Fellows

The CFS facility hosts the Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Research Fellowship — a two-year, structured research program embedded between the clinical PGY-2 and PGY-3 years. The fellowship is designed to train future academic surgeons in clinical and outcomes-based research, including projects focused on simulation-enhanced surgical training, procedural proficiency, and the integration of new technologies into surgical education. Fellows work closely with faculty mentors at CFS on high-impact studies and present their findings at national conferences.

2025

Research	Clinical
Nikita Thareja, MD	Erika Baird, MD
	Rebeca Dominguez, MD

2024

Research	Clinical
Graham Spurzem, MD	James Jeffery Reeves, MD
	Ana Cabrera, MD

2023

Research	Clinical
Graham Spurzem, MD	Hannah Hollandsworth, MD
	Emily Kunkel, MD

2022

Research	Clinical
Estella Huang, MD	Kevin Wissinger, MD
	Edward Cho, MD

2021

Research	Clinical
Estella Huang, MD	Samantha Wu, MD
Jonathan Li, MD	Michael Genz, MD
Joaquin Serra, MD

2020

Research	Clinical
Rachel Blitzer, MD	Alice Race, MD
Jonathan Li, MD	Gene Yang, MD

2019

Research	Clinical
Rebeca Dominguez, MD	Lauren McClain, MD
Kai Neki, MD	David Strauss, MD
Rachel Blitzer, MD
Arielle Lee, MD

2018

Research	Clinical
Rebeca Dominguez, MD	Ryan Broderick, MD
Kai Neki, MD	Robert Cubas, MD
Tokio Matsuzaki, MD
Arielle Lee, MD
Karl Hermann-Fuchs, MD

2017

Research	Clinical
Jonathan Delong, MD	David Bernstein, MD
Jenny Lam, MD	Thach Pham, MD
Toshiaki Suzuki, MD

2016

Research	Clinical
Jonathan Delong, MD	Ran B Luo, MD
Shanglei Liu, MD	Jessica Reynolds, MD
Toshiaki Suzuki, MD

2015

Research	Clinical
Jonathan Delong, MD	Alisa Coker, MD
Shanglei Liu, MD	Caitlin Houghton, MD
Ran Luo, MD

2014

Research	Clinical
Moneer Almadani, MD	Christopher Ducoin, MD
Ryan Broderick, MD	Joshua Langert, MD
Hans Fuchs, MD
Cristina Harnsberger, MD

2013

Research	Clinical
Moneer Almadani, MD	Katie Beck, MD
Martin Beruducci, MD	Alberto Gallo, MD
Ryan Broderick, MD
Hans Fuchs, MD
Cristina Harnsberger, MD

2012

Research	Clinical
Juan Barajas-Gamboa, MD	Joslin Cheverie, MD
Alisa Coker, MD	Carlos Macias, MD

2011

Research	Clinical
Geylor Acosta, MD	Nikolai Bildzikewicz, MD
Luciano Antozzi, MD	Marcos Michelotti, MD
Alisa M Coker, MD
Takayuki Dotai, MD

2010

Research	Clinical
Takayuki Dotai, MD	Saniea Majid, MD
Toshio Katagiri, MD	Sheetal Nijhawan, MD
Anibal Rondan, MD

2009

Research	Clinical
Noam Belkind, MD	Ozanan Miereles, MD
Toshio Katagiri, MD	Mike Sedrak, MD
Julietta Paleari, MD
Kari Thompson, MD

2008

Research	Clinical
Adam Spivak, MD	Lauren Fischer, MD
Kari Thompson, MD	Brian Wong, MD

2007

Research	Clinical
John Cullen, MD	Garth Jacobsen, MD
	Bryan Sandler, MD

2006

Research	Clinical
John Cullen, MD	Yoav Mintz, MD