Alumni

Class of 2024

Gabriela Aitken, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Fellowship: Complex General Surgical Oncology at UTHSC, Memphis, Tennessee

Megan Cibulas Shumway, MD
Medical School: Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Jennifer Palacio, MD
Medical School: Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Fellowship: General Cosmetic Surgery at Castellano Cosmetic Surgery, Tampa, Florida

Rachel Pruett, MD
Medical School: University of Arkansas
Fellowship: N/A
Postgraduate Position: General Surgeon at Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, Missouri

Daisy Sanchez, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery at The University of Texas at San Antonio

Class of 2025

Azalia Avila, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery at the University of Connecticut

Natalie Ceballos, MD
Medical School: Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, Maryland

Thomas Dougherty, MD
Medical School: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Fellowship: N/A
Postgraduate Position: General Surgeon, Tampa, Florida

Tessa Henry, MD
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Fellowship: N/A
Postgraduate Position: General Surgeon at St. Mary’s Regional Health System, Russellville, Arkansas

Lucia Maria Castro Hernandez, MD
Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology at Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Class of 2026

Jennifer Hernandez Klein, MD
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care & Trauma at The University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida

Lisa Ngo, MD
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia

Luis Quintero, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College

Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Betsy Rodriguez, DO
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Fellowship: Colon & Rectal Surgery at Ohio Health – Grant Medical System, Columbus, Ohio

Zaineb Shatawi, MD
Medical School: Michigan State College of Human Medicine

Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology at Main Line Health – Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Chelsea Spector, MD
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland