Match Day 2017 ushered in a new group of surgery residents, while saying goodbye to others who will soon leave UAB for different programs across the country.

In a new series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This week, learn about the General Surgery Residency Program’s new eight categorical interns and three preliminary interns from all over the country and the world.

Lauren Theiss, Jozef Pavnica and Laura Bownes mark their residencies on the map at Match Day 2017 on March 17 at the Alys Stephens Center.

General Surgery Incoming Residents

According to the UAB School of Medicine Office of Graduate Medical Education, 220 medical students from 63 U.S. universities and 27 international universities will join UAB as residents in 2017.

This year, the General Surgery Residency Program welcomes eight new categorical interns and three preliminary interns from four different states and three different countries. Of those eight categorical interns, three are UAB students who said they are excited to stay at their alma mater.

“Residency is the next step in my training, certainly not the end of the road,” said Lauren Theiss, an incoming UAB general surgery resident who walked across the stage of the Alys Stephens Center on Match Day last Friday with her peers. “I’m looking forward to continuing my medical education and taking that next step.”

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The following students matched into the General Surgery Residency Program this year:

Categorical Interns
	Alexander Abdullayev	University of Kansas
	Swara Bajpai	Duke University
	Laura Bownes	UAB
	Alixandra Kale	University of Texas – Houston
	Jozef Pavnica	UAB
	Mohammad Rajaei	Yazd University
	Lauren Theiss	UAB
	Rui Zheng	Baylor University

Preliminary Interns
	Asem Ghanim	Jordan University
	Amjad Bokhari	King Abdulaziz University
	Madhawi Mitwalli	King Abdulaziz University

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Outgoing General Surgery Residents

Five graduating chief residents of the General Surgery Residency Program will leave UAB to take positions in fellowship programs or private practices at five different institutions in four different states throughout the country.

The 2017 Chiefs’ Dinner, celebrating the graduation of this year’s class, will be held on June 16 at The Club. Additionally, for the second year in a row, the department will host alumni events, including the Marshall M. Urist Alumni Golf Tournament on June 17 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley and a Night at the Birmingham Barons at Regions Field on June 17. Please contact generalsurgery@uabmc.edu to RSVP for these events.

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Listed below are the outgoing chief residents and their respective career paths:

	Ashley Davis	Private Practice	Surgical Specialist of Colorado
	Woodrow Farrington II	Cardiothoracic Fellowship	Cornell
	Matthew Giglia	Colorectal Fellowship	Case Western
	Melissa Korb	Cardiothoracic Fellowship	Texas Heart Institute
	Joseph Martinez	Cardiothoracic Fellowship	UT Southwestern — Dallas
	Eric Schinnerer	Trauma Fellowship	UAB

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