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Photos: 2025 Commencement Cocktails

The 2025 Department of Surgery Commencement Cocktails, now in its fourth year, brought together graduates from all five residencies and ACGME-accredited fellowships. The event, hosted by Dr. Benjamin Judson, Interim Chair and Dr. Paris Butler, Vice Chair, Education & Inclusive Excellence, celebrated the graduates’ achievements and highlighted their next steps in prominent institutions across the country. Graduates from General Surgery, I-6 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and various fellowship programs, including Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, were recognized.

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  • Dr. Ryan Kramer Named Fourth Surgeon Scientist Training Program Inductee

    The Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery has named Dr. Ryan Kramer, a general surgery intern with a passion for thoracic surgical oncology, as the 2025 inductee into the Surgeon Scientist Training Program (SSTP). Launched in 2021 by Chair Dr. Nita Ahuja and led by Vice Chair of Research Dr. Peter Gruber, SSTP fosters a pipeline for surgical residents to pursue high-impact research alongside clinical training. Dr. Kramer brings a strong background in translational research from Duke and Dana-Farber, and will join the Townsend Lab at Yale to study lung cancer evolution using advanced computational and genomic techniques. His goal is to lead a lab in computational oncology, bridging surgical insight and scientific discovery to improve patient outcomes. He joins a growing cohort of SSTP scholars committed to advancing the frontiers of academic surgery.

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  • Dr. Kristin Oliveira Named Yale General Surgery Residency Program Director

    Kristin Oliveira, MD, has been appointed Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program in the Department of Surgery, effective April 10, following an extensive 18-month national search. A seasoned trauma surgeon and respected educator, Dr. Oliveira has served as Associate Program Director for seven years, leading key curriculum initiatives and shaping resident education. She succeeds Andrew Duffy, MD, whose steady leadership as Interim Program Director helped maintain program momentum.

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  • Dr. Hiroshi Sogawa Joins Transplant Division

    We are delighted to announce that Hiroshi Sogawa, MD, FACS will join the Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery’s Transplant Division as Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at Yale New Haven Hospital, effective April 15, 2025.

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  • Dr. Alan Dardik to Transition to New Leadership Role at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    The Department of Surgery announces that Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, Chief of Surgery at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Professor of Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), will be stepping down from his Yale positions to pursue an exciting new leadership opportunity. Effective March 2025, Dr. Dardik will join the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Surgery and Co-Director of the Jacobson Aortic Center.

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