Independent Residents
Listed below are the current Plastic Surgery residents in the Independent Program.
Peter Ferrin, MD
Residency Program: Oregon Health and Sciences University
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Pomona College
Robyn N. Rubenstein, MD
Residency Program: Lankenau Medical Center
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Undergraduate School: Emory University
Integrated Residents
Listed below are the current Plastic Surgery residents in the Integrated Program.
PGY6
Elizabeth B. Card, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate School: Tufts University
Carrie Zimmerman Morales, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate School: Tufts University
Alexander T. Wilson, MD, PhD
Medical School: Yale University
Graduate School: Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD)
Undergraduate School: Wofford College
PGY5
Alan Makhoul, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Duke University
Peyton Terry, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia
Undergraduate School: University of Tennessee
Zachary Zapatero, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
PGY4
Emily Gudbranson, MD
Medical School: Yale
Undergraduate School: Yale
Phoebe McAuliffe, MD
Medical School: Stonybrook University
Undergraduate School: Brown
Dillan F. Villavisanis, MD
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University
PGY3
Harrison Davis, MD
Medical School: Temple Medical School
Undergraduate School: Lasalle
Pooja Humar, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh
Kaamya Varagur, MD
Medical School: Washington University Saint Louis Medical School
Undergraduate School: Princeton University
Alan Yang, MD
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate School: Harvard
PGY2
China N. Byrns, MD, PhD, MS
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate School: Mount Holyoke College
Theodore E. Habarth-Morales, MD
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Undergraduate School: Arcadia University
Joey S. Kurtzman, MD
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Tulane University
Casey Zhang, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh
PGY1
Sarah Barnett, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate School: Dartmouth University
Forrest Bohler, MD
Medical School: Oakland University Beaumont School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Georgia
Daniel Jenkins, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Michigan
Joseph Ribaudo, MD
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Yale University
Paul Um, MD
Medical School: Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences – F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Pennsylvania
2026 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Dustin Crystal, MD |
Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering New York, New York |
| Sharbel Elhage, MD |
Academic/Private Practice Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Elizabeth Malphrus, MD |
Private Practice - Bloom Facial Plastic Surgery Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| William Piwnica-Worms, MD |
Academic Practice – Cooper University Hospital Camden, New Jersey |
2025 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Jason Green, MD | Fellow, Aesthetic The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery Houston, Texas |
| Niv Milbar, MD |
Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York |
| Arturo J. Rios Diaz, MD |
Faculty, University of Miami Aventura, Florida |
| Yoshi Toyoda, MD |
Fellow, Hand Surgery Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester, Minnesota |
2024 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Geoff Kozak |
Private Practice - Capital Health Trenton, New Jersey |
| Dan Mazzaferro | Aesthetic Fellowship with Louis Bucky, MD Washington Square, Pennsylvania |
| Natalie Plana |
Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship - NYU New York, New York |
| Ari Wes |
Private Practice California |
2023 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Javier Couto | Cosmetic Fellowship with Louis Bucky, MD Washington Square, Pennsylvania |
| Eric Weiss | Private Practice Boca Raton, Florida |
| Michael Lanni | Microsurgery Fellowship MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas |
| Wen Xu | Hand Fellowship Stanford University Stanford, California |
2022 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Andrew Bauder | Harvard Hand/Upper Extremity Fellowship Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts |
| Olatomide Familusi | Cosmetic Fellowship with Louis Bucky, MD Washington Square, Pennsylvania |
| Monica Llado-Farrulla | Transgender Surgery Fellowship Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon |
| Michael Tecce | Microsurgery Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York |
2021 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Said Azoury | Microsurgery Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York |
| Duncan Mackay | Craniofacial Fellowship Stanford University |
| James Paliga | Private Practice Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
| Sameer Shakir | Craniofacial Fellowship University of Washington – Seattle Children’s Hospital |
2020 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Takintope Akinbiyi | Clinical Assistant Professor University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| Cassandra Ligh | Private Practice Denver, Colorado |
| Jason Wink | Hand Fellowship - Curtis Center Baltimore, Maryland |
| Chen Yan | Microsurgery Fellowship - UCLS Los Angeles, California |
2019 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| David Colen | Hand Fellowship - MC Health Boston, Massachusetts |
| Valeriy Shubinets | Hand Fellowship - Curtis National Hand Center Baltimore, Maryland |
| Jason VonDerHaar | Faculty - Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana |
2018 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Michael Mirzabeigi | Private Practice Atlanta, Georgia |
| Fares Samra | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Microsurgery Fellowship New York, New York |
| Jason Yu | Microsurgery Fellowship - NYU New York, New York |
2017 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Catherine Chang | Adult Reconstuctive/Aesthetic Craniomaxillofacial Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Justin Fox | Air Force Wright Patterson Medical Center Dayton, Ohio |
| Lin Lin Gao | Stanford University - Hand Fellowship Stanford, California |
2016 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Paris Butler | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jonas Nelson | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Microsurgery Fellowship New York, New York |
| Anthony Wilson | Private Practice Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
2015 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| John Fischer | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Anthony Taglienti | Private Practice Long Island, New York |
| Bianca Chin | Private Practice Cleveland, Ohio |
2014 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Vivian Hsu | Private Practice Blue Bell, Pennsylvania |
2013 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| David Cabling | Microsurgery Fellowship MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas |
| River Elliott | Curtis Hand Center - Hand Fellowship Baltimore, Maryland |
| Joshua Fosnot | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2012 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Alexander Gougoutas | University of Washington Seattle, Washington |
| Andrew Newman | Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theresa Wang | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York |
2011 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Shareef Jandali | Private Practice Trumbull, Connecticut |
| James Smartt | University of Washington Seattle, Washington |
2010 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Ines Lin | Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota |
| Ivona Percec | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2009 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Suhail Kanchwala | MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas |
| Elizabeth Kim | Private Practice New Haven, Connecticut |
2008 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Alison Kaye | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jesse Selber | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas |
2007 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Darrin Hubert | Private Practice Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
| Oksana Jackson | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2006 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Craig Birgfeld | University of Washington Seattle, Washington |
| Rachel Ruotolo | Columbia Children's Hospital Dallas, Texas |
2005 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Kathy Huang | Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland |
| Steven Smith | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2004 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Brian Glatt | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York |
| Gary Breslow | New York University New York, New York |
2003 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Adam A. Tobias | Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland |
| Lisa Cassileth | Private Practice Beverly Hills, California |
2002 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Davinder Singh | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| T. Tayf Jeneby | Private Practice Hot Springs, Arkansas |
2001 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Christine Carman | International Craniofacial Institute and Cleft Lip and Palete Treatment Center Dallas, Texas |
| David Schnur | The Hand Center of San Antonio San Antonio, Texas |
2000 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Steve Baker | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Christopher Godek | Private Practice Toms River, New Jersey |
1999 – Immediate Post-Residency Position
| Sharon DiChiara | Private Practice New York, New York |
| David E. Schmidt | Private Practice Dover, Delaware |