Learn about recent graduates of the Division of General Surgery.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Louisville, KY Vascular Fellowship
Houston, TX
| Name | Year | Practice/Fellowship | Where are they now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Byrd | 2025 | Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University Hospital, Cleveland | |
| Matthew Csonka | 2025 | General Surgeon, Southeast | |
| Forrest Ericksen | 2025 | Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Missouri Columbia, MO | |
| Karishma Bhatt | 2024 | Northwestern Regional Medical Group, IL | |
| Jack Coorts | 2024 | Cox Medical Center South and Ferrell-Duncan Clinic Springfield, MO | |
| Jennifer Huffman | 2024 | Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Missouri Columbia, MO | |
| Saeed Arefanian | 2023 | Moberly Regional Medical Center Moberly, MO | Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
| Thomas Noel | 2023 | Interdisciplinary Breast Surgery Fellowship - Yale University SOM | |
| William Roush | 2023 | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship- Allegheny General Hospital - Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Jared Sheppard | 2023 | Saint Francis Health System Tulsa, OK | |
| Jay Jennings | 2022 | Private Practice Norman, OK | |
| Amanda Chelednik | 2021 | Cox Medical Center South and Ferrell-Duncan Clinic Springfield, MO | |
| Milot Thaqi | 2021 | Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship New Haven, CT | |
| Sydnei Tolefree | 2021 | Private Practice Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| Laurel Vaughan | 2021 | Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Baltimore, MD | |
| Matthew Leroy | 2020 | Private Practice Chanute, KS | General Surgery Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center Chanute, KS |
| Vishal Kudav | 2020 | Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Houston, TX | Bariatric & MIS Surgeon, Bhatti GI Consultants, MN |
| Emily Benzer | 2019 | U.S. Navy Surgeon Okinawa, Japan | General Surgeon U.S. Navy Okinawa, Japan |
| Joedd Biggs | 2019 | Vascular Fellowship Rochester, MN | Vascular Surgeon; Vascular Surgery Associates, Shawnee, KS |
| John Tann | 2019 | Bariatric Fellowship Overland Park, KS | Bariatric & MIS Surgeon; HCA Midwest Health Overland Park, KS |
| John Marc Shellenberger | 2018 | Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Dallas, TX | Acute Care Surgeon Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa, OK |
| Cody Barnes | 2018 | Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, St. Louis, MO | Acute Care Surgeon SCL Health Medical Group Lafayette, CO |
| Joseph Melvin | 2018 | Colorectal Fellowship, Madison, WI | Colorectal Surgeon; MountainStar Health, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Ashley Bartels | 2017 | Private Practice Kansas City, MO | General Surgeon North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, MO |
| Erica Ibendahl | 2017 | Bariatric Fellowship Kansas City, KS | General Surgeon, SSM Health, Centralia, IL |
| Lucas Beffa | 2016 | MIS Fellowship Greenville, NC | Assistant Professor Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
| Nicholas Boston | 2016 | Private Practice Cape Girardeau, MO | General Surgeon St. Luke's Hospital Chesterfield, MO |
| Siddarth Kudav | 2016 | Bariatric Fellowship Columbia, MO | Bariatric & MIS Surgeon; Bon Secours Surgical Weight Loss, VA |
| Meghan Hansen | 2015 | Breast Fellowship Dallas, TX | Breast Surgeon Texas Breast Specialists Frisco, TX |
| Parker Hu | 2015 | Critical Care Fellowship Birmingham, AL | Assistant Professor University of Alabama Birmingham, AL |
| Jared Konie | 2015 | Private Practice Lawrence, KS | General Surgeon Lawrence Memorial Hospital Lawrence, KS |
| Chris Cooper | 2014 | Trauma Fellowship Irvine, CA | Trauma Surgeon Southwest General Surgical Assoc. Dallas, TX |
| Jeremy Berger | 2014 | Private Practice Mankato, MN | General Surgeon Mankato Clinic Mankato, MN |
| Jeremy Jensen | 2014 | Private Practice Great Falls, MT | General Surgeon Great Falls Surgical Assoc. Great Falls, MT |
| Nicole Nelson | 2014 | Private Practice Columbia, MO | General Surgeon Columbia Surgical Assoc. Columbia, MO |
| Jake Quick | 2014 | Critical Care Fellowship Columbia, MO | General Surgeon Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO |
| Edgar Galinanes | 2013 | Vascular Surgeon Miami Vascular Surgery Miami, FL | |
| Kevin Bartow | 2012 | Private Practice Cape Girardeau, MO | General Surgeon Associate Professor University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
| Andrew Wheeler | 2012 | Bariatric Fellowship St. Louis, MO | Division Chief of General, Bariatric, & Colorectal Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
| Silvie Harrington | 2011 | Private Practice Warner Robins, GA | General & Breast Surgeon Surgical Assoc. of Warner Robins Warner Robins, GA |
| Michael Simonson | 2011 | Private Practice North Platte, NB | General Surgeon Great Plains Health North Platte, NB |
| Jim Speicher | 2011 | Thoracic Fellowship University of Iowa | Thoracic Surgeon Assistant Professor East Carolina University Greenville, NC |
| Atif Iqbal | 2010 | Colorectal Fellowship St. Louis, MO | Colorectal Surgeon Assistant Professor University of Florida |
| Tim Mayfield | 2010 | MIS Fellowship Kansas City, KS | |
| Chris Nelson | 2010 | Critical Care Fellowship Columbia, MO | Acute Care Surgeon Associate Professor, Director of Emergency Surgery University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
