Graduate Career Paths

Thirteen current U.S. Medical School Department Chairs received their general surgery training in this program. The majority of program graduates pursue specialty academic residency or fellowship training at a variety of programs throughout the United States.

The 2024 General Surgery Graduating Chiefs with Ken Lee, Program Director and Ron DeMatteo, Chair, Department of Surgery (front row) Ken Lee, Drew Tieniber, Greg Kennedy, Omar Ramadan, Ron DeMatteo (back row) Ricky Straker, Jason Tong, Alan Herbst and Feredun Azari

2024 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Feredun Azari	Fellow, Thoracic Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Alan Herbst	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
Greg Kennedy	Fellow, Thoracic Surgery Stanford University Stanford, California
Omar Ramadan	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Richard Straker	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery University of California Irvine Medical Center Irvine, California
Andrew Tieniber	Fellow, General Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Jason Tong	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery Weill Cornell Medicine New York, New York

2023 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Kevin Eddinger	Fellow, Vascular Surgery University of California - San Francisco
Ian Folkert	Fellow, Complex General Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Matt Goldshore	Fellow, Pediatric General, Thoracic Fetal Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andrew Hanna	Fellow, General Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Catie Mavroudis	General Surgeon Inspira Health Network Woodbury, New Jersey
Ciaran O'Brien	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Adrienne Shannon	Fellow, Complex General Surgery Oncology Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida
Jordan Stoecker	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

2022 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Kendall D. Brooks	Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
Mark Etherington	Fellow, Surgical Oncology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Justin S. Hatchimonji	Fellow, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paul T. Hernandez	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery Weill Cornell Medicine New York, New York
Lauren N. Krumeich	Fellow, Endocrine Surgery Harvard University Boston, Massachusetts
Yun Song	Fellow, Complex General Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Charles R. Vasquez	Faculty, Department of Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2021 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Seth J. Concors	Fellow, Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Phillip M. Dowzicky	Fellow, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jennifer H. Fieber	Fellow, Breast Surgery Oncology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victoria M. Gershuni	Fellow, Advanced Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Elizabeth M. Sonnenberg	Fellow, Transplant Surgery University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
Robert A. Swendiman	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City, Utah
Salman Zaheer	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland

2020 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Jennifer J. Chung	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brett L. Ecker	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Grace S. Lee-Riddle	Fellow, Abdominal Transplantation Columbia University New York, New York
Andrew D. Newton	Fellow, Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Avery C. Rossidis	Fellow, Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Catherine E. Sharoky	Fellow, Surgical Critical Care The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center University of Maryland, Baltimore
Andrew J. Sinnamon	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida

2019 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

David D. Aufhauser, Jr.	Fellow, Transplant Surgery University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Elizabeth A. Bailey	Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carol W. Chen	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Stanford University Stanford, California
Douglas R. Murken	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Madalyn G. Neuwirth	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Elijah W. Riddle	Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Charles C. Vining	Fellow, Surgical Oncology University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

2018 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Ann C. Gaffey	Fellow, Research Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rebecca L. Hoffman	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Matthew A. Hornick	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jane J. Keating	Fellow, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lea Lowenfeld	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
Danielle D. Spragan	Fellow, Cardiac Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2017 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Matthew M. Boelig	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey E. Cohen	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Stanford University Stanford, California
Jashodeep Datta	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Reilly D. Hobbs	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
Arjun N. Jeganathan	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Lindsay E.Y. Kuo	Fellow, Endocrine Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

2016 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Edmund 'Ned' Bartlett	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Robert Caskey	Fellow, Simulation Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kathreen 'Kay' Lee	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Suny Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, New York
John 'JW' MacArthur	Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Stanford University Stanford, California
Olugbenga Okusanya	Fellow, Thoracic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Andre Ramdon	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Albany Medical Center Albany, New York
Heather Wachtel	Fellow, Endocrine Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

2015 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Jessica Cintolo	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care Program Boston Massachusetts
Meera Gupta	Fellow, Transplant Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sarah Mathew	Fellow, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeremy McGarvey	Resident, Cardiac Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eric Shang	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Jesse Vrecenak	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2014 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Myron Allukian	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio
Nina Bowens	Fellow, Vascular Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia/Cornell New York, New York
Holly Graves	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Hiesinger	Resident, Cardiac Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caroline Reinke	Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery Duke University Durham, North Carolina
Eduardo Rodriguez	Fellow, Vascular Surgery University of South Florida Tampa, Florida

2013 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Arminder Jassar	Resident, Cardiac Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
M. Kenneth Lee	Resident, Hepatibiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Derek Nathan	Resident, Vascular Surgery University of Washington Seattle, Washington
Robert Redfield	Resident, Abdominal Transplant Surgery University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Brant Ullery	Resident, Vascular Surgery Stanford University Stanford, California
Niamey Wilson	Fellow, Breast Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2012 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Dustin Bermudez	Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina
Clayton Brinster	Fellow, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Peter Jenkins	Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
Robert Lewis	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ronald Parsons	Fellow, Abdominal Organ Transplantation New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University
Matthew Santore	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
Anupama Sharma Saigal	Fellow, Breast Surgery Columbia University New York, New York
Chadwick Wu	Fellow, Plastic Surgery McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2011 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

J. Raymond Fitzpatrick	Resident, Cardiac Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Frederick	Resident, Thoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Danielle Hari	Fellow, Surgical Oncology John Wayne Cancer Institute and Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California
Benjamin Herdrich	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Demetri Merianos	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Hooman Noorchashm	Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Bilal Shafi	Resident, Cardiac Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David Stitelman	Fellow, Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2010 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Aaron Blom	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paul Foley	Fellow, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dale Han	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida
Kristin Noonan	Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Carter Paulson	Resident, Colon and Rectal Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paige Porrett	Fellow, Transplant Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert Roses	Fellow, Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Nyali Taylor	Resident, Vascular Surgery Cooper University Hospital Camden, New Jersey

2009 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Joshua Fosnot	Resident, Plastic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Adam Kaye	Fellow, Surgical Critical Care Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Missouri
Samuel Kim	Resident, Thoracic Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
April Nedeau	Resident, Vascular Surgery Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
Andrew Newman	Resident, Plastic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jin Hee Ra	Resident, Surgical Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Wixted	Private Practice - General Surgery Harrison Medical Center Vashon, Washington

2008 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Ibrahim Abdullah	Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Pavan Atluri	Resident, Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael E. Friscia	Resident, Thoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Giorgos C. Karakousis	Fellow, Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Bradley G. Leshnower	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
Joseph A. P. Rodriguez	Faculty, General Surgery Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover, New Hampshire

2007 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Stephen M. Bauer	Resident, Vascular Surgery New York University Medical Center New York, New York
Lee J. Goldstein	Resident, Vascular Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York
Laura Kruper	Fellow, Breast Cancer John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica, California
Vivek Patel	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Rochester Rochester, New York
Andrew S. Resnick	Faculty, Department of Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Wilderman	Resident, Vascular Surgery Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
David Yan	Resident, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, New York

2006 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Mark F. Berry	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
Shamus R. Carr	US Navy, Naval Hospital Guam Agana Heights, Guam
Kristoffel R. Dumon	Faculty, Department of Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benjamin M. Jackson	Resident, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stephen Kolakowski, Jr.	Resident, Vascular Surgery Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mireille A. Moise	Resident, Vascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Richard J. Myung	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory University Atlanta, Georgia

2005 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Robert J. Canter	Resident, Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Jagajan Karmacharya	Resident, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Susan B. Kesmodel	Fellow, Surgical Oncology M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Vasant Jayasankar	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Michael J. Morowitz	Resident, Pediatric Surgery University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
Leonard T. Su	Resident, Vascular Surgery University of Washington of Seattle Seattle, Washington

2004 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Subhasis Chatterjee	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center New York, New York
Rachel Rapaport Kelz	Faculty, Department of Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A. Sasha Krupnick	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Shane Parmer	Resident, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joshua Pierce	Faculty, Department of Surgery Hilo Medical Center Hilo, Hawaii
Heidi Yeh	Fellow, Transplant Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2003 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Frank Bowen	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Derek Brinster	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Samantha Hendren	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery University of Toronto Ontario, Canada
Daniel Kreisel	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Wilson Szeto	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edward Woo	Resident, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2002 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Todd Bauer	Fellow, Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Mark Faries	Fellow, Surgical Oncology John Wayne Cancer Center Santa Monica, California
T. Sloane Guy	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Patrick Kim	Fellow, Trauma Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eric Lambright	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kenneth Liechty	Resident, Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allan Stewart	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Columbia Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York

2001 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Isabelle Bedrosian	Fellow, Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Seth Force	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Michael Lanuti	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Robert A. Larson	Resident, Vascular Surgery Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ross Milner	Resident, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Howard Song	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory University Hospital Atlanta, Georgia
Henry Zhu	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2000 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

Luis Campos	Fellow, Transplant Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Chang	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Niraj Desai	Fellow, Transplant Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scott Kelley	Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgical Oncology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Heung Bae Kim	Resident, Pediatric Surgery Boston Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Harold B. N. Lovvorn	Resident, Pediatric Surgery LeBonheur Children's Hospital Memphis, Tennessee

1999 – Immediate Post-Residency Position

James P. Greelish	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham & Woman's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Steven J. McClane	Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
David G. Neschis	Resident, Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nabil Rizk	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham & Woman's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Y. Joseph Woo	Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania