Current and Former Fellows

成人快手 MIGS Bariatric Fellowship Current and Former Fellows

We expect that on completion of our fellowship training our fellow will possess the tools to be an outstanding minimally invasive surgeon and a future academic leader. The 成人快手 fellowship offers a true academic experience and our fellows successfully transition to specialty-specific practices as surgeons advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery and bariatrics.

Current Fellows

Brexton Turner, MD

Advanced GI, MIS & Bariatric Surgery Fellow, 2026-2027

Catherine Valukas-Scifo, MD, MS

Advanced GI, MIS & Bariatric Surgery Fellow, 2026-2027

Former Fellows

Audra Reiter, MD | 2025-2026
Residency: McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Post-fellowship placement: General Surgeon, Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL

Dennis Vaysburg, MD | 2025-2026
Residency: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Post-fellowship placement: 成人快手, Milwaukee, WI

Max Magallanes, MD | 2024-2025
Residency: General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Post-fellowship placement: CHRITUS Health, Corpus Christi, TX

Seyed Arshia Arshad, MD | 2023-2024
Residency: The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Albuquerque, NM
Post-fellowship placement: Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Thomas Xu, MD | 2022-2023
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Post-fellowship placement: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Wen Hui Tan, MD | 2021-2022
Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Post-fellowship placement: 成人快手, Milwaukee, WI

Shanley Deal, MD | 2020-2021
Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Post-fellowship placement: Virginia Mason University, Seattle, WA

Maria Linnaus, MD | 2019-2020
Residency: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ
Post-fellowship placement: Mayo Health System, Eau Claire, WI

Semeret Munie, MD | 2018-2019
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Post-fellowship placement: Marshall University, Huntington, WV

Cynthia Weber, MD | 2017-2018
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Post-fellowship placement: New York Bariatric Group following a laparoendoscopic surgery fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland

Kathleen Lak (Simon), MD | 2016-2017
Residency: 成人快手, Milwaukee, WI
Post-fellowship placement: 成人快手, Milwaukee, WI

Rana Higgins, MD | 2015-2016
Residency: Rush University, Chicago, IL
Post-fellowship placement: 成人快手, Milwaukee, WI

Harish Nirujogi, MD | 2014-2015
Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY
Post-fellowship placement: St. Elizabeth Physicians, Florence, KY

Hassanain Jassim, MD | 2013-2014
Residency: University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD
Post-fellowship placement: St. Vincent and St. Mary Hospital, Green Bay, WI

Maurice Pierre-Page, MD | 2012-2013
Residency: Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH
Post-fellowship placement: Central Ohio Surgical Associates, Columbus, OH

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