Past Graduates

VCU General Surgery Residency Program

Year Resident Fellowship or Practice Institution City State
2026 M. Aurora Casillas Abundis General Surgery Practice Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA
  Devin Freudenberger Surgical Oncology Fellowship University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC
  McKenzie Lee Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis – BJH St Louis MO
  Diana Otoya Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Utah Salt Lake City UT
  Travis Sullivan Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Alabama Birmingham AL
  Natalie Wall Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Utah Salt Lake City UT
2025 Sally Boyd, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Emory University Atlanta GA
  Christine Dart, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship The Ohio State University Columbus OH
  Lucas Keller-Biehl, MD Minimally Invasive / Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Cleveland Clinic Cleveland OH
  Julie Kilpatrick, MD General Surgery Practice St. Francis Medical Center Richmond VA
  Alexander Simmonds, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Los Angeles County / University of Southern California Los Angeles CA
  Matthew Wishnoff, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA
2024 Chonn Cadiz, MD MIS/Bariatric Fellowship Albany Medical College Albany NY
  Renee Cholyway, MD Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Oschner Health New Orleans LA
  W. Brenton French, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Medstar Washington Hospital Washington DC
  Hannah Gassie, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Medstar Washington Hospital Washington DC
  Hae Sung Kang, MD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Children's National Medical Center Washington DC
  H. Anna Xu, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM
2023 Yahya Alwatari, MB BCh BAO Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Mayo Clinic Rochester MN
  Adam Beyer, DO Vascular Surgery Fellowship Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC
  Diyar Omer, MD, MPH Vascular Surgery Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Yannis Reissis, MBBS BSc General Surgery Practice National Health Service United Kingdom  
  Ashley Shustak, MD, MPH Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Cleveland Clinic Weston FL
  Wayne Tse, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship The Ohio State University Columbus OH
2022 William Hope, MD MIS/Bariatric Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
  Saba Kurtom, MD Surgical Oncology Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
  Kristine Kenning, MD Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Albany Medical Center Albany NY
  Ben Rothstein, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
  Nina Wickramaratne, MD Transplant Surgery Fellowship Henry Ford Health Detroit MI
2021 Jonathan DeAntonio, MD  Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston TX
  Lindsey Ferro, MD MIS and Foregut Surgery Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Giorgio Guiulfo, MD  Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship Lennox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health System New York NY
  Briana Ruch, MD  Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Mayo Clinic Phoenix AZ
  Julia Selfridge, MD  Breast Surgery Oncology Fellowship Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa FL
2020 Isaiah Brown, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Daniel Galvez Lima, MD  Transplant Surgery Fellowship Northwestern University Chicago IL
  Matthew George, MD  Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Yale University New Haven CT
  Jill Peysha, MD  General Surgical Instructor Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Jeffrey Stern, MD  Transplant Surgery Fellowship New York University - Langone New York City NY
2019 Woon Cho Kim, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of California - San Francisco San Francisco CA
  Nathaniel Lee, MD  Surgical Oncology Fellowship John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica CA
  Eden Payabyab, MD  Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship Weill Cornell Medical Center New York City NY
  Valerie Plant, MD  General Surgeon Winchester Medical Center Winchester VA
  Ashley Slaughter, MD  Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Medstar Washington Hospital Washington DC
  Katarzyna Trebska-McGowan, MD  Surgical Oncology Fellowship University of Tennessee Health Memphis TN
2018 Amna Kohkar, MD Endocrine Surgery Fellowship North Shore University Health System Chicago IL
  Ashley Limkemann, MD  Transplant Surgery Fellowship University of Toronto Toronto Canada
  Amar Shah, MD  Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship Swedish Medical Center Seattle WA
  Krista Terracina, MD  Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship MedStar Washington Hospital Washington DC
  Victoria Whitlow, MD  Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor TX
2017 Jonathan Bennett, MD  Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Maryland Shock Trauma Baltimore MD
  Andrew Maloney, MD  Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship University of Utah  Salt Lake City UT
  Daniel Newton, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
  Dan Parrish, MD  Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Jackson MS
  Rajesh Ramanathan, MD  Surgical Oncology Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Medical Center  Pittsburgh PA
2016 Justin Brown, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Arkansas Medical Center Little Rock AR
  Sasa-Grae Espino, MD  Breast Surgery Fellowship Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago IL
  Shannon Rosati, MD  Critical Care Fellowship Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit MI
  Poornima Vanguri, MD  Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship Orlando Regional Healthcare Orlando FL
  Christine Zoon Harris, MD  Breast Surgery Fellowship Anne Arundel Medical Center Parole MD
2015 Barbara Adams, MD  Clinical Practice Winchester Medical Center Richmond VA
  Michelle Hamel, MD  Critical Care Fellowship University of California - San Diego San Diego CA
  Jeffrey Stromberg, MD  Hand Surgery Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Merry Uchiyama, MD  Thoracic Surgery Fellowship University of California - San Francisco San Francisco CA
2014 Abel Gebre-Giorigis, MD  Plastic Surgery Residency VCU Medical Center Richmond VA
  Kevin Long, MD  Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship Swedish Medical Center Seattle WA
  Keri Quinn, MD  Transplant Surgery Fellowship UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles CA
  Andrew Young, MD  General Surgery Active Staff US Naval Hospital Bremerton WA
2013 Irene Caillouet, MD  Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Tulane University New Orleans LA
  Joseph Hartwich, MD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Rhode Island Hospital Providence RI
  Adewuni Ojo, MD  Breast Surgery Fellowship New York Presbyterian Hospital New York City NY
  Omar Rashid, MD Oncology Fellowship H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tampa FL
  Amanda Tubbs, MD  Clinical Practice in Surgery Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Rockville MD
2012 Richard Carter, MD  Plastic Surgery Residency VCU Medical Center Richmond VA
  Sundeep Guliani, MD  Trauma Fellowship University of Maryland Shock Trauma Baltimore MD
  Franklin Margaron, MD  Pediatric Surgery Indiana University Hospital Indianapolis IN
  Sihong Suy, MD  General Surgery St. Mary's Hospital Richmond VA
  David Williams, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC
2011 Melissa Anastacio, MD  Cardiac Surgery Research Washington University St. Louis MO
  Tania Arora, MD  Surgical Oncology Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Folahan Ayoola, MD  Bariatric and MIS Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Roberto Iglesias, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship Greenville Hospital Systems Greenville NC
  Anna Leung, MD  Surgical Oncology Fellowship John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica CA
  Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD  Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship Duke Medical Center Durham NC
2010 Diane Cox, MD General Surgery Attending  Surgical Associates of Richmond Richmond VA
  Robert T. Ferguson, MD  Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas TX
  Stephanie Goldberg, MD  Trauma & Critical Care Surgery Fellowship  VCU Medical Center Richmond VA
2009 Jarrod D. Day, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship  Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk VA
  Sara K. Rasmussen, MD, PhD  Pediatric Surgery Fellowship  Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD
  Omar J. Riaz, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship  Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY
  Tracy A. Timmons, MD  Trauma & Critical Care Surgery Fellowship  University of Maryland Baltimore MD
2008 Mukong Adeso, MD  Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship University of Virginia Charlottesville VA
  Tracy Dechert, MD  Trauma & Critical Care Surgery Fellowship  University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
  Michelle DesChamplain, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Elizabeth Salzberg, MD  Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Norfolk Surgical Group Norfolk VA
  James Stone, MD  Transplant Surgery Fellowship  University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN
2007 Michael Amendola, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowsip Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Dana Holwitt, MD Breast Surgery Fellowship Washington University St. Louis MO
  Joseph Karch, Jr., MD, PhD Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship University of Missouri Columbia MO
  Brian King, MD  Vascular Surgery Fellowship Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY
  Vanjah Norman, MD        
2006 Hatam Halabi, MD Surgical Oncology Fellowship The Institute for Cancer Care at Mercy Health Services Baltimore MD
  Anita Praba-Egge, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond VA
  Jennifer Reed, MD Breast Fellowship Ann Arundel Medical Center Annapolis MD
  Mary Sebastian, MD Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD
  Daniel Tang, MD Thoracic Surgery Fellowship University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor MI

Where Our Residents Have Matched to Fellowship Positions 2008–2021

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