Meet the General Surgery Residents

Our General Surgery Residents

Lahey’s General Surgery residents bring diverse backgrounds and experiences to the program. Get to know them below.

PGY1

John Chou, MD Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate University of California

Nicholas Dante, MD Medical School Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University Undergraduate University of Pennsylvania

Alexandra Hebard, MD Medical School NY Medical College Undergraduate Boston University

Olatundun “Yassah” Ladele, MD Medical School Meharry Medical College Undergraduate Johns Hopkins University

Zoe Lewin, MD Medical School University of Rochester School of Medicine Undergraduate University of California

Noah Siegel, MD Medical School Boston University School of Medicine Undergraduate University of Wisconsin

Kasia Smolinski-Blancarte, MD Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate University of Arizona

PGY2

Rachel Brandes, MD Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate University Of Tennessee

Emily Disler, MD Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate Bates College

Emma Finnerty, MD Medical School Boston University School of Medicine Undergraduate Boston University

Julia Fromme, MD Medical School University of Kentucky College of Medicine Undergraduate Western Kentucky University

Ethan Krug, MD Medical School New York Medical College Undergraduate Washington University in St. Louis

PGY3

Racquel Gaetani, MD Fellowship Research Fellow NIH T32 Colorectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic Burlington, MA Medical School University of Vermont Undergraduate Massachusetts College of Health and Science

Diana Hockett, MD Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate The University of Chicago

James McCullum, MD Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate Washington and Lee University

Coleen Rizzo, DO Medical School Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine – Midwestern University Undergraduate Columbia University

Pharis Sasa, MD Medical School Frank H. Netter School of Medicine Quinnipiac University Undergraduate Quinnipiac University

PGY4

Hina Bhat, MD Fellowship Research Fellow, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Medical School SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Undergraduate Brandeis University

Katie Fuentes, MD Fellowship Research Fellow Surgical Palliative Care, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA Medical School University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Undergraduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Charlotte Leblang, MD Medical School University of South Caroline School of Medicine, Greenville Undergraduate Kenyon College

Michelle McCarthy, MD Fellowship Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston MA Medical School Tulane University School of Medicine Undergraduate Tulane University

Scott O’Neil, MD Medical School University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Undergraduate St. Lawrence University

Jerry Zhang, MD Medical School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Undergraduate University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PGY5

Ilias Doulamis, MD Medical School University of Athens School of Health Sciences

Susan Jacob, MD Medical School University of Massachusetts Medical School Undergraduate Connecticut College

Abbie Naus, MD Medical School LSU School of Medicine New Orleans Undergraduate University of Notre Dame

Abby Solom, MD Medical School University of Minnesota Medical School Undergraduate University of Wisconsin Madison

Residents Currently Out on Research

Mika Lindsley, MD Fellowship Simulation Lab, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine Undergraduate Bowdoin College

Courtney Seavey, MD Fellowship Clinical Research Fellow NIH, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Medical School Eastern Virginia Medical School Undergraduate Northern Arizona University

Guillaume Kugener, MD Fellowship Research Fellow, Surgical Informatics Lab, BIDMC Medical School Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Undergraduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prior Graduates

2020-2025

2025

Sarah Kader, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Global Surgery Track, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Joseph Clinton McCabe, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, University of Maryland Shock Trauma, Baltimore MD

Deanna Plewa, DO
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, St Francis Hospital, Hartford CT

Sowmya Sharma, MD
Fellowship: Colorectal Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston MA

Victoria Valdes, MD
Fellowship: Bariatric Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA

2024

Christian Bennett, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, University of Maryland, Shock Trauma, Baltimore Maryland

Michael Jonczyk, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Broward Health Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Alexis Graham-Stephenson, MD
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology, University of Michigan

Rodrigo Calvillo Ortiz, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, MetroHealth Cleveland, OH

Alexander Xu, MD
Fellowhip: Colorectal Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

2023

Justin Greco, MD
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Piyush Gupta, MD
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, Georgetown Medical Center, Washington, DC

Tiare Pimentel Spector, MD
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Shannon Spencer, MD
Fellowship: Colon Rectal Surgery, Northwell Health, New York, NY

Patrick Warner, MD
Fellowship: Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

2022

Jacqueline Anderson, MD
Fellowship: GI MIS/Bariatrics, Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA

Ali Al Jabri, MD
Fellowship: Colon & Rectal, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL

Kael Nahikian, MD
Fellowship: Minnesota Hand Surgery, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MI

Shakti Nochur, MD
Practice Location: University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

2021

Meaghan Collins, MD
Fellowship: Bariatric Surgery, Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA

Kimberly Ellis, MD
Fellowship: Breast Oncology, UCSF, CA

2020

Helen Ho, MD
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Arizona, AZ

Mathew Rade, MD
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, MA

2006-2019

2019

Colleen Donahue, MD
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cook County, IL

Christopher Lee, MD
Fellowship: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dartmouth, NH

Al Hassan Sedeeq, MD
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Rutgers, NJ

2018

Victor Kim, MD
Fellowship: Bariatric Surgery, Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA

Sarah Meade, MD
Fellowship: Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA

Haddon Pantel, MD
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA

2017

Richard Birkett, MD
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, University Of Pennsylvania, PA

Theodore Delmonico, MD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Rhode Island Hospital, RI

Reuben Shin, MD
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA

2016

Jennifer Freeman
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX

Andrew Gagnon
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, MA

Adil Khan
Fellowship: Bariatric Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, OH

2015

Joseph Batac
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, NY

Adam Kingston
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA Health, CA

Tom Penoyar
Current: General Surgery, Kittitas Valley Healthcare, WA

2014

Megan Applewhite
Fellowship: Endocrine Surgery, University of Chicago, IL

Lillian Chen
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, MA

Allison Dipasquale
Fellowship: Breast Surgery Fellowship, City of Hope National Cancer Center, CA

2013

Jesse Goddard
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care and Trauma, University of Kentucky, KY

Amila Husic
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, AZ

Tadaki Tomita
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, IL

2012

Shimae Fitzgibbons
Current: General Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.

Walid Hesham
Current: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lancaster General Hospital, PA
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Matthew Ranzer
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, University of Illinois, IL

2011

Jordan Gutweiler
Current: General Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, MA

Michael Nazarian
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cornell and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY

2010

Heather Ford
Current: General Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, MA

Nicholas Spinelli
Current: United States Navy

2009

Minghui Liu
Current: Private Practice, CA
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, CA

Jennifer Verbesey
Current: Transplant Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, MA

2008

Laura Dominici
Current: Breast Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, TX

Jill Zalieckas
Current: Pediatric Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA

2007

Mark Shashikant
Current: Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, VA
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, MA

Khashayar Vakili
Current: Transplant Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, MA

2006

Jonathan Chun
Current: Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, MD
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, MO

Donald Dupuis
Current: General Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, NH

General Surgery Residency

The General Surgery Residency Program at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center trains 5 categorical general surgery residents a year to become independent general surgeons.

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