Welcoming Our New Residents & Fellows

July 1, 2017

Last month we bid farewell to an amazing graduating class of residents. This month we are proud to welcome a new crop of surgical interns and fellows, just starting out on what will be an exciting, physically challenging, emotionally draining, but highly rewarding career. Interns bring with them zest and enthusiasm that are gifts for those of us further along the road. Please join me in welcoming our new trainees.

General Surgery Interns

Rachel Blizter
joining us from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
Emily Bruno
joining us from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine.
Benjamin Chaney
joining us from the University of Toledo.
Harrison Chau
joining us from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Sasha Halasz
joining us from Mayo Medical School.
Jonathan Li
joining us from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Jared Matson
joining us from School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University.
James Reeves
joining us from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
Renan Rojas [PGY2 Prelim]
joining us from San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Keyhan Piranviseh [Prelim]
joining us from Qazvin University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.
Mohanad Alhumayed [Prelim]
joining us from King Saud University, Riyadh College of Medicine.
Eileen Byrne [URO]
joining us from the College of Medicine, University of Central Florida.
Robert Fisher [URO]
joining us from Mayo Medical School.
Christopher Koprowski [URO]
joining us from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow

Yuichi Ishida
joining us from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellows

David Bernstein
joining us from Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore.
Thach Pham
joining us from the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA.

Otolaryngology Interns

Robert Saddawi-Konefka
joining us from UCSD School of Medicine.
Emily Funk
joining us from Pennsylvania State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Capt. Joshua Stramiello
joining us from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Neurotology Fellow

Dr. Joe Saliba
joining us from McGill University, Montreal.

Plastic Surgery Intern

Kevin Englar
joining us from Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Plastic Surgery Independent Residency

Adam Hauch
joining us from the General Surgery Residency program at Tulane University School of Medicine.

Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery Fellows

Dr. Paul Albini
joining us from Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. John Woods
joining us from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
Dr. Brandon Woodward
joining us from Arrowhead Regional Medical Center/Kaiser Fontana, Colton, CA.

Vascular Surgery Fellow

Dr. Antonio Covarubias
joining us from Baylor College of Medicine.