We’re very proud of our general surgery graduates. They’ve worked hard and accomplished many things during their training at Ohio State. We wish them well as they continue on to additional fellowship training, private practice or affiliations with hospitals and research institutes across the country.

2022 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Susan Natalie Eisert, MD, MMS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anahita Jalilvand, MD, PhD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Kathryn Schlosser, MD
Bariatric/MIS Fellowship, Prisma Health, Greenville, South Carolina
Rita Shelby, MD, MS
Plastic Surgery Fellowship, University of Miami - Jackson Health, Miami, Florida
Emily Singer, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Michael Villarreal, MD, MBA
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 2022
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2023

2021 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Clifford Akateh, MD, MS
Abdominal transplant fellowship. Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Joseph Drews, MD, MS
Pediatric surgery fellowship, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Francisco Guzman, MD
Bariatric/MIS fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospitals, New York, New York
Chelsea Horwood, MD, MPH
Critical care, acute care, trauma fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
David Koller, MD
Colorectal fellow, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Kevin Ricci, MD, MS
Fellowship in surgical critical care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

2020 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Eliza Beal, MD, MS
Comprehensive General Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Melissa Hornor, MD, MS
Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christopher McQuinn, MD, MS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Ekenedilichukwu Onwuka, MD, MS
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas

2019 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Shayna Brathwaite, MD, MS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Nakesha King, MD, MS
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Daniel Lodwick, MD, MS
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
Michelle Nguyen, MD, MPH
Multi-Organ Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Magarya Waitara, MD
General surgeon, Sanford Health, Dickinson, North Dakota
Taehwan Yoo, MD, MS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois


2018 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Folasade O. Imeokparia, MD
Breast Oncology Fellowship, University of Michigan
Katelyn A. Levene, MD
General and Acute Care Surgery, Aurora Healthcare, Hartford and Grafton, Wisconsin
Sara A. Mansfield, MD, MS
Pediatric Surgical Oncology Fellowship, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Kara K. Rossfeld, MD, MS
Fellowship: Complex General Surgical Oncology at The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
David S. Strosberg, MD, MS
Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

2017 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Justin Huntington, MD, MS
Pediatric surgery fellowship, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Nicholas Latchana, MD, MS
Surgical oncology fellowship, University of Toronto
Sylvester Osayi, MD, MS
Private practice, Richmond, IN
Robert Plews, MD, MS
Transplant surgery fellowship, University of Alabama Birmingham
Terrence Rager, MD, MS
Hospital employed - General and Trauma Surgery, Pocatello, ID

2016 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Joe M. Drosdeck, MD, MS
MIS Fellowship, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Lavina S. Malhotra, MD
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Research Fellowship, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
Sara E. Martin del Campo, MD, MS
MIS Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Mika A. B. Reschke, MD, MS
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Latifa A. Sage Silski, MD
Transplant Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Rachael C. Sullivan, MD, MS
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2015 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Ellen A. Carraro, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Jon C. Henry, MD, MS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh Medical College, Pittsburgh, PA
Alistair J. Kent, MD, MPH
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Tyler C. Spata, MD, MS
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Mark R. Wendling, MD, MS
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Jon R. Wisler, MD, MS
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2014 General Surgery Graduates


Name
Postgraduate Position
Amy L. Collins, MD, MS
Advanced Upper GI and Hepatobiliary Fellowship, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL
Eric A. Luedke, MD, MS
Bariatric/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Laura A. Peterson, MD, MS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Thomas A. Pham, MD, MS
Abdominal Transplant Fellowship, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Ricardo O. Quarrie, MD, MS
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Yale New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, CT
Jennifer S. Schwartz, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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