Recent Alumni of the General Surgery Residency

Where are they now?

Alumni by year Heading link

Surgery alumni go on to prestigious fellowships and highly sought-after roles in various practice types. Learn more about their journeys after UI-COMP.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)