Alumni of the General Surgery Residency Program
Class of 2025
Hayden Alford, M.D.
West Tennessee Healthcare - Jackson Surgical Associates; Jackson, Tennessee
Victoria Bouillon, M.D.
Plastic Surgery; University of Colorado; Denver Colorado
Tyler Kaelin, M.D.
General Surgery - U.S. Navy
Megan McCaul, M.D.
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee
Loree Thornton, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery; Baylor University Medical Center; Dallas, Texas
Katie Vines, M.D.
General Surgery – K. Vines, MD, PC Surgical Services of Athens; Athens, Alabama
Class of 2024
Colin Buckley, M.D.
Thomas Hospital; Infirmary Health; Fairhope, Alabama
Charles Cox, M.D.
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery; University of Missouri; Columbia Missouri
Ran Halleluyan, M.D.
Transplant Surgery; University of Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana
John Murfee, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee
Emily Smith, M.D.
Breast Surgery; Baylor University; Waco, Texas
Mark Ward, M.D.
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery; AdventHealth; Tampa, Florida
Class of 2023
Ibrahim Abou Saleh, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery; West Virginia University; Morgantown, West Virginia
Alissa Doll, M.D
Breast Surgery; University of California, Los Angeles; Westwood, California
William Hardy, M.D
Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery; University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson, Mississippi
Wilson Huett, M.D.
Plastic Surgery; University of Louisville; Louisville, Kentucky
Chelsea Olson, M.D.
Surgical Oncology; UT-Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Richard Rieske, M.D.
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee
Class of 2022
Lindsay Buono, M.D.
Singing River Heath System, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Deepa Cherla, M.D.
Colon & Rectal Surgery, UT Health Houston, Houston, Texas
Parker Mullen, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
Kenny Quang, M.D.
Plastic Surgery, Summa Health, Akron, Ohio
William Ricks, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Class of 2021
Allison Beckett, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Michael Caposole, D.O.
Advance GI, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
James Roy, M.D.
Community Practice, Dothan, Alabama
Frank Rutigliano, M.D.
Colon & Rectal Surgery, University of Texas at Houston McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Yong Tan, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Class of 2020
Justin Hunter, M.D.
Vascular Surgery at Wake Forrest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Timothy Mansour, M.D.
Advance GI, Colon Foregut at Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
Elizabeth Newman, M.D.
Community Practice, Alabaster, Alabama
Michael Simmons, M.D.
Community Practice, Mobile, Alabama
Ashley Williams, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Class of 2019
Rachel Hunter, M.D.
Breast Surgical Oncology at Vanderbilt University
Omar Nadra, M.D.
Vascular Surgery at West Virginia University
Osman Hashmi, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gifty Abraham, M.D.
Mastery in General Surgery at Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Benton Cason, M.D.
Community Practice in Montgomery, AL
Todd Bierman, M.D.
Community Practice in Matoon, IL
Class of 2018
Daniel Freno, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Brian Jones, M.D.
Vascular Surgery at Greenville Health System
Celia Quang, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at University of Missouri
Kaci Sims, M.D.
Community Practice at Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, AL
Class of 2017
Caleb Butts, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at Wake Forest
Yann-Leei Larry Lee, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at Johns Hopkins
Kelsey McKee, M.D.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Indiana University
Isaac Payne, D.O.
Colorectal Surgery at Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando (Orlando Health)
Gregory Quatrino, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Justin Sobrino, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care at Children’s Mercy Hospital
Class of 2016
Barry Ballard, M.D.
Community Practice in Mobile, Alabama
Scott Blair, D.O.
Cardiothoracic Surgery at Kansas University
Jeremy Drake, M.D.
Colorectal Surgery at Orlando Regional Hospital
Luke Fife, M.D.
Community Practice in Kentucky
Class of 2015
Kristin Hummel, D.O.
Four year commitment to Air Force (General Surgery)
Cassidy Koonce, M.D.
Community Practice in Madison, Alabama
Joseph Ogrodnik, M.D.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jack Rostas, M.D.
Surgical Oncology at University of Louisville
Katrina Weaver, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care at Mercy Children’s Hospital
Class of 2014
Andrew Bright, D.O.
Four year commitment to Air Force (General Surgery)
Gwen DeLeon, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at Boston University
Lee Ferguson, D.O.
Vascular fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ryan Kennedy, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at University of Texas Southwestern
Class of 2013
Derrick Cannon, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at University of South Alabama
Tam Mai, M.D.
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at University of Florida
Melanie Rose, M.D.
Vascular Surgery at University of Alabama in Birmingham
Jabbar Saliba, M.D.
Community Practice in Tennessee
Bassam Shukrallah, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery at University of Minnesota