General Surgery Residency Skip Menu Welcome Residency Information Program Leadership and Staff Current Residents Recently Graduated Residents Training Facilities Sealy & Smith Laboratory for Surgical Training, Assessment, and Research (LSTAR) Resident Handbook News Follow Us on TwitterFollow Us on Instagram Recently Graduated Residents Adrian Coleoglou Centeno, MD 2023Trauma and Acute Care SurgeryUniversity of Colorado/ Denver Health Claire B. Cummins, MD 2023Pediatric SurgeryCHU Saint-Justine in Montreal Canada Kevin J. Hancock, MD 2023Colon and Rectal SurgeryMayo Clinic in Florida Fernando Lambreton Hinojosa, MD 2023Colon and Rectal SurgeryBaylor Scott & White in Dallas Sergio Mazzalo Poli de Figueiredo, MD 2023Abdominal ReconstructionCleveland Clinic Yota Suzuki, MD 2023Cardiothoracic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh Camilo A. Velasquez Mejia, MD 2023Cardiothoracic SurgeryUniversity of Texas Southwestern in Dallas Adil Ayub, MD 2022Surgical OncologyPittsburgh Kayla M. Colvill, MD 2022Transplant SurgeryUTSW Byron D. Hughes, MD 2022Pediatric SurgeryCincinnati Children's Hospital Keyan Mobli, MD 2022UTMB Faculty for one yearUTMB Pedi Surgery Fellowship Lauren S. McTaggart, MD 2022Minimally Invasive SurgeryUniversity of South Florida, Tampa Christian Sommerhalder, MD 2022Colorectal SurgeryBaylor Dallas Jennifer Perone, MD 2021General Surgical Oncology FellowshipMoffitt Cancer CenterTampa, Florida Stacia Pfost, MD 2021reast Surgery FellowshipUniversity of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, Texas William C. Sherman, MD 2021Surgical Critical Care FellowshipRiverside University Health SystemRiverside, California Ali Shirafkan, MD 2021Heart Transplant FellowshipUniversity of HoustonHouston, Texas Laticia Stewart, MD 2021Active Duty - General SurgeryUS Naval HospitalCamp Pendleton, California Ulises Garza Serna, MD 2020Mercy One HospitalDes Moines, Iowa Rece Laney, MD 2020Thoracic Surgery FellowshipBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts Priscilla F. Nobecourt, MD 2020Parkview Medical CenterPueblo, Colorado Omar A. Nunez Lopez, MD 2020Pediatric Surgery FellowshipThe Children's Mercy HospitalKansas City, Missouri Bryant Unruh, MD 2020Jackson Surgical AssociatesJackson, Tennessee Jamie Bohanon, MD 2019Private PracticeZachary, Louisiana Christopher Guidry, MD 2019Surgical Critical Care FellowshipBaylor College of MedicineHouston, Texas Amy Mrazek, MD, PhD 2019Critical Care FellowshipUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota Sanam Zahedi, MD 2019Plastic Surgery FellowshipUC DavisSacramento, California Zachary M. Griffith, MD 2018Private PracticeFlorence, Alabama Richard L. Lu, MD 2018Advanced GI MIS FellowshipAnne Arundel Medical CenterAnnapolis, Maryland Ayodele Osasona, MD 2018Thoracic Surgery FellowshipOchsnerNew Orleans, Louisiana Ashanga B. Yatawatta, MD 2018 Elizabeth Beste, MD 2017Private PracticeSeguin, Texas Philip Hamby, MD 2017FellowshipTexas Endosurgery Institute, Southeast Surgical Associates,San Antonio, Texas Cathline Layba, MD 2017Surgical Critical Care FellowshipUPMCPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Yesenia Rojas-Khalil, MD 2017Surgical Critical Care (Pediatric) FellowshipBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and Ben Taub HospitalHouston, Texas Nina Tamirisa, MD 2017Breast Surgical Oncology FellowshipDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina Joliette Barnum, MD 2016Critical Care FellowshipNorthwestern UniversityChicago, Illinois Ro-Jon Grogans, MD 2016Palestine Regional Medical CenterPalestine, Texas Wissam Halabi, MD 2016Colon and Rectal Surgery FellowshipBaylor University Medical CenterDallas, Texas Whitney Jenson, MD 2016Critical Care FellowshipThe Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio Jennifer Kresta, MD 2016Southeast Texas Surgical AssociatesBeaumont, Texas Casey Duncan, MD 2015Surgical Oncology FellowshipMD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas Sam Hsieh, MD 2015Private PracticeGrand Coulee, Washington Jeff Luh, MD 2015Plastic SurgeryIndiana UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana Daniel Maoz, MD 2015Cardiothoracic FellowshipMD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas Laila Rashidi, MD 2015Colorectal Surgery FellowshipSwedish Colon and Rectal ClinicSeattle, Washington Jaime Benarroch Gampel, MD 2014Vascular Surgery FellowshipBarnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, Missouri Binh Nguyen, MD 2014Plastic Surgery ResidencyUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio Giovanni Piovesana, MD 2014Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidencyUniversity of Florida Health Shands HospitalGainesville, Florida Mohammed A. Al-Zoubaidi, MD 2013Vascular Surgery FellowshipUniversity of BuffaloBuffalo, New York Lance W. Griffin, MD 2013Critical Care FellowshipUTMB SurgeryGalveston, Texas Ghassan Mehio, MD 2013Plastic Surgery ResidencyMayo Clinic-RochesterRochester, Minnesota Enrique J. Moreno Martinez, MD 2013Vascular Surgery FellowshipUniversity of MiamiMiami, Florida Mariam U. Orji, MD 2013Dallas, Texas Mohammed Bayasi, MD 2012Colon and Rectal FellowshipUniversity of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky Amanda Garza, MD 2012Private PracticeSt. Joseph Medical CenterHouston, Texas Sugam Vasani, MD 2012Private PracticeBridgeport, West Virginia Houssam Younes, MD 2012Cardiovascular Surgery FellowshipHouston Methodist HospitalHouston, Texas Naira Baregamian, MD 2011Fetal Surgery FellowFetal Care Center of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio Sara J. DeMola, MD 2011UTMB SurgeryGalveston, Texas Spogmai Komak, MD 2011Burn ResearchShriners Hospital for ChildrenGalveston, Texas Kelly Scott, MD 2011Private PracticeSt. Joseph Medical CenterHouston, Texas Terrell Singleton, MD 2011Vascular FellowshipBaylor College of MedicineHouston, Texas Mark Fisher, MD 2010Plastic Surgery ResidencyDuke University School of MedicineDurham, North Carolina Javier E. Andrade, MD 2009Private PracticeNew Hyde Park, New York Sherrie L. Parker, MD 2009Private PracticeWaco, Texas Marla L. Torres, MD 2009Private PracticeSan Juan, Puerto Rico Jennifer C. Del Prete, MD 2008Texas Heart InstituteHouston, Texas Stephen P. Lester, MD 2008Private PracticeDenton, Texas Son X. Nguyen, MD 2008Private PracticeArlington, Texas