Since 1975 when our first graduating residents entered the profession of surgery, several hundreds of physicians have completed their residency training in general surgery at Stony Brook. The table below shows the immediate post-Stony Brook placement of our program's recent graduates (linked names go to their present webpages):
2026 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Nikita Ahmad, MD | Critical Care Fellowship | Stony Brook Medicine, NY |
| Christopher Mazis, MD | Colon Rectal Fellowship | Mount Sinai Hospital, NY |
| Priyanka Ramachandra, MD | Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | Cooper University Hospital, NJ |
| David Restle, MD | Surgical Oncology Fellowship | Roswell Park, Buffalo, NY |
| Naina Rao, MD | Breast Fellowship | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Niharika Singh, MD | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship | John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Daniel Wolbrom, MD | Trauma/Surgical Critical Care | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA |
2025 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Ashla Gaibi-Rodriguez, MD | Minimally Invasive Colorectal Fellowship | University of Texas; Houston, TX |
| Alisa Khomutova, MD | Hernia and Abdominal Wall Fellowship | University of Tennessee – Knoxville; Knoxville, TN |
| Zaina Naeem, MD | Vascular Surgery Fellowship | New York University – Langone; New York City, NY |
| Zachary Plona, MD | Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia PA |
| Michael Trentalange, MD | Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia PA |
| Sun Yu, MD | General Surgery Private Practice | New Jersey |
2024 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Ryan Chan, MD | Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital, Weston, FL |
| Kevin Duh, MD | Vascular Surgery Fellowship | Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN |
| Alexa-Rae Pesce, MD | General Surgery | Stony Brook Southampton, Southampton, NY |
| Danny Poon, MD | Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY |
| Tianyu Shang, MD | Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX |
| Christine Ward, MD | Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA |
2023 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Jocellie Marquez, MD | Plastic Surgery Residency Program | Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC)/Stony Brook University, NY |
| Joseph Obeid, MD | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship | Temple University, PA |
| Juyeon Park, MD | Minimally Invasive Surgery/Adv GI Surgery/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship | University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN |
| Bryan Robins, MD | Minimally Invasive Colon and Rectal Fellowship | Houston Methodist Hospital, TX |
| Heitham Wady, MD | Colorectal Fellowship | Alleghany, PA |
| Ross Weller, MD | General Surgery Practice | NYU Langone Health/Long Island Community Hospital, NY |
2022 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Givi Basishvili, MD | Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | UT South Western Medical Center, TX |
| Kelsi Hirai, MD | Vascular Surgery Fellowship | OHSU, OR |
| Panagiotis Drakos, MD | Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | Highland Hospital, NY |
| Panagiotis Volteas Sr., MD | Vascular Surgery Fellowship | Stony Brook University Hospital, NY |
2021 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Marie Fleury, MD | Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | NYU Langone, NY |
| Iliya Goldberg, MD | Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship | University of Southern California, CA |
| Carlos Guzman, MD | Private Practice | |
| Patrick Jasinski, MD | Vascular Surgery Fellowship | Stony Brook University Hospital, NY |
| Rajeev Masson, MD | Head and Neck Fellowship | University of Wisconsin, WI |
| Andrew Rabenstein, MD | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship | Allegheny General Hospital, PA |
2020 Graduating Chiefs | ||
| Resident | Placement | Where |
| Anthony Ferrara, MD | Head and Neck Fellowship | Duke University, NC |
| Omer Kaymakcalan, MD | Plastic Surgery Fellowship | University of Illinois at Chicago, IL |
| Roy Lacey, MD | Critical Care and Trauma | Cooper University Hospital, NJ |
| Anish Shah, MD | Minimally Invasive Surgery | Medical Center, East Carolina University |
| Jessica Simon, MD | Colorectal Surgery (2021) | Ochsner Clinic Foundation, LA |
| Suresh Yelika, MD | Colorectal Surgery (2021) | Stony Brook University Hospital, NY |