General Surgery Graduates
Alexander P. Kossar, MD
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Institution: Emory University School of Medicine/Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Jacob R. Krimbill, MD – Administrative Chief Resident
Fellowship: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (2year Fellowship)
Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Other: Returning to active duty US Air Force – June, 2025
Miguel Leiva Juarez, MD
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Elizaveta Minko, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care
Institution: University of California San Francisco, CA
Lise Tchouta, MD
Fellowship: Cardiac Surgery
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Abby Wong, MD
Specialty: General Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
Position: Attending Surgery
Institutions: Yale New Haven Hospital and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, New London, CT
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program Graduates
Yuting Chiang, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Position: Attending Surgeon in Private Practice
Institution: Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alex D’Angelo, MD
Specialty: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Position: Attending – Adult Cardiac Surgeon
Institution: St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program Graduates
Luke Poveromo, MD
Fellowship: Microsurgery
Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Robert Van, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
Position: Attending Surgeon
Institution: The Woodlands – HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe, TX
2023 Graduate Fellows
Robert W. Crum, MD
Specialty: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Institution: University of Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, Oklahoma
Arith Ruth S. Reyes, MD
Specialty: Surgical Breast Oncology
Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
Institution: Columbia University / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY
Danielle Spragan, MD
Specialty: CT – Adult LVAD
Position: Cardiac Surgeon
Institution: Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA
Private Practice: Wynnewood and Philadelphia, PA
Mohamed T. Hassanein, MD., PhD.
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery and End Stage Heart Failure
Position: Attending Cardiac Surgeon
Institution: Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, CA
Qing Lina Hu-Bianco, MD
Specialty: GI/Endocrine
Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery in GI/Endocrine Surgery
Institution: Columbia University / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY
Artem Shmelev, MD
Specialty: Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Hernia Surgery
Position: Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Hernia Center
Institution: Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY
Matthew Alexander, MD, MHA
Specialty: Pediatric General Surgery
Position: Attending Pediatric Surgeon
Institution: UnityPoint Health, Des Moines, IA
Nathaly P. Llore-Holzner, MD
Specialty: Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgery
Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
Institution: Columbia University / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY
Jonathan Mercola, MD
Specialty: Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Position: Attending Surgeon
Institution: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Ohio
Tomaz Mesar, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
Position: Attending General Surgeon
Institution: Evms Department of Surgery, Norfolk, VA,
Uttara Nag, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery
Position: Attending Vascular Surgeon
Institution: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL