Surgery Residents
Research Residents

Lucy Chau, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Career Interests: Transplant surgery

Kaitlyn Dobesh, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Burwell, NE
Career Interests: Vascular Surgery

Hollis Johanson, M.D.
Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Hometown: Glenview, IL
Career Interests: Breast Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Shravan Leonard-Murali, M.D.
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Hometown: Canton, OH
Clinical Interests: Surgical Oncology, Tumor Biology, Immunotherapy
PGY 5

Abbas Al-Kurd, M.D.
Medical School: Jordan University
Hometown: Houston, TX
Career Interests: Transplant & Hepatobiliary, Minimally Invasive & Metabolic Surgery

Charles Fisher, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hometown: Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Career Interests: Trauma Critical Care, Military Medicine

Leslie McDonough, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hometown: Pleasant Ridge, MI
Career Interests: General Surgery

Chinmayee Potti, M.B.B.S.
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College Manipal
Hometown: Manipal, India
Career Interests: Vascular Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Transplant Surgery

Rohit Shenoy, M.B.B.S.
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College Mangalore
Hometown: Mysore, India
Career Interests: Cardiovascular surgery

Alexander Vraa, M.B.B.S.
Medical School: St. George’s University of London
Hometown: Bad Nauheim, DE
Career Interests: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
PGY 4

Joe Habbouche, M.D.
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Hometown: Southfield, MI
Career Interests: Transplant Surgery

Tommy Ivanics, M.D., MPH
Medical School: Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Clinical Interests: Surgical oncology, hepatobilliary surgery and transplant surgery

Elizabeth MacLean, M.D.
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hometown: Birmingham, MI
Clinical Interests: Transplant Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Erik Schwarze, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Akron, OH
Career Interests: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tayseer M. Shamaa, M.B.B.S.
Medical School: University of Sharjah
Hometown: Damascus, Syria
Clinical Interests: Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery

Ryan Soheim, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hometown: Grosse Pointe, MI
Career Interests: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
PGY 3

Michael Diffley, M.D.
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Career Interests: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Trauma

Rebecca Ferguson, M.D.
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Hometown: Kansas City, KS
Career Interests: Acute Care Surgery, Trauma

Zoe Lu, M.D.
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Hometown: Boston, MA
Career Interests: Cardiac Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Public Health, Global Health

Ali Rteil, M.D.
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Career Interests: Vascular Surgery, Aerospace Medicine

Hemi Thaker, M.D.
Medical School: University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Career Interests: Acute Care Surgery, Trauma

Ian Wood, M.D.
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Career Interests: Surgery and patient/community education
PGY 2

Jenny Bui, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Career Interests: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Donald Chang, M.D., PhD
Medical School: University of Queensland, School of Medicine
Hometown: San Gabriel, CA
Career Interests: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgical Critical Care

Alexa Jarman, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Mt. Pleasant, MI
Career Interests: Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, Cardiac Surgery

Henry Kwon, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Career Interests: Cardiothoracic, Cell signaling & GPCR biology, Systematic Review Meta-analysis & network medicine

Eric Lisznyai, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Jonesville, MI
Career Interests:Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Minimally Invasive & Critical Care Surgery

Ninette Musili, M.D.
Medical School: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya
Career Interests: Pediatrics & Global Surgery
PGY 1

Michael Bock, M.D.
Medical School: University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Career Interests: Acute Care, Trauma/Critical Care

Michael Lee, M.D.
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Hometown: Sterling Heights, MI
Career Interests: Acute Care, Trauma/Critical Care

Mohammad Maki, M.D.
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Hometown: Iraq
Career Interests: Global Surgery, Trauma, Plastics, Transplant Surgery

Zachary Montgomery, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Grosse Pointe, MichiganI
Career Interests: Acute Care, Trauma/Critical Care

Babawale Oluborode, M.B.B.Ch.B.
Medical School: Obafemi Awolowo University, College of Health Sciences
Hometown: Ilesha, Nigeria
Career Interests: Transplant Surgery

Madison Wheaton, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Hometown: Harrison Township, MI
Career Interests: Plastic Surgery
Preliminary

Mallory McCormick, D.O.
Medical School: Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Career Interests: Urology

Abdul Kader Natour, M.D.
Medical School: American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Career Interests: Vascular Surgery