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Recent Plastic Surgery Residency Program Graduates

2023
Name	Currently Practicing
Mitchell Buller, MD	Craniofacial Fellowship (University of Cincinnati)
Alexandra Girardot, DO	Private Practice (Tampa)
Jacqueline Ross, MD	Academic Practice (Tampa)
Dakota Urban, MD	Private Practice (Christiana, DE)

2022
Name	Currently Practicing
Brielle Weinstein, MD	Gender Affirmation Surgery Fellowship (Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL)
Jake Laun, MD	Academic Practice (Tampa)
Ashley Modica, MD	Private Practice (Long Island, NY)
Bahar Abbassi, MD	Aesthetic Fellowship (The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery, Houston TX)

2021
Name	Currently Practicing
Kathryn King, MD	Fellowship- Hand (Florida Orthopedic Institute)
Sara Soni, MD	Private Practice (Lexington, KY)
Amanda Zimmerman, MD	Academic Practice (VA Medical Center- Florida)

2020
Name	Currently Practicing
Alicia Billington, MD	Private Practice (St. Petersburg, FL)
Conor Barnes, MD	Private Practice (Springfield, MO)
Ellen Robertson, MD	Private Practice (Orlando, FL)

2019
Name	Currently Practicing
Wilton Triggs, MD	Academic Practice (Holzer Health System)
Anthony Watt, MD	Private Practice (Tampa, FL)

2018
Name	Currently Practicing
Heather Curtis, MD	Private Practice (Kansas)
Lauren Kuykendall, MD	Academic Practice (USF Plastic Surgery)
Joshua Elston, MD	Academic Practice (USF Plastic Surgery)

2017
Name	Currently Practicing
Justin Daggett, MD	Fellowship-Pediatric Craniofacial (The University of Pittsburgh) Year Medical Mission Trip in Africa
Jared Troy, MD	Private Practice (Bradenton, FL)

2016
Name	Currently Practicing
Brian Kellogg, MD	Fellowship-Craniofacial (Ohio State University) Nemours Children’s Hospital (Orlando, FL)
Umbareen Mahmood, MD	Private Practice (New Jersey)
Yvonne Pierpont, MD	Private Practice (Eau Claire, WI)

2015
Name	Currently Practicing
Jessica Ching, MD	Fellowship-Pediatric Craniofacial (Hospital for Sick Children Toronto) Academic Practice (University of Florida)
Susan Chung, MD	Private Practice (New York)
Erin Doren, MD	Fellowship-Microsurgery (MD Anderson) Academic Practice (Medical College of Wisconsin)

2014
Name	Currently Practicing
Sergio Alvarez, MD	Private Practice (Miami, FL)
Corey Harkins, MD	Private Practice (Georgia)
Jessica Suber, MD	Private Practice (Ohio)

2013
Name	Currently Practicing
Jeffrey Cone, MD	Fellowship-Pediatric Craniofacial (Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute) Private Practice (Austin, Texas)
Matthew Hiro, MD	Fellowship-Hand Surgery (Loyola) Academic Practice (Bay Pines VA - St. Petersburg, FL)
David Plank, MD	Fellowship-Hand Surgery (University of Pittsburgh) Private Practice (Orlando, FL)

2012
Name	Currently Practicing
Michael Harrington, MD	Academic Practice (USF Plastic Surgery)
Farah Khan, MD	Private Practice (Texas)
Melanie Prince, MD	Private Practice (Arkansas)

2011
Name	Currently Practicing
Effie Pappas-Politis, MD	Private Practice (Tampa, FL)
M. Lance Tavana, MD	Fellowship-Hand Surgery (University of Pittsburgh) Academic Practice (Medical University of South Carolina)
Traci Temmen, MD	Private Practice (Tampa)

2010
Name	Currently Practicing
Melanie Aya-ay, MD	Private Practice (Tampa)
Deepak Naidu, MD	Private Practice (Tampa)
Rafael Salas, MD	Academic Practice (USF-Bay Pines VA Medical Center)

2009
Name	Currently Practicing
Luis Aponte, MD	Private Practice (Tampa)
Alan Durkin, MD	Private Practice (Vero Beach)
Moises Salama, MD	Private Practice (Miami)

2008
Name	Currently Practicing
Rami Ghurani, MD	Private Practice (Miami)
Kenneth Lee, MD	Academic Practice (Orlando)