Department of Surgery

Alumni


 

2023

Surgery Grads 2023 Jacob Rash, MD
Staff Position General Surgery at Cameron Regional Medical Center. Cameron Missouri
Brent Forrest, MD
Bariatric Practice at KC Bariatric, Lenexa, Kansas
Jamie Clementi, MD
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois
Kelly Kapp, MD
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
Miguel Perea, MD
Staff Position General Surgery at Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas

2022

Graduates 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

2021

2021 School of Medicine Surgery Residency Graduates Dr. Bryan David
University of South Florida, Tampa Bay, Florida
MIS Fellowship
Dr. Maria Iliakova
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
MIS/Bariatrics/Endo Fellowship
Dr. Jordan Myhre
Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO
General Surgery
Dr. Hemn Qader
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio,
Bariatric Fellowship, July 2022
Dr. David Shanberg
North Kansas City Hospital, Midwest Aortic & Vascular Institute
North Kansas City, MO Vascular Surgery Fellowship

2020

Surgery Graduation Chiefs 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.

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.

2018

Surgery Grads 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

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

2016

  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

2015

 surgery-grad-2015 Amira Ghazali, M.D.– Private Practice
Graham Pollock, M.D.– Cardiothoracic Fellowship- Baylor University- Houston, Texas

2014

 surgery-grad-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

2013

 surgery-grad-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

2012

 surgery-grad-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

2011

 surgery-grad-2011 Weera Chainakul, M.D.– Private PracticeJeffrey 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

2010

 surgery-grad-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

2009

 surgery-grad-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

2008

 surgery-grad-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

2007

 surgery-grad-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

 2006

 surgery-grad-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