Graduate Placement

UCSF-East Bay has a long history of launching residents to the career paths of their choosing - the sky is the limit! Surgical success may include going directly into a practice that fits your life goals or matching into a fantastic fellowship en route to your job of choice. We prepare you for the independently practice of general surgery upon graduation while providing opportunities to match in the fellowship of your choice.

Randi N Smith, MD MPH (UCSF-East Bay, 2015)
Nikole Neidlinger, MD MBA
Oliver O Aalami, MD
Magdalene Brooke, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2019)
Vincent Chong, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2017)
Christopher Newton, MD
Terry Chong, MD
Jenny Sung, MD
Emily J Miraflor, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2014)
Gregory P Victorino, MD
Barnard JA Palmer, MD
Abhishek D Parmar, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2016)
Jessica Gosnell, MD
Christine Castater, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2019)
Francisca M Maertens, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2017)
Joanne K Edquilang, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2019)
Shailvi Gupta, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2017)
Rhiana Menen, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2015)
Arturo Garcia, MD (UCSF-East Bay, 2015)
Elizabeth Cureton, MD

2024

Christopher DeBoer, MD – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

Sidney Le, MD – General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, NorCal Oakland, California

Valerie Mai MD – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Harbor-UCLA University of California, Los Angeles

Kirea Mazzolini, MD – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Texas, San Antonio

Colin Mooney, MD – Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Albany Medical College

Katherine Stern, MD – Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Southern California

2023

Mihir Chaudhary, MD MPH – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Chicago

Michael Davitt, MD – Plastic and Recontructive Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas, San Antonio

Danyal Fer, MD – Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Emory University

Diana Hsu, MD – Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, The Ohio State University

Jordan Jackson, MD – Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Jacquelyn Hemingway, MD – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, Irvine

Annie Tang, MD – Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco

2022

Genna Beattie, MD - Trauma-Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA

Caitlin Cohan, MD - Trauma-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Dana Dominguez, MD - Surgical Oncology Fellowship, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

Clifton Ewbank, MD - Scripps Clinic/Sharp HealthCare, Chula Vista, CA

Rebecca Gologorsky, MD - Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

Sawley Wilde, MD - Billings Clinic, Wyoming/Montana

2021

Thaniyyah Ahmad, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Jessica Brown Rea, MD - Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Sora Ely, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Yale Medical Center, New Haven, CT

Camille Jackson, MD - Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Kara Rothenberg, MD - Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Darren Russell, MD - Private Group Practice, Northern California

2020

William Brigode, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL

Kathryn Chomsky-Higgins, MD - Surgical Endocrinology Fellowship, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Michelle Huyser, MD - Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo NY

Laura Hyde, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Maryann Mbaka, MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Yasmin Zerhouni, MD - Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL

2019

Magdalene Brooke, MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO

Christine Castater, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Joanne Edquilang, MD - Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Jessica Veatch, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA​

2018

Sarah Bradford, MD - Surgeon, Travis Air Force Base, CA

Jahanara Graf, MD - Medical Director, Alliance for Global Training, Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Amanda Green, MD - Colon and Rectal Fellowship, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL

David Martin, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

John Swanson, MD - Cardiothoracic Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA​

2017

Vincent Chong, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Shailvi Gupta, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Shock Trauma, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Joanna Lim, MD - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Fontana, CA

Francisca Maertens, MD - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA

Sarah Markham, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Jessica Williams, MD - Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Michigan State University, Flint, MI

William Wood, MD - General Surgeon, Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Fremont, CA​

2016

Wayne Lee, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

James Lesher, MD - General Surgeon, Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA

Abhishek Parmar, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR​

2015

Robert Bell, MD - Assistant Professor, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Leah Candell, MD - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Leandro, CA

Arturo Garcia, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Rhiana Menen, MD - Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Randi Smith, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2014

Laurel Imhoff, MD - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Santa Rosa, CA

Eric Kubat, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA

Emily Miraflor, MD - Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Pooyan Sadeghi, MD - Clinical Instructor, UCSF-East Bay, Oakland, CA

Samuel Schecter, MBBS - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Louise Yeung, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Eugenia Kang, MD - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Walnut Creek, CA

John Lee, MD - General Surgeon, Sutter Health, Oakland, CA

Cheryl Lin, MD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Reza Rahbari, MD - Surgical Endocrinology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Aaron Strumwasser, MD - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA​

2012

David Boudreault, MD - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Kelley Chuang, MD - Colon and Rectal Fellowship, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Xondra Alexis Driggs, General Surgeon, Private Practice, Walla Walla, WA

Jorge Flores II, MD - General Surgeon, VA Medical Center, Reno, NV

Kristin Kanka, DO - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Walnut Creek, CA

Tina Sasaki, MD - General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Walnut Creek, CA