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.
2023 General Surgery Graduates
| Name | |
Postgraduate Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dathe Benissan-Messan, MD, MS, PhD | |
Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina |
| Amblessed Onuma, MD, MS | |
Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| Anghela Paredes, MD, MPH, MS | |
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Steven Scoville, MD, PhD | |
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio |
| Kejal Shah, MD, MS | |
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio |
| Steven Sun, MD, MS | |
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, City of Hope, Duarte, California |
2022 General Surgery Graduates
| Name | |
Postgraduate Position |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Natalie Eisert, MD, MS | |
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 |
| Jason Zakko, MD, MS | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado |
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 |