Meet the Fellows

Current Fellows

Matthew Harris, MD

Medical School: Rutgers - New Jersey
Residency: Yale School of Medicine

Alexandria Tran, MD

Medical School: University of Nebraska
Residency: University of Utah

Valeria Valbuena, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan

Kyle Curtis, MD

Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Graduated Fellows

Jose Alonso, MD

Fellowship: 2022 - 2024
Current Position:
General Surgeon
Ozarks Healthcare

Tom Pomposelli, MD

Fellowship: 2022 - 2024
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Kidney Care and Transplant Services of New England

Alejandro Cracco, MD

Fellowship: 2021 - 2023
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Matthew Black, MD

Fellowship: 2021 - 2023
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
ECU Health
Greenville, NC

Justin Steggerda, MD

Fellowship: 2020 - 2022
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Dan Galvez Lima, MD

Fellowship: 2020 - 2022
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Marcos Pozo, MD

Fellowship: 2019 - 2021
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Transplant Surgery
University of Alabama Birmingham

Juan Ortiz, MD

Fellowship: 2019 - 2021
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Raj Patel, MD

Fellowship: 2018 - 2020
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

William Boyan, MD

Fellowship: 2018 - 2020
Current Position:
HPB Surgeon
RWJ Barnabas
Rutgers, NJ

Kofi Atiemo, MD

Fellowship: 2017 - 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell
New York, NY

Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, MD, PhD

Fellowship: 2017 - 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Alexandre Darani, MD

Fellowship: 2016-2018
Current Position:
Pediatric Transplant Surgeon & Assistant Professor of Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY

David Woodland, MD

Fellowship: 2016-2018
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Caroline Lemoine, MD

Fellowship: 2016 - 2017
Current Position:
Pediatric Transplant Surgeon
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL

Matthew Sanders, MD

Fellowship: 2015 - 2017
Current Position:
Vascular Surgeon
Lee Memorial Health System
Fort Meyers, FL

Thomas Gallagher, MD

Fellowship: 2014 - 2016
Current Position:
Consultant Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon
St. Vincent’s University Hospital Transplant Centre
Dublin, Ireland

Cesar Escareno Perez, MD

Fellowship: 2014 - 2016
Current Position:
Professor of Surgery
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Attasit Chokechanachaisakul, MD

Fellowship: 2013-2015
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Sujit Sakpal, MD

Fellowship: 2013-2015
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Avera Medical Group
Souix Falls, ND

Felicitas Koller, MD

Fellowship: 2012 - 2014
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Jorge A. Almario, MD

Fellowship: 2012 - 2014
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Illinois Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Sunny Fink, MD

Fellowship: 2012-2013
Current Position:
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Crozer-Keystone Health System
Upland, Pennsylvania

Ramanathan Seshadri, MD

Fellowship: 2011-2013
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
The University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Diego di Sabato, MD

Fellowship: 2010 - 2013
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois

Rajeev Sharma, MBBS, MD

Fellowship: 2010 - 2012
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon and Program Director
DMC- Harper University Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Bejon T. Maneckshana, MD

Fellowship: 2010 - 2011
Prior Fellowship: Solid Organ Transplantation - University of Chicago (2008 - 2010)
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group
Hartford, CT

Nitin Katariya, MD

Fellowship: 2009 - 2011
Current Position:
Transplant and HPB Surgeon
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ

Martin Wijkstrom, MD

Fellowship: 2008 - 2010
Current Position:
Faculty Clinician in Surgery
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Juan P. Rocca, MD

Fellowship: 2008 - 2009
Current Position:
Surgical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Program
Montefiore Health System
New York

Amy R. Evenson, MD

Fellowship: 2007 - 2009
Current Position:
Instructor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Staff Surgeon
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Emily Winslow, MD

Fellowship: 2007 - 2009
Current Position:
Regional Director, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Prosanto Chaudhury MD

Fellowship: 2007 - 2008
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Alexander Toledo, MD

Fellowship: 2006 - 2008
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Javier Chapochnick-Friedmann, MD

Fellowship: 2006 - 2008
Current Position:
Director of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Clínica Santa Maria
Santiago, Chile

Anton Skaro, MD, PhD

Fellowship: 2005 - 2007
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery
London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital
London, Ontario, Canada

Paul Alvord, MD

Fellowship: 2005 - 2007
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Naval Medical Center, University of California San Diego, Health System Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, California

Kian A. Modanlou, MD

Fellowship: 2004 - 2006
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery
Methodist Hospital Transplant Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

Juan Carlos Caicedo, MD

Fellowship: 2003 - 2006
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Living Donor Liver Program; Director, Hispanic Transplant Program
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

David Axelrod, MD

Fellowship: 2003 - 2005
Current Position:
Professor, Transplantation
University of Iowa
Surgical Director, Fellowship Director, Transplant Research Director
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Burak Kocak, MD

Fellowship: 2002 - 2004
Current Position:
Director, Organ Transplant Center, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program
Koç University Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey

Paolo R. Salvalaggio, MD, PhD

Fellowship: 2002 - 2004
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery; Co-Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program
University of Washington Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Talia Baker, MD

Fellowship: 2001 - 2003
Current Position:

Alan Koffron, MD

Fellowship: 1999 - 2001
Current Position:
Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgeon
University Surgical Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Daniel Bambini, MD

Fellowship: 1997 - 1998
Current Position:
Pediatric Surgeon
Carolinas HealthCare System
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Charlotte, North Carolina

P. Stephen Almond, MD

Fellowship: 1997 - 1998
Current Position:
Surgical Director, Renal Transplant Program
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas

Joseph R. Leventhal, MD, PhD

Fellowship: 1996 - 1997
Current Position:
Professor of Surgery; Director, Renal Transplant Program; Director, Pancreas/Islet Transplant Program
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

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