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Current Residents

Meet the Department of Surgery residents at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

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

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

    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

    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

    KU Research Residents

    Terra M. Hill, M.D., MSc
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    • Hometown: Kansas City, MO
    • Medical School:  University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
    • Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
    • Primary Research Mentor: Dr. Robert Winfield; Trauma, Critical Care, & Emergency General Surgery

    Lauren T. Kerivan, M.D., MSc
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    • Hometown: Springfield, MO
    • Medical School:  Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC
    • Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Primary Research Mentor: Dr. Kelsey Larson; Breast Surgical Oncology

    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

    KU School of Medicine

    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Department of Surgery
    Mail Stop 2005
    3901 Rainbow Boulevard
    Kansas City, KS 66160
    Phone: 913-588-3117