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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