Program Alumni

We are very proud of our graduates and commend their academic and professional accomplishments.

2024

2024 Graduating Class of Chief Residents.
  • Jasmine Bhinder
    Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
  • Sarah Budik
    Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Case Western
  • Aaron Epstein
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Miami
  • Chelsea Heisler
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Virginia Tech
  • Saloni Mehrotra
    Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Rutgers
  • Brian Quaranto
    Surgical Innovation Fellowship, University at Buffalo
  • Gabrielle Yee
    Surgical Breast Oncology Fellowship, NorthShore, University of Chicago
  • Irene Yu
    Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Baylor University
  • Nikolas Zaphiros
    Transplant Surgery Fellowship, USC-LA

2023

General Surgery Residency Graduates 2023.
  • Goda Savulionyte
    Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Brigham & Womens Hospital, MA
  • Ethan Craig
    MIS/Endoscopic Fellowship, University of Miami
  • Joel Durinka
    Surgical Critital Care Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University 
  • Hannah Carroll
    Acute Care & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, NC
  • Dylan Tanzer
    Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Miami, Jackson Health System
  • Bethany Wood Harvey
    Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Albany Medical Center

2022

2022 Program graduates.
  • Natasha Ahuja
    Thoracic & Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
  • Boris Borges
    Private Practice, Florida
  • Joshua Burk
    Thoracic & Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
  • Stephen Chiang
    Colorectal Fellowship, University of Texas Medical School at Houston
  • Nicholas Georgalas
    Mastery of General Surgery Fellowship, North Florida Surgeons at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital, affiliated with the University of Florida
  • Jinwei Hu
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Ohio State
  • J. Reinier Narvaez
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Harbor-UCLA
  • Sascha Potter
    Thoracic & Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University at Buffalo
  • Amy Schulze
    Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic
  • Michael Wach
    Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

2021

2021 program graduates.
  • Anushka Bagga
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, UC Irvine
  • Mandy Flor
    Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Wayne State
  • Katie Konesky
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University at Buffalo
  • Brandon Kuehlewind
    Vascular Surgery & Shock Trauma Fellowship, University of Maryland
  • Arvind Manisundaram
    Plastic Surgery Fellowship, UT Houston
  • Stephanie Martinez
    Burn Critical Care Fellowship, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore
  • Kelly Wagner
    MIS Fellowship, George Washington University
  • Jane Zhao
    Thoracic Surgery, Ohio State University

2020

2020 general surgery residency graduates.
  • Alexandra Blanche
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Rochester
  • Tatiana Boyko
    Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship, University at Buffalo
  • Richard Johnson
    Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Ohio State University
  • Thomas Langan
    Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University at Buffalo
  • Andrew Nordin
    Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State
  • Rafael Perez
    MIS/Colorectal Fellowship, Lankenau Medical Center in Philadelphia
  • Tracie Terrana
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University at Buffalo
  • George Ventro
    Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, San Diego
  • Gene Yang
    Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of California, San Diego
  • Peng Yu
    Private practice and research

2019

  • Ashley Chopko
    SCC Fellow, University at Buffalo
  • Neha Lad
    MIS HPB Fellow
  • Brett Parker
    MIS Fellow, Providence Portland Medical Center
  • Jarrett Santorelli
    SCC Fellow, University of California, San Diego
  • Jeff Silpe
    Vascular Surgery, Hofstra Northwell
  • Susana Vargas-Pinto
    Endocrine Surgery Fellow, Yale School of Medicine

2018

  • R. Michael Dorman – Pediatric Surgery Fellow, University Hospital, Jackson, MS
  • Nabeel Gul – SCC Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • Kathleen Hromatka – SCC Fellow, University of Louisville
  • Tianyi Lu – Colorectal Fellow, St. Luke’s Roosevelt, New York
  • Parham Mafi – Plastics Fellow, Wayne State, Detroit
  • Jami Rothman – Breast Oncology Fellow, UCSF
  • Anatoliy Shakh – Vascular Surgery Fellow, Cincinnati Medical
  • Danielle Thesier – Thoracic Fellow, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

2017

  • Daniel Crane – Plastic surgery Fellowship
  • Caitlyn Dragon-Lesh – MIS/Bariatric Fellowship, Buffalo NY
  • Mark Falco – Head & Neck, RPCI
  • Omer Ismail – Trauma Critical Care, St. Louis
  • Shalana O’Brien – Complex Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
  • Lawrence Sann – Trauma Critical Care Fellowship, Yale
  • Timothy Schaffner – MIS Fellowship
  • Benjamin Vabi – Colorectal Fellowship, Columbus, Ohio
  • Chandler Wilfong – Advanced GI and HPB Fellowship Tampa Forida at Florida Hospital, Tampa
  • Jianto Xiao – CT Surgery Fellowship, Albert Einstein/Monttefiore

2016

  • Lindsay Bartholomew – Trauma Critical Care, UC San Diego, CA
  • Edward Cho – Hepatopancreatobiliary, Methodist Hospital Dallas, TX
  • David Gleason – General Surgery, Hutchinson Clinic, Hutchinson KS
  • Joseph Mills – Colorectal Fellowship, SUNY Buffalo, NY
  • Peter Smit – Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Salem-Winston, NC
  • Brian Strollo – Trauma Critical Care Fellowship, Louisville, KY
  • Stuti Tambar – Breast Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

2015

  • Ashleigh Fontenot – Trauma/Critical Care, Wake Forest University
  • Aditi Kapil –  Trauma/Critical Care, Medical College of Virginia
  • Jeremy Kuiper –  General Surgery, Spectrum Health Medical Group Fremont, Michigan
  • Eli Lutske –  Vascular Surgery, SUNY Buffalo, NY
  • Fawaz Abdul Raheem – MPH at Johns Hopkins, and General Surgery Staff at Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital
  • Thomas Wang – Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Texas, Houston

2014

2014 alumni.
  • William Bevilacqua – Vascular Surgery, University of Chicago
  • Jeffrey Carter – Trauma – Critical Care, Washington Hospital Center
  • Clairice Cooper – UBMD Faculty, Buffalo, NY
  • Gavin Davison – Private Practice, Buffalo, NY
  • Michelle Haslinger – Plastic Surgery, University of Colorado
  • Jeffrey Jordan – UBMD Faculty, Buffalo, NY
  • Pallavi Manvar-Singh – Vascular Surgery, LIJMC
  • Kimberly Miller – Private Practice, North Carolina
  • Syed Saquib – Burn Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
  • Kimberly Wooten – Head & Neck Surgery, RPCI

2013

2013 alumni.
  • Lohith Bose – Plastic Surgery, Loyola University
  • Kamran Jafree – Vascular, Albany Medical Center
  • Sarah Lippert – MIS, Houston, Texas
  • Julie Ottosen – Trauma/CC,  U Washington
  • Ajay Panchal – Private Practice, Buffalo, NY
  • Jennifer Serfin – Trauma/CC, Indiana
  • Robinder Singh – Head & Neck, RPCI / Plastic Surgery, MUSC
  • Glenda Wrensford – Private Practice, US Virgin Islands

2012

  • Joe Asaro – Private Practice, Charleston, SC
  • Craig Collins – Colon Rectal Surgery, UB
  • Devon Huff – Private Practice, Buffalo
  • William McNamara – Head & Neck, MSK
  • Toan Nguyen – Private Practice, Buffalo
  • Melanie Ongchin – Surgical Oncology, Pitt
  • Rikesh Parikh – Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt
  • Melinda Miller – Breast, Cleveland Clinic
  • Brian Teng – Colon Rectal Surgery,  UCLA
  • Matthew Turner – Private Practice, Kansas
  • Nicholas Yu – Private Practice, NY