General Surgery Graduates
Dustin Carpenter, MD, MPH
Fellowship: Abdominal Organ Transplant
Institution: Columbia University Medical Center
Sulemon Chaudhry, MD
Fellowship: Abdominal Organ Transplant
Institution: Columbia University Medical Center
Caitlin Demarest, MD, PhD
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Institution: University of Michigan/Ann Arbor
Claire E. Graves, MD
Fellowship: Endocrine Surgery
Institution: University California San Francisco
Catherine McManus, MD, MPH
Fellowship: Endocrine Surgery
Institution: Columbia University Medical Center
Annie Onishi, MD
Fellowship: Trauma/Critical Care Surgery
Institution: University of Southern California/LA County
Hester Shieh, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery
Institution: Boston Children’s Hospital
Kazuki Sugahara, MD, PhD
Practice: Attending in Hepatobiliary Surgery
Institution: Columbia University at Columbia University Medical Center
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program Graduates
Nathaniel B. Langer, MD, MSc
Practice: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin S. Van Boxtel, MD
Practice: Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Institution: Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute Morristown Medical Center, NJ
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program Graduate
James C. Lee, MD
Fellowship: Craniofacial Surgery
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
2019 Graduate Fellows
Jambhekar Amani, MD
Specialty: Breast
Practice: Breast Surgery
Marisa Cevasco, MD
Specialty: CT – Adult LVAD
Practice: Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fabian A. Kari, MD
Specialty: CT – Pediatric
Practice: Attending Surgeon, congenital Cardiac Surgery
Institution: University Heart Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Dina Podolsky, MD
Specialty: General/Hernia
Practice: Attending in General/Hernia Surgery
Institution: Columbia University at Columbia University Medical Center
Amin Madani, MD, PhD
Specialty: GI/Endocrine
Practice: Endocrine/acute care surgery
Institution: University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Canada
Jennifer DeFazio, MD
Specialty: Pediatric
Practice: Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Institution: Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Columbia University Medical Center
Zhixia Rong, MD
Specialty: Transplant
Practice: Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery
Institution: University of Montreal Medical Center, Montreal, Québec, Canada
John Tyler Baber, Jr., MD, PhD
Specialty: Vascular
Practice: Assistant Professor and Attending Vascular Surgeon of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Institution: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Carlton Taylor Lewis, MD
Specialty: Vascular
Practice: Assistant Professor and Assistant Attending Surgeon, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York