Fellows

Current Fellows

Karla Rodríguez-Barragán, MD, DABS
Start year: 2024
Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
General Surgery Residency: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recito de Ciencias Médicas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Board Certified in General Surgery

Jonathan Decker, DO
Start year: 2023
Medical School: Nova Southeastern COM, Davie, FL
General Surgery Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

Graduated Fellows

Ali Shirafkan, MD
Start year: 2022
Graduated: 2024
Medical School: Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
General Surgery Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch
Board Certified in General Surgery
Employed by University of Texas in Galveston Texas (UTMB)

Saeed Tarabichi, MD
Start year: 2021
Graduated: 2023
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
General Surgery Residency: Rutgers State University of NJ
Board Certified in General Surgery
Employed by Albany Med Health System, Albany, NY

Eugene Won, MD
Start year: 2020
Graduated: 2022
Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
General Surgery Residency: UC Irvine Health, Orange, CA
Board Eligible in General Surgery
Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery
Currently Employed by Private Practice Group “Orange County Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons” Orange County, California

Persida Drotar, MD
Start year: 2019
Graduated: 2021
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscan, AZ
General Surgery Residency: St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Board Certified in General Surgery
Board Certified in Surgical Critical Care
Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery
Currently Employed at RWJBarnabas Health

Aaron Fowler, MD
Start Year: 2018
Graduated: 2020
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
General Surgery Residency: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center/Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, CA
Board Certified in General Surgery
Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery
Currently Employed by Private Practice Group “Orange County Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons” Orange County, California

Molly Schultheis, MD
Start Year: 2017
Graduated: 2019
Medical School: St. Georges University, Granada, West Indies
General Surgery Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth, NJ
Board Certified in General Surgery
Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery
Currently Employed at Englewood Medical Center, Englewood NJ