Program Alumni

Mohammed Al-Zoubaidi, MD

Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch

Following completion of fellowship training, Dr Al-Zoubaidi continues to work with a private practice in Mount Vernon, IL. 

Alexandre Audifrret, MD

Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Since completion of fellowship training, Dr. Audifrret worked as Program Director for a Vascular Fellowship program at West Virgina University and is currently the Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Rush University in Chicago, IL. 

Elias Fakhoury, DO

Residency: New York Medical College at St. Joseph’s Medical Center

Upon completion of training, Dr Fakhoury accepted a position at the New Jersey Vein and Vascular Institute. 

Tom Langan, MD
Residency: University at Buffalo

Upon completion of the vascular surgery fellowship program, Dr Langan took on a nonacademic position in Olean, NY.

Eli Lutske, MD

Residency: University at Buffalo

After completing both residency and fellowship at UB, Dr. Lutske began working alongside the Piedmont Heart and Vascular Surgeons in Georgia. 

Katsiaryna Paulovich, MD
Residency: UPMC Pinnacle

Upon completion of the vascular surgery fellowship program, Dr. Paulovich accepted an academic position with UPMC Harrisburg.

Helen (Sascha) Potter, MD
Residency: University at Buffalo

Upon completion of the vascular surgery fellowship program, Dr. Potter accepted a position with UBMD and has joined the team of vascular surgeons at Buffalo General Medical Center.

Mariel Rivero, MD

Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dr. Rivero works as a vascular surgeon at the Veterans Affairs Western NY Healthcare System in Buffalo, NY. She is also the current Associate Program Director for the UB Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship programs. 

Andrew Rogers, MD
Residency: Abington Jefferson Health

Upon completion of the vascular surgery fellowship program, Dr. Rogers accepted a position working as a vascular surgeon in Erie, PA.

Varuna Sundaram, MD

Residency: Saint Barnabas Medical Center

 Dr. Sundaram is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, in addition to being Director of the General Surgery Residency Program. 

Michael Sywak, MD

Residency: Waterbury Hospital

After graduating from the fellowship program, Dr. Sywak began working as a vascular surgeon in Cookeville, TN and is affiliated with Cookeville Regional Medical Center. 

Chris Tanga, DO
Residency: Doctors Hospital, OhioHealth

Upon completion of the two-year vascular surgery fellowship porgoram, Dr. Tanga moved on to an opportunity at Physicians Group Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in Dartmouth, MA.

Danielle Thesier, MD
Residency: University at Buffalo

Following completion of fellowship training, Dr. Thesier has since joined the Mohawk Valley Health System Vascular Surgery Group. 

Pam Zimmerman, MD

Residency: SUNY Update Medical University

Dr. Zimmerman is currently the Chief of Vascular Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, and Program Director of a Vascular Surgery Fellowship program in West Virigina.