Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Faculty
Yuman Fong, M.D.
Sangiacomo Family Chair in Surgical Oncology
Chair and Professor
Department of Surgery
Director, Center for International Medicine
Veronica Jones, M.D.
Assistant Program Director, SSO Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Division of Breast Surgery
Department of Surgery
Andreas M. Kaiser, M.D.
Chief and Professor
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
Lily L. Lai, M.D.
Vice Chair, Education
Program Director, ACGME CGSO Fellowship
Associate Professor
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
Aaron Lewis, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Thinzar Min Lwin, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Kelly Mahuron, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Kurt Melstrom, M.D.
Director, ACGME CGSO Fellow Education
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
Laleh Melstrom, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Chief and Associate Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Department of Immuno-Oncology
Laleh Melstrom, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Chief and Associate Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Department of Immuno-Oncology
I. Benjamin Paz, M.D.
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Jamie Rand, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Breast Surgery
Department of Surgery
Mustafa Raoof, M.D., M.S.
Director, ACGME CGSO Fellow Research
Assistant Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Hans Schoellhammer, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Vijay Trisal, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Norman & Melinda Payson Professor in Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
William Tseng, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Yanghee Woo, M.D.
Director, International Surgery
Associate Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
John Yim, M.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Breast Surgery
Department of Surgery
Yasmin Zerhouni, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
Current Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellows
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Graduates
2024
Dana Dominguez, M.D.: Enloe Regional Medical Center, Chico, CA
Kelly Mahuron, M.D.: City of Hope| Duarte, CA
Aaron Scott, M.D.: City of Hope| Antelope Valley, CA
2023
Matthew Hernandez, M.D.: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Kristen Limbach, M.D.: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Kevin Sullivan, M.D.: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2022
Marc Attiyeh, M.D.: Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Gautam Malhotra, M.D.: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Thuy Tran, M.D.: University of Irvine, Irvine, CA
2021
Kevin Choong, M.D: Prisma Health Richland Hospital/ University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Michael O'Leary, M.D., University of Irvine, Orange, CA
Lucas Thornblade, M.D., University of California San Francisco East Bay, Oakland, CA
2020
James De Andrade, M.D.: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Andrew Nguyen, M.D.: City of Hope | South Bay, Torrance, CA
Camille Stewart, M.D.: University of Colorado, Denver, CO
2019
Andrew Blakely, M.D.: National Cancer Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Kelly Lafaro, M.D., M.P.H.: Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Christopher LaRocca, M.D.: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Oliver Eng, M.D.: University of Irvine, Irvine, CA
Ioannis Konstantinidis, M.D.: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX
Vasilena Zheleva, M.D.: Bulgaria
2017
Sinziana Dumitra, M.D.: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aaron Lewis, M.D.: City of Hope | South Pasadena, South Pasadena, CA
Mustafa Raoof, M.D.: City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2016
Michael White, M.D.: Bon Secours - St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, VA
Ann Falor-Callahan, M.D.: Allina Health Surgical Specialists, Minneapolis, MN
Emily F. Marcinkowski, M.D.: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2015
John Blair Hamner, M.D.: University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Rondi Kauffmann, M.D., M.P.H.: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Shaila Merchant, M.D.: Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
2014
David Luyimbazi, M.D.: Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Hans Schoellhammer, M.D.: City of Hope | Antelope Valley, Lancaster, CA
2013
Amanda Arrington, M.D.: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Mary Guye, M.D.: Sentara Surgery Specialists – Surgical Oncology, Newport News, VA
Lori Uyeno, M.D., M.P.H.: St. Jude Heritage – Breast Center, Fullerton, CA