Recent Graduates

2024 Chief Residents

Joao Bombardelli, MD
Plastic Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Haydee del Calvo, MD
Breast Surgery Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Heather Kregel, MD
Trauma Surgery Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Alfred Lopez, MD
Mastery of Surgery, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Jerica Podrat, MD
Private Practice, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, Vallejo, CA

Anuj Shah, MD
Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

2023 Chief Residents

Flavio Baio, MD
Abdominal Transplant Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

David Detz, MD
Breast Surgery Fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

Ezra Koh, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Shawn Purnell, MD
Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

2022 Chief Residents

Jose Muniz Castro, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Jeffrey Hodges, MD
Advanced Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Yi Ying Law, MD
Private Practice, Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, KS

Joseph Nguyen-Lee, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Advanced Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA

Asad Shaikh, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

2021 Chief Residents

Aman Ali, MD
Advanced GI/MIS Flexible Endoscopy Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Chen Chen, MD
Private Practice, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Denton, TX

Aaron Chin, MD
Private Practice, Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA

Kofi Quaye, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC

Fernando Ramirez Del Val, MD, MPH
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Basem Soliman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Texas Tech University, Amarillo, TX

2020 Chief Residents

Taiwo Adesoye, MD, MPH
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Alexi Bloom, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Vishwanath Chegireddy, MD
Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jazmin Cole, MD
Advanced GI/MIS Flexible Endoscopy Surgery Fellowship, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Catherine Hambleton Davis, MD, MPH
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Ugoeze Nwokedi, MD
Advanced GI/MIS Bariatric Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

2019 Chief Residents

Kilali Iyalla, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Diana Liang, MD
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Michael McCormack, MD
Advanced GI/MIS Bariatric Fellowship, NorthShore University Health System, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Rodrigo Pedraza, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

2018 Chief Residents

Paulette Abbas, MD
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Vid Fikfak, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, UT-Houston, Houston, TX

Ana Islam, MD
Endocrine Fellowship, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Dang Pham, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Methodist Dallas, Dallas, TX

Matthew Piotrowski, MD
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson, Houston, TX

Jeff Van Eps, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN