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Alumni

Four doctors from the General Surgery Residency program at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona posed for a group photo in an operating room.

The most important indicator of the success of a training program is found in the outcomes of the graduates upon completion of their training. 

Graduate outcomes

Over the past five years, 100% of our residents matched with the fellowship of their choice. Additionally, 89% of our graduates have gone on to surgical fellowships in a variety of fields, including:

  • 20% plastic surgery
  • 16% surgical oncology/breast
  • 11% pediatric surgery
  • 11% minimally invasive surgery
  • 9% colon and rectal surgery
  • 9% transplant surgery
  • 7% vascular surgery

Recent alumni

Recent graduates have continued on to complete diverse fellowships and now practice at institutions across the U.S.

Class of 2023

Name Destination
Britton Donato, M.D. Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Jacob Hammond, M.D. Plastic Surgery Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Ga-ram Han, M.D. Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Beaumont Health Royal, Oak, MI
Marko Laitinen, M.D. General Surgery Dignity Health, Gilbert, AZ

Class of 2022

Name Destination
Christopher Webb, M.D. Transplant Fellowship, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Esteban Calderon, M.D. Transplant Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Class of 2021

Name Destination
Matthew Breite, M.D. Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Patrick Hangge, M.D. Acute Care Surgery attending physician, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Varun Jain, M.B.B.S. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Tiffany Weidner, M.D. Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Texas, Houston, TX

Class of 2020

Name Destination
Mariam Ali-Mucheru, M.D. Endocrine Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Anthony Murante, M.D. Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Jason Primus, M.D. General Surgery Private Practice, Medford, OR
William Sheaffer, M.D. Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

Class of 2019

Name Destination
Maria Linnaus, M.D. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Daniel Rhee, M.D. Plastic Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Kate Peng, M.D. Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Cristine Velazco, M.D. Pediatric Colorectal Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

Class of 2018

Name Destination
Middleton Chang, M.D. Vascular Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Ryan Day, M.D. Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
John Kidwell, M.D. Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; Colorectal Surgery, Greenville Memorial Medical Campus, Greenville, SC

Class of 2017

Name Destination
Awais Ashfaq, M.B.B.S. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
David Pearson, M.D. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Greenville Memorial Medical Campus, Greenville, SC
Graduation of Mayo Clinic residents and fellows

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association

The Mayo Clinic Alumni Association will help you stay in touch with your Mayo Clinic colleagues, maintain a valuable professional connection to Mayo Clinic throughout your medical and/or research career, participate in continuing medical education, and more.

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