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Surgery Residency Graduates

In the last five years, the majority of our graduates have gone on to fellowship training. Our residents have been very successful in obtaining top notch fellowships in pediatric surgery, surgical oncology, breast oncology, plastics, vascular, cardiothoracic surgery and other specialties. And, we are proud to welcome several graduates into our faculty here at Baystate.

We invite you to learn more about our recent graduates.

2022 Grads

Briana Leung, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, St. Joseph Medical Center Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma, WA

Andrew Litwin, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Post-Graduate Position: Trauma-Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

Vincent Reginald Narvaez, MD

Medical School: University of California - Riverside School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens, NY

Sandy Roh, MD

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Post-Graduate Position: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Connecticut-Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Elizabeth Santone, MD

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Carolinas Medical Center Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Jane Tsui, MD

Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Ya Zhou, MD

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

2021 Grads

Laura Karasek, MD

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Post-graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Banner Health, Tucson, AZ

Milagros Lopez-Gerena, MD

Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Post-graduate Position: General Surgery Practice, Surgery South, P.C., Stockbridge, GA

Hnoukaj Lyfoung, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Post-graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA

Adriana Meholick, MD

Medical School: University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical
Post-graduate Position: Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ

Parth Sharma, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

Sheina Theodore, MD

Medical School: The Commonwealth Medical College
Post-graduate Position: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

2020 Grads

Jessica Dahle, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Chasen Greig, MD

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Derek Moore, MD

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School, Houston
Post-graduate Position: Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Ashwini Poola, MD

Medical School: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Multicare Health System, Tacoma, WA

James Wang, MD

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Post-graduate Position: Private Practice,  St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare, San Francisco, CA

2019 Grads

Heepeel Chang, MD

Medical School: SUNY at Stony Brook Health Science Center
Post-Graduate Position: Vascular Surgery Fellowship, New York Medical Center, New York, NY

Steven Gelb MD

Medical School: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences
Post-Graduate Position: General Surgery Private Practice, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY

Kailyn Kwong Hing, MD

Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Michigan Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Amanda Rabideau, MD

Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Barnes Jewish Hospital,  St. Louis, MO

Mazvita Simoyi, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Colorectal/MIS Fellowship, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL

Kaitlyn Wong

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

2018 Grads

Bradley Gordan, DO

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: MIS Fellowship, Highland Hospital of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Saiqa Khan, MD

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Post-Graduate Position: Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Beth Israel-Lahey, Boston, MA

Carmen Mora, MD

Medical School: Texas A & M University College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Memphis, TN

Natasha Saiyed, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: General Surgery Private Practice, Nutfield Surgical Associates, Derry, New Hampshire

Ruchi Thanawala, MD

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2023 Grads

Meagan Derbyshire MD

Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Post-Graduate Position: Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship Program - Advent Health, FL

Francesca Izzo MD

Medical School: New York Medical College

Post-Graduate Position: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Montefiore Medical Center, NY 

Alex Lin MD

Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Post-Graduate Position: Vascular Surgery Fellowship - Boston University, MA 

Timothy Morley, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Gold Humanism Honor Society

Post-Graduate Position: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship,  St. Francis Hospital, CT 

Diana Pratt, MD

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Post-Graduate Position: Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship - BI Deaconess, MA 

Brandon Smith, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Post-Graduate Position: Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship - Baylor University, TX

Kryscilla Yang, MD

Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Post-Graduate Position: Transplant Fellowship - NYU Langone, NY