Postgraduate Year Two (PGY-2)

Layan Abu Qayyas

Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Surgical Interest: Global surgery
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Benjamin Bigelow

Hometown: Grass Valley, California
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Acute care surgery, surgical critical care
Researching: Disparities in an access to care, pre-hospital trauma care
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Radek Buss

Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Surgical Interest: Pediatric surgery
Researching: Quality improvement and surgical outcomes research
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Abivarma Chandrakumaran

Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Medical School: Tbilisi State Medical University
Surgical Interest: Cardiothoracic surgery
Researching: Minimally invasive CABG, surgical therapy of MDR/XDR pulmonary tuberculosis
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Daniel Elliott

Hometown: Topeka, Kansas
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Interventional radiology
Researching: Radiology AI applications and device development
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Elie Ghabi

Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Medical School: University of Balamand Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences
Surgical Interest: Surgical oncology, trauma/ACS
Researching: Tumor molecular profiling, health-care disparities
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Emmanouil Kalfagiannis

Hometown: Athens, Greece
Medical School: University of Athens School of Health Sciences
Surgical Interest: Surgical oncology
Researching: Surgical oncology
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Ivy Mannoh

Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Thoracic surgery
Researching: Health equity and global surgery
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Francisco Molano

Hometown: Armenia, Quindio, Colombia
Medical School: University of Antioquia Faculty of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery
Researching: Global health equity, surgical education
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Sarah Pisano

Hometown: Timonium, Maryland
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Researching: Outcomes research
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Kyla Rakoczy

Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
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Dylan Rust

Hometown: Green River, Wyoming
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Surgical Interest: Transplant, surgical oncology
Researching: Outcomes research, transplant oncology
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Amn Siddiqi

Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College
Surgical Interest: Surgical oncology/trauma and acute care surgery
Researching: Surgical oncology, surgical education
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Yousef Souri

Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Medical School: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Vascular surgery and endovascular therapy
Researching: Effective health-care teams and quality improvement
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Sumeyye Yilmaz

Hometown: Trabzon, Turkey
Medical School: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Liver transplantation
Researching: Machine perfusion, living donor liver transplantation, increasing organ donation
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