Meet the Fellows
Current Fellows
![Jose Alonso, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/alonso.jpg)
Jose Alonso, MD
Medical School: Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Medicina
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital
![Tom Pomposelli, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/tpomposelli.png)
Tom Pomposelli, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: St Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
![Matthew Harris, MD](../../images/matthewharris.jpg)
Matthew Harris, MD
Medical School: Rutgers - New Jersey
Residency: Yale School of Medicine
![Alexandria Tran, MD](https://deptcommon.fsm.northwestern.edu/images/blank-image-profile.jpg)
Alexandria Tran, MD
Medical School: University of Nebraska
Residency: University of Utah
Graduated Fellows
![Alejandro Cracco, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/cracco.jpg)
Alejandro Cracco, MD
Fellowship: 2021 - 2023
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
![Matthew Black, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/black.jpg)
Matthew Black, MD
Fellowship: 2021 - 2023
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
ECU Health
Greenville, NC
![Justin Steggerda, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/jsteggerda.png)
Justin Steggerda, MD
Fellowship: 2020 - 2022
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
![Dan Galvez Lima, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/dlimagalvez.png)
Dan Galvez Lima, MD
Fellowship: 2020 - 2022
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
![Marcos Pozo, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/pozo.jpg)
Marcos Pozo, MD
Fellowship: 2019 - 2021
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Transplant Surgery
University of Alabama Birmingham
![Juan Ortiz, MD](../../images/juan_ortiz.jpg)
Juan Ortiz, MD
Fellowship: 2019 - 2021
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
![Raj Patel, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/raj-patel.png)
Raj Patel, MD
Fellowship: 2018 - 2020
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
![William Boyan, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/william-boyan.png)
William Boyan, MD
Fellowship: 2018 - 2020
Current Position:
HPB Surgeon
RWJ Barnabas
Rutgers, NJ
![Kofi Atiemo, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/atiemo120x180.gif)
Kofi Atiemo, MD
Fellowship: 2017 - 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell
New York, NY
![Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, MD, PhD](../../images/surgery-fellows/RCS_120x180.jpg)
Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, MD, PhD
Fellowship: 2017 - 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
![Alexandre Darani, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/AlexDarani.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/woodland-120x180.gif)
David Woodland, MD
Fellowship: 2016-2018
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
![Caroline Lemoine, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/Lemoine.jpg)
Caroline Lemoine, MD
Fellowship: 2016 - 2017
Current Position:
Pediatric Transplant Surgeon
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
![Matthew Sanders, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/matt-120x180.gif)
Matthew Sanders, MD
Fellowship: 2015 - 2017
Current Position:
Vascular Surgeon
Lee Memorial Health System
Fort Meyers, FL
![Thomas Gallagher, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/tomgallagher.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/escareno.jpg)
Cesar Escareno Perez, MD
Fellowship: 2014 - 2016
Current Position:
Professor of Surgery
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
![Attasit Chokechanachaisakul, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/choke.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/sujit.jpg)
Sujit Sakpal, MD
Fellowship: 2013-2015
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Avera Medical Group
Souix Falls, ND
![Felicitas Koller, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/F-Koller.jpg)
Felicitas Koller, MD
Fellowship: 2012 - 2014
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
![Jorge A. Almario, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/almario.jpg)
Jorge A. Almario, MD
Fellowship: 2012 - 2014
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Illinois Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
![Sunny Fink, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/sunny-fink.jpg)
Sunny Fink, MD
Fellowship: 2012-2013
Current Position:
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Crozer-Keystone Health System
Upland, Pennsylvania
![Ramanathan Seshadri, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/seshadri.jpg)
Ramanathan Seshadri, MD
Fellowship: 2011-2013
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
The University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
![Diego di Sabato, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/di-sabato.jpg)
Diego di Sabato, MD
Fellowship: 2010 - 2013
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
![Rajeev Sharma, MBBS, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/rajeevsh.jpg)
Rajeev Sharma, MBBS, MD
Fellowship: 2010 - 2012
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon and Program Director
DMC- Harper University Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
![Bejon T. Maneckshana, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/manekshana.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/katariya.jpg)
Nitin Katariya, MD
Fellowship: 2009 - 2011
Current Position:
Transplant and HPB Surgeon
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
![Martin Wijkstrom, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/wijkstrom.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/juanRocca.jpg)
Juan P. Rocca, MD
Fellowship: 2008 - 2009
Current Position:
Surgical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Program
Montefiore Health System
New York
![Amy R. Evenson, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/evenson.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/EmilyWinslow.jpg)
Emily Winslow, MD
Fellowship: 2007 - 2009
Current Position:
Regional Director, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
![Prosanto Chaudhury MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/ChaudhuryProsanto.jpg)
Prosanto Chaudhury MD
Fellowship: 2007 - 2008
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
![Alexander Toledo, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/toledo.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/Chapochnick-Friedman-Javier.jpg)
Javier Chapochnick-Friedmann, MD
Fellowship: 2006 - 2008
Current Position:
Director of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Clínica Santa Maria
Santiago, Chile
![Anton Skaro, MD, PhD](../../images/surgery-fellows/SkaroAnton.jpg)
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](../../images/blank-image-profile1.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/modanlou.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/ciacedo.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/davidAxelrod.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/kocak.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/salvalaggio.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/baker.jpg)
Talia Baker, MD
Fellowship: 2001 - 2003
Current Position:
![Alan Koffron, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/koffron-alan.jpg)
Alan Koffron, MD
Fellowship: 1999 - 2001
Current Position:
Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgeon
University Surgical Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
![Daniel Bambini, MD](../../images/surgery-fellows/bambini.gif)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/SteveAlmond.jpg)
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](../../images/surgery-fellows/Leventhal.jpg)
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