The Abdominal Transplant Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Arizona has up to three trainees at any given time. Learn more about our current fellows and recent graduates.
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Sandra Arias, M.D.Hometown: Bakersfield, CA Residency: Abrazo Community Health Network |
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Arpit Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.Hometown: Delhi, India Residency: New York Presbyterian - Cornell |
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Mariana Chavez Villa, M.D.Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico Residency: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran |
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Ingrid Woelfel, M.D.Hometown: Eugene, OR Residency: Ohio State University |
The transplant fellowship at Mayo Clinic AZ is a unique experience that offers fellows exposure to high-volume cases in liver, pancreas, and kidney transplantation combined with a world-class clinical experience. Fellows training here will have the opportunity to take ownership of the patients whether on rounds, in the operating room, at selection, or during organ offers. Fellows will be trained in robotic-assisted laparoscopic procedures with exposure to the TransMedics OCSTM and NRP.
Stephanie Ohara, M.D.
Abdominal transplant surgery fellowship alum, class of 2025
| Alumnus | Graduation year | Destination |
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| Stephanie Ohara, M.D. | 2025 | Surgeon, Mayo Clinic |
| Christopher Cosentino, M.D. | 2025 | Procurement Surgery, Mayo Clinic |
| Kayla Mirie, M.D. | 2024 | Surgeon, Mayo Clinic |
| Josiah Wagler, D.O. | 2023 | Surgeon, INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute |
| Brianna Ruch, M.D. | 2023 | Surgeon, University Hospital Cleveland |
| Keita Okubo, M.D., Ph.D. | 2022 | Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation, Shonan Kamkura Hospital |
| Zeeshan Rifat, M.B.B.S. | 2022 | Surgeon, Gambat Liver Transplant Clinic |
| Rafael Nunez-Nateras, M.D. | 2020 | Urologist, Private Practice, Tucson, AZ and Transplant/Procurement Surgeon, Mayo Clinic |
| Ananth Srinivasan, M.D. | 2019 | Staff Transplant Surgeon, INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute |
| Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D., M.Sc. | 2018 | Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| Danielle Haakinson, M.D. | 2017 | Surgical Director of Kidney Transplant Program, University of Michigan |
| Ramesh Batra, M.B.B.S., M.A., FRCS | 2015 | Associate Professor of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center |
This program provides a transplant model unique in merging aggressiveness in organ selection with high quality of care. In a period of organ shortage, this fellowship trained me how to consider and utilize all available allografts, helping patients in need while contributing to my current program expansion. Staffed by top-ranking surgeons in transplant science and education, Mayo Clinic in Arizona is what I think of as the top abdominal transplant fellowship program in the United States.
Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D.
Abdominal transplant surgery fellowship alum, class of 2018
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