General Surgery Residency

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree Earned

  • Residency

Program Length

6 - 7 years

Program Type

  • On Campus

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2024/25 Interview Dates

Thursday, Nov 7 *
Thursday, Dec 5
Saturday, Dec 14
Thursday, Jan 9
* Jefferson students only

Senior Surgery Clerkship
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Leadership

Name: Karen Chojnacki, MD
Positions:
  • Program Director
  • Francis E. Rosato Professor in Surgery

Program Contact

Name: Brielle Maugeri Gonzalez
Position: Program Coordinator

1015 Walnut Street
Curtis Building Suite 613
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Contact Number(s):
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Graduates

Each year, 98 percent of graduating Jefferson surgical residents pass both the written and oral boards. 

Nearly all program graduates (94%) seek specialty training after completion of their residency. The table below lists where our residents have gone on to train and practice immediately following graduation:

2024 General Surgery Residency Chiefs with Program Director Karen A. Chojnacki, MD (center): Drs. James Fraser, Uzma Rahman, Andrew Hallett, Ryan Lamm, Brian Till, Walker Lyons, and Madison Crutcher.

2024

Crutcher Fellowship Vascular Surgery  Northwestern
Fraser Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery  UC Irvine
Hallett Fellowship Colorectal Surgery  Corewell/Spectrum Health (MI)
Lamm Fellowship  Complex General Surgical Oncology City of Hope Medical Center (CA)
Lyons Fellowship Breast Surgical Oncology Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple Health
Rahman Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery Johns Hopkins
Till Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery UCSF
2023 General Surgery Residency Chiefs with Program Director Karen A. Chojnacki, MD (center): Drs. Keyur Patel, Adrienne Christopher, Osama Shaheen, Lindsay Lynch, Peter Altshuler, Lisa Bevilacqua, and Prashanth Palvannan.

2023

Altshuler Fellowship Transplant Surgery  UCSF
Bevilacqua Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham & Women's
Christopher Fellowship Plastic Surgery  Vanderbilt
Lynch Fellowship  Vascular Surgery Wake Forest
Palvannan Fellowship Vascular Surgery Mount Sinai
Patel Fellowship Trauma / Surgical Critical Care UT Southwestern
Shaheen Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery  UCSF Fresno
2022 General Surgery Residency Chiefs with Program Director Karen A. Chojnacki, MD (center): Drs. Nkosi Alvarez, Steven Woodward, Thomas O'Malley, Arturo Rios-Diaz, Alicja Zalewski, Richard Zheng, and Courtney Devin.

2022

Alvarez Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery  Johns Hopkins
Devin Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Emory
O'Malley Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery  Emory
Rios Diaz Fellowship  Plastic Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Woodward Fellowship Breast Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Zalewski Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery Baystate
Zheng Fellowship Surgical Oncology Johns Hopkins

2021

2021 General Surgery Residency Chiefs with Program Director Karen A. Chojnacki, MD (center)
Callahan Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery Northshore Health System
Caparosa Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Gadomski Fellowship Acute Care Surgery Vanderbilt University
Kincaid Fellowship  Surgical Critical Care Penn State
Kozak Fellowship Plastic Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Kucejko Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Lahey Clinic
2020 General Surgery Residency Chiefs with Program Director Karen A. Chojnacki, MD (center)

2020

Chevrollier Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Ochsner Medical Center
Hewitt Fellowship Surgical Oncology Ohio State
Jacovides Fellowship Trauma Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Lundgren Fellowship  Minimally Invasive Surgery Cleveland Clinic
Nandra Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Rutgers University
Stem Fellowship Colorectal Surgery University of Wisconsin
2019 General Surgery Residency Chiefs

2019

Aka Fellowship  Colorectal Surgery Florida Hospital - Orlando
Brown Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery Stony Brook University
Dukleska Fellowship Pediatric Surgery University of Connecticut
Johnson, A.  Fellowship Vascular Surgery NYP Columbia/Cornell
Latona Fellowship Surgical Critical Care Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
McKeown Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson
2018 General Surgery Residency Chiefs with Charles J. Yeo, MD (center)

2018

Costanzo Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Giugliano Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic
Koganti Fellowship Trauma Surgery Emory University
Strickland Fellowship Vascular Surgery Wake Forest University
Tannouri Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery University of Maryland
Tatarian Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery Stony Brook University

Holoyda Fellowship  Plastic Surgery University of Utah
Lotto Fellowship  Vascular Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sarik Fellowship  Plastic Surgery Cleveland Clinic, Miami, FL
Sooppan Fellowship  Vascular Surgery Johns Hopkins University
Takyi Fellowship  Vascular Surgery Loyola University, IL

Batista Fellowship Vascular Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Crawford Fellowship Breast Surgery Fox Chase Cancer Center
Devitt Fellowship Plastic Surgery University of Texas, Southwestern
Harrison Fellowship Thoracic Surgery University of Virginia
Price Fellowship Critical Care/Burns University of North Carolina
Sion Fellowship MIS/HPB Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Burkhart Fellowship Surgical Oncology Johns Hopkins
Kang Fellowship Critical Care Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Lamb Fellowship     Vascular Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Munoz Fellowship Plastic Surgery Temple University Hospital
Sarosiek Fellowship Plastic Surgery Vanderbilt University Hospital
Tholey Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery Cornell University Hospital

Pineda Fellowship Vascular Surgery Pennsylvania Hospital
Policha Fellowship Vascular Surgery New York University
Punja Fellowship Critical Care Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Relles Fellowship Pediatric Surgery Columbia University
Singh Fellowship MIS/HPB Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Stransky Fellowship Plastic Surgery Johns Hopkins Hospital

Assifi Fellowship Surgical Oncology University of Pittsburgh
Bodzin Fellowship Transplant Surgery UCLA
Marks Fellowship Trauma Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Rittenhouse Fellowship Critical Care Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Talbott Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Oregon Health & Science

Comeau Fellowship Vascular Surgery Albany Medical Center
Fernandez Fellowship Plastic Surgery University of Florida, Gainesville
Lazar Fellowship Breast Surgery Northwestern University
Pucci Fellowship MIS/HPB Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Richards Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery George Washington University
Rodriguez, J.  Fellowship Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Inova, Fairfax, VA

Abdollahi Fellowship Plastic Surgery Temple University Hospital
Bildzukewicz Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery  University of CA, San Diego
Moudgill, L.  Fellowship Colorectal Surgery University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Rosen  Fellowship Critical Care Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,  Boston, MA
Shirley Fellowship Surgical Oncology Ohio State University Medical Center
Sullivan Fellowship Thoracic Surgery University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento

Goldberg Fellowship Minimally Invasive Surgery Mayo Clinic (Florida)
Hager Fellowship Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh
Moudgill, N.  Fellowship Vascular Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Noto Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Lehigh Valley Hospital
Showalter Research Colorectal Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Williams Fellowship Vascular Surgery Johns Hopkins

Grabo Military Commitment 2009-2010  
Fellowship Trauma/Critical Care Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Lakshman Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic (Florida)
Levy Private Practice Surgery  
Milan Fellowship Endocrine Surgery Yale University
Sailes Fellowship Hand Surgery & Plastic Surgery University of Mississippi
Tarola Fellowship Plastic Surgery Vanderbilt

Bagameri Fellowship Vascular Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Chung Fellowship MIS/HPB Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fischer Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery University of CA,  San Diego
Golesorkhi Fellowship Breast Surgery Allegheny Medical Center, Pittsburgh
McGuire Fellowship Breast Surgery Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa
Rao Fellowship Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh

Greaney  Fellowships Burn Fellowship Cornell University, NYC
Plastic Surgery Albert Einstein/ Montefiore Medical Center, NYC
Microsurgery NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital, NYC
Lee Fellowship Colorectal Surgery University of Minnesota
Otterburn Fellowship Plastic Surgery Emory University
Palazzo Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery University of California, San Francisco
Solomon Fellowship Plastic Surgery Mayo Clinic,  Rochester, MN

Martin Fellowship Trauma/Critical Care Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Perkins Faculty General Surgery Oregon Health & Sciences University, International Surgery Program in Pakistan
Radzio Fellowship Breast Surgery University of CA,  San Francisco
String Fellowship Endoscopic Surgery Charite Hospital - Germany
Timmapuri Fellowship Pediatric Surgery St. Christopher’s Hospital

Arthur Fellowship Pediatric Surgery Ohio State University
Eisenberg Fellowship Vascular Surgery Pennsylvania Hospital
Hoxworth Fellowship Plastic Surgery University of Texas – SW
Jenoff Fellowship Trauma/Critical Care Surgery University of Pennsylvania
Rosato, Jr. Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery Presbyterian Hospital (University of Pennsylvania)
Schaner Fellowships Hand Surgery  University of Louisville
Plastic Surgery University of TX – San Antonio

Caterson Fellowship Plastic Surgery Lahey Clinic
Cowan Fellowship CT Surgery Mass. General Hospital
Kuenzler Fellowship Pediatric Surgery Columbia University
Maron Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic (Florida)
Pearson Fellowship Colorectal Surgery University of Minnesota
Segan Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery University of Maryland

Grace Private Practice Surgery Bozeman, MT
Jones Fellowship Pediatric Surgery Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Lal Private Practice Surgery Fairlawn, OH
Patel      
Profeta Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery Medical College of Virginia

Dillavou Fellowship Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh
Johnson, S.  Fellowship Trauma Surgery University of Maryland
Lynn Private Practice Surgery Wilmington, NC
Ormont Private Practice Surgery Elkton, MD
Rodriquez, E.  Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Stein Fellowship Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic
Tichansky Fellowship Laparoscopic Surgery Medical College of Virginia
Tuma Fellowship Plastic Surgery Emory
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