Resident Research

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After the PGY2, residents have the opportunity to take time off their clinical rotations and take a research sabbatical for two years. Currently, three to four residents will go out in any given class. Residents may opt to find research at Montefiore/Albert Einstein or seek research to another lab or university. In addition, the department has 2 positions a year available for the T32 grant in surgical oncology.

Current/Prior Residents Out for Research
2021-2023

Su Yeon (Mary) Lee, MD: Pediatric Surgery research at University of California - Davis

Jacob Schriner, MD: T32 grant recipient in Trauma at University of Texas - Houston

Jason Xia, MD: Pediatric Surgery research at Nationwide Children’s - Columbus Ohio

2020-2022

Christian Adkisson, MD: T32 grant recipient in Surgical Oncology research at Montefiore

Donna Phan, MD: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery research at Montefiore

Devin Midura, MD: Pediatric ECMO Fellowship at Columbia University

2019-2021

Gina Kim, MD: T32 Grant recipient in Surgical Oncology at Montefiore

Shannon Kiesling, MD: T32 Grant recipient in Surgical Oncology at Montefiore

John Skendelas, MD: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery research at Montefiore

2017-2019

Ariela Zenilman, MD: Pediatric ECMO Fellowship at Columbia University

Ethan Ravetch, MD: Surgical Oncology research at Rockefeller University

2016-2018

Ian Solsky, MD: Surgical Oncology research at Brigham and Women's Hospital (also obtained MPH in Quantitative Methods at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

Raj Vaghjiani, MD: Surgical Oncology research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Kristen Wong, MD: T32 grant recipient in Surgical Oncology at Montefiore

2015-2017

Jessica Pastoriza, MD: T32 Grant recipient in Surgical Oncology at Montefiore

2014-2016

Benjamin Farber, MD: Pediatric Surgery research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Michael LaQuaglia, MD: Pediatric Surgery research at Boston Children’s Hospital

Yu Xia, MD: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery research at Montefiore

2013-2015

Lily Gutnik, MD: Harvard School of Public Health + Center for Surgery and Public Health (Also completed MPH; Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow)

Hillary Yaffe, MD: Radiation Oncology research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology

Eleanor Muise, MD: Pediatric Surgery Research at Yale University