Charles J. Yeo, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Samuel D. Gross Professor
Graduates
For the past 10 years, 98 percent of graduating Jefferson surgical residents have passed both the written and oral boards. Of residents who complete Jefferson's surgical program, about 20 percent remain in general surgery and 80 percent seek further specialty training. The table below lists where our residents have gone on to train and practice immediately following graduation:
| Post-Residency Employment | 2002 - 2012 Graduates | |||
| Abdollahi (2011) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | Temple University |
Arthur (2005) |
Fellowship | Pediatric Surgery | Ohio State University |
| Bagameri (2008) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Bildzukewicz (2011) | Fellowship | Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) | University of CA, San Diego |
| Caterson (2004) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | Lahey Clinic |
| Chung (2008) | Fellowship | MIS/HPB Surgery | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Comeau (2012) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | Albany Medical Center |
| Cowan (2004) | Fellowship | CT Surgery | Mass. General Hospital |
| Dillavou (2002) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | University of Pittsburgh |
| Eisenberg (2005) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | Pennsylvania Hospital |
| Fernandez (2012) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | University of Florida, Gainesville |
| Fischer (2008) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | University of CA, San Diego |
| Goldberg (2010) | Fellowship | Minimally Invasive Surgery | Mayo Clinic (Florida) |
| Golesorkhi (2008) | Fellowship | Breast Surgery | Allegheny Medical Center, Pittsburgh |
| Grabo (2009) | Military Commitment | 2009-2010 | |
| Fellowship | Trauma/Critical Care Surgery | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Grace (2003) | Private Practice | Surgery | Bozeman, MT |
| Greaney (2007) | Fellowship | Burn Fellowship |
Cornell University, NYC |
| Plastic Surgery | Albert Einstein/ Montefiore Medical Center, NYC | ||
| Microsurgery | NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospita, NYC | ||
| Hager (2010) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | University of Pittsburgh |
| Hoxworth (2005) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | University of Texas – SW |
| Jenoff (2005) | Fellowship | Trauma/Critical Care Surgery | University of Pennsylvania |
| Johnson (2002) | Fellowship | Trauma Surgery | University of Maryland |
| Jones (2003) | Fellowship | Pediatric Surgery | Children’s Hospital of Buffalo |
| Kuenzler (2004) | Fellowship | Pediatric Surgery | Columbia University |
| Lakshman (2009) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | Cleveland Clinic (Florida) |
| Lazar (2012) | Fellowship | Breast Surgery | Northwestern University |
| Lal (2003) | Private Practice | Surgery | Fairlawn, OH |
| Lee (2007) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | University of Minnesota |
| Levy (2009) | Private Practice | Surgery | |
| Lynn (2002) | Private Practice | Surgery | Wilmington, NC |
| Maron (2004) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | Cleveland Clinic (Florida) |
| Martin (2006) | Fellowship | Trauma/Critical Care Surgery | University of Pennsylvania |
| McGuire (2008) | Fellowship | Breast Surgery | Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa |
| Milan (2009) | Fellowship | Endocrine Surgery | Yale University |
| L. Moudgill (2011) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
| N. Moudgill (2010) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Noto (2010) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | Lehigh Valley Hospital |
| Ormont (2002) | Private Practice | Surgery | Elkton, MD |
| Otterburn (2007) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | Emory University, Atlanta |
| Palazzo (2007) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | University of California, San Francisco |
Patel (2003) |
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| Pearson (2004) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | University of Minnesota |
| Perkins (2006) | Faculty | General Surgery | Oregon Health & Sciences University, International Surgery Program in Pakistan |
| Profeta (2003) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | Medical College of Virginia |
| Pucci (2012) | Fellowship | MIS/HPB Surgery | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Radzio (2006) | Fellowship | Breast Surgery | University of CA, San Francisco |
| Rao (2008) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | University of Pittsburgh |
| Richards (2012) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | George Washington University |
| Rodriquez (2012) | Private Practice |
Surgery | Pennsylvania |
| Rodriguez (2002) | Fellowship | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Rosato, Jr. (2005) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | Presbyterian Hospital (University of Pennsylvania) |
| Rosen (2011) | Fellowship | Critical Care Surgery | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA |
| Sailes (2009) | Fellowship | Hand Surgery & Plastic Surgery | University of Mississippi |
| Schaner (2005) | Fellowship | Hand Surgery & Plastic Surgery |
University of Louisville, University of TX – San Antonio |
| Segan (2004) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | University of Maryland |
| Shirley (2011) | Fellowship | Surgical Oncology | Ohio State University Medical Center |
| Showalter (2010) | Research | Colorectal Surgery | University of Pennsylvania |
| Solomon (2007) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
| Stein (2002) | Fellowship | Colorectal Surgery | Cleveland Clinic |
| String (2006) | Fellowship | Endoscopic Surgery | Charite Hospital - Germany |
| Sullivan (2011) | Fellowship | Thoracic Surgery | University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento |
| Tarola (2009) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | Vanderbilt |
| Tichansky (2002) | Fellowship | Laparoscopic Surgery | Medical College of Virginia |
| Timmapuri (2006) | Fellowship | Pediatric Surgery | St. Christopher’s Hospital |
| Tuma (2002) | Fellowship | Plastic Surgery | Emory |
| Williams (2010) | Fellowship | Vascular Surgery | Johns Hopkins |


Karen Chojnacki, MD
Program Director

Francesco Palazzo, MD
Associate Program Director

Donna Guinto, CTAGME
Program Coordinator
We participate in the National Residency Match Program and utilize the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

