Post Graduate Fellowships

Although it varies from year to year, an average of 70% of our General Surgery Residents pursue post-residency fellowships in the subspecialties of General Surgery (Surgical Oncology, Trauma/Critical, Colorectal Surgery to name a few) or more specialized fellowships in Pediatric Surgery, Transplantation Surgery & Cardiac Surgery to name a few. Pursuit of this kind of training is consistent of the overall goal of programs that develop the academic leaders of the future. You will find below a list of fellowships taken by residents during the last three years. It is important to note that we consider developing a plan for each resident and this is achieved through a mentoring system that is taken very seriously. The goal of the mentor is to assist the resident in making his/her career decisions and to put together an appropriate group of faculty to assist the resident in achieving their career goals. This includes an appropriate laboratory for research and assistance in obtaining the type of fellowship the resident wishes in an institution that will enhance their career.

Post Graduate Fellowships 2003- 2013

Year	Name	Fellowship	Location
2013	Stephanie Chao, MD	Pediatric Surgery	Lucile Packard Children's Hosp. at Stanford
2013	Yijun Chen, MD	MIS	Duke
2013	Greg Magee, MD	Trauma Critical Care	USC
2013	Owen Palmer, MD	Vascular Surgery	USC
2013	Danielle Pickham, MD	Colorectal Surgery	Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans
2013	Mediget Teshome, MD	Breast Oncology	MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2012	Danielle Bertoni, MD	Colorectal Surgery	Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans
2012	Monica Dua, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Cleveland Clinic
2012	Ronald Jou, MD	Surgical Critical Care	Stanford Univ.
2012	Ellen Morrow, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Univ. of Washington, Seattle
2012	Richard Parent, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Scripps Green Hosp., La Jolla
2012	Hari Thangarajah, MD	Pediatric Surgery	Boston Children's
2011	Venita Chandra, MD	Vascular Surgery	Stanford
2011	Robin Cisco, MD	Endocrine Surgery	UCSF
2011	Saif Ghole, MD	Colorectal	UC Irvine
2011	Cindy Kin, MD	Colorectal	Cleveland
2011	Bethany Slater, MD	Pediatric Surgery	Baylor
2011	Maureen Tedesco, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	VA Palo Alto
2010	Gregory Feldman, MD	Vascular Surgery	Northwestern
2010	Natalie Kirilcuk, MD	Colorectal Surgery	Washington University
2010	Matthew Kwan, MD	Plastic Surgery	UCSF
2010	Tom C. Nguyen, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Columbia
2010	Peter Peng, MD	Hepatobiliary Oncology	Johns Hopkins
2009	Amy Gallo, MD	Transplant Surgery	Stanford University
2009	Chandra Ellis, MD	Plastic Surgery	USC
2009	Raymond Grogan, MD	Endocrine Surgery	UCSF
2009	Robert Oakes, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
2009	Scott Perryman, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Stanford University
2009	James Rosing, MD	Plastic Surgery	UC Davis
2008	Gan Dunnington, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	University of Virginia
2008	2008 Richard Hsu, MD	Vascular Surgery	Beth Israel Deaconess
2008	Lana Schumacher, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	University of Pittsburgh
2008	Amanda Wheeler, MD	Breast Surgery	MGH Dana Farber
2008	Danagra Ikossi, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Stanford University
2008	Sharla Owens, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Stanford University
2007	Tony Caffarelli, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Stanford University
2007	David Peterson, MD	Vascular Surgery	Duke
2007	Filberto Rodriguez, MD	Plastic Surgery	UCLA
2007	Brandon Williams, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Vanderbilt
2007	Russell Woo, MD	Pediatric Surgery	Children’s Hospital L.A.
2006	Tony “Dongyu” Fang, MD	Vascular Surgery	UCLA
2006	Daniela Ladner, MD	Transplant Surgery	Stanford University
2006	Shawn Rangel	Pediatric Surgery	Univ. of Cincinnati
2006	HanJoon Mike Song, MD	Plastic Surgery	Emory University
2006	Frederick Tibayan, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Stanford University
2005	Leora Balsam, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Stanford University
2005	David Le, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	OHSU
2005	David Nabi, MD	Vascular Surgery	Stanford University
2004	Murray Kwon, MD	Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Stanford University
2004	Marc Melcher, MD, PhD	Transplant Surgery	UCSF
2004	Doug Miniati, MD	Pediatric Surgery	Baylor
2004	Yale Popowich, MD	Plastic Surgery	Oregon H & S
2003	Geoffrey Nadzam, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Stanford University
2003	John Karwowski, MD	Vascular Surgery	Stanford University
2003	Kin-Man Lai, MD	Vascular Surgery	Atlanta, GA
2003	Jay Kuhn, MD	Minimally Invasive Surgery	Bay State, Mass.

2003-2012 Fellowship Summary:

Cardio-Thoracic Surgery- 8
Vascular Surgery- 8
Minimally Invasive Surgery- 11
Pediatric Surgery- 5
Transplant Surgery- 3
Plastic Surgery- 6
Breast Surgery- 1