Postgraduate Year Three (PGY-3)
Mohammad Aref
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Critical Care, Cardiothoracic
Researching: Effects of systemic disease on vascular reactivity
![mohammad aref](/-/media/surgery/images/aref.png?h=781&iar=0&w=627&hash=922FA24185A06116584A8A31DB381DC4)
Sophia Diaz
Hometown: Miami, FL
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Undecided
Researching: Biomedical engineering, innovation, and design
![Sophia Diaz](/-/media/surgery/images/diaz.png?h=524&iar=0&w=375&hash=294E123C9A222651F60B3465C5E249CB)
Mackenzie (Mickey) Anne Eagleson
Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Transplant surgery
Researching: Machine learning, computer vision, organ allocation equity and policy
![headshot of Mackenzie Eagleson](/-/media/surgery/images/mackenzie-eagleson.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=240&hash=E91A1B550730906B6491927BAE1400B0)
Natasha Houshmand
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Surgical Interest: Trauma, Surgical Critical Care
Researching: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives, Trauma and Violence Prevention
![Natasha Houshmand](/-/media/surgery/images/houshmand.png?h=524&iar=0&w=375&hash=D82584CF379D5719282AF90167083BE8)
Solomon Levin
Hometown: Lakewood, New Jersey
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Surgical Interest: Pediatric surgery, thoracic surgery
Researching: Pathogenesis of liver cancer
![Solomon Levin](/-/media/surgery/images/levin.png?h=524&iar=0&w=375&hash=468F92CCE8E9F58E880BF27640758DA0)
Dane C. Paneitz
Hometown: Sullivan, Missouri
Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Adult and congenital cardiac surgery
Researching: Cardiac surgery outcomes, nutrition in congenital heart disease, surgical bioethics
![Dane Paneitz](/-/media/surgery/images/panietz-dane240.png?h=300&iar=0&w=240&hash=30130792CE63D49BDFD0D244EA63BC2B)
Bryan Szeglin
Hometown: Blue Point, NY
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Surgical interest: Surgical Oncology
Researching: rectal cancer chemoresistance mechanisms and ex vivo prognostication assays
![Bryan Szeglin](/-/media/surgery/images/szeglin.png?h=525&iar=0&w=375&hash=B86B96BDE2034CF2D1FB08B66AABF387)
Stefano Tassinari
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Surgical Interest: Transplant, Vascular, Breast, PRS
![Stefano Tassinari](/-/media/surgery/images/tassinari.png?h=524&iar=0&w=359&hash=67EAE4C9498965D5CB296F9303BA638B)