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Graduates

2011

Iziokhai Obokhare, MD
Colon and Rectal Fellow
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Krzysztof Wikiel, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Christina Williams, MD
Trauma and Critical Care Fellow
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Joseph Golob, MD
Trauma and Critical Care Fellow
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Judy Jin, MD
Endocrine Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Shaher Khan, MD
Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

2010

Michael McGee, MD
Colon and Rectal Fellow
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Yagnik Pandya, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

Jessica Summers, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellow
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Pejman Babakhanlou, MD
Private Practice
Anaheim, California

Amy Coulter, MD
Vascular Fellow
SUNY Buffalo Medical Center
Buffalo, New York

Rahul Gohil, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery Fellow
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

2009

Jeremy Lipman, MD
Colon & Rectal Fellow
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Ronald Matteotti, MD
Surgical Oncology fellow
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dinesh Vyas, MD
Private Practice
St John’s Mercy Hospital
St Louis, Missouri

Hiba Abdel Aziz, MD
Trauma & Critical Care Fellow
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Frances Allocco, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow
Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Steven Bibevski, MD
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sofia Naz, MD
Acute Care Fellow
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Roy Phitayakorn, MD
Endocrine Surgery Fellow
The Massachusetts General Hospital
& Fellowship, Medical Simulation
Gilbert Program in Medical Simulation &
Harvard Macy Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

2008

Diya Alaedeen, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Chunjie Yang, MD
Staff at Chenango Memorial Hospital
Norwich, New York

Niranjan Shintre, MD
Private Practice
Coral Springs Medical Center
Coral Springs, Florida

2007

Kerri Simo, MD
Transplant Fellow
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Rajnish Tandon, MD
Private Practice
Hartford, Connecticut

Jenny Ziembicki, MD
SICU Fellow
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Anna B. Hatchett, MD
Private Practice
Greenville, Alabama

Meiying Kuo, MD
Hand Fellow
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Adam Martin, MD
Private Practice
Ashland, Ohio

2006

Melanie Lynch, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph Skitzki, MD
Fellowship Surgical Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Center

Michael Wolfe, MD
Fellowship, Plastic Surgery
Albert Einstein Medical Center

Faheem Akhtar, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
University of Utah

Hitesh Amin, MD
Private Practice
Ft. Washington, MD

Teng Lee, MD
Fellowship, Endovascular Surgery (2006)
Lunds Universitet, Universitetssjukhuset MAS, Sweden
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery (2007)
Duke University Medical Center

2005

Rodrigo Sandoval, MD
Fellowship, Hepatobiliary Surgery
New York University

Rasa Zarnegar, MD
Fellowship, Endocrine Surgery
University of California at San Francisco

Khaled Abdelhady, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago

Nasim Hedayati, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Krishna Mannava, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
The Oschner Clinic

2004

Kian Mostafavi, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
Wake Forest University
Academic Practice, Newfoundland, Canada

Anastasios Polimenakos, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Washington University, St. Louis

Melissa Times, MD
Fellowship, Colorectal Surgery
Henry Ford Hospital
Staff surgeon
Fellowship, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation

Vladimir Dubchuk, MD
Private Practice
Cleveland, OH

John Lee, MD
Fellowship, Critical Care
University of Pittsburgh

James Merlino, MD
Fellowship, Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Academic Practice
Case-MetroHealth Medical Center

2003

Joshua Gady, MD
United States Air Force

Anastasios Konstantakos, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Cente

Ronald Tesoriero, MD
United States Navy

Joseph Ambrose, MD
Private Practice
Canton, OH

Christopher Compton, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Private practice, Tuscon, AZ

Michael Firstenberg, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Ohio State University

2002

J. Timothy Sherwood, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital
University of Colorado
Academic Practice
Johns Hopkins

Scott Wilhelm, MD
Fellowship, Endocrine Surgery
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
Academic Practice
University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Virginia Wong, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Academic Practice
University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Jason Foster, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

David Kabithe, MD
Private Practice
Middletown, OH

Christopher Kwon, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Yale University

Dvora Nelson, MD
Private Practice
Elyria, OH

2001

Amy McDonald, MD
Fellowship, Trauma/Critical Care
University of Cinncinatti
Academic Practice
Case-MetroHealth Medical Center

Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD
United States Air Force
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center

John van Aalst, MD
Fellowship, Plastic Surgery
Indiana University
Academic Practice
University of North Carolina

Aviv Ben Meir, MD
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Oregon Health Sciences University
Private Practice
Cleveland, OH

Peter Hallowell, MD
Academic Practice
University Hospitals Case Medical Center

John Jasper, MD
Academic Practice
University Hospitals Case Medical Center / Cleveland VAMC

Howard Lederer, MD
Fellowship, Bariatric Surgery
University of Minnesota
Private Practice
Minnetonka, MN

2000

David Harrison, MD
Private Practice
Newburgh, NY

Natalie Joseph, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Academic Practice
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Ashwani Rajput, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Academic Practice
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Lisa Weinstein, MD
Fellowship, Colorectal Surgery
Oschner Clinic
Private Practice
Denver, CO

George Dwyer, MD
Fellowship, Critical Care
Massachusetts General Hospital

Debora Gama Lima, MD
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale

Claudia Goettler, MD
Fellowship, Trauma/Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania
Academic Practice
Eastern Carolina University

Eric Hahn, MD
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Private Practice
Fremont, CA

1999

Steven Panaro, MD
Private Practice
Tilton, New Hampshire
Residency, Anesthesiolgy
Massachusetts General Hospital

Steven Rosenblatt, MD
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Private Practice
Cleveland, OH

Debra Tarantino, MD
Fellowship, Colorectal Surgery
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
Private Practice
Millburn, NJ

Kip Wells, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Private Practice
Hobbs, NM

Jeffrey Hazey, MD
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Academic Practice
The Ohio State University

Amy Kells, MD
Fellowship, Trauma/Critical Care
Maryland Shock Trauma
Private Practice
Brooklyn, NY

Kyung Kim, MD
Private Practice

Somchai Limsrichamrern, MD
Fellowship, Transplantation
University of Chicago
Academic Practice
Bangkok, Thailand

1998

Anthony Ripepi, MD
Private Practice
Pittsburgh, PA

Bernardo Sandoval, MD
Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Texas Southwest, Dallas
Academic Practice
Quito, Ecuador

Christopher Smith, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
Private Practice
Philadelphia, PA

Rebecca Yang, MD
Fellowship, Breast Surgery
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Academic Practice
Lahey Clinic

Donald Keenan, MD
Academic Practice
University of Pittsburgh

Steven Kelly, MD
United States Army
Private Practice
Canton, OH

James Madura, MD
Academic Practice
Cook County-Rush University

Gilles Pinault, MD
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery
Fellowship, Critical Care
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Academic Practice
Case-Cleveland VAMC