General Surgery Residents at Danbury Hospital

PGY 1 Surgery Residents

Jacqueline Addona, M.D.
Surgical interests: Vascular surgery, trauma/critical care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Skiing, reading, cooking, Harry Potter, and my dog Bud

Caitlin Hartland, M.D.
Surgical Interest: Breast and surgical oncology
Hobbies/ Personal Interest: Reading, yoga/Pilates, ballet, ceramics, studying ASL

Yeahan Kim, M.D.
Surgical Interest: Anesthesiology
Hobbies/Personal Interest: Basketball, Fishing, Cooking, Hiking

Zhuoyan (Eric) Lu, M.D.
Surgical Interest: Transplant surgery, Global Surgery/ Surgical Capacity Building, Surgical Education, Health Policy
Hobbies/ Personal Interest: Cats, Taylor Swift, Skiing, Photo editing, Politics, Disney Movies

Vasalya Panchumarthi, M.D.
Surgical interest: oncology surgery, colorectal, trauma
Hobbies: reading, gardening, hiking/playing tennis

Lindsey Wilburn, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Lubbock Christian University
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Global surgery, trauma, acute and critical care surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Baking

Yangyu Annie​ Yang, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Minimally Invasive
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Traveling, trying new coffee shops, and learning to bake

PGY 2 Surgery Residents

Rebecca Applin, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: The College of William and Mary
Medical School: New York Medical College
Surgical Interests: Trauma and Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Knitting, hiking, barre, baking, and harassing my two cats 

Jacqueline Danisi, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Allegheny College
Medical School: University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Surgical Interests: Trauma, Critical Care, Vascular
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Pickup basketball, weightlifting, trying new restaurants, playing with my cats

Joyce Eum, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Wheaton College
Medical School: Kansas City University
Surgical Interests: Breast, Surgical Oncology, Pediatrics, and Endocrine
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Medical missions, going to the beach, traveling, working out, eating

Courtney Pina, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Miami
Medical School: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Burn, Breast, and Plastics
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Swimming, Watching TV, Reading, Hiking

Sydney Smilen, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Surgical Interests: Breast, MIS
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Drawing, hiking, camping, baking, thrifting, ice cream lover

Full-Time Research Residents

Tyler Glaspy, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Arizona State University
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical Education
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Spending time outdoors, cooking, reading

Karan Kumar, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: State University of New York College at Old Westbury
Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown
Surgical Interests: Minimally Invasive Surgery, HPB
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Cooking, traveling

Shaidy Moronta, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Bloomsburg University
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – VA campus
Surgical Interests: Endocrine, Plastic, HPB, MIS, Trauma/Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Painting, singing, dancing, cooking, hiking, anime, tennis, volleyball

Ronald Truong, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Nevada, Reno
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Transplant, Trauma, HPB, Surgical Oncology
Hobbies/Personal Interests: surfing, snowboarding, culinary arts, basic and clinical science research

PGY 3 Surgery Residents

Daniel Margolin, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Cornell University
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Surgical Interests: Minimally Invasive, Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery, Colorectal, Hepatobiliary 
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Ice Hockey, skiing, hiking, cooking

Trevor Roush, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Western Oregon University
Medical School:  Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Surgical Interests:  Trauma & Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Nature and the outdoors, my German Shepherd, board games, sports, cooking

Keerthivasan Vengatesan, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Biomedical Engineering at Boston University
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Vascular Surgery, Trauma/Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Foodie, dancing/making choreography, television/movies, hiking

Litton Whitaker, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Sewanee - The University of the South
Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Vascular Surgery and Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Cooking, running, tennis, travel

PGY 4 Surgery Residents

Patra Childress, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Surgical Interests: Trauma, Global Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Travel, hiking, basketball, classic film

Karri Hester M.D.
Undergraduate education: The George Washington University  
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine 
Area of Interest in Surgery: Colorectal Surgery, Vascular Surgery 
Surgical Interests: Traveling, Global health, baking, cooking, going to Church, reading, sports (playing and watching!), the great outdoors (hiking, kayaking), cross-fit, spending time with family and friends

Natasha Sebastian, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Quebec at Montreal
Medical School: Xavier University School of Medicine at Aruba
Surgical Interests: Breast Surgery, Trauma/Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Singing, foodie, cooking, hanging out with my dogs, fantasy books and series

Mary Kate Winslow, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Medical School: University of Queensland
Surgical Interests: Global Surgery
Hobbies/ Personal Interests: Baking, reading, traveling, woodworking

PGY 5 Surgery Residents

Krist Aploks M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Vermont
Medical School: University at Buffalo: Jacobs School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Personal Interests: Skiing, traveling, ancient Roman history, flying

Minha Kim, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: HPB, MIS, CRS, Surgical oncology
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Traveling, running, cooking, baking

Rio Nomoto, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: College of the Holy Cross
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Surgical Interests: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Tennis, Zumba, research