Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1)
Valentine Sampson Alia
Hometown: Houston, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery
Researching: Trends in physician supply and demand, Healthcare disparities

Nijmeh Alsaadi
Hometown: Jeni, Palestine
Medical School: University of Jordan School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Trauma, Acute and Critical Care surgery, and Global surgery
Researching: Immunothrombosis following traumatic injury and hemorrhagic shock, DEI in surgery

Scott Anderson
Hometown: Carrollton, GA
Medical School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Florida
Surgical Interest: General Surgery
Researching: Transplant outcomes, Surgical ergonomics, Surgeon workforce trends

Paola Anselmetti
Hometown: Maracaibo, Venezuela
Medical School: Universidad del Zulia Facultad de Medicina
Surgical Interests: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Researching: Quality Improvement

Luis Castellanos
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Medical School: Universidad del Zulia Facultad de Medicina
Surgical Interest: Trauma Surgery, Surgical oncology, Transplant
Researching: global health, access to surgery in Latin America

Swathikan Chidambaram

David Cooper
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Surgical Interest: Critical Care

Elizabeth Horne

Bryan Jenkin
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Trauma surgery and Vascular Surgery

Hanna Kakish

Gregory McKay
Hometown: Medway, MA
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Acute Care Surgery / Trauma
Researching: Biomedical optics, non-invasive blood cell imaging, device design

Ghulam Mustafa Qurashi
Hometown: Hounslow, London, UK
Medical School: University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
Surgical Interest: General Surgery
Researching: Medical Ethics

Menaka Reddy
Hometown: Fayetteville, GA
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Surgical oncology; endocrine surgery
Researching: Health equity; surgical education

Deborah Tsao

Paola Vargas
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Medical School: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada Facultad de Medicina
Surgical Interests: Transplant / Pediatric Surgery
Researching: Clinical outcomes after liver transplantation, particularly interested in exploring underutilized strategies in the US to optimize organ utilization and access to transplantation.

Nolan Winicki
Hometown: Oceanside, CA
Medical School: University of California – Riverside School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Surgical oncology, cardiothoracic surgery
Researching: Peritoneal surface malignancy, pulmonary arterial hypertension, cardiac valvular disease, and applying biomedical engineering to surgery

Marinos Zachiotis
Hometown: Athens, Greece
Medical School: University of Patras School of Health Sciences
Surgical Interests: Liver Transplantation
Researching: Liver Transplantation, International Patient Registries
