The UAB General Surgery Residency Program has welcomed ten new trainees to the department and celebrated the graduation of its eight chief surgeons.

Hello

Incoming residents joining the UAB Department of Surgery General Surgery Residency Program include:

• Queena Chen, M.D. - Wake Forest University - Categorical Intern
• Clarice Swift, M.D. - University of Mississippi - Categorical Intern
• Louis Runge, M.D. - University of South Carolina - Categorical Intern
• Elizabeth Shumway, M.D. - University of Missouri-Columbia - Categorical Intern
• Mckinley Conley, M.D. - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Categorical Intern
• Annabelle Feist, M.D. - University of Vermont - Categorical Intern
• Brittany Walker, M.D. - University of Wisconsin - Categorical Intern
• Aeleia Hughes, M.D. - Indiana University - Integrated Cardiac 4/3
• Dakota Williams, M.D., M.S. - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Preliminary Year-1 (Interventional Radiology)
• Isabel Snow, M.D. - Florida Atlantic University - Preliminary Year-1 (Interventional Radiology)

Help us welcome them as they begin their training!

Goodbye

The chief residents of the UAB General Surgery Residency have also begun their next steps in their training. Learn about the future plans of our chiefs, all of whom are pursuing clinical fellowships at academic institutions:

• Laura Bownes, M.D. - Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at University of Oklahoma
• Peter Abraham, M.D., M.S.P.H. - Endocrine Surgery Fellowship at UAB
• John Killian, M.D. - Transplant Fellowship at Emory University
• Cozette Killian, M.D. - Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at UAB
• Connie Shao, M.D., M.S.P.H. - Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at Ochsner Health
• Mary Smithson, M.D., M.S. - Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic
• Marvi Tariq, M.B.B.S. - Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at UAB
• Nikita Wadhwani, M.B.B.S. - Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at The Ohio State University

“We extend our congratulations to all graduating trainees and wish them success in their future endeavors. Our efforts have focused on developing skilled academic surgeons who will positively impact the lives of many patients. As we begin the new academic year, we welcome our incoming interns and wish them a productive and enriching educational experience,” says UAB General Surgery Program Director Britney Corey, M.D., MACM.