General Surgery Residency Program (2025-26)

Faculty Leadership

Clara Gomez-Sanchez, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery Associate Program Director

Kenzo Hirose, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery Program Director

Rita Mukhtar, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery Associate Program Director

Wen T. Shen, MD, MA

Professor of Surgery Associate Program Director

Lan Vu, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery Associate Program Director

Jasmine M. Wong, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery Assistant Program Director

PGY-5 (Chief Residents)

Riley Brian, MD, MAEd

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Alexis K. Colley, MD, MS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

UCSF

Basil Karam, MD

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

American Univ. of Beirut

Kirithiga Ramalingam, MD, MCH, MRCS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Jawaharlal Institute

Thomas Sorrentino, MD

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

UCSF

Caroline Stephens, MD, MPH

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

OHSU

Karen Trang, MD

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Stanford

Jaeyun (Jane) Wang, MD

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Johns Hopkins

PGY-4 (Senior Residents)

Ali Abbasi, MD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Simon N. Chu, MD, MS

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UCSF

Hannah Decker, MD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

Emory

Kirkpatrick Fergus, MD, MAS

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UCSF

Jonathan Freise, MD, MS

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UCSF

Camilla Gomes, MD, MSc

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

Boston University

Alyssa Murillo, MD, MSc

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

Univ. of Illinois (Chicago)

Alan Zambeli-Ljepović, MD, MHS

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

Duke

Resident Research Fellows

Chelsie Anderson, MD, MS

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Alison Baskin, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Lucia Calthorpe, MD, MPhil

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Maria Castro, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Caroline Erickson, MD, MBA

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Vanderbilt

Kara Faktor, MD, MSc

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCLA

Eva Gillis-Buck, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Axel Gomez Casarez, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Sophia Hernandez, MD, MAS

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Alexandra Highet, MD, MSc

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Dina Levy-Lambert, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

NYU

Phoebe Miller, MD, MS

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Michael Ou, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Johns Hopkins

Sabreea Parnell, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Boston University

Juan Reyna, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UT Southwestern

Jessica Santos-Parker, MD, PhD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Keli Santos-Parker, MD, MS, PhD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

University of Michigan

PGY-3 (Junior Residents)

Paige-Ashley Campbell, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Anya Edwards, MD, MBA

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

UCSF

Natalie Escobar, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

NYU

Russyan Mabeza, MD, MPH

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

UCLA

Miguel Nuñez, MD

Resident (PGY-3) 
General Surgery

UCSF

Kelsey Rankin, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

Yale

Dominique Tucker, MD

Resident (PGY-3) 
General Surgery

Case Western Reserve

Makda Zewde, MD, MS

Resident (PGY-3) 
General Surgery

Mount Sinai

Anna Zhao, MD, MBA

Resident (PGY-3) 
General Surgery

Yale

PGY-2

Megan Casey, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

UCSF

YouJin Cho, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-2)
Preliminary

Ohio State

Anna Fishbein, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Georgetown

Jonathan Li, MD, MS

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

UCSF

Willa Li, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Thomas Li, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Mount Sinai

Helena Record, MD, MAS

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

UCSF

Fernanda Romero Hernandez, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Univ. Autónoma de Querétaro

Jacob Sonnenberg, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

UCSF

PGY-1 (Categorical Interns)

Muta Abiff, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Case Western

Katherine Barnes, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

UCSF

Christine Carico, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Univ. of Alabama

Pujita Munnangi, MD, MS

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Texas A&M

Adaeze Obinelo, MD, MPH

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

USC

Kayla Switalla, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Univ. of Minnesota

Lucas Wachsmuth, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Duke

Lamario Williams, MD PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Univ. of Alabama

PGY-1 (Preliminary Interns)

Claire Buxton, MD

Resident (PGY1)
Preliminary

Univ. of Washington

Tolashe Ebunlomo, MD, MBA

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Emory

Julio Flores, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Albert Einstein

Joiliana Lecointe, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Meharry Med. Coll.

Adriana Pero, MD, MSc

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Mt. Sinai

Rachel Russell, MD, MS, MPH

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Univ. of Ariz. Phoenix

Zhuoran Yao, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

UT Southwestern

Nawal Yessuf, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

UCSF