The Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome 25 new residents who matched into our five surgical training programs during the 2026 Match. Representing medical schools from across the country and around the world, these talented physicians will join the Yale community on June 8, 2026, as they begin the next stage of their surgical training.
We congratulate our incoming residents and look forward to supporting their growth as surgeons, scholars, educators, and leaders.
General Surgery Residency (Categorical)
1. Fiona Beltran, Tufts University School of Medicine
2. Khang Dao, University of Arizona College of Medicine
3. Jewelia Durant, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
4. Leah Froehle, Boston University School of Medicine
5. Jennifer Ku, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
6. Arianna Markel, University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
7. Nuala Spillane, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
8. Charley Sun, Tufts University School of Medicine
9. Katherine Tak, University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
General Surgery Residency (Preliminary)
10. Hammad Atif Irshad, Aga Khan University Medical College
11. Donal Mor O'Sullivan, Ross University School of Medicine
12. Tereque Raeburn, St. George's University School of Medicine
13. Raymond Schulmeyer, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
14. Anna Westmoreland, Ross University School of Medicine
I-6 Cardiothoracic Residency PGY-1
15. Ahmed Awad, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
16. Cornell Brooks, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Otolaryngology Residency
17. Keelin Fallon, University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
18. Nicholas Randolph, University of Maryland School of Medicine
19. Tiana Saak, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
20. Lauren Sterlin, Virginia Commonwealth University school of Medicine
Plastic Surgery Residency
21. Jasmina Abdalla, University of Virginia School of Medicine
22. Ronald Max-Edouard Cornely, Emory University School of Medicine
23. Paula Sofia Flores Perez, Yale School of Medicine
24. Felita Wang Zhang, Harvard Medical School
Vascular Surgery Residency
25. Zachary Williams, SUNY Upstate Medical University