Department of Surgery

Thoracic Surgery Independent Fellowship Graduates

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2024

Perel Baral, D.O.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Michael E. DeBakey – VA
Houston, TX

Alin Cheran, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Mary's Regional Hospital
Grand Junction, CO

Mohammad Jafferji, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD
 

2023

Ahmed K. Ali, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Matthew Egyud, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, University of Maryland

Chibueze Onyemkpa, M.D.
Thoracic Surgeon, St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO

Hoang-Vu Doan Tran
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, East Bay Cardiac Group
Oakland, CA
 

2022

Nabeel Habib Gul, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon Baptist Health 
Louisville, KY and Floyd, IN

Abraham Katz, M.D.
BCM Aortic Fellowship
Houston, TX

Krishna Patel, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Joseph’s Hospital
Syracuse, NY

Vivekkumar Patel, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Luke’s Woodlands Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Tx
 

2021

Ademola Adeseye, MBBS
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Harbin Clinic
Rome, Georgia

Ankur Bakshi, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
North County CVT Associates
San Diego, California 

Jenalee Coster, M.D.
Advanced Lung Failure/Lung Transplantation Surgical Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Doug Farmer, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas 

Trung Tran, M.D.
Assistant Professor 
The University of Alabama at Birmingham /Baptist Health at Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama 


2020 

Melissa Korb, M.D.
Thoracic Surgeon
Texas Oncology Surgical Specialists

Juan Marcano, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX 

Alexander Schutz, M.D.
Assistant Professor 
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas 

Darrell Wu, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
North County CVT Associates
San Diego, California

2019 

Corinne Aberle, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
University of Miami 
Miami, Florida 

Kareem Ibrahim, M.D.
General Thoracic Surgery 
Lankenau Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Swami Gnanashanmugam, M.D.
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Fellowship 
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas 

Duy Nguyen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery
The University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

2018 

Peter Chen, M.D.
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Graham Pollock, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
St. Luke’s Hospital 
Kansas City, Missouri

Ryan Reidy, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon 
St. Luke’s Hospital
St.  Louis, Missouri 

Corinne Tan, M.D.
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship 
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts