Recent Graduates and Current Fellows | Hepatopancreatobiliary and Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery | MedStar Health

Recent Graduates and Current Fellows—The MedStar Health—Georgetown University Hospital Fellowship Program in Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

Former fellows

Chirag Desai

Chirag Desai (2009-2011)

Professor of Surgery, Chair of Liver Transplantation

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC


Raffaele Girlanda

Raffaelle Girlanda (2009-2011)

Transplant Surgeon

MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute

Washington, DC


Lee Cummings

Lee Cummings (2009-2011)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, MO



Juan Guerra

Juan Francisco Guerra (2010-2012)

Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant

MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute

Washington, DC



Pablo Serrano

Pablo Serrano (2012-2014)

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC



Armando Ganoza

Armando Ganoza (2013-2015)

Pediatric Transplant Surgeon

University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC)

Pittsburg, PA

Alexander Kroemer

Alexander Kroemer (2013-2015)

Director, Research Lab, Abdominal Transplant Surgeon

Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute

Washington, DC



Yong Kyong Kwon

Yong Kyong Kwon (2014-2016)

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon

Keck Medicine of USC,

Los Angeles, CA



Kambiz Etesami

Kambiz Etesami (2014-2016)

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon 

Keck Hospital of USC

Los Angeles, CA



Ahmed Elsabbagh

Ahmed Elsabbagh (2015-2017)

Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon

St. Vincent Hospital

Indianapolis, IN



Oya Andacoglu

Oya Andacoglu (2016-2018)

Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, OK



Ardash Vijay

Adarsh Vijay (2016-2018)

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA



Asha Zimmerman

Asha Zimmerman (2017-2019)

Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, NH



Josh Weiner

Josh Weiner (2017-2019)

Transplant Surgeon

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, NY



Matthew Hanlon

Matthew Hanlon (2018-2020)

Assistant Professor, Transplant Surgeon

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, NY


Oswaldo Aguirre

Oswaldo Aguirre (2019-2021)

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon

Loyola University School of Medicine

Chicago, IL


Current fellows

  • Michelle Buff (2021-23)

  • Michael Fenlon (2021-23)

  • David Walls (2022-24)

  • Shekhar Gogna (2022-24)

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