Department of Surgery
  1. Education
  2. Core Residency Programs
  3. UPMC Presbyterian General Surgery
  4. Alumni

Alumni

Year Name MedicalSchool Post-Graduation position
2024 Katherine Hopkins Columbia University Abdominal Wall Surgery fellowship
  Christof Kaltenmeier MedStar Washington Hospital Center Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplant & HPB Surgery fellowship
  Sidrah Khan  Mayo Clinic Colorectal Surgery fellowship 
  Shimena Li Wake Forest Vascular Surgery fellowship
  Hao Liu Houston Methodist Abdominal Transplant and HPB Surgery fellowship
  Sowmya Narayanan Cleveland Clinic Colorectal Surgery fellowship
  Lillian Tran Duke University Vascular Surgery fellowship
       
2023 Derek Afflu Howard University Lung Transplant fellowship - UPMC
  Jurgis Alvikas University of Illinois Surgical Oncology fellowship - UPMC
  Andrew-Paul Deeb Medical College of Wisconsin Colorectal fellowship - AdventHealth Florida 
  Kristina Nicholson University of Souther California Surgical Critical Care fellowship - UPMC
  Rafael Ramos-Jimenez University of Puerto Rico Surgical Critical Care fellowship - UPMC
  Caroline Reiser University of Pittsburgh Surgical Oncology fellowship - U of Chicago
  Cindy Teng University of Pittsburgh Surgical Critical Care fellowship, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
       
2022 Anthony Cyr University of Iowa College of Medicine Clinical assistant professor, UPMC St. Margaret
  Lauren Huckaby Temple University School of Medicine Cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  Jeremy Kauffman

University of Pittsburgh

 Trauma & acute care surgery fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  Amelia Lucisano Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis Minimally invasive & bariatric surgery fellowship, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
  Sara Myers University of North Carolina Breast surgical oncology fellowship, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Ctr, NYC
  Katherine Reitz University of Rochester Early Specialization Program, Vascular Surgery, UPMC
       
2021 Ruy Cruz University of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil Associate Professor, UPMC Transplant Service
  Esmaeel Reza Dadashzadeh Wayne State University Vascular Surgery fellowship, Washington University, St Louis MO
  James Gallagher University of Texas at Houston Surgical Critical Care fellowship, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
  Katherine Hill University of Pittsburgh Hospice & Palliative Care fellowship, UPMC
  Shreyus Kulkarni Brown University Trauma/CCM fellowship, University of Maryland
  Vei Shaun Siow Thomas Jefferson University Vascular Surgery fellowship, UPMC
  Robert Tessler University of California San Francisco Colorectal Surgery fellowship, University of Minnesota
       
2020 Mitchell R. Dyer University of Pittsburgh Vascular Surgery fellowship - UPMC
  John Griepentrog University of Texas at Houston Trauma/Surgical Critical Care fellowship - U of Texas at Houston
  Robert Handzel SUNY Upstate Surgical Critical Care fellowship - UPMC
  Frances Okolo Howard University Pediatric Surgery fellowship - Comer Children's Hosp, U of Chicago
  Vernissia Tam Johns Hopkins University Colon & Rectal Surgery fellowship - NY Presby, Weill Cornell Med Ctr
  Dirk van der Windt Erasmus University Abdominal Transplant Surgery fellowship - U of Michigan
  Andrew Yeh University of Hawaii Pediatric Surgery fellowship - St. Louis Children's Hospital
       
2019 Sara Berkey Tulane University Colorectal surgery fellowship - MedStar Washington Hospital
  Kellie Cunningham UMDNJ/RW Johnson Med School Colorectal surgery fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
  Julie Goswami UMDNJ/RW Johnson Med School Surgical critical care fellowship - Mayo Clinic
  Stacy Kowalsky Temple University Surgical oncology fellowship - UPMC
  Christine Leeper University of Pittsburgh Surgical criticical care fellowship - UPMC
  Anthony Lewis University of Texas Med Branch at Galveston Vascular surgery fellowship - UPMC
  Cristano Torres University of Tennessee Surgical criticical care fellowship - Johns Hopkins 
       
2018 Joshua Brown University of Rochester School of Medicine Surgical critical care fellowship, UPMC
  Jesse Guardado University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford Colon & rectal surgery fellowship, Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Ctr, Hershey, PA
  Luka Pocivavsek University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Vascular surgery fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  Samer Tohme American University of Beirut School of Medicine Surgical oncology fellowship, UPMC
  Patrick Varley New York University School of Medicine Surgical oncology fellowship, UPMC
  Paul Waltz University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pediatric surgery fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
       
2017 Mustapha Daouadi University of Algiers Medical School Bariatric/MIS fellowship, Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC
  Stephanie Downs-Canner University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Breast surgery fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr, NYC
  Jason Luciano UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Clinical Assistant Professor, UPMC St. Margaret 
  Kerry-Ann McDonald University of Rochester School of Medicine Breast surgical oncology fellowship, Roswell Park Cancer institute, Buffalo, NY
  Mostafa Ramadan Al-Arab Medical University Clinical Assistant Professor, UPMC St. Margaret 
  Shahab Shaffiey University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine Pediatric surgery fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
       
2016 Brian Boone University of South Florida Surgical Oncology Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Iljana Gaffar University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s Hosp of Michigan, Wayne State University
  Remealle How Johns Hopkins University Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, San Antonio Military Medical Center
  Benjamin Kautza Medical College of Wisconsin Trauma/Acute Care Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  J. Robert Klune University of Pittsburgh Trauma/Surgical Critical Care fellowship – Shock Trauma Ctr, University of Maryland
  Kent Zettel University of Cincinnati Critical Care Fellowship, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USC
       
2015 Mohamad Alaeddine Kaunos University of Medicine Cardiac Surgery Fellowship,UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Gina Howell University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Joyce Lin Medical College of Wisconsin Vascular Surgery Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Deepa Magge Boston University School of Medicine Surgical Oncology Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Kaye Marie Reid Washington University School of Medicine  
  Sean Whelan Medical College of South Carolina Charleston General Surgeon, Locum Tenens
 
2014 Raymond Eid American University of Beirut School of Medicine Vascular Surgery Fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Marcus Hoffman University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Surgical Critical Care, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Michael Madigan Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Vascular Surgery Fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Gary Nace Temple University School of Medicine Pediatric Surgery Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Matthew Neal University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Surgical Critical Care, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Ibrahim Yazji University of Florida College of Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
   
2013 Evie Carchman Medical College of Virginia Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  Fateh Entabi University of Damascus, Syria General Surgery Practice, Mineral King Surgical Assoc, Visalia, CA
  John Falcone University of Pittsburgh General Surgery Practice, Owensboro Medical Health System, Owensboro, KY
  Gabriel Herrera Nueva Granada Military Univ, Columbia General Surgery Practice, Hospital Universitario Fundación, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Columbia
  Sae Hee Ko Duke Univ. School of Medicine Vascular Surgery Fellowship, UCSD, San Diego, CA
  Tara Loux University of Alabama Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
  Pragatheeshwar Thirunavukarasu Chennai Medical College, India Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
       
2012 Matthew Alef, MD Rush Medical College Vascular surgery fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA
  Rajeev Dhupar, MD UMDNJ/RW Johnson Med School Thoracic surgery fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr, Houston, TX
  Rebecca Edmonds, MD Drexel Surgical Oncology fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Isam Nasr, MD American University Beirut, Lebanon Pediatric surgery fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Patricio Polanco, MD Univ. San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru Surgical Oncology fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Ward Richardson, MD University of Pittsburgh Pediatric surgery fellow, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Javier Salgado, MD Univ. Nac de Cordoba, Argentina Colorectal surgery fellow, Penn State Hershey Med. Ctr
       
2011 Jon Cardinal, MD Georgetown University Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  Sung Won Cho, MD Royal Free & University (England) Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Fellowship, Providence Portland Med Ctr, Portland, OR
  Roop Gill, MD University of Southampton (England) Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  Sohail Shah, MD Texas A&M University Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
  Vivek Sharma, MD Calcutta University (India) Transplant Surgeon, VA Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
  Amber Wooten, MD University of Oklahoma General Surgery Practice, Mercy Hospital, Ardmore, OK
       
2010 Au Bui, MD Albert Einstein Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, OH
  Steven Gribar, MD University of Pittsburgh General Surgery Faculty, UPMC McKeesport
  David Kaczorowski, MD Johns Hopkins University Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania
  Milton Lum, MD Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) General Surgery Practice, Western Maryland Health System
  Bret Schipper, MD Ross University (Dominica) Plastic Surgery Fellow, UPMC
  Michael Yaakovian, MD University of Maryland Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow, University of Texas
       
2009 Rahul Anand, MD University of Michigan Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship -- University of Maryland Shock/Trauma
  Richard Fortunato, DO Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship -- LSUS Medical School/Schumpert Medical Center, Louisiana
  Geetha Jeyabalan, MD University of Michigan Vascular Surgery Fellowship -- UPMC
  David Juang, MD Wright State University Pediatric Surgery Fellowship -- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
  Kevin Mollen, MD SUNY at Buffalo Pediatric Surgery Fellowship -- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Raghuveer Vallabhaneni, MD UMDNJ - NJ Medical School Vascular Surgery Fellowship -- Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
       
2008 Ryan Levy, MD University of Pittsburgh Thoracic Surgery Fellowship - UPMC
  Jose Prince, MD Yale University Pediatric Surgery Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Michael Stang, MD University of Nebraska Endocrine Surgery Fellowship - UPMC
  Allan Tsung, MD SUNY at Brooklyn Surgical Oncology/Transplant Fellowship - UPMC
  Gregory Watson, MD University of Pittsburgh Trauma/CCM Surgical Fellowship - UPMC
       
2007 Daniel Hall, MD Yale University Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery - UPMC
  Rajendra Patel, MD Temple University Vascular Surgery Fellowship - Mass General Hospital
  Rohit Sahai, MD University of Michigan Surg Onc Fellowship – Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  Stig Somme, MD University of Oslo (Norway) Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto, Ontario
  John Wolen, MD Marshall University General Surgery Private Practice – Morgantown, WV
       
2006 Vishal Bansal, MD Wayne State University Trauma/Surgery Crit Care Fellowship, University of California – San Diego
  Joel Barbato, MD University of Nebraska Vascular Surgery Fellowship – Univ of Pittsburgh
  Michael Coello, MD University of Michigan Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Eric Marderstein, MD University of Virginia Colorectal Surgery Fellowship – The Cleveland Clinic
  Kathleen Raman, MD, MPH Columbia University Vascular Surgery Fellowship – Washington University
  Andrew Watson, MD Columbia University Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery - UPMC
       
2005 Peter Kim, MD Cornell University Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
  Carol McCloskey, MD University of Pittsburgh Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Department of Surgery – UPMC
  Kaye Reid, MD Washington University GI/Hepatobiliary Fellowship – Mayo Clinic
  Brian Zuckerbraun, MD Northwestern University Assistant Professor of Surgery (Trauma and Gen Surg), Department of Surgery – UPMC
       
2004 Joy Collins, MD University of Maryland Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Department of Surgery – Univ of Pittsburgh
  Guilherme Costa, MD Federal Univ Minas Gerais Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplant Surg), Department of Surgery – UPMC
  Luis Herrera, MD University of Puerto Rico Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Texas – MD Anderson, University of Texas – MD Anderson
  Raja Mahidhara, MD University of Pittsburgh Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency – UCLA
  Ala Stanford Frey, MD Penn State Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  I-wen Wang, MD, PhD Case Western University Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Michigan
       
2003 Christopher Baird, MD Univ of North Carolina Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Pittsburgh
  Michael Gimbel, MD Duke University Plastic Surgery Fellowship – UCLA
  Douglas Potoka, MD, MD Johns Hopkins University Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  Ramesh Ramanathan, MD Madras Medical College Assistant Professor of Surgery (MIS), Department of Surgery – Univ of Pittsburgh
       
2002 Ramsey Dallal, MD Medical College of Virginia Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Dept of Surgery – Univ of Pittsburgh
  Melina Kibbe, MD University of Chicago Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Northwestern University
  Matthew Schuchert, MD John Hopkins University Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
  Vaishali Schuchert, MD University of Pittsburgh Critical Care Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
       
2001 Louis Alarcon, MD University of Pittsburgh Critical Care Fellowship - UPMC
  Daniel Bertges, MD University of Pittsburgh Vascular Surgery Fellowship - UPMC
  J. Matthew Glascock, MD University of Iowa Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Dept of Surgery – Univ of Pittsburgh
  Paul Lee, MD John Hopkins University Cardiothoracic Surg Residency - Cornell Univ
  Brian Pettiford, MD University of Pittsburgh Cardiothoracic Surg Residency, University of Pittsburgh
       
2000 Laura Garvey, MD UCLA Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
  Alan Murdock, MD University of Alabama Critical Care Fellowship – Boston Univ.
  Nishit Shah, MD University of Manchester Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Cleland Clinic
  Bradley Taylor, MD Emory University Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Pittsburgh