Current Residents

The General Surgery Residency Program at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center trains physicians to become skilled surgeons. It offers an outstanding clinical experience and excellent research opportunities throughout residency to prepare graduates to match into highly desired fellowships or enter practice upon completion of their training.

Current Resident Roster

2025-2026

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Taylor Glassman, MD

Medical School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Piscataway

Omar Karim, MD

Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

David Posawatz, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Julia Ryan, MD

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Izaak Tobin, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Thomas Ueland, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Preliminary

Ryan Healy, MD

Medical School: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Alexander Neamtu, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Laken Smothers, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Sameep Vakharia, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

YooJin Yoon, MD

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine

PGY-2

Joseph Dao, MD

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Deborah Dele-Oni, DO

Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Laurynn Garcia, MD

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine

Emanuele Lagazzi, MD

Medical School: University of Genoa Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

Jessica Lee, MD

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Shirline Wee, MD

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine

Medical School: Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

PGY-3

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Josue Estrella, MD

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine

Dylan Kaye, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Phoebe Otchere, MD

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University

Sophia Smith, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Lawson Traylor, MD

Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

PGY-4

Andrea Alonso, MD

Medical School: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Emily Gervais, MD

Medical School: College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Anna Kobzeva-Herzog, MD

Medical School: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Jeffrey Melvin, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Maia Nofal, MD

Medical School: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Colten Yahn, MD

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School

PGY-5

Brendin Beaulieu-Jones, MD

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Priyanka Chugh, MD

Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Nicole Cimbak, MD

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Stephen Dalton-Petillo, MD

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Heba Elassar, MD

Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Gordana Rasic, MD

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Research Residents 

Kiyah Anderson, MD

Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

Daniel Counihan, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Khuaten Maaneb de Macedo, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School

Abdimajid Mohamed, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Sara Myers, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Rebecca Reardon-Lochbaum, MD

Medical School: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Ashlee Seldomridge, MD

Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine