General Surgery Residency Skip Menu Welcome Residency Information Program Leadership Current Residents Recently Graduated Residents Sealy & Smith Laboratory for Surgical Training, Assessment, and Research (LSTAR) Training Facilities Resident Handbook Surgery Core Clerkship News Follow Us on TwitterFollow Us on Instagram Recently Graduated Residents 2023 General Surgery Recently Graduated Residents - 2023 Adrian Coleoglou Centeno, MD Trauma and Acute Care SurgeryUniversity of Colorado/ Denver Health Claire B. Cummins, MD Pediatric SurgeryCHU Saint-Justine in Montreal Canada Kevin J. Hancock, MD Colon and Rectal SurgeryMayo Clinic in Florida Fernando Lambreton Hinojosa, MD Colon and Rectal SurgeryBaylor Scott & White in Dallas Sergio Mazzalo Poli de Figueiredo, MD Abdominal ReconstructionCleveland Clinic Yota Suzuki, MD Cardiothoracic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh Camilo A. Velasquez Mejia, MD Cardiothoracic SurgeryUniversity of Texas Southwestern in Dallas 2022 General Surgery Recently Graduated Residents Adil Ayub, MD Surgical OncologyPittsburgh Kayla M. Colvill, MD Transplant SurgeryUTSW Byron D. Hughes, MD Pediatric SurgeryCincinnati Children's Hospital Keyan Mobli, MD UTMB Faculty for 1 year then UTMB Pedi Surgery Fellowship Lauren S. McTaggart, MD Minimally Invasive SurgeryUniversity of South Florida, Tampa Christian Sommerhalder, MD Colorectal SurgeryBaylor Dallas 2021Jennifer Perone, MDGeneral Surgical Oncology FellowshipMoffitt Cancer CenterTampa, Florida Stacia Pfost, MDBreast Surgery Fellowship,University of Texas Medical Branch,Galveston, Texas William C. Sherman, MDSurgical Critical Care Fellowship, Riverside University Health System, Riverside, California Ali Shirafkan, MDHeart Transplant FellowshipUniversity of Houston, Houston, Texas Laticia Stewart, MDActive Duty - General SurgeryUS Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California 2020Ulises Garza Serna, MDMercy One Hospital,Des Moines, Iowa Rece Laney, MDThoracic Surgery Fellowship,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Boston Massachusetts Priscilla F. Nobecourt, MDParkview Medical Center, Pueblo, Colorado Omar A. Nunez Lopez, MDPediatric Surgery Fellowship, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri Bryant Unruh, MDJackson Surgical Associates,Jackson, Tennessee 2019Jamie Bohanon, MDPrivate Practice, Zachary, Louisiana Christopher Guidry, MDSurgical Critical CareFellowship, Baylor College ofMedicine, Houston, Texas Amy Mrazek, MD, PhDCritical Care Fellowship,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, Minnesota Sanam Zahedi, MDPlastic Surgery Fellowship,UC Davis,Sacramento, California 2018 Zachary M. Griffith, MDPrivate Practice, Florence, Alabama Richard L. Lu, MDAdvanced GI MIS Fellowship, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland Ayodele Osasona, MDThoracic Surgery Fellowship, Ochsner, New Orleans, Louisiana Ashanga B. Yatawatta, MD 2017 Elizabeth Beste, MDPrivate Practice, Seguin, Texas Philip Hamby, MDFellowship, Texas Endosurgery Institute, Southeast Surgical Associates, San Antonio, Texas Cathline Layba, MDSurgical Critical Care Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Yesenia Rojas-Khalil, MDSurgical Critical Care (Pediatric) Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital and Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas Nina Tamirisa, MDBreast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 2016Joliette Barnum, MDCritical Care Fellowship, Northwestern University, Chicago, IllinoisRo-Jon Grogans, MDPalestine Regional MedicalCenter, Palestine, Texas Wissam Halabi, MDColon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Whitney Jenson, MDCritical Care Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OhioJennifer Kresta, MDSoutheast Texas Surgical Associates,Beaumont, Texas 2015Casey Duncan, MDSurgical Oncology FellowshipMD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TexasSam Hsieh, MDPrivate PracticeGrand Coulee, Washington Jeff Luh, MDPlastic SurgeryUniversity of Indiana Daniel Maoz, MDCardiothoracic FellowshipMD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas Laila Rashidi, MDColorectal Surgery Fellowship Swedish Colon and Rectal ClinicSeattle, Washington 2014Jaime Benarroch Gampel, MDVascular Surgery FellowshipBarnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MissouriBinh Nguyen, MDPlastic Surgery ResidencyUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioGiovanni Piovesana, MDCardiothoracic Surgery ResidencyUniversity of Florida Health Shands HospitalGainesville, Florida 2013Mohammed A. Al-Zoubaidi, MDUniversity of BuffaloVascular Surgery FellowshipBuffalo, New York Lance W. Griffin, MDUTMB SurgeryCritical Care FellowshipGalveston, TexasGhassan Mehio, MDMayo Clinic-RochesterPlastic Surgery ResidencyRochester, Minnesota Enrique J. Moreno Martinez, MDUniversity of MiamiVascular Surgery FellowshipMiami, FloridaMariam U. Orji, MDDallas, Texas 2012Mohammed Bayasi, MDColon and Rectal FellowshipUniversity of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky Amanda Garza, MDPrivate PracticeSt. Joseph Medical CenterHouston, TexasSugam Vasani, MDPrivate PracticeBridgeport, West Virginia Houssam Younes, MDCardiovascular Surgery FellowshipThe Methodist HospitalHouston, Texas 2011Naira Baregamian, MDFetal Surgery FellowFetal Care Center of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioSara J. DeMola, MDUTMB SurgeryGalveston, TexasSpogmai Komak, MDBurn ResearchShriners Hospital for ChildrenGalveston, Texas Kelly Scott, MDPrivate PracticeSt. Joseph Medical CenterHouston, TexasTerrell Singleton, MDVascular FellowshipBaylor College of MedicineHouston, Texas 2010 Mark Fisher, MDPlastic Surgery ResidencyDuke University School of MedicineDurham, North Carolina 2009Javier E. Andrade, MDPrivate PracticeNew Hyde Park, New YorkSherrie L. Parker, MDPrivate PracticeWaco, TexasMarla L. Torres, MDPrivate PracticeSan Juan, Puerto Rico 2008Jennifer C. Del Prete, MDTexas Heart InstituteHouston, TexasStephen P. Lester, MDPrivate PracticeDenton, TexasSon X. Nguyen, MDPrivate PracticeArlington, Texas