Current Residents, Graduates & Research Opportunities


PGY-1 Residents

As an intern class we chose Loyola because we found the program to be approachable and friendly during our interviews. We also believed the surgical experience would be educationally robust. Furthermore, our first year has completely exceeded our expectations. We have grown to know a group of individuals that feels more like family than colleagues. Our mentors are not only constantly trying to improve the program but they are also personally invested in us as individuals.

Carolyn Baldwin, MDbaldwin

Hometown: Western Springs, IL
Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma Surgery, Pediatric surgery, Medical Education
Personal Interest: Running, cooking, spending time with my dog

 

Erika Bannister, MDerika

Hometown: Green Bay WI
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: surgical education, trauma/critical care, foregut surgery, surgical palliative care
Personal Interest: cooking, hiking, board games, thriller novels/movies, racket sports

 

Wiiliam Clark, MD, MPHwiiliam

Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Undergraduate: Indiana University
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Professional Interest: Public Health, Colorectal, MIS
Personal Interest: weightlifting, running, football, soccer

 

Sophia Dittrich, MDsophia

Hometown: Menomonee Falls, WI
Undergraduate: Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Professional Interests: Medical education and mentorship
Personal Interests: Dogs and watching WI sports

 

Adrienne Fettig, MDadrienne

Hometown: Portland, OR
Undergraduate: University of Oregon
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University
Professional Interest: Operating and connecting deeply with patients
Personal Interest: Making art, being active, cuddling with my puppy and cats

 

Erin Hoehnke, DOerin

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Undergraduate: Wisconsin Lutheran College
Medical School: Des Moines University
Professional Interests: women's health, international medicine, mentorship
Personal interests: cooking, baking, and eating; traveling, working out, and thrift shopping

 

Nabeeha Khan, MDnabeeha

Hometown: Long Grove, IL Undergraduate 
Education: Loyola University Chicago 
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine 
Professional Interests: Surgery, mentorship, medical education, health disparities 
Personal Interests: Cooking, reading, caring for houseplants, traveling, and learning new languages

 

Vivian Li, MDvivianne

Hometown: Saratoga, CA
Undergraduate: Brandeis University, MA
Medical School: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma/Critical Care, minimally invasive/robotic surgery, Surgical Education
Personal Interest: Solidcore, skiing, cooking and hosting dinners, traveling

 

Brooke McCollum, MDbrooke

Hometown: South Lyon, MI
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Surgical Oncology, breast surgery, surgical education
Personal Interest: Traveling, finding the best restaurants in cities I live in/travel to, reading, house plants, and spending time with my cat

 

Sabrina Montemayor, MDsabrina

Hometown: Northville, MI
Undergraduate: Michigan State University
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma/Critical Care, Global Surgery, Breast
Personal Interest: Hiking, traveling, college football/basketball, trying new restaurants and breweries

 

McKay Meyer, MDmckay

Hometown: Charleston, SC
Undergraduate: University of South Carolina
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Professional Interest: Acute care surgery, Colorectal surgery
Personal Interest: Fitness, travel, beach, learning Spanish, bird watching

 

Nghiem Hoa Nguyen, MDnghiem

Hometown: Escondido, CA
Undergraduate: Pomona College, CA
Medical School: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, CA
Professional Interest: Trauma or Reconstructive Surgery
Personal interest: Painting, Poetry, Hiking

 

Ari Peikes, MDari

Hometown: Chicago, IL
Undergraduate: Ner Israel Rabbinical College
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: OB/GYN
Personal Interest: Woodworking and Running

 

Kailey Shine, MDkailey

Hometown: Santa Monica, CA
Undergraduate: UCLA, BS
Medical School: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Women's Health
Personal Interest: Hiking with my dogs, running, and finding the best ice cream spots in Chicago!

 

Alize Solakari, MDalize

Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey, and Chicago, Illinois
Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma, colorectal and pediatric surgery, global surgery, medical education and mentorship, women in surgery
Personal Interest: Fostering animals, travelling in the Middle East and Africa, spending time with family and friends, pilates

 

Aisha Suhaiba, MDaisha

Hometown: Pickerington, OH
Undergraduate: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Professional Interest: Orthopedic surgery (sports), global surgery, medical education
Personal Interest: Soccer, baking, live music

 

Yuchia Wang, MDyuchia

Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan and Stephens City, VA
Undergraduate: University of Virginia, VA
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Professional Interest: Mentoring, Medical Education
Personal Interest: Tennis, Ice Skating, Reading, and Guitar

 

Shelbi Ware, MDshelbi

Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
Undergraduate: Jackson State University, MS
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Transplant, Breast, and Global Surgery.
Personal Interest: Cooking, spending time with family, traveling, and watching true crime.

PGY-2 Residents

Second year is a great opportunity to continue developing the community created in the first year and marks the transition to increased autonomy as a junior surgical resident. Clinically, we have increased our operative experience during rotations on community and VA general surgery, transplant surgery, MIS and vascular surgery rotations. Additionally, the second-year resident is the primary provider for Surgical ICU patients, emergency consults, and for level I trauma and complex general surgery patients.

Nasreen Al-Qadi, MD

Nasreen Al-Qadi, MD

Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Undergraduate: Wellesley College, MA
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Professional Interest: Oncology
Personal Interest: Baking and hiking

Alexandra Brady, MD

Alexandra Brady, MD

Hometown: Block Island, RI
Undergraduate: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenvill
Professional Interest: Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Transplant
Personal Interest: Exploring new restaurants, wine, international travel, the beach, family & friends, New England summers—go pats!

Samriddh Chaudhari, MD

Samriddh Chaudhari, DO

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Undergrad: Clemson University
Medical School: Kansas City University
Professional Interests: Trauma/Critical Care, Global Surgery, Surgical Education
Personal Interests: Basketball, golf, skiing, walks with my dog around Chicago!

Trisha Gupte, MD

Trisha Gupte, MD

Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Wayne State University SOM
Professional Interest: Breast surgery
Personal Interest: music, reading, lifting, being outside!

Jacob Lindemann, MD

Jacob Lindemann, MD

Hometown: Manitowoc, WI
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Professional Interest: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care
Personal Interest: Traveling, soccer, Wisconsin sports, spending time with family/friends/my partner and our two cats

Emma Sheedy, MDEmma Sheedy, MD

Hometown: San Mateo, CA
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Surgical Education and MIS/Bariatrics
Personal Interest: Baking/cooking, skiing, Chicago lakefront walks, Pilates, ND football

Luke Taylor, MDLuke Taylor, MD

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma, MIS, Cardiothoracic
Personal Interest: Scuba, Cooking, Traveling

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Lucas Wilkins, MD

Hometown: Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Undergraduate: University of Tennessee Knoxville
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health-Science Center
Professional Interest: Transplant Surgery
Personal Interest: mountain river tubing, camping, traveling in Brazil 

Wentao Zhang, MDwentao

Hometown: Kunming, China
Medical School: Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University(PhD)
Professional Interest: hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, with a strong passion for complex abdominal procedures, integration of robotic surgery into clinical practice
Personal Interest: Cooking, Pickle ball, Singing

PGY-3 Residents

Third year of residency is a transition year in many ways. Residents who are coming back from their two years of professional development re-enter seamlessly into our year. This is the year where we begin to work on autonomy in the operating room. We start operating independently with our chief residents on multiple rotations including Colorectal surgery, Surgical Oncology and Acute Care Surgery service at Loyola. This is facilitated by a transition away from primary floor responsibilities as a 1st and 2nd year resident. Our year is also where we begin to refine our leadership skills as the chief of the Burn surgery, Endocrine surgery, and pediatric surgery services. We also enjoy our time on two community general surgery rotations and going to Lurie Children's Hospital in downtown Chicago for a dedicated pediatric surgery rotation.

 

Alexandra Brown, MDalexandra

Hometown: Pontiac, IL
Undergraduate: Illinois Wesleyan University
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine- Rockford
Professional Interests: general surgery, trauma surgery, women in surgery
Personal Interests: Cooking, exploring new restaurants, plants, crafting


Kelley Chan, MD, MSkelley chan

Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 
Professional Interests: Surgical oncology, quality improvement, health disparities, evidence-based standards of care
Personal Interests: College football, hiking, and running

Brooke Garnica, MDbrooke

Hometown: Davenport, IA
Undergraduate: University of Iowa
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Trauma, Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery
Personal Interests: Travel, Skiing, Hawkeye Football, Family & Friends

 

Ryan Johnson, MDryan

Hometown: Richmond, VA 
Undergraduate: Virginia Commonwealth University 
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Global Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Critical Care, Mentoring, Research
Personal Interests: Exercise, outdoors, piano, food/restaurants

 

Ashley Peters, MDpeters

Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
Undergraduate: University of California
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: General Surgery, mentoring, research
Personal Interests: Running, snowboarding, cats, wine, film
 

Joseph Royeca, MDJoseph Royeca, MD

Hometown: South Bend, IN
Undergraduate: Indiana University
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Personal Interests: Weight lighting, Piano, Notre Dame Football, and trying ne resturants and breweries

Conrad Williams II, MD

Conrad Williams II, MD

Hometown: Springfield, IL
Undergraduate: B.S. Mechanical Engineering - Arkansas State University
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Professional Interests: Thoracic surgery, Trauma/Critical care surgery, surgical education
Personal Interests: Travel, baking, music production, krav maga, language learning

PGY-4 Residents

The PGY-4 year is our transition to chief responsibilities on all services. Loyola is a Level 1 trauma center and we see a mix of penetrating trauma from the local community, high-speed MVC polytrauma, and complex trauma involving electrical and burn injuries. As the PGY-4, we serve as the trauma chief and team leader for four months of this year. We run the evaluation and resuscitation of all traumas, determine each patient's work-up, evaluate the need for immediate operative intervention, and literally save lives. The other PGY-4 rotations include VA General Surgery, MIS, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, and a community General Surgery experience. This is truly a year of growth as we refine our operative skills, patient care management, and finalize career pathways and fellowship planning.

Jennifer Darby, MD

Jennifer Darby, MD

Hometown: Watertown, MA
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicinel
Professional Interests: Machine learning, health disparities, ECMO, clinical informatics
Personal Interests: Yoga, sailing, houseplants, house music

Matthew De Jong, MD

Matthew De Jong, MD

Hometown: Willowbrook, IL
Undergraduate: Calvin University
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Surgical oncology, robotic surgery and surgical education
Personal Interests: Formula one, skiing, escape rooms and exploring new restaurants/breweries

Sharika Kaula, MD

Sharika Kaula, MD

Hometown: Springfield, MO
Undergraduate: University of Missouri – Kansas City
Medical School: University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Minimally invasive surgery and surgical education
Personal Interests: Hiking, yoga, exploring coffee shops and piano

Xane Peters, MD

Xane Peters, MD

Hometown: Jerseyville, Illinois
Undergraduate: Illinois Wesleyan University
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Surgical Oncology, Health Services Research, Surgical Quality, Geriatrics
Personal Interests: Personal fitness, hiking/camping, philosophy and literature

Travis Smith, MD

Travis Smith, MD

Hometown: North Richland Hills, TX
Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Professional Interests: Trauma surgery, global surgery, public policy, social determinants of health
Personal Interests: College football, photography, hiking, weight lifting, running, quoting movies

Andrew Stone, MD

Andrew Stone, MD

Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA
Undergraduate: University of Oregon
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: General surgery, acute care surgery and medical education
Personal Interests: Playing guitar, running, exploring, LA Chargers, Oregon Ducks and fantasy football

Frank Villa Hernandez, MD

Frank Villa Hernandez, MD

Hometown: Kannapolis, NC
Undergraduate: Catawba College
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Professional Interests: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Personal Interests: Soccer, Running, Lifting, Hiking, Board Games, Breweries, and Chicago Festivals

 

PGY-5 Residents

The PGY-5 year is the time when all of our previous years of training come together as a chief surgical resident. We spend time on VA General Surgery, Emergency General Surgery, Community General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, and Colorectal Surgery during our last year of general surgery training. We are leading teams on all these rotations, making patient care decisions in all environments, and fine-tuning our technical and leadership skills and we feel ready for our fellowships and/or the independent and autonomous practice of general surgery.  It is the best year of our training!

Andrew Abadier, DOAndrew Abadier, DO

Hometown: East Greenwich, RI
Undergraduate: University of Rhode Island
Medical School: University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Professional interests: General Surgery, Trauma, Endocrine, Robotics
Personal Interests: Pizza making, my dog, hikes with views, the ocean

Kevin Galicia

Kevin Galicia, MD

Hometown: Lincolnwood, IL
Undergraduate: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Medical School: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Burn Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Medical Education
Personal Interests: Cooking, Crosswords, Game Theory, Sports Trivia, and Oreos

Mohammed Hasan

Mohammed Hasan, MD

Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Medical School: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Trauma/Critical Care, Thoracic Surgery, Global Surgery
Personal Interests: Traveling, Rock Climbing, Football, Spending time with family/friends

Benjamin Khechen, MD

Benjamin Khechen, MD

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Undergraduate: Binghampton University
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Plastics and Reconstruction
Personal Interests: Tae Kwon-do, Golfing, Yoga, Hiking, Proud member of Bills mafia, Chicken wing connoisseur

Casey Silver

Casey Silver, MD

Hometown: Wheelwright, MA
Undergraduate: Amherst College
Medical School: University of Rochester
Professional Interests: Trauma and Critical Care, Health Services Research
Personal Interests: traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, pitweilers

Research Residents

Kellie Brue, MDKellie Brue, MD

Hometown: Detroit, MI
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Surgical Oncology, Critical Care
Personal Interests: Health & wellness, international bakeries, Bible study, walking along the riverfront
Research Location: Indiana University
Research Focus: Surgical Oncology and Surgical Education Surgical Oncology and Surgical Education

Ashley DoddAshley Dodd, MD

Hometown: Moscow, TN
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicinee
Professional Interests: Pediatric Surgery, Global Surgery, Clinical research, Medical education and mentorship
Personal Interests: Spending time with my two dogs, exploring new places to brunch, SEC football (go vols!) and traveling to new places/countries
Research Location: Lurie Children's Hospital 
Research Focus: Pediatric Surgery Outcomes Research

Jericho Hallare, MDJericho Hallare, MD

Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: California Northstate University College of Medicine
Professional Interests:: Cardiothoracic, Vascular, Critical Care, and Robotics
Personal Interests: Food fanatic, SD Chargers, skiing, family & friends
Research Location: Chicago-Cardiothoracic Surgery and Parkinson School of Health Science and Public Health
Research Focus: Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular and Aortic Surgery

Emil Maric, MDEmil Maric, MD

Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia
Undergraduate: Illinois Wesleyan University
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria
Professional Interests: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Colorectal Surgery
Personal Interests: Pickleball, soccer, playing guitar, trying new restaurants!
Research Location: Endeavor Health
Research Focus: Foregut surgery

Sarah Remer, MD

Hometown: Lake Orion, MI Sarah Remer, MD
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Case Western
Professional Interests: Pediatric surgery and colorectal surgery
Personal Interests: Running, Michigan football and exploring new restaurants/bars
Research Location: American College of Surgeons
Research Focus:ACS Clinical Scholar
 

Rachyl Shanker, MD Rachyl Shanker, MD

Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL
Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Professional Interests: Surgical oncology, basic and translational research in tumor biology, surgical education and mentorship
Personal Interests: Reading, art, poetry, my dogs, sushi
Research Location: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Research Focus: Surgical Oncology, Liver Cancer Immunology

Post Graduate Positions

Class of 2025

  • Caressa Chen, MD - University of Wisconsin, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
  • Matthew Cheung, MD - Louisiana State University, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Brittany Hedgepeth, MD - Loyola University Medical Center, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Gregory Klazura, MD - University of California Irvine - Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
  • MacKenzie Lee, MD - University of Cincinnati, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
  • Alexandra Mathews, MD - NorthShore University Health System, Breast Surgery Fellowship
  • Celsa Tonelli, DO - Mayo Clinic – Arizona, Colorectal Surgery

Class of 2024

  • Corinne Bunn, MD - University of Pittsburgh, Plastic Surgery Fellowship
  • Chelsea Cardell, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Mikayla Freese, MD
  • Sujay Kulshrestha, MD – Washington University, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
  • Anne Souza, MD – Cook County Hospital, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Jessica Wise, MD – Long Island Laparoscopic/MIS Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Class of 2023

  • Sarah Jochum, MD - Cleveland Clinic, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Joseph Minalt, MD - Northwestern University, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Hiroko Nakahama, MD – Ohio State University, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
  • M. Diya Sabbagh, MD – Brown University, Plastic Surgery Program
  • Giacomo Waller, MD – Mt. Sinai Hospital New York, Surg Onc Fellowship
  • Xuanji Wang, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Breast Surgery Fellowship

Class of 2022

  • Emanuel Eugia MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering, Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Brittany Hasty MD – University of Calgary, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
  • Daniel Hubbs MD – Weill Cornell, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
  • Christina Link, MD – Franciscan Health/Indiana University, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Patrick Sweigert, MD – Ohio State University, MIS/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
  • Brendan Ringhouse, MD – Washington University, Trauma Surgery Fellowship

Class of 2021

  • Dr. Adrienne Cobb, MD – Anderson, Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Dr. Favin Babu – University of Chicago, Cardiothoracic Surgical Fellowship
  • Dr. Thomas Smith – Northwestern University, Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Dr. Sarah Foyil – Texas Heart, Cardiothoracic Surgical Fellowship
  • Dr. Daniel deLahunta – Henry Ford, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Tong Qu – University of Pittsburgh, Surgical Oncology Fellowship

Class of 2020

  • Dr. John Andre – University of California Davis, Burn Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Fadi Bakhos – Cleveland Clinic Florida, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Kristen Ban – Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes Jewish Hospital, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Sean Nassoly – John Wayne Cancer Institute at Santa Monica Complex, General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Dr. Stephanie Peters – Swedish Medical Center (Seattle, WA), Colorectal Surgery Fellowship

Class of 2019

  • Dr. Elizabeth Berger – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Dr. Jacqueline Brosius – John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County-Trauma/Surgery Critical Care Fellowship
  • Dr. Johanna Fox – General Surgery Attending in Minneapolis, MN
  • Dr. Ann Hwalek – The Ohio State University, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Anai Kothari, MD – Anderson Cancer Center, Complex General Surgery Oncology Fellowship
  • Dr. Elizabeth Wood – Henry Ford, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship

Class of 2018

  • Dr. Justin Dvorak – Cook County Hospital, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Dr. Casey Holmes – Cleveland Clinic Florida, Plastic Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Alaina Lasinski – UT Southwestern, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Dr. Sungho Lim – Cleveland Clinic, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Yuda Liu – Jackson Health Miami, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Eileen O' Halloran – Fox Chase Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology Fellowship
  • Dr. Geoff Vana – University of Cincinnati, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Dr. Sarah Foyil – Texas Heart, Cardiothoracic Surgical Fellowship
  • Dr. Daniel deLahunta – Henry Ford, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Dr. Tong Qu – University of Pittsburgh, Surgical Oncology Fellowship

Research Overview

The Department of Surgery's Division of Surgical Research is unique in many ways. Unlike a lot of research and clinical programs that operate independently of one another, there is a close coordination between the basic science and clinical programs allowing researchers and physicians to work closely together to investigate and attempt to solve clinical problems. Additionally, residents interested in basic and clinical research are given the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of science, from digesting the literature to designing experiments in an environment in which they are mentored on a one-on-one basis. Once applicants are accepted into the research program, they have the opportunity to choose from a set of departmental investigators to mentor them throughout their training. Most residents take academic time after second year of surgical training.

In collaboration with the Burn Shock Trauma Institute and the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Oncology Research Institute, the Department has developed active research programs in burn, shock and trauma injury, health services research, inflammation, oncology, and vascular biology. Research funding is derived from a variety of sources including the NIH. The Department bears the distinction as one of the few surgery departments in the country with two T32 NIH- training grants.

Research Investigators

Labs & Centers

Resources

Funding

Conference Schedule

  • Surgical Conferences

Division Research Meetings and Ongoing Projects

Recent Publications