Current Residents
Meet the Department of Surgery residents at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Class of 2024
Patrick Chizek, D.O.
- Post Graduation: Colon and Rectal Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Medical School: Des Moines University of College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Undergraduate: University of Northern Iowa
- Clinical Interest: Colorectal
- Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA
Brian Cummiskey, M.D.
- Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
- Undergraduate and Graduate Purdue University
- Clinical Interest: Global Surgery & Medical Education
- Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Babak Mohammadian, D.O.
- Post Graduation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at University of Kansas
- Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
- Undergraduate: University of California
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Quinn Nix, M.D.
- Post Graduation: Vascular Surgery Fellowship at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
- Undergraduate: Clemson University
- Hometown: Pickens, South Carolina
Class of 2025
Christopher Camarata, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Undergraduate: Loyola Univ. Chicago
- Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Corey Hounschell, D.O.
- Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.
- Undergraduate: Missouri Southern State Univ.
- Hometown: Joplin, MO
Gregory Mouradian, M.D.
- Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown Univ,
- Undergraduate: Brown Univ.
- Hometown: Franklin, MA
Jourdaen Sanchez, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Undergraduate: Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
- Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Thomas Schermoly, D.O.
- Medical School: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Undergraduate: Drake University, Des Moines, IA
- Hometown: Olathe, KS
J. Caleb Shahbandeh, M.D., MPH
- Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
- Hometown: Tulsa, OK
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
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
Gelilla Daniel, M.D.
- Medical School: Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City COM
- Undergraduate: Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City
- Hometown: Kansas City, MO
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
Kelsey Lambou, M.D.
- Medical School: Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences COM
- Undergraduate: Louisiana State
- Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Aubrey Swilling, D.O.
- Medical School: Univ. of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth COM
- Undergraduate: Univ of Houston
- Hometown: Georgetown, TX
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
Preliminary Residents
Alan Shi, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita, KS
- Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Hometown: Lawrence, KS