Past Fellows
Egide Abahuje
MD
2020-2023
Focus: Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS), Patient Safety and Global Surgery
Current Position:
Matthew Chia
MD
2019-2021
Focus: Vascular surgery outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: Associate Vascular Surgeon, Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Brooke Golisch
MD
2022-2024
Focus: Surgical quality improvement with emphasis looking at trends and outcomes in hepatobiliary and oncologic surgery
Current Position:
Andres Guerra
MD
2020-2022
Focus: Vascular surgery outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: Integrated Vascular Surgery Chief Resident, graduating 2024.
Lauren Janczewski
MD
2022-2024
Focus: Surgical Oncology quality improvement and healthcare outcomes
Current Position:
Shelbie Kirkendoll
MD
2022-2024
Focus: Firearm injury prevention, health disparities, health policy and advocacy
Current Position:
Charles Logan
MD
2021-2023
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: Thoracic Surgery resident
Xane Peters
MD
2022-2024
Focus: Evidence-based quality, outcomes review, standards of perioperative care in geriatric surgical patients
Current Position:
Audra Reiter
MD, MPH
2021-2023
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: General Surgery resident
Casey Silver
MD
2021-2023
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: Surgery resident, Loyola University Medical Center
Charesa Smith
MD
2022-2024
Focus: Pediatric surgical outcomes and quality improvement, healthcare disparities and inequities
Current Position:
Gwyneth Sullivan
MD, MPH
2021-2023
Focus: Pediatric surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: Surgery resident, Rush University
Michael Visenio
MD, MPH
2021-2023
Focus: Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement
Current Position: Surgery resident, UNMC
Karl Bilimoria
MD, MS
2006-2008
Focus: Surgical oncology; national quality measurement
Current Position: Chair of Surgery, Indiana University
Mehul Raval
MD, MS
2008-2010
Focus: Evaluation of pediatric surgical quality in the US
Current Position: Division Head, Pediatric Surgery, Lurie Children's, Orvar Swenson Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Angie Ingraham
MD, MS
2008-2010
Focus: Assessment of emergency surgical care in the US
Current Position: Faculty, Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Ryan Merkow
MD, MS
2010-2013
Focus: Evaluation of surgical and oncologic quality and outcomes
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University
Karen Sherman
MD, MS
2011-2013
Focus: Surgical oncology outcomes
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University
Morgan Sellers
MD, MS
2011-2013
Focus: Surgical education
Current Position: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellow, University of Colorado/Denver Health
Jennifer Paruch
MD, MS
2012-2014
Focus: Surgical quality
improvement
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago
Mila Ju
MD
2012-2014
Focus: Vascular surgery quality and outcomes
Current Position: Vascular Surgeon, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Ravi Rajaram
MD, MS
2013-2015
Focus: Evaluating national policies seeking to improve quality
Current Position: Assistant Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sanjay Mohanty
MD, MS
2013-2015
Focus: Surgical oncology outcomes; surgical care of older adults
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Christine Kinnier
MD, MS
2013-2015
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Wandling
MD, MS
2014-2016
Focus: Health care delivery, outcomes, and quality improvement in surgical patients
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Texas
Christine Minami
MD, MFA, MS
2014-2016
Focus: Surgical oncology outcomes, health policy evaluations
Current Position: Associate Surgeon in the Division of Breast Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Richard Matulewicz
MD, MS
2015-2016
Focus: Urologic oncology
outcomes
Current Position: Urologic Surgeon, Northwestern Medicine
John Oliver DeLancey
MD, MPH
2016-2017
Focus: Health policy
evaluations
Current Position: Urologist, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Daniel Brock Hewitt
MD, MS
2016-2018
Focus: Surgical education; surgical oncology outcomes
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Kathryn Engelhardt
MD, MS
2016-2018
Focus: Thoracic oncology outcomes; surgical education
Current Position: Thoracic Surgery Fellow, Washington University
Eddie Blay
MD, MS
2016-2018
Focus: Vascular surgery outcomes
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Temple University
Melissa Hornor
MD
2016-2018
Focus: Geriatric surgery outcomes; Trauma/acute care quality improvement
Current Position: Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Ryan Ellis
MD, MS
2017-2019
Focus: Surgical oncology outcomes; surgical education
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Northwestern University
Qing Lina Hu
MD, MS
2017-2019
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, University of California, Los Angeles
Jessica Liu
MD, MS
2017-2019
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Emory University
Julia Coughlin
MD
2018-2019
Focus: Thoracic oncology
outcomes
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Rush University
Rhami Korfan
MD, MPH
2018-2020
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, St. Joseph Hospital
Cary Jo Schlick
MD
2018-2020
Focus: Surgical oncology outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Northwestern University
Tarik Yuce
MD
2018-2020
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality Improvement
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Northwestern University
Lindsey Zhang
MD, MS
2018-2020
Focus: Geriatric surgery outcomes; surgical education
Current Position: General Surgery Resident, University of Chicago
Brian Brajcich
MD
2019-2021
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
Chelsea Fischer
MD
2019-2021
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
Andrew Hu
MD
2020-2022
Focus: Pediatric surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
Arielle Thomas
MD, MPH
2020-2022
Focus: Firearm violence and injury prevention
Current Position:
Brian Nasca
MD
2020-2022
Focus: Trauma and acute care outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
MeiXi Ma
MD
2018-2021
Focus: Geriatric surgery outcomes, surgical education
Current Position:
Bona Ko
MD, MPH
2020-2022
Focus: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
Debbie Li
MD
2020-2022
Focus: Vascular surgery outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
Martha-Conley Ingram
MD
2019-2021
Focus: Pediatric surgical outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position:
Rachel Joung
MD
2020-2022
Focus: Surgical oncology outcomes and quality improvement
Current Position: