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Class of 2021

Fellowship Location

Fareed Cheema, MD

Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Stonybrook Medicine

Amanda Hua, MD

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Georgetown University

Michael Jureller, MD

Advanced GI Surgical Fellowship, Methodist Richardson Medical Center

Cosman Camilo Mandujano, MD

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Rutgers University & Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center

Xavier Pereira, MD

Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center

Gustavo Romero Velez, MD

Cleveland Clinic Endocrine Surgery Research

Ian Solsky, MD

Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Wake Forest University

Raj Vaghjiani, MD

Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kristen Wong, MD

Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Wisconsin

Paul Yoffee, MD

Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center

Class of 2020

Naomi Berezin, MD

Surgical Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

John Bliton, MD

Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine

Manasa Kanneganti, MD

Vascular Surgery, University of Virginia

Jeffery Lipman, MD

Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery, University of North Carolina

Katie MacCallum, MD

Vascular Surgery, Georgetown University

Victoria Needham, MD

Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida

Jessica Pastoriza, MD

Breast Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

David Weithorn, MD

Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center

Faye Yu, MD

Private Practice

Class of 2019

Marc Dauer, MD

Vascular Fellowship, Montefiore

Benjamin Farber, MD

Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Iowa University Hospital

Joelle Getrajdman, MD

Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, LAC+USC Medical Center

Abraham Katz, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute

Michael LaQuaglia, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Vishes Mehta, MD

Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, UCI Health

Audrey Pendleton, MD

Trauma/Critical Care, University of Virginia Commonwealth; Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Rush (2020-2021)

Caitlin Polistena, MD

Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Fellowship,, Cleveland Clinic, Florida

Yu Xia, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center

Class of 2018

Ki Won Kim, MD

Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, University of Miami

Ravi Kapadia, MD

Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Geisinger Health System

Mojdeh Kappus, MD

Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Deaconess Hospital

Anna Liveris, MD

Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Maryland, Shock Trauma Center

Dina Podolsky, MD

Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

Jedd Sereysky, MD

Plastics Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

Soni Talathi, MD

Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Northwell Health

HiIlary Yaffe, MD

Transplant Surgery Fellowship, University of Colorado Denver

Michael Zeidman, MD

Breast Surgery Fellowship, Mount Sinai Health System

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