Recent Alumni of the General Surgery Residency
Where are they now?
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Surgery alumni go on to prestigious fellowships and highly sought-after roles in various practice types. Learn more about their journeys after UI-COMP.
Alumni Details
Page Burnia, M.D.
Critical Care Fellowship – Cook County Hospital System (Chicago, Illinois)
Casey Goodyear, M.D.
Critical Care Fellowship – Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas)
Nicholas “Nick” Piening, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery Fellowship – Baylor University (Dallas, Texas)
Alumni details
James Drake, M.D.
General Surgery Practice – Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (Spruce Pine, North Carolina)
Scott Painter, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship – Loyola University (Chicago, Illinois)
Kurt Piening, M.D.
General Surgery – Private Practice (Saint Peters, Missouri)
Jennifer Rehbein, M.D.
General Surgery Practice – Saint Mark’s Hospital (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Elise Tallman, M.D.
General Surgery Practice – Yuma Regional Medical Center (Yuma, Arizona)
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Jameil Abou-Hanna, MD
Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Fellowship – Good Samaritan TriHealth (Cincinnati, OH)
Vadim Lyuksemburg, MD
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship – University of Illinois Chicago Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago, IL)
David Ridder, MD
Two-year Surgical Critical Care Fellowship – University of Hawaii Queen’s Medical Center (Honolulu, HI)
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Harley Moit, DO
Plastic Surgery Fellowship – Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Alyssa Mowrer, MD
Research Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery – Medical College of Wisconsin / Children’s Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)
Jonathan Nitz, MD
Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Fox Chase Cancer Center / Temple Health (Philadelphia, PA)
Elizabeth Roesler, MD
Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery – Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
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Majd Kabbani, MD
Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery – Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio)
Melissa Medina, MD
Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery – Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics (Palo Alto, California)
Samuel Pera, MD
Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care – University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)
Nikolaus Ragula, MD
Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care – Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas)
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Mohammed Almzayyen, MD
Fellowship in Critical Care – Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla, NY)
Rozana Dwyer, MD
Obtained desired position in practice – Graham Hospital in Canton (Canton, IL)
Joseph Esparaz, MD
Obtained desired research position – University of Alabama / Children’s Hospital (Birmingham, AL)
Clayton Theleman, MD
Obtained desired position in private practice (Liberty, MO)