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More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma.

In an ongoing series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This time, learn about the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Endocrine Surgery Fellowship at UAB, its newest fellow, Jessica Fazendin, M.D., and its recently graduated fellow, Sophie Dream, M.D.

Hello:

This year, the AAES Endocrine Surgery Fellowship at UAB welcomes Jessica Fazendin, M.D., who recently completed her general surgery training at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to residency, Fazendin received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Goodbye:

The Medical College of Wisconsin is also now home to this year’s outgoing UAB endocrine surgery fellow, Sophie Dream, M.D., who joins the MCW Department of Surgery this year as an assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology. Before finishing her endocrine surgery fellowship at UAB, Dream obtained her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed a general surgery residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.

Fellows:

McMullin, Jessica Liu

McMullin, Jessica Liu

Class of 2023

Residency: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Gillis, Andrea

Gillis, Andrea

Class of 2022

After Fellowship: Assistant Professor of Surgery, UAB

Residency: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ramonell, Kimberly, M.D.

Ramonell, Kimberly, M.D.

Class of 2021

After Fellowship: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Residency: General Surgery Residency Emory University, Department of Surgery

Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Fazendin, Jessica, M.D.

Fazendin, Jessica, M.D.

Class of 2020

After FellowshipAssistant Professor of Surgery, UAB

Residency: General Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Dream, Sophie, M.D.

Dream, Sophie, M.D.

Class of 2019

After Fellowship: Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Residency: General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio