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Department of Surgery Department of Surgery

Current Chief Class

Rachel BlitzerPrivate Practice

Rachel Jensen: Applied to Colorectal Surgery Fellowship

Sohini Khan: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, UT Southwestern

Jay Meisner: Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Rady Children’s

“Tom” Zongyan Mou: Trauma Critical Care Fellowships, Vanderbilt University

Rohini Patel: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, UC San Diego

Michael Turner: Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Mass General Brigham/ Dana Farber Cancer Institute

2024 Graduates

Harrison Chau: Trauma Critical Care Fellowship, Stanford

Sasha Douglas: Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Duke

Isabella Guajardo: Private Practice in Arkansas

Jonathan Li: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, UC Davis

Jared Matson: Surgeon in the Air Force

Jeff Reeves: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, UC San Diego

2023 Graduates

Hannah Hollandsworth: Minimally Invasive Surgery, UCSD

Charissa Lake: Critical Care at UCSD; Pediatric Surgery at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

Arielle Lee: Vascular Surgery, Stanford

Steve Niemiec: Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins

Thomas O’Keefe: Chief Resident in Quality and Safety, San Diego VA; Breast Surgery, UCSF

Raeda Taj: Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania 

2022 Graduates

Jenny Lam: Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic

Katherine Lee: Palliative Care, UCSF; Colorectal Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eleftherios Makris: Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh

John Alec Moral: Private Practice in San Diego

Timothy Tirrell: Pediatric Surgery, UCSD/Rady Children’s

Catherine Tsai: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mark Zhao: Colorectal Surgery, Washington University

2021 Graduates

Jonathan Delong: Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Stanford

Sean Flynn: Colorectal Surgery, USC

Claire Janssen: Vascular Surgery, UCSD

Elizabeth Roderick: Trauma Critical Care, University of Connecticut

Elliott Williams: Trauma Critical Care, USC

Samantha Wu: Minimally Invasive Surgery, UCSD

2020 Graduates

Maha Alkhuziem: CT Surgery, Indiana University

Alex Brito: Trauma Critical Care, OHSU

Theresa Chan: Breast Surgery, UCSF

Helmi Lwin: Surgical Oncology, Dana Farber

Edna Shenvi: Private practice

Divya Sood: Surgical Oncology, University of Chicago

Erin Ward: Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin

2019 Graduates

Timothy Law: Colorectal Surgery, UT Houston

Shawn Liu: Colorectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic; UCSD Colorectal Faculty

Rebecca Marmor: Vascular Surgery, UCSD

Andrea Munden: Burn Surgery, UCSD

Kathryn Parker: Private Practice in Atlanta

Sarah Stringfield: Colorectal Surgery, Baylor Dallas

Rachel Voss: Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson