Colorectal Surgery Fellowships

• James Church, MD
• Meagan Costedio, MD
• David Dietz, MD
• Victor Fazio, MD, Emeritus Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery
• Thomas Garofalo, MD
• I. Emre Gorgun, MD
• Brooke Gurland, MD
• Tracy Hull, MD
• Matthew Kalady, MD
• P. Ravi Kiran, MD
• Ian Lavery, MD
• James Merlino, MD
• Gokhan Ozuner, MD
• Feza Remzi, MD Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery
• Luca Stocchi, MD
• Scott Strong, MD
• Ursula Szmulowicz, MD
• Michael Valente, MD
• Jon Vogel, MD
• Ryan Williams, MD
• James Wu, MD
• Massarat Zutshi, MD

»2012

Craig Messick, MD, ACGME
University Hospitals
General Surgery Residency Program

Joseph Trunzo, MD, ACGME
University Hospitals
General Surgery Residency Program

Timothy Ridolfi, MD, ACGME
Medical College of Wisconsin
General Surgery Residency Program

Vikram Attaluri, MD, ACGME
Cleveland Clinic
General Surgery Residency Program

Matthias Turina, MD
StadtspitalTriemli, Zurich
Currently research fellow Cleveland Clinic, Colorectal Surgery

Fraser Smith, MD
Midwestern Regional Hospital
Ireland

Eleanor Faul, MD
St. Vincent University Hospital
Ireland

Ismail Mallick, MD
Pinderfields Hospital, UK
Currently research fellow Cleveland Clinic, Colorectal Surgery

»2011

Satish Warrier, MD
Australia

Sami El-Muhtaseb, MD
Scottland

Wisam Khoury, MD
Israel

Avi Reshef, MD
Israel

John Cullen, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Jean Ashburn, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Armen Aboulian, MD
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA

Cindy Kin, MD
Stanford, CA

»2010

Ron Shapiro, MD
Israel

Sean Martin, MD
Ireland

Luiz Lobato, MD
Brazil

Ben Box, MD
UK

Mark Kiely, MD
Baystate Health, Springfield, Massachusetts

Michael McGee, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Alexis Grucela, MD
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York

Julian Sanchez, MD
City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, California

»2009

Calvin Coffey, MD
Ireland

Adele Burgess, MD
Australia

Meagan Costedio, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Jeremy Lipman, MD
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

John Zhang, MD
Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut

James Ogilvie, MD
Australian Clinical Training Program

»2008

Andre Moreira, MD
Brazil

Emilio Mignanelli, MD
Australia

Eoghan Condon, MD
Ireland

Udo Kronberg, MD
Chile

Kelly Garrett, MD
Weill Cornell, New York, New York

Ziad Kutayli, MD
Baystate Health, Springfield, Massachusetts

Angel Morales, MD
Texas Tech University, El Paso, Texas

John Byrn, MD
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

»2007

Joshua Eberhardt, MD
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

Elizabeth Wick, MD
John Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland

Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Claudia Hreisik, MD
Private Practice

Myles Joyce, MD
Ireland

Isabella Mor, MD
Australia

Chucheep Sahakitrungruang, MD
Thailand

»2006

Poh Koon Koh, MD
Singapore

Michael Dobson, MD
Private Practice

Ravi Kiran, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Eric Marderstein, MD
CASE, Cleveland , OH

Jason Petrofski, MD
Private Practice

»2005

Ryan Figg, MD
Private Practice

I. Emre Gorgun, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Brian Hinnebusch, MD
Private Practice

Matthew Kalady, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Monica Millan, MD
Barcelona, Spain

Vincent Obias, MD
The George Washington University Hospital, DC

Training Environment

Our residents develop a rich clinical experience across the spectrum of surgical practice: a quaternary care research hospital, high volume community hospitals, the major regional trauma center and safety net hospital, and ambulatory surgical centers. All of our locations have excellent nursing, case managers, ancillary staff levels (with physician assistant on each service and physician assistant and general surgery junior support on the high volume services) allowing fellows to concentrate on their role as surgeons. One rotation per academic year will be spent in our regional service, which is comprised of our Beachwood Surgery Center and Hillcrest Hospital.

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by George Crile Sr., a general and endocrine surgeon; Frank Bunts, a neurosurgeon; William Lower, an urologist; and John Phillips, an internist. It was a new kind of medical center: a physician-lead, not-for-profit, integrated hospital and group practice, equally dedicated to patient care, research, and education. Cleveland Clinic quickly became a world renowned training hospital, medical school and research institute, known for offering the most advanced medical care. Cleveland Clinic's main campus consists of 41 buildings and more than 85 operating rooms, with constant expansion and renovation. Cleveland Clinic’s subspecialty surgeons are at the forefront of surgical care and are behind its reputation as a top-ranked, quaternary care hospital with an international referral base, and high volume critical care transfer service, that cares for the most complex patients.

Cleveland Clinic is immediately adjacent to the University Circle Neighborhood, home of the Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Clinic is centrally located and accessible from the downtown, east, and west side residential neighborhoods.

Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center

Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center is an ambulatory surgery center staffed by Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and Regional surgeons. Fellows perform colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, management of benign anorectal pathology, outpatient CORS surgical procedures, in a fast track surgery environment.

Hillcrest Hospital

Hillcrest Hospital is a busy community hospital and Level 2 Trauma Center on Cleveland’s east side. Located on Cleveland’s east side, Hillcrest is easily accessed via freeway and is close to the Beachwood Place, and Legacy Village malls. Fellows perform colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, management of benign anorectal pathology, outpatient CORS surgical procedures, hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy in a fast track surgery environment.

Colorectal Surgery Clinical Training Program (Fellowship)

Kathrina Allen
Colorectal Surgery Education Coordinator
216.445.3832
Fax: 216.445.1079
allenk3@ccf.org

Institute Education Manager

Beth Christoff, BSN. MBA
Institute Education Manager
Digestive Disease Institute
216.445.2809
christb@ccf.org

Graduate Medical Education

Main Office
1.800.323.9259
216.444.5690
Fax: 216.444.6112

Medical Student Rotations

Sharon Preztak
Medical Student Surgical Education Coordinator
216.445.0633
preztas@ccf.org

International Medical Student Rotations

Pat Gasser
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Education Coordinator
216.444.9977
Fax: 216.636.1348
preztas@ccf.org

Center for International Medical Education

(International Visiting Physician Programs)
216.445.1711
CIME