Our academic, research-oriented institution has a long tradition of training leaders in surgery. Our residents bring to the program diverse perspectives and backgrounds, enriching the program further and deepening the care experience that our patients receive.
2024-2025 Graduates
General Surgery Residents
PGY-5
Ruth Ackah, MD, PhD
She/her
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
JC Chen, MD, MPH
they/ them
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Lindsay Gil, MD, MPH
She/her
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Christopher Gilliam, MD
he/him
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Joseph Hoying, MD, MS
He/him
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Whitney Kellett, MD, PhD, MS
She/her
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Tejen Shah, MD, MBA
he/him
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
PGY-4
Katherine Bergus, MD, MS
she/her
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Courtney Collins, MD
She/her
Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Marissa Guo, MD
She/her
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
William Head, MD
he/him
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Patrick Quinn, MD
he/him
Medical School: Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School
Shruthi Srinivas MD, MPH
She/her
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jordan Stafford, MD, MS
he/him
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
PGY-3
Daniel Bacon, MD
he/him
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel Chopyk, MD, PhD
he/ him
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Shachi Srivatsa, MD
she/her
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Diamantis Tsilimigras, MD, PhD
He/him
Medical School: University of Athens School of Health Sciences
Alison Whalen, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Danté Zanders, MD, MS
he/him
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
Joy Zhang, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
PGY-2
Christian Asumadu, MD
he/him
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Brian Carter, MD, MS
he/him
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Michelle Chan, MD
she/her
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Alim Habib, MD
he/him
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Khari King, MD
she/her
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Paulos Mengsteab, MD, PhD, MS
he/him
Medical School: Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alexandra Powell, MD
she/her
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Alexander Sougiannis, MD, PhD, MS
he/him
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
PGY-1
Fatima Anwar, MD
she/her
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Youssef Aref, MD, MPH
he/him
Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
Alexandra Barone-Camp, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Olivia Duru, MD
she/her
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Keith Gagnon, MD, PhD
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Snigdha Gulati, MBBS
she/her
Medical School: Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital
Vikas Munjal, MD, MPH
he/him
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Sohil Patel, MD
he/him
Medical School: University of California, School of Medicine
Deniz Sevilmis, MD
she/her
Medical School: Baylor College Of Medicine
Preethy Sridharan, MD, PhD
she/her
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Morgan White, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Lab Residents
PGY-3
Ashley Aldridge, MD
she/her
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Elizabeth Barmash, MD
she/her
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Katherine Bergus, MD, MS
she/her
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Carl Engelke, MD, PhD
he/him
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Daniel Gage, MD
he/him
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Stefanie Rohde, MD
she/her
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine
PGY-2
Chinaemelum Akpunonu, MD, MA
she/her
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Dhiaeddine Djabri, MD
he/him
Medical School: University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine
Ian Garbarine, MD
he/him
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clark Ingram, MD
he/him
Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine
Taylor Neilson, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
McKenzie Schaefer, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson
Dorothy Stearns, MD
she/her
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
More about General Surgery
Rami James Aoun, MD, MPH, MS
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Cornell University and Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York City, New York
Patrick Bou-Samra, MD, MPH
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Ahmad Hamad, MD, MS
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jing Han, MD, PhD
Abdominal Transplantation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dahlia Kenawy, MD, MS
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Kelli Patterson, DO, MS, MPH
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
Theresa Wang, MD, MS
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Apeksha Dave, MD
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
Adrian Diaz, MD, MPH
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Ashley Donovan, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Maximiliano Magallanes, MD
Advanced GI, MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Gregory Metzger, MD, MS
General Surgeon/Assistant Professor, Central Carolina Surgery Duke University, Greensboro, North Carolina
Jennifer Underhill, MD
General Surgeon, United States Naval Hospital Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan
Ingrid Woelfel, MD, MS, MA
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
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
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
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