Current Residents
Meet the Department of Surgery residents at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Class of 2026
Connor King, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine
- Undergraduate: Southeast Missouri State University
- Hometown: Jackson, MO
Derek Marlor , M.D.
- Medical School: University of Colorado
- Undergraduate: University of Colorado & Brigham Young University
- Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Tateum Mattingly, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center
- Undergraduate: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
- Hometown: Hoisington, KS / Lincoln, NE
Alexander Reeb, D.O.
- Medical School: University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, College of Osteopathic College. Fort Worth, TX
- Undergraduate: The University of Texas at Austin, TX
- Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Stefanie Schaeffer, D.O.
- Medical School: Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
- Undergrad: Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO
- Hometown: Simi Valley, CA & Topeka, KS
Julia Alexandra Sullivan, M.D.
- Medical School: University De Navarra, Spain
- Undergraduate: University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Class of 2027
Jennaye Burkhart, D.O.
- Medical School: Touro Univ. Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Undergraduate: California State University
- Hometown: Camanche, CA
Katherine Grabowski, D.O., MPH, MBA
- Medical School: Kansas City Univ. College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Undergraduate: Rockhurst University & University of Iowa
- Hometown: Clarendon Hills, IL
Matthew Hentges , M.S., D.O.
- Medical School: Kansas City University
- Undergraduate: University of Kansas
- Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Kelsey Lambou, M.D.
- Medical School: Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences COM
- Undergraduate: Louisiana State
- Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Class of 2028
Alex Courtney, M.D.
- Medical School: Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City KS
- Undergrad: East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC
- Hometown: McLouth, KS
Morgan Garrett, D.O.
- Medical School: Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK
- Undergrad: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK
Joseph Hayhurst, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, MO
- Undergrad: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Nadia Nawabi, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Undergrad: University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
- Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Katelyn Sanner Dixon, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Undergrad: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
- Hometown: Louisburg, KS
Alan Shi, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Hometown: Lawrence, KS
Class of 2029
Alanis Cordova, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Undergrad: Oklahoma State University
- Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Terra M. Hill, M.D., MSc
- Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
- Undergrad: Howard University, Washington, DC
- Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Greg Lombana, M.D.
- Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Undergrad: Fordham University
- Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sahaam Mirza, D.O.
- Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Undergrad: Case Western University
- Hometown: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Karam Obeid, M.D.
- Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Undergrad: Old Dominion University
- Hometown: Lebanon
Sirai Ramirez, D.O.
- Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Undergrad: William Paterson University
- Hometown: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Class of 2030
Sarah Adkins, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas SOM
- Undergraduate: University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Hometown: Heath Texas, Marysville Kansas, Weston Missouri
Eva Bowles, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas Wichita SOM
- Undergraduate: University of Iowa
- Hometown: Leawood, Kansas
Mackenzie Dunfield , M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas SOM
- Undergraduate: Kansas State University
- Hometown: Kansas City, KS
Kyle Fitzgerald, M.D.
- Medical School: Oklahoma State University
- Undergraduate: Rockhurst University
- Hometown: Kansas City, KS
Jordan Hastings, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix
- Undergraduate: University of Arizona
- Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona, Santa Clara, California
Noah Nigh , M.D.
- Medical School: Carle Illinois College of Medicine
- Undergraduate: Purdue University
- Hometown: Champaign, Illinois, Westfield, Indiana
KU Research Residents
Aubrey Swilling, D.O.
- Hometown: Georgetown, TX
- Medical School: Univ. of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth COM
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Primary Research Mentor: Dr. Luke Selby, Surgical Oncology