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| Program Director Michael Madigan, MD FACS FSVS |
Associate Program Director Natalie Sridharan, MD | Vascular Surgery Department Chief Edith Tzeng, MD |
At UPMC and University of Pittsburgh, we offer comprehensive training programs designed to cultivate the next generation of vascular surgeons. Our programs include an accredited five-year residency and an accredited two-year fellowship.
With a focus on cutting-edge technology and research, we provide our residents and fellows with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in the field of vascular surgery. Join us at UPMC and University of Pittsburgh to embark on a journey of excellence and innovation in patient care.
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Core Residency Programs
Surgical Education/General Information
- One of the first integrated training programs in the country, our five-year residency program has trained two residents per year since 2007. The program is designed to train well-rounded vascular specialists with expertise in clinical and academic vascular care and provide exposure to cutting edge new technologies and research.
- The program is available to fourth-year medical students through the standard application and matching pathways (ERAS and NRMP).
- All non-vascular rotations occur in the first two years of the program. These robust experiences include rotations in general surgery, trauma surgery, radiology, cardiology, and multiple ICU rotations. The first two years are curated to provide core surgical training and expertise in critical care of the vascular surgical patient. The remaining three clinical years are devoted exclusively to vascular surgery training.
- The program includes an additional mandatory two years of research under a T32 training grant. The research years start after the third clinical year and include basic science research, biomechanical engineering research, or clinical research with the possibility of obtaining an MSc degree in clinical research. Residents routinely present their work at regional and national meetings and have gone on to publish landmark papers.
- The core of the service rotations for both the fellowship and integrated programs is at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Shadyside, where residents are challenged by a vast array of open and endovascular cases. Additionally, residents spend time at UPMC Passavant, UPMC St. Margaret, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Montefiore, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
- The vascular surgery residents manage the core vascular surgery clinical service at each hospital. General surgical residents rotate on select services and share call responsibilities. All residents are also required to attend clinic on a weekly basis, which provides them with continuity of care and the opportunity to meet the patient both pre- and post-operatively.
- The operative experience includes rich exposure to aortic diseases, aneurysms, carotid artery stenosis, peripheral arterial disease, traumatic vascular injuries (through coverage of two level 1 trauma centers), dialysis access, and venous pathology including interventional therapy for acute and chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT). It also provides a balanced mix of endovascular and open procedures, including open and fenestrated or branched repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysm. Our vascular surgery residents log more than 300 cases per year. The residents are given a gradual increase in direct responsibility for pre- and post-operative patient care, and for the performance of surgical procedures under the direct supervision of the attending vascular surgeon.
Conferences
- A defining aspect of our program is our educational conferences which are held on a weekly basis every Wednesday and are attended by all faculty members and trainees. The conferences are multifaceted and engaging. They include grand rounds presentations, joint conferences with trauma surgery, aortic conference with cardiac surgery, a robust vascular lab curriculum, morbidity and mortality, and case presentations.
- Junior Resident Education: Twice a month, the 1st year, 2nd year, and research year residents participate in an extra hour of conference geared towards the early training years. This includes hands on ultrasound experience, EVAR measuring instruction, and tips to approaching complex consults, as well as VSITE study.
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Class of 1999-2000
- Edith Tzeng, MD
Medical School: University of Chicago, 1990
Residency: University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 1999
Class of 2000-2001
- Laura Garvey, MD
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine, 1995
Residency: UPMC, 2000
Class of 2000-2002
- Ranier Aquino, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College, 1995
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, 2000
Class of 2001-2003
- Daniel Bertges, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1994
Residency: UPMC, 2001
Class of 2002-2004
- Ellen Dillavou, MD
Medical school: University of Arizona, 1996
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University, 2002
Class of 2003-2005
- Christopher Compton, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University, 1998
Residency: Case Western Reserve University, 2003 - Maureen Sheehan, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 1998
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center, 2003
Class of 2004-2006
- Tamer Boules, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan School, 1998
Residency: University of Michigan Hospitals, 2004 - Stephen Stanziale, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University Medical School, 1997
Residency: Cornell University Medical College/NY Presbyterian Hospital, 2004
Class of 2005-2007
- Shan-e-ali Haider, MD
Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2000
Residency: University of Rochester, 2005 - Shariq Sayeed, MD
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine, 1998
Residency: University of Rochester, 2005
Class of 2006-2008
- Joel Barbato, MD
Medical Schoo: University of Minnesota Medical School, 1999
Residency: UPMC, 2006 - Michael Go, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2000
Residency: The Ohio State University, 2006
Class of 2007-2009
- Georges Al-Khoury, MD
Medical School: Universite Libanaise Lebanon, 1999
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 2005 - Donald Baril, MD
Medical School: Ohio State University. 2001
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital, 2007
Class of 2008-2010
- Nathanial Fernandez, MD
Medical School: University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 2000
Residency: Fletcher Allen Health Care/University of Vermont, 2006 - Atul Rao, MD
Medical School: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, 2001
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2008
Class of 2009-2011
- Geetha Jeyabalan, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School, 2002
Residency: UPMC, 2009 - Cassius Ochoa Chaar, MD
Medical School: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2002
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital, 2008 - Susanna Shin, MD
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2002
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2009
Class of 2010-2012
- Rolando Celis, MD
Medical School: Unversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru, 2002
Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2010 - Eric Hager, MD
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University, 2004
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2010 - Melanie Hoehn, MD
Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine, 2005
Residency: University of Maryland, 2010 - Naveed Saqib, MD
Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Pakistan, 2003
Residency: University of New Mexico, 2010
Class of 2011-2013
- Jonathan Bath, MD
Medical School: Guy's, King's & St. Thomas's School of Medicine, United Kingdom, 2005
Residency: University of California at Los Angeles, 2011 - Y. Avery Ching, MD
Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School, 2004
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical School, 2011 - Danielle Doucet, MD
Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, 2004
Residency: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, 2011 - Wei Li, MD
Medical School: Tianjin Medical University, China, 1998
Residency: New York Methodist Hospital, 2011
Class of 2012-2014
- Robert Hacker, MD
Medical School: Drexel University, 2007
Residency: North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 2012 - William Wu, MD
Medical School: Rush Medical College, 2007
Residency: University of Cincinnati, 2012
Class of 2007-2014
- Ryan McEnaney, MD
Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine, 2007
Residency: UPMC, 2014 - Theodore Yuo, MD
Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School, 2007
Residency: UPMC, 2014
Class of 2013-2015
- Khubaib Mapara, MD
Medical School: Aga Khan Medical College, Pakistan, 2004
Residency: Vanderbilt University, 2012 - Areck Ucuzian, MD
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, 2004
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center, 2013
Class of 2008-2015
- Misaki Kiguchi, MD
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine, 2008
Residency: UPMC, 2015 - Justin Wallace, MD
Medical School: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 2008
Residency: UPMC, 2015
Class of 2014-2016
- Michael Madigan, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2007
Residency: UPMC, 2015 - Raymond Eid, MD
Medical School: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2005
Residency: UPMC, 2015
Class of 2009-2016
- Ankur Shukla, MD
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine, 2009
Residency: UPMC, 2016
Class of 2011-2016
- Christopher Washington, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2006
Residency: UPMC, 2016
Class of 2015-2017
- Jon Henry, MD
Medical School: Ohio State University School of Medicine, 2008
Residency: Ohio State University School of Medicine, 2015 - Joyce Lin, MD
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008
Residency: UPMC, 2015
Class of 2010-2017
- Andrew Leake, MD
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2010
Residency: UPMC, 2017 - Jun Xu, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2010
Residency: UPMC, 2017
Class of 2018
- Elizabeth Genovese, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2011
Residency: UPMC, 2018 - Nathan Liang, MD
Medical School: Texas A & M University System HSC College of Medicine, 2011
Residency: UPMC, 2018 - Gregory Salzler, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2009
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2016
Fellowship: UPMC, 2018 - Sung Yang, MD
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, 2009
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 2016
Fellowship: UPMC, 2018
Class of 2019
- Kathryn Fong, MD
Medical School: bs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, 2012
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (Cleveland, OH), 2017
Fellowship: UPMC, 2019 - Lindsey Haga, MD
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, (Dominican Republic), 2012
Residency: PinnacleHealth (Harrisburg, PA), 2017
Fellowship: UPMC, 2019 - Natalie Sridharan, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2012
Residency: UPMC, 2019 - Jason Wagner, MD
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2012
Residency: UPMC, 2019
Class of 2020
- Scott Chapman, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 1998
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, IL), 2003
Fellowship: UPMC, 2020 - Xiaoyi Li, MD
Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2013
Residency: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2017
Fellowship: UPMC, 2020 - Abhisekh Mohapatra, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2013
Residency: UPMC, 2020 - Karim Salem, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2013
Residency: UPMC, 2020
Class of 2021
- Elica Inagaki, MD
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: Boston Medical Center
Fellowship: UPMC, 2021 - Anthony Lewis, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Residency: UPMC, 2019
Fellowship: UPMC, 2021 - Catherine Go, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: UPMC, 2021 - Nandan Nath, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: UPMC, 2021
Class of 2022
- Mirnal Chaudhary, MD
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Residency: Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2020
Fellowship: UPMC, 2022 - Mitch Dyer, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: UPMC, 2020
Fellowship: UPMC, 2022 - Kathy Gonzalez, MD
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, 2015
Residency: UPMC, 2022 - Kyle Markel, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2015
Residency: UPMC, 2022
Class of 2023
- Jessica Mayor, MD
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Fellowship: UPMC, 2023 - Vei Shaun Siow, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fellowship: UPMC, 2023 - Othman Abdul-Malak, MD
Medical School: American University in Beirut, 2013
Residency: UPMC, 2023 - Amanda Phillips, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School, 2016
Residency: UPMC, 2023
Class of 2024
- Susan “Natalie” Eisert, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Ohio State University
Fellowship: UPMC, 2024 - Katherine Reitz, MD, MSc
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine or Dentistry
Residency: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Fellowship: UPMC, 2024 - Adham Abou Ali, MD
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Residency: UPMC, 2024 - Elizabeth Andraska, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: UPMC, 2024
Class of 2025
- Michael E. Villarreal, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency: Ohio State University
Fellowship: UPMC, 2025 - Maxim Shaydakov, MD, PhD
Medical School: S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
Residency: Central Michigan University
Fellowship: UPMC, 2025 - Rohan Kulkarni, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: UPMC, 2025 - Bowen Xie, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: UPMC, 2025