Alumni

Following their residency, Surgery graduates pursue a variety of career paths and destinations.

Kimberly Jones, M.D. – Staff Position – Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri
Bhavana Jasti, M.D. – Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Eduardo Vaca, M.D. – Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI
Hannah Hurst, D.O. – Staff Position – Prairie Ridge Health, Columbus, Wisconsin
Calli Schardein, M.D. – Staff Position – University Health – Lakewood, Kansas City, Missouri
Shaniece Craft, M.D. – Staff Position – West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, Tennessee
Kayla Groves, M.D. – Staff Position – Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, Missouri

Class of 2023 

Jacob Rash, M.D.  Staff Position - General Surgery, Cameron Regional Medical Center, Cameron, Missouri
Brent Forrest, M.D.  Bariatric Practice, KC Bariatric, Lenexa, Kansas
Jamie Clementi, M.D.  Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Advocate Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois
Kelly Kapp, M.D.  Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Miguel Perea, M.D.  Staff Position - General Surgery, Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas

 Class of 2022

Dr. Brandon Bacon  General Surgery, University Health Lakewood, Lee’s Summit, MO
Dr. Jamal Malik – Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dr. Kendra Black  Trauma Critical Care Fellowship, University of California – San Diego, San Diego, CA
Dr. Yazen Assaf  Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Tower Health Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania

 Class of 2021

Dr. Bryan David – MIS Fellowship, University of South Florida, Tampa Bay, Florida
Dr. Maria Iliakova – MIS/Bariatrics/Endo Fellowship, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
Dr. Jordan Myhre  General Surgery, Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO
Dr. Hemn Qader  Bariatric Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio,
Dr. David Shanberg  North Kansas City, MO Vascular Surgery Fellowship, North Kansas City Hospital, Midwest Aortic & Vascular Institute

 Class of 2020

Dr. Alexandra Bors graduated from Saba University School of Medicine in 2015. Following residency, she will begin working as a General Surgeon at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO.
Dr. Luke Brunner graduated from University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2015. Following residency, he will begin working as a General Surgeon at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO.
Dr. Alyssa Fesmire graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in 2015. Following residency, she will begin a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX.
Dr. Marissa Mendez graduated from University of Vermont College of Medicine in 2015. Following residency, she will begin a Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at UC Davis in Sacramento, CA.
Dr. Aaron Sparks graduated from A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015. Following residency, he will begin a Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at Tufts University in Boston, MA.

 Class of 2019

Dr. Luke Boone graduated from Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University in 2014. Following residency, he will begin a Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Tennessee – Chattanooga in Chattanooga, TN.
Dr. Amanda Fischer graduated from University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine in 2014. Following residency, she will begin working for Columbia Surgical Associates in Columbia, MO.
Dr. Estevan Lorenzo graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine in 2014. Following residency, he will begin working for Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, TX.
Dr. Matt Marr graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2014. Following residency, he will begin a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
Dr. Barbara Nguyen graduated from University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2014. Following residency, she will begin a Minimally Invasive / Bariatric Fellowship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

 Class of 2018

Max Almenoff, M.D.  – Vascular Fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Trevor Beckham, M.D. – Private Practice, Sedalia, Missouri
Wilson Harrison, M.D. – Vascular Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Ben Kulow, M.D. – Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Ryan Nagele, M.D. – Mastery in General Surgery Program, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Northern Virginia/Washington, DC/ Maryland

Class of 2017 

Robert Corn, M.D. – Vascular Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Scott Hardouin, M.D. – Vascular Fellowship, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Gillian Jones, D.O. – Private Practice
Khang Le, M.D. – Private Practice
Teisha Shiozaki, M.D. – MIS Fellowship, Oakland, CA

 Class of 2017

Chelsea Fisher, D.O.– Private Practice
Farheen Quarashi, M.D.– Critical Care Fellowship, Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.
Ashley Mann, M.D.– Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at Kansas University
Julie Wesp, M.D.– Minimally Invasive Surgery at UNC Chapel Hill
Deirdre Hart, M.D.– MIS Colorectal Surgery at Orlando Health

 Class of 2015

Amira Ghazali, M.D.– Private Practice
Graham Pollock, M.D.– Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Baylor University, Houston, Texas

 Class of 2014

Lingbo Fan, M.D.– Private Practice
James Foster, M.D.– Vascular Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Elizabeth Germinder, M.D.– Private Practice
Kenneth Jackson, M.D.– Private Practice
Amie Lucia, D.O.– Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, SUNY, Upstate Medical Center, New York

 Class of 2013

Jenelle King, M.D.– Private Practice
Jason LaTwosky, M.D.– MIS Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Matthew Sappington, M.D.– Private Practice
Eric Wieman, M.D.– Surgical Endoscopy/Therapeutic ERCP and Pancreaticobiliary Surgery, University of Louisville SOM, Louisville, Kentucky

 Class of 2012

Michelle Eagan, M.D.– Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Saint Louis University SOM, St. Louis, Missouri
Gurpreet Gill, M.D.– Vascular Fellowship- Charleston Area Medical Center- WVSOM, Charleston, West Virginia
Zeenat Hasan, M.D.– MIS and Bariatric Fellowship- Palo Alto VA Hospital, through Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Brook Nelson, M.D.– Private Practice
Justin Shatto, M.D.– Private Practice

 Class of 2011

Weera Chainakul, M.D.– Private Practice
Jeffrey Johnson, M.D.- Private Practice
Sigi Joseph, M.D.– MIS and Bariatric Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Jonathan Patterson, M.D.– Private Practice
Jonathan Wilson, D.O.– Vascular Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

 Class of 2010

Walter Costner, M.D.– Private Practice
Rob Kenney, D.O.– MIS and Bariatric Fellowship, Saint Luke’s, Kansas City, Missouri
Michael Kohlman, M.D.– Private Practice
Megan McNally, M.D.– Surgical Oncology Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

 Class of 2009

Robert Carter, M.D.– Vascular Fellowship, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Jeffrey Doolittle, M.D.– Private Practice
Anne Kobbermann, M.D.- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Leo Villegas, M.D.– Hepatobiliary and Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 Class of 2008

Josh Goldstrich, M.D.– Private Practice
Jeffrey Holloway, D.O.– MIS Fellowship, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
John Hsu, M.D.– Transplant Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stephanie Schnepp, M.D.– Private Practice

 Class of 2007

Brian Biggers, M.D.– Breast Fellowship, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas
Matthew Goede, M.D.– Critical Care Fellowship, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri; MIS Fellowship,  University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Robert Steppacher, M.D.– Vascular Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts
Brandon Varnell, M.D.– MIS Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

 Class of 2006

Jeff Coughenour, M.D.– Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Fellowship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Lisa Martin Hawver, M.D.– Bariatric Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Chau Nguyen, M.D.– Private Practice
Adam Schope, M.D.– Private Practice
Charles Woodall, M.D.– Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Louisville SOM, Louisville, Kentucky