General Surgery Residency Program (2026-27)

Faculty Leadership

Melissa H. Coleman, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director

Clara Gomez-Sanchez, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery Associate Program Director

Kenzo Hirose, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery Program Director

Amar Nijagal, MD

Associate 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)

Ali Abbasi, MD

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Simon N. Chu, MD, MS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

UCSF

Hannah Decker, MD

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Emory

Kirkpatrick Fergus, MD, MAS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

UCSF

Jonathan Freise, MD, MS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

UCSF

Camilla Gomes, MD, MSc

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Boston University

Alyssa Murillo, MD, MSc

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Univ. of Illinois (Chicago)

Alan Zambeli-Ljepović, MD, MHS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Duke

PGY-4 (Senior Residents)

Alison Baskin, MD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Kara Faktor, MD, MSc

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UCLA

Axel Gomez Casarez, MD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UCSF

Sophia Hernandez, MD, MAS

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UCSF

Dina Levy-Lambert, MD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

NYU

Juan Reyna, MD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

UT Southwestern

Jessica Santos-Parker, MD, PhD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Keli Santos-Parker, MD, MS, PhD

Senior Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Resident Research Fellows

Chelsie Anderson, MD, MS

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Lucia Calthorpe, MD, MPhil

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Paige-Ashley Campbell, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Maria Castro, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Anya Edwards, MD, MBA

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Caroline Erickson, MD, MBA

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Vanderbilt

Natalie Escobar, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

NYU

Eva Gillis-Buck, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Alexandra Highet, MD, MSc

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

University of Michigan

Russyan Mabeza, MD, MPH

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCLA

Phoebe Miller, MD, MS

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

UCSF

Miguel Nuñez, MD

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

Kelsey Rankin, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Yale

Dominique Tucker, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Case Western Reserve

Makda Zewde, MD, MS

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Mount Sinai

Anna Zhao, MD, MBA

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

Yale

PGY-3 (Junior Residents)

Megan Casey, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

UCSF

YouJin Cho, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

Ohio State

Anna Fishbein, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

Georgetown

Jonathan Li, MD, MS

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

UCSF

Willa Li, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

University of Chicago

Thomas Li, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

Mount Sinai

Helena Record, MD, MAS

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

UCSF

Fernanda Romero Hernandez, MD

Resident (PGY-3)
General Surgery

Univ. Autónoma de Querétaro

PGY-2

Muta Abiff, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Case Western

Katherine Barnes, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

UCSF

Christine Carico, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Univ. of Alabama

Tolashe Ebunlomo, MD, MBA

Resident (PGY-2)
Preliminary

Emory

Pujita Munnangi, MD, MS

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Texas A&M

Adaeze Obinelo, MD, MPH

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

USC

Rachel Russell, MD, MS, MPH

Resident (PGY-2)
Preliminary

Univ. of Ariz. Phoenix

Kayla Switalla, MD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Univ. of Minnesota

Lucas Wachsmuth, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Duke

Lamario Williams, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-2)
General Surgery

Univ. of Alabama

PGY-1 (Categorical Interns)

Ryan Benavente, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Harvard

Julio Flores, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Albert Einstein

Natalya (Natasha) Gonzalez, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

UCSF

Megan Kennedy, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Univ. of Chicago

Ashley Martinez, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Albany Medical College

Aparna Nair-Kanneganti, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Harvard

Cassia Wagner, MD, PhD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Univ. of Washington

Ellis Yeo, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
General Surgery

Harvard

PGY-1 (Preliminary Interns)

Carmel Alemayehu, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Georgetown

Casey Chun, MD, MPH

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

UCLA

Jonathan Ejie, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

UCSF

Jennifer Howell-Clark, MD, MSc

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Albany Medical College

Ganga-Swarnapali (Pali) Keppetipola, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

George Washington U.

Daniel Soroudi, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

UCSF

Juliette van Heerden, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Drexel University

Sophie Voss, MD

Resident (PGY-1)
Preliminary

Medical College of Wisconsin