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

 
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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

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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

 
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Paola Anselmetti

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

 
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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

 


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Swathikan Chidambaram

Medical School: Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine
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David Cooper

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

 
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Elizabeth Horne

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
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Bryan Jenkin

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

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Hanna Kakish

Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine
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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

 
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Ghulam Mustafa Qurashi

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

 
 
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Menaka Reddy

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

 
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Deborah Tsao

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
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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.

 
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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

 
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Marinos Zachiotis

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

 
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