Alumni–The MedStar Health–Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center Residency Program in General Surgery

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Post-graduate positions for 2023 graduating chief residents

Mai Al Khadem, MBBCh

Hometown: Aleppo, Syria
Undergraduate: Dubai Medical College
Medical School: Dubai Medical College, SYR
Fellowship: MIS Bariatric/Foregut Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Megan Bouchard, MD, MPH

Hometown: Gibsonia, PA
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, WI
Research: Pediatric Surgery, Lurie Children’s Hospital Northwestern, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University

Raul Caso, MD, MSCI

Hometown: Davie, FL
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, NY
Research: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brian Cohen, MD

Hometown: Ardsley, NY
Undergraduate: Tulane University
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Research: Cardiothoracic, MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center

Kathryn LaRusso, MD, MPH, PhDc

Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, MI
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Chamilka Merle, MD

Hometown: Beavercreek, OH
Undergraduate: University of Cincinnati
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, OH
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Evan Merle, MD

Hometown: Uniontown, OH
Undergraduate: Miami University
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, OH
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center

Ariana Metchik, MD

Hometown: Oceano, CA
Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles
Medical School: Harvard Medical School, MA
Fellowship: Trauma, Acute Care & Surgical Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine

Adam Reese, MD

Hometown: Exton, PA
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, PA
Fellowship: ICU Critical Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford Hospital

JaeHee (Jane) Yoon, MD

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate: Middlebury College
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, DC
Fellowship: Trauma/Critical Care, University of Southern California

Post-graduate positions for 2018 graduating chief residents

Ravi Bamba, MD

Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Research: Vanderbilt University, Plastic Surgery
Fellowship: Indiana University Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Anne Fabrizio, MD

Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Research: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Colorectal Surgery
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's, Colorectal Surgery

Conor Hynes, MD

Undergraduate: Villanova University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Research: VAMC-DC, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Military Service Staff Surgeon, USS Lincoln
Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Amanda Pysher, MD

Undergraduate: Northeastern University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Virginia, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Michael Sosin, MD

Undergraduate: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research: NYU Langone, R. Adams Shock Trauma Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Fellowship: NYU Langone Medical Center, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Post-graduate positions for 2017 graduating chief residents

Johnny Costello, MD

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research: Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Fellow in Pediatric Surgery Innovation; The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C.,
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago, IL

Chris Devulapalli, MD

Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Research: Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, University of Miami

Elizabeth Hechenbleikner, MD

Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Undergraduate: Wake Forest University
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Research: Armstrong Institute Resident Scholars Program in Patient Safety and Quality, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY

Annie Roberts, MD

Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Undergraduate: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Research: Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, CA

Post-graduate positions for 2016 graduating chief residents

Caroline Butler, MD

Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Undergraduate: The College of William and Mary
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Research: Surgical Oncology Fellow, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute of National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Fellowship: Trauma and Critical Care, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Young K. Hong, MD

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Research: Clinical Fellow, Thoracic Oncology Lab, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute of National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Christa Grant, MD

Hometown: Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Undergraduate: Lehman College, City University of New York
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Research: Gastrointestinal Tissue Engineering, The Saban Research Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, The University of Michigan

Dominic Emerson, MD

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Undergraduate: University of Washington, Seattle
Medical School: University of Washington, Seattle
Research: Cardiac Surgery Outcomes, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C.,
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Post-graduate positions for 2015 graduating chiefs

Erin Hall, MD, MPH

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Trauma Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Maryland

Russell Langan, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Research: Immunotherapy and Surgical Oncology Fellowship, National Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Allison Linden, MD, MPH

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Research: Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgical Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship: ECMO, University of Chicago, IL

Manish Tushar Raiji, MD, MA

Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Research: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, National Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Pediatric surgery, University of Chicago, IL

Trevor Upham, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Research: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, National Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego

Post-graduate positions for 2014 graduating chiefs

Greg Pattakos, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Research: Cleveland Clinic
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery; Texas Heart Institute

Sujata Gill, MD

Medical School: SUNY - Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Fellowship: Laparoscopic Surgery; Emory University

Rubie Sue Jackson, MD

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Research: VA Medical Center
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology; Anne Arundel Medical Center

Brock Lanier, MD

Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Research: National Institutes of Health
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery Fellowship, University of Southern California

Yong Kwon, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Research: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Fellowship: Abdominal Organ Transplantation; Georgetown University Hospital

Post-graduate positions for 2013 graduating chiefs

Sheri Kardooni, MD

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Fellowship: Trauma/ Critical Care Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Denise Lo, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Fellowship: Abdominal Organ Transplantation at Emory University Hospital

Aarti Mathur, MD

Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine
Fellowship: Endocrine Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital

David Spurlock, MD

Medical School: University of Michigan School of Medicine
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery at University of Michigan

Arun Thenappan, MD

Medical School: SUNY - Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgical Critical Care at University of Michigan

Post-graduate positions for 2012 graduating chiefs

Gary DeCesare, MD

Medical School: University of South Florida College of Medicine
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery Fellowship at UCLA

Jay Graham, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery Fellowship, Columbia University Hospital

Matthew Reinersman, MD

Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Mayo Clinic

Shafik Sidani, MD

Medical School: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
Fellowship: Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Minnesota

Anit Vettukattil, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital of Brown University

Post-graduate positions for 2011 graduating chiefs

Lisa Rae, MD

Medical School: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Fellowship: Burn Fellowship at University of Washington

Keith Thatch, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Michigan

Steve Varga, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship at UCLA

Joyce Wong, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Moffitt Cancer Center

Post-graduate positions for 2010 graduating chiefs

Elizabeth David
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas, Anderson Cancer Center

Jennifer Sexton, MD
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Washington Hospital Center

Mark Slidell, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Children's National Medical Center

Africa Wallace, MD
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Post-graduate positions for 2009 graduating chiefs

Sara Bloom, MD
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY

David Bruno, MD
Fellowship: Abdominal Organ Transplantation Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Derrick Cox, MD
Fellowship: Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Krit Kitisin, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Gitonga Munene, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Center at University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

Yoori Lee, MD
Fellowship: Colorectal Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY

Post-graduate positions for 2008 graduating chiefs

Chris Abularrage, MD
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Aimee Crago, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital

Aziz Merchant, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, University of Chicago

Kiran Dhanireddy, MD
Fellowship: Hepatobiliary/Transplant, University of California, Los Angeles

Eleanor Court, MD
Military Service: United States Airforce

Post-graduate positions for 2007 graduating chiefs

Elizabeth Feldman, MD
Fellowship: Breast

Elizabeth Warner, MD
Private Practice

Deepak Vikram, MD
Fellowship: Hepatobiliary/Transplant

Patricia Lee
Private Practice

Post-graduate positions for 2006 graduating chiefs

Meera Menon, MD
Private Practice: Florida

Chris Rhim, MD
Residency: Plastic Surgery, University of California at Irvine

Edwin Preston, MD
Fellowship: Hepatobiliary Transplant, Georgetown University Hospital

Tamica White, MD
Fellowship: Cardio Thoracic, Cornell University, New York, New York

Alexander Wohler, MD
Fellowship: Cardio Thoracic, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Post-graduate positions for 2005 graduating chiefs

Louis C. Benjamin, III, MD
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Alvaro Garcia, MD
Fellowship: Colorectal, Orlando Florida

Sugene Kim, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center

Sotiris Stamou, MD
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic

Post-graduate positions for 2004 graduating chiefs

Elizabeth Castillo, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William Fuller, MD
Fellowship:Laparoscopic, UC Davis

Kimberly Hendershot, MD
Fellowship: Critical Care, INOVA Fairfax Hospital

Babak Moeinolmolki, MD
Fellowship: Laparoscopic, Montefiore Medical Center

Kim E. Schultheiss, MD
Fellowship: Trauma, University of Pennsylvania

Khaled Shebani, MD
Fellowship: Laparoscopic, Texas Tech University

Post-graduate positions for 2003 graduating dhiefs

Jasmine Malcolm, MD
Private Practice

Martin Makary, MD
Faculty: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Puli Pravin Reddy, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, McGill University Health Center

Post-graduate positions for 2002 graduating chiefs

Matthew Baker, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Charles Cappadona, MD
Fellowship: Laparoscopic, Columbia University

Carlos Marroquin, MD
Fellowship: Transplant, Duke University Medical Center

Maureen O'Donnell, MD
Private Practice

Marc M. Zaré, MD
Fellowship: Laparoscopic, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Medical Center

Alumni – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

2018

Shawn Kettyle, MD	Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, Attending, St. Vincent’s Hospital, CT
Mei Li Kwong, MD	Complex Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Loma Linda University Health, CA
Michail Mavros, MD	Complex Surgical Oncology / Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic HPB Surgery Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada
Matthew Sharbaugh, DO	Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Albany Medical Center, NY
Shawn Tejiram, MD	Burn/Critical Care Surgery Fellowship, University of California Davis, CA

2017

Robel Beyene, MD	Acute Care Surgery Fellowship - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Joseph Greene, MD, MBA	Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship - INOVA Fairfax
Shabnam Hafiz, MD, MPH	Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Ryder Trauma Center at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Taryn Travis, MD	Attending Division of Burn Surgery - MedStar Washington Hospital Center

2016

Nchang Azefor, MD	General Surgery - TBD
Sara Chaffee, MD	General Surgery - Village Surgical Associates, P.A., Fayetteville, NC
Kara Monday, MD	Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Baylor, Scott & White, TX
Naderge Pierre, MD	Colon and Rectal Fellowship - Georgia Colon and Rectal Specialists, GA
Charlie Srivilasa, MD	Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

2015

Elizabeth Zubowicz, MD	General & Minimally Invasive Surgery - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Earl Thompson, MD	Colorectal Surgery Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Brian Rezvani, MD	Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship - University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
William Yi, MD	General Surgery - MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
Neil Mauskar, MD	Plastic Surgery Fellowship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2014

Duncan Yoder, MD	Transplant Surgery Fellowship - University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Reid Vegeler, MD	Colorectal Surgery Fellowship - Colon & Rectal Clinic of Orlando, Orlando, FL
Jeffrey Shupp, MD	Director, Burn Surgery - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Sarah Carter, MD	Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
Jenny Hong, MD	Surgical Oncology Fellowship - Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Beth Amundsen, MD	Transplant Surgery Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Kamel Brakta, MD	General Surgery - Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
Kristopher Hamwi, MD	Plastic Surgery Fellowship - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Seema Mittal MD, MPH	Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL
Elizabeth O’Leary, MD	General Surgery - Chevy Chase, MD

2012

Ervind Bhogte, MD	General Surgery - Calvert Surgical Care, Prince Frederick, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Eleisha Flanagan, MD	General/MIS Surgery - University of Maryland Medical System MIS Fellowship - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Tareq Kheirbek, MD	Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - Rhode Island Hospital / Brown University, Providence, RI Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Karina McArthur, MD	General/Bariatric Surgery - Kaiser Permanente, Washington, D.C., Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Virginia Park, MD	General Surgery - Reston Hospital Center, Reston, VA
Patricia Wehner, MD	Breast Surgery - MedStar Washington Hospital Center Breast Surgery Fellowship - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2011

Andrew Erickson, MD	General Surgery - Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, VT
Terral Goode, MD	Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Tariq Ibrahim, MD	General Surgery - Gallup Indian Medical Center, Gallup NM
Melissa Kath, MD	Plastic Surgery Fellowship - University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Elliot Zahtz, MD	Transplant Surgery Fellowship - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2010

Ali Jawed, MD	General Surgery - Bangor, ME
Laura Johnson, MD	Burn, Trauma, and Critical Care Surgery - MedStar Washington Hospital Center Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Christian Shults, MD	Cardiac Surgery - MedStar Washington Hospital Center Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Jeremy Whitt, MD	General/Vascular Surgery - West Memphis, AR

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