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Graduate Medical Education
Residency Program in General Surgery
Alumni Placement

Our residents enter academic as well as private practice. Many also choose to advance their education with fellowships.

2003
Jason Cacioppo, MD
Fellowship: Plastics
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana

John Christein, MD
Fellowship: Hepatobiliary
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Jonathan Molnar, MD
Fellowship: Vascualr
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Patrick O’Leary, MD
Private Practice: Pico Rivera, California

Heather Rossi, MD
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

James Waltenberger, MD
Private: Practice
Racine, WI

2002

Bernadette Aulivola
Fellowship: Vascular
Beth Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Franklin Baumann
Practice: Private
Aurora, Illinois

Kevin Brenner
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery
University of California at Irvine
Orange, California

Mehra Golshan
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Irene Herman
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Chad Jacobs
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Thomas Komar
Practice: Private
Chicago, Illinois

Joseph Vijungco
Fellowship: Vascular
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

2001
Roberto Barresi
Private Practice
Idaho

Steven Bonomo
Mercy Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

John Butsch
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Marie L. Crandall
Trauma Fellowship
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Matthew A. Facktor
Cardiothoracic Fellowship
George Washington University
Washington DC

Jacqueline Harrison
Colon-Rectal Fellowship
University of Illinois-Chicago

Ryan Malcom
Private Practice
Nevada

Heather Smith
Private Practice
Illinois

2000
Laura Marie Bruce
Trauma & Critical Care Fellowship
University of Tennessee
Memphis, TN

Laurence F. Gibson
Private Practice
Illinois

Bradford T. Hsu
Air Force
Virginia

Richard Lee
Cardiothoracic Fellowship
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Timothy B. LeSage
Private Practice
Wisconsin

Yelena Levitin
Private Practice
Illinois

Cynthia Lynn Long
Private Practice
New York

Peter Wong
Vascular Fellowship
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

1999
Howard D. Dobson III
Colo-Rectal Fellowship
University of Illinois-Chicago
Private Practice, New Hampshire

David J. Esposito
Cardiothoracic Fellowship
Carolinas Medical Center, NC

Donald Prentiss, Jr.
Private Practice
Texas

Isaac Samuel
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Iowa

Noemi Sigalove
Private Practice
Illinois

David B. Wilson
Air Force
Montgomery, AL

1998
David DeHaan
Private Practice
Illinois

Scott Fisher
Private Practice
Colorado

Stephen Haggerty
Private Practice
Illinois

Jonathan Spitz
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Indianapolis, IN
Private Practice
Illinois

Erik Swenson
Private Practice
Illinois

1997
Marie Gorski
Private Practice
Illinois

Jennifer Kirk
Private Practice
Illinois

Gerald Lynch
Private Practice
Illinois

Michael Sabel
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Roswell Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY

1996
Vanessa Hart
Air Force
Edwards AFB, CA

William B. Inabnet
Surgical Endocrinology Fellowship
Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY

Lee Jenkins
Private Practice
Illinois

David Klem
Private Practice
Illinois

Rodovaldo Rodriguez
Private Practice
Georgia

Jonathan Silverstein
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Illinois
Chicago

Gregory Wiener
Plastic Surgery Fellowship
University of Illinois
Chicago

1995
Brian Allen
Private Practice
Tennessee

William E. Altringer
Private Practice
North Dakota

Mark Falimirski
Trauma, Critical Care Fellowship
Parkland Hospital
Dallas, Texas

Robert Frank
Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis

Clifford Gelman
Air Force, Patrick AFB
Florida

Robert Kummerer
Cardiovascular Thoracic Fellowship
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago

Nicholas Speziale
Plastic Surgery Fellowship
George Washington University
Washington, DC

Rodney Thill
Private Practice
Illinois



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