General Surgery Residency Program Graduates at Danbury Hospital

2024

Caterina Aiello, D.O.
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

Arash Rahimi, M.D.
Bariatric/Foregut Surgical Fellowship, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

2023

Maksim Boguslavskiy, D.O.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Shawn Liechty, M.D.
Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

Alexander Ostapenko, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of CT, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

2022

Timothy Burton, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Spectrum Healthcare, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI

Juan Flores-Gonzalez, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Illinois Metro Group Hospitals, Chicago, IL

Alpen Nacar, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, LAC+USC Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

2021

Kimberly Corbitt, D.O.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, McLaren Flint/Michigan State University, Flint, MI

Benefsha Mohammad, M.D.
Advanced GI MIS/Bariatric Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Patrick Zimmerman, D.O.
Surgical Critical Care, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.

2020

Devin Gillaspie, M.D.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Zachary Phillips, M.D.
Mastery in General Surgery Program Chief, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

2019

Biren Juthani, D.O.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital, Newark, NJ

Andrew McGregor, M.D.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, NY

Ian Schlieder, D.O.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

2018

Rima Ahmad, M.D.
Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

Ioannis Kontopidis, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

Michele Richard, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Rachel Scott, D.O.
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT

2017

Aleksandra Ogrodnik, M.D.
Minimally Invasive Fellowship, Northwell Health System, Staten Island, NY

Amrita Pandit, M.D.
Acute Care/General Surgery, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Physician Group, Urbana, IL

Madian Yahya, M.D.
Acute Care/Trauma Surgery, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT

2016

Stuart Blackwood, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Sameer Kaiser, M.D.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ

Emilia Król, M.D.
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

2015

Khaldoun Bekdache, M.D.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, University of CT, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Foula Kontonicolas, M.D.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, University of CT, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

John (Ben) Yarger, M.D.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, MO

2014

Carlos Samuel Morales, M.D., FASCRS
Colon and Rectal Fellowship, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Magdalena Plasilova, M.D.
Breast Surgery Fellowship, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

2013

Andrew Cha, D.O., FACS
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ

Alpin Malkan, M.D.
Pediatric Surgical Oncology, St. Jude’s Medical, Memphis, TN

Vladimir Neychev, M.D., Ph.D.
Endocrine Surgery, NIH, Bethesda, MD

2012

Ibrahim Adamu, M.D.
Colon and Rectal Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Dorothy Sparks, M.D.
Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL

2011

Andrei Cocieru, M.D.
Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Fellowship, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Brian Matier, M.D.
Colon and Rectal Fellowship, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY