Meet the Fellows
Current Fellows
Jose Alonso, MD
Medical School: Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Medicina
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital
Tom Pomposelli, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: St Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
Matthew Harris, MD
Medical School: Rutgers - New Jersey
Residency: Yale School of Medicine
Alexandria Tran, MD
Medical School: University of Nebraska
Residency: University of Utah
Graduated Fellows
Alejandro Cracco, MD
Fellowship: 2021 - 2023
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Matthew Black, MD
Fellowship: 2021 - 2023
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
ECU Health
Greenville, NC
Justin Steggerda, MD
Fellowship: 2020 - 2022
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Dan Galvez Lima, MD
Fellowship: 2020 - 2022
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Marcos Pozo, MD
Fellowship: 2019 - 2021
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Transplant Surgery
University of Alabama Birmingham
Juan Ortiz, MD
Fellowship: 2019 - 2021
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Raj Patel, MD
Fellowship: 2018 - 2020
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
William Boyan, MD
Fellowship: 2018 - 2020
Current Position:
HPB Surgeon
RWJ Barnabas
Rutgers, NJ
Kofi Atiemo, MD
Fellowship: 2017 - 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell
New York, NY
Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, MD, PhD
Fellowship: 2017 - 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
Alexandre Darani, MD
Fellowship: 2016-2018
Current Position:
Pediatric Transplant Surgeon & Assistant Professor of Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY
David Woodland, MD
Fellowship: 2016-2018
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Caroline Lemoine, MD
Fellowship: 2016 - 2017
Current Position:
Pediatric Transplant Surgeon
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
Matthew Sanders, MD
Fellowship: 2015 - 2017
Current Position:
Vascular Surgeon
Lee Memorial Health System
Fort Meyers, FL
Thomas Gallagher, MD
Fellowship: 2014 - 2016
Current Position:
Consultant Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon
St. Vincent’s University Hospital Transplant Centre
Dublin, Ireland
Cesar Escareno Perez, MD
Fellowship: 2014 - 2016
Current Position:
Professor of Surgery
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Attasit Chokechanachaisakul, MD
Fellowship: 2013-2015
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Sujit Sakpal, MD
Fellowship: 2013-2015
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Avera Medical Group
Souix Falls, ND
Felicitas Koller, MD
Fellowship: 2012 - 2014
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Jorge A. Almario, MD
Fellowship: 2012 - 2014
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Illinois Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Sunny Fink, MD
Fellowship: 2012-2013
Current Position:
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Crozer-Keystone Health System
Upland, Pennsylvania
Ramanathan Seshadri, MD
Fellowship: 2011-2013
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
The University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Diego di Sabato, MD
Fellowship: 2010 - 2013
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Rajeev Sharma, MBBS, MD
Fellowship: 2010 - 2012
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon and Program Director
DMC- Harper University Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Bejon T. Maneckshana, MD
Fellowship: 2010 - 2011
Prior Fellowship: Solid Organ Transplantation - University of Chicago (2008 - 2010)
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group
Hartford, CT
Nitin Katariya, MD
Fellowship: 2009 - 2011
Current Position:
Transplant and HPB Surgeon
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
Martin Wijkstrom, MD
Fellowship: 2008 - 2010
Current Position:
Faculty Clinician in Surgery
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Juan P. Rocca, MD
Fellowship: 2008 - 2009
Current Position:
Surgical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Program
Montefiore Health System
New York
Amy R. Evenson, MD
Fellowship: 2007 - 2009
Current Position:
Instructor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Staff Surgeon
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Emily Winslow, MD
Fellowship: 2007 - 2009
Current Position:
Regional Director, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
Prosanto Chaudhury MD
Fellowship: 2007 - 2008
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alexander Toledo, MD
Fellowship: 2006 - 2008
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Javier Chapochnick-Friedmann, MD
Fellowship: 2006 - 2008
Current Position:
Director of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Clínica Santa Maria
Santiago, Chile
Anton Skaro, MD, PhD
Fellowship: 2005 - 2007
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery
London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital
London, Ontario, Canada
Paul Alvord, MD
Fellowship: 2005 - 2007
Current Position:
Transplant Surgeon
Naval Medical Center, University of California San Diego, Health System Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, California
Kian A. Modanlou, MD
Fellowship: 2004 - 2006
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery
Methodist Hospital Transplant Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Juan Carlos Caicedo, MD
Fellowship: 2003 - 2006
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Living Donor Liver Program; Director, Hispanic Transplant Program
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
David Axelrod, MD
Fellowship: 2003 - 2005
Current Position:
Professor, Transplantation
University of Iowa
Surgical Director, Fellowship Director, Transplant Research Director
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Burak Kocak, MD
Fellowship: 2002 - 2004
Current Position:
Director, Organ Transplant Center, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program
Koç University Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey
Paolo R. Salvalaggio, MD, PhD
Fellowship: 2002 - 2004
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Surgery; Co-Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program
University of Washington Medicine
Seattle, Washington
Talia Baker, MD
Fellowship: 2001 - 2003
Current Position:
Alan Koffron, MD
Fellowship: 1999 - 2001
Current Position:
Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgeon
University Surgical Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Daniel Bambini, MD
Fellowship: 1997 - 1998
Current Position:
Pediatric Surgeon
Carolinas HealthCare System
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Charlotte, North Carolina
P. Stephen Almond, MD
Fellowship: 1997 - 1998
Current Position:
Surgical Director, Renal Transplant Program
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas
Joseph R. Leventhal, MD, PhD
Fellowship: 1996 - 1997
Current Position:
Professor of Surgery; Director, Renal Transplant Program; Director, Pancreas/Islet Transplant Program
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois