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.

DivineMercy Bakare, MD

Hometown: Brooklyn Park, MN, and Lagos, Nigeria
Undergraduate: University of Minnesota Duluth
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Professional Interest: Cardiothoracic surgery, Minimally Invasive surgery, Medical Education
Personal Interest: Entrepreneurship, fragrance and fashion, traveling, and exploring new skills and creative crafts

Simran Brar, MD

Hometown: Bloomfield Hill, MI
Undergraduate: Boston College
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Mentorship
Personal Interest: Cooking, trying new restaurants, Pilates, golf, Detroit Lions

Taylor Dann, MD

Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: University of Michigan
Professional Interest: Transplant surgery, thoracic surgery, Medical Education
Personal Interest: Tennis/pickleball, basketball, cooking, Notre Dame football, Vietnamese coffee, movies

Nina Dhamarajah, MD

Hometown: Mankato, MN
Undergraduate: University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Breast, MIS    
Personal Interests: Baking, Yoga, Pilates, Traveling

Katherine Duquette, MD

Hometown: Glencoe, IL 
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School
Professional Interest: MIS/Foregut, Global Surgery, Surgical Education, Digital Surgery
Personal Interest: Planning my next trip, finding any excuse to try a new spot in the city, being unapologetically obsessed with my dog, and getting lost in a great book

David Eke, MD

Hometown: Fayetteville, Georgia
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Neurosurgery, Medical Education, Global Surgery
Personal interests: Weightlifting, reading books, watching tv/movies/anime, basketball/soccer

Sydney Flanagan, MD

Hometown: Georgetown, MA
Undergraduate Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Trauma Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Pediatric Surgery
Personal Interests: CrossFit, traveling, spending time with family and my two dogs

Jonathan Garrett, MD

Hometown: San Diego, CA 
Undergraduate Education: UCLA
Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
Professional Interests: Minimally invasive surgery, diagnostic/interventional radiology, global surgery, mentorship
Personal Interests: SCUBA diving, kitesurfing, hiking, fishing, guitar, cooking

Madison Kipp, MD

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 
Professional Interest: Trauma Surgery, Medical Education, Global surgery
Personal Interest: Reading, writing (currently trying to publish a fantasy novel), dance, and long walks with my dog

Elise Kronquist, MD

Hometown: Portland, OR
Undergraduate: University of Oregon
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
Professional Interest: Endocrine surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, vascular surgery, medical education
Personal Interest: Running, hiking, reading, dance

Amber Lamberty, MD

Hometown: Memphis, TN
Undergraduate: Christian Brothers University
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago
Professional interest: Diagnostic radiology, medical education
Personal interest: Spending time with family and friends, exercising, and traveling

Vivian Li, MD

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

Barbara Mera, MD

Hometown: Miami, Florida
Undergraduate: Florida International University 
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine 
Professional Interest: Global surgery, public health, health disparities
Personal Interest: traveling, trying new restaurants, art history, painting, Pilates, yoga, going to the beach, hanging out with friends and family, and my dog Bruno

Arissa Milton, MD

Hometown: Madison, WI
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Medical School: University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine and Public Health
Professional Interest: Mammography, nuclear medicine, image-based cancer screening
Personal Interest: yoga, trying out recipes from Pinterest/ Instagram, reading, taking naps with my dog

Zoe Pointer, MD

Hometown: Tampa, FL
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Medical School: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Surgical Oncology, Medical Education, Palliative Care
Personal Interest: Reading, climbing, exploring Chicago’s restaurant scene, walking the 606

Grishma Reddy, MD

Hometown: Mequon, WI
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Global surgery, pediatric surgery, trauma/critical care, medical education
Personal Interests: photography, traveling, yoga/Pilates, K-dramas, film/tv, Packers, walks with my dog, propagating plants

Isaac Sontag-Milobsky, MD

Hometown: Denver, CO
Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Joint replacement surgery, Patient Reported Outcomes research 
Personal Interest: Weightlifting, pickup hoops, snowboarding, spending time with my wife and kids

Renee Trstano, MD

Hometown: Oak Park & River Forest, IL
Undergraduate: Tulane University
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Professional Interest: Trauma Surgery, Medical Education, Mentorship
Personal Interests: Board games and puzzles, visiting national parks, exploring Chicago neighborhoods and restaurants, and bingeing the One Chicago franchise with my partner and two cats

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.

Carolyn Baldwin, MD

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, MD

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

William Clark, MD, MPH

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, MD

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

Saad Mallah, MD

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Brooke McCollum, MD

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, MD

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

Santiago Nino

Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
Undergraduate: None
Medical School: Universidad del Rosario
Professional Interest: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Personal Interests: Triathlon, tennis, and spending time with my family. 

Shelbi Ware, MD

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-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.

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

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!

Ryan Johnson, MD

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

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

Sarah Remer, MD

Hometown: Lake Orion, MI
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

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

Luke Taylor, MD

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.

Alexandra Brown, MD

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, MS

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

Ashley Dodd

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

Brooke Garnica, MD

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

Ashley Peters, MD

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

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-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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Research Residents

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

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!

Joseph 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 new restaurants and breweries
Research Location: Indiana University
Research Focus: Surgical Outcomes and Quality Research 

Emma 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

Kellie 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

Jericho 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, 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

Post Graduate Positions

Class of 2026

•  Andrew Abadier, DO 
• Kevin Galicia, MD- University of Cincinnati - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship  
• Mohammed Hasan, MD- UT Southwestern/Parkland Memorial Hospital - Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship   
• Benjamin Khechen, MD – Buffalo, NY - Surgical Associates of Western New York, General Surgery Private Practice           
• Casey Silver, MD – Winston-Salem, NC – Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship 

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

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

• Mashkoor A. Choudhry
• Michael Nishimura
• Wei Qiu
• Qun Sophia Zang
• John Kubasiak
• Marshall Baker
• Frederick Luchette
• Vivian Gahtan
• Luis Fernandez

Labs & Centers

• Clinical Data Analytics and Applied Medical Informatics Research
• Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute
• Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center

Resources

• Loyola Health Sciences Library
• Center For Health Outcomes and Informatics Research
• Clinical Research Office
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Funding

• Loyola's Research Funding Committee
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Center for Health Outcomes Funding
• Chief Resident in Quality and Safety at the VA

Conference Schedule

• Surgical Conferences

Division Research Meetings and Ongoing Projects

• Meeting time and ongoing projects

Recent Publications

• Link to PubMed
• National Center for Biotechnology Information