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Recent General Surgery Residents
The general surgery residency has been in existence since 1956. Pictured here are our most recent graduates and their initial post-graduation position.
| Class of 2025 | |||
 | Hannah Cockrell, MD Pediatric Surgical Critical Care University of Pittsburgh |  | Sarah Cottrell-Cumber, DO Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin |
 | Shireen Dogar, DO Hand Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi |  | Emily Grenn, MD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Texas Medical Branch & Driscoll |
 | Leo Kokorev, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Mississippi |  | Komal Parikh, DO Vascular Fellowship RUSH |
 | S. Abbas Zamin, MD Vascular Fellowship Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles | ||
| Class of 2024 | |||
 | Kyle L. Curtis, MD Transplant Fellowship Northwestern University |  | Brett A. Floyd, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Mississippi |
 | Ashlee M. Griffin, DO Private Practice Denver, Colorado |  | Brenda L. Ma, DO Breast Fellowship University of Arkansas |
 | Clayton O. Rooks IV, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi |  | R. Patrick Wood, MD Private Practice Meridian, MS |
| Class of 2023 | |||
 | T. Miller M. Beazley, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Michigan State University |  | Howell Fishel, MD Private Practice Panama City, Florida |
 | Brittany Johnson, MD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Michigan |  | Andrew Kropilak, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Tennessee - Knoxville |
 | Taylor Shaw, DO Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi | ||
| Class of 2022 | |||
 | Kristen Carter, MD Acute Surgery Care/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Pittsburgh |  | Tara Hughes, MD Surgical Oncology Fellowship University of Tennessee |
 | Dakota King, MD Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship UT Southwestern |  | Colton Lott, DO Vascular Surgery Fellowship Prisma Health - Greenville, SC |
 | Ramola Panchal, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi |  | John Shaughnessy, III, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Tufts Medical Center |
| Class of 2021 | |||
 | Jad Chamieh, MD Private Practice Montgomery, AL |  | Julia Enos, DO Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Mississippi Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Mississippi |
 | Logan Fair, MD Private Practice Jackson, MS |  | Katie Scott, MD Private Practice Bay Saint Louis, MS |
 | Aimee Sundeen, MD Private Practice Hattiesburg, MS | ||
| Class of 2020 | |||
 | Kelly Brister, MD Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Tampa, FL Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Mississippi |  | Joshua Plant, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Baltimore, MD |
 | Lam Pham, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Mississippi The Texas Heart Institute |  | Wade Christopher, MD Surgical Oncology Fellowship Santa Monica, CA Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Mississippi |
| Class of 2019 | |||
 | Kasey Cox, MD Private Practice Kentucky |  | J. Brannon Harrison, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Private Practice Hattiesburg, MS |
 | Colin Muncie, MD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Private Practice Raleigh, NC |  | John "Jack" Neill, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of South Carolina Private Practice Tupelo, MS |
 | Ashlee Vinyard, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship Baylor University Private Practice Louisville, KY |  | Laura Wittwer, MD Private Practice Rutherfordton, NC |
| Class of 2018 | |||
 | Siddharth Desai, MD Transplant Surgery Fellowship Emory University Assistant Professor University of Kentucky |  | Ashley Ray, MD Breast Surgery Fellowship Baylor University Private Practice Athens, GA |
 | Meagan Mahoney, MD Private Practice Columbus, GA |  | Ben Shepherd, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Private Practice Huntsville, AL |
| Class of 2017 | |||
 | Brandon Ingram, MD Private Practice Little Rock, AR |  | Logan Lynch, MD Private Practice Jonesboro, AR |
 | Chin Onwubiko, MD, PhD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship UCSF Assistant Professor UAB |  | Spencer Richardson, MD Private Practice Bay St. Louis, MS |
 | Brian Sparkman, MD Surgical Oncology Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University |  | Jenetta Thompson, MD Private Practice Jackson, MS |
| Class of 2016 | |||
 | Jennifer Dinning, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Private Practice Jackson, MS |  | Kirsten Gambrell, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Mississippi Private Practice Covington, LA |
 | Andrew Mallette, MD Private Practice Jackson, MS |  | Daniel Murphy, MD Partners in Health Sierra Leone Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Chicago |
 | Rishi Roy, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Virginia Private Practice Jackson, MS |  | Miguel Urencio, MD Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Private Practice San Antonio, TX |
| Class of 2015 | |||
 | Luke "Trey" Cusimano, MD Plastic Surgery Fellowship Tulane University, LA Private Practice Baton Rouge, LA |  | Katie Moore, MD Private Practice Athens, GA |
 | Michael Morris Jr., MD Pediatric Surgery Fellowship University of Mississippi Assistant Professor University of Mississippi |  | Douglas Soltys, MD Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Savannah, GA Private Practice Madison, WI |
| Class of 2014 | |||
 | Will Cauthen, MD Private Practice Tupelo, MS |  | Jarrett Corley, MD Colorectal Surgery Fellowship UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX Private Practice Birmingham, AL |
 | Andrew Gaughler, DO Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship University of Miami, FL Private Practice Lakeland, FL |  | Rachael Hayes, MD Breast Surgery Fellowship University of Iowa Private Practice Ft. Wayne, IN |
 | Nathan Maples, MD Private Practice Jackson, MS | ||