland, Shock Trauma Center
  • Dina Podolsky, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, NYP/Columbia
  • Jedd Sereysky, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Plastics Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Soni Talathi, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Northwell Health
  • HiIlary Yaffe, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Transplant Surgery Fellowship, University of Colorado Denver
  • Michael Zeidman, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Breast Surgery Fellowship, Mount Sinai Health System

Class of 2017

  • David Bernstein, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive/Foregut Surgery Fellowship, University of California San Diego
  • David Darcy, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA)
  • Danielle Friedman, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Nirmal Gokam, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Private Practice
  • James Grijaiva, MD
  • Fellowship Location: ECMO Fellowship, Seattle Children’s Hospital
  • Melanie Howell, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Vanessa Hui, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic/Florida
  • Nikita Shah, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Michigan
  • Brent Safran, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, New York University

Class of 2016

  • Hirra Ali, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma & Critical Care, Stanford University
  • Sameer Alrefai, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • JP Bellistri, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Montefiore
  • Sarah Bishop, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Mayo Clinic
  • Isadora Botwinick, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Maryland/Shock Trauma
  • Arinbjorn Jonsson, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Fellowship, Emory University
  • Andrew Kochuba, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Plastic Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
  • Rosie Mustafa, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Breast Surgery Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
  • Allie Sohn, MD
  • Fellowship Location: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Tampa