Residents - Penn Medicine

Meet the residents of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

1st Year Residents

Tensae Assefa

Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Rice University

Maxwell Cardwell

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin Undergraduate School: Washington University

Brett Croen

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine Undergraduate School: University of Michigan

Tyler Humphrey

Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Undergraduate School: University of San Diego

Chielozor Okafor

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate School: Rutgers University

Chinedu Okafor

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Dartmouth College

Jiwon Park

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sarah Rappaport

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Duke University

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

2nd Year Residents

Ellis Berns, MD

Medical School: Brown University Undergraduate School: Brown University

Anna Blaeser, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College Undergraduate School: University of Minnesota

Emily Eiel, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Undergraduate School: Colgate University

Rachel Flaugh, MD*

Medical School: Harvard College Undergraduate School: University of Nebraska

Lisa Friedman, MD*

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University Undergraduate School: Carleton College

Samuel Oduwole, MD

Medical School: Quinnipiac University Undergraduate School: La Salle University

Alyssa Thorman, MD

Medical School: University of Utah Undergraduate School: University of Utah

Thompson Zhuang, MD

Medical School: Stanford University Undergraduate School: Princeton University

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

3rd Year Residents

Bijan Dehghani, MD*

Medical School: Albany Medical College Undergraduate School: Boston University

Caroline Granruth, MD

Medical School: Tulane University Undergraduate School: University of Virginia

Mitchell Hallman, MD*

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate School: Washington University

Jaret (Mac) Karnuta, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve Undergraduate School: Duke University

Erin Kelly, MD

Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Wake Forest University

Sand Mastrangelo, MD

Medical School: Dartmouth Undergraduate School: Brown University

Bradley Osemwengie, MD

Medical School: Texas Tech Undergraduate School: University of North Texas

Weston Smith, MD

Medical School: University of Utah Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

4th Year Residents

Aymen Alqazzaz, MD

Medical School: University of Maryland Undergraduate School: University of Maryland

Ashleigh Bush, MD

Medical School: Indiana University Undergraduate School: Indiana University

Jordan Cohen, MD*

Medical School: George Washington University Undergraduate School: University of Maryland Email: Jordan.Cohen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Kathleen Collins, MD

Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cody Hansen, MD

Medical School: University of California San Diego Undergraduate School: University of Denver

Kendall Masada, MD*

Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center Undergraduate School: University of Texas Email: Kendall.Masada@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Brian Velasco, MD

Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Franklin & Marshall College

Dainn Woo, MD

Medical School: New York University Undergraduate School: The City College of New York

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

5th Year Residents

Stephen Barchick, MD

Medical School: Duke University Undergraduate School: Harvard College

Sachin Gupta, MD*

Medical School: George Washington University Undergraduate School: George Washington University

Joung Heon Kim, MD

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Undergraduate School: University of Rochester

Charles Lucas Myerson, MD

Medical School: Tulane University Undergraduate School: University of Southern California

Matthew Stein, MD, MS*

Medical School: Georgetown University Undergraduate School: University of Maryland

Kelsey Young, MD

Medical School: Cornell University Undergraduate School: Cornell University

Steven Zhang, MD

Medical School: Stanford University Undergraduate School: Cornell University

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

Research Residents

Mohammed Abdullah, MD*

Medical School: University of Texas Undergraduate School: The University of Houston

Eric Schweppe, MD*

Medical School: Columbia University Undergraduate School: United States Military Academy

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Residents

1st Year Residents

Tensae Assefa

Maxwell Cardwell

Brett Croen

Tyler Humphrey

Chielozor Okafor

Chinedu Okafor

Jiwon Park

Sarah Rappaport

2nd Year Residents

Ellis Berns, MD

Anna Blaeser, MD

Emily Eiel, MD

Rachel Flaugh, MD*

Lisa Friedman, MD*

Samuel Oduwole, MD

Alyssa Thorman, MD

Thompson Zhuang, MD

3rd Year Residents

Bijan Dehghani, MD*

Caroline Granruth, MD

Mitchell Hallman, MD*

Jaret (Mac) Karnuta, MD

Erin Kelly, MD

Sand Mastrangelo, MD

Bradley Osemwengie, MD

Weston Smith, MD

4th Year Residents

Aymen Alqazzaz, MD

Ashleigh Bush, MD

Jordan Cohen, MD*

Kathleen Collins, MD

Cody Hansen, MD

Kendall Masada, MD*

Brian Velasco, MD

Dainn Woo, MD

5th Year Residents

Stephen Barchick, MD

Sachin Gupta, MD*

Joung Heon Kim, MD

Charles Lucas Myerson, MD

Matthew Stein, MD, MS*

Kelsey Young, MD

Steven Zhang, MD

Research Residents

Mohammed Abdullah, MD*

Eric Schweppe, MD*