JJSS Welcomes the 2024 General Surgery Resident Graduates and Their Next Chapter

Alexey Abramov, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Erin M. Duggan, MD

Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgery Fellowship, NYP/Columbia & Cornell, New York, NY

Belain Eyob, MD

Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of California, Irvine – John Wayne Cancer Foundation, Orange, CA

Emaad J. Iqbal, MD

General Surgery Practice with Summit Medical Group in Berkeley Heights NJ

Gregory Keefe, MD

Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR

Courtney Pokrzywa, MD

Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Alexander S. Thomas, MD

Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

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2024 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY RESIDENT GRADUATES

David Blitzer, MD

Congenital Heart Surgery Fellowship, Columbia University Children’s Hospital of New York

Michael Salna, MD

2024 – Six-month Advanced Aortic Surgery Fellowship, Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, PA
2025 – Clinical Assistant Professor/Attending Cardiac Surgeon, Tisch Hospital – NYU Langone Health System/NYU, NY

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2024 PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY RESIDENT GRADUATES

Seth Ashen, MD

Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Jaime Bernstein, MD

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York

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JOHN JONES SURGICAL SOCIETY WELCOMES THE 2024 GRADUATE FELLOWS

Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows

Christine E. Haugen, MD

Attending Surgeon – Abdominal Transplant
Faculty member – University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Yvonne Kelly, MD

Attending Surgeon – Abdominal Transplant
Faculty member UC Davis in Sacramento, CA

Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgery Fellows

David J. Morrell, MD

General Surgery/Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – Attending Surgeon
Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Michael Turturro, MD

General Surgery/Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – Attending Surgeon
Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

Adult CT Surgery Fellows

Jonathan R. Gower, MD

Heart Failure/Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support,
Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington D.C.
Commander in the United States Navy.
Attending at Walter Reed Nation Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.

Daisuke Kaneyaki, MD

Attending Surgeon – Adult Cardiac Surgery

Breast Surgery Fellow

Maryam Khan, MD

Breast/General Surgery – Attending Surgeon
Private Practice Group, (Sange de Cristo Surgical Associates), Pueblo, Colorado

GI/Endocrine Surgery Fellows

Hau-Lun Rachel Liou, MD

General Surgery Attending
NYU Langone – Winthrop University Hospital, Long Island. NY

Shawn Hsu, MD

General Surgery Attending
OHSU Hospital, Portland, OR

Pediatric Surgery Fellow

Alexander Chalphin, MD

Pediatric Surgery – Attending Pediatric Surgeon
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children/Drexel College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA

Vascular Surgery Fellows

Ariela L. Zenilman, MD

Attending Surgeon – Vascular Surgery
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Rowza Rumma, MD

Attending Surgeon – Vascular Surgery