Residents - Penn Medicine

Meet the residents of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

1st Year Residents

Avi Dravid, MD

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Northwestern University; Graduate School (MSc): London School of Economics

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Caroline Gutowski, MD

Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Undergraduate School: Southern Methodist University

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Huiet Joseph, IV, MD

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Morehouse College

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Lauren Ladehoff, MD

Medical School: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dieter Mohty, MD

Medical School: University of Arizona Undergraduate School: University of Arizona

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Jayson Saleet, MD

Medical School: Boston University Undergraduate School: Princeton University

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Amanda Tedesco, MD

Medical School: University of California Irvine School of Medicine Undergraduate School: University of California Riverside

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Katia Valdez, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Undergraduate School: Northwestern University; Graduate School (MPH in Epidemiology): University of California, Los Angeles

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2nd Year Residents

Maggie Bohr, MD

Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Oakland University

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Jeffrey Brown, MD

Medical School: USF Morsani College of Medicine Undergraduate School: Tufts University

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Nathaniel Disser, MD

Medical School: McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas at Houston Undergraduate School: Gonzaga University

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Shamrez Haider, MD

Medical School: UT Southwestern Undergraduate School: The University of Texas at Austin

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Olivia Jagiella-Lodise, MD

Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Undergraduate School: Georgia Institute of Technology

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Gokul Kalyanasundaram, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College Undergraduate School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Nick Vandal, MD

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine Undergraduate School: US Naval Academy

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Alexander Wahl, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine Undergraduate School: University of Maryland

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3rd Year Residents

Rachel Flaugh, MD*

Medical School: Harvard College Undergraduate School: University of Nebraska

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Tensae Assefa Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Tensae Assefa, MD

Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Rice University

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Maxwell Cardwell Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Maxwell Cardwell, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin Undergraduate School: Washington University

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Tyler Humphrey Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Tyler Humphrey, MD

Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Undergraduate School: University of San Diego

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Chielozor Okafor Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Chielozor Okafor, MD

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate School: Rutgers University

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Shivani Pandya, MD

Medical School: University of Miami Undergraduate School: University of Miami

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4th Year Residents

Ellis Berns, MD

Medical School: Brown University Undergraduate School: Brown University

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Anna Blaeser, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College Undergraduate School: University of Minnesota

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Emily Eiel, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Undergraduate School: Colgate University

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Lisa Friedman, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University Undergraduate School: Carleton College

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Nnaemeka C. Okorie, MD

Medical School: Howard University Collage of Medicine Undergraduate School: Prairie View A&M University

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Eric Schweppe, MD*

Medical School: Columbia University Undergraduate School: United States Military Academy

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Alyssa Thorman, MD

Medical School: University of Utah Undergraduate School: University of Utah

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Thompson Zhuang, MD

Medical School: Stanford University Undergraduate School: Princeton University

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Gavin Rallis, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Undergraduate School: Penn State University

5th Year Residents

Bijan Dehghani, MD*

Fellowship Match: HSS – Spine

Medical School: Albany Medical College Undergraduate School: Boston University

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Caroline Granruth, MD

Fellowship Match: NYU – Shoulder & Elbow

Medical School: Tulane University Undergraduate School: University of Virginia

Erin Hale, MD

Fellowship Match: Cedars-Sinai – Hand

Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine Undergraduate School: Wake Forest University

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Mitchell Hallman, MD*

Fellowship Match: MGH – Hand

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate School: Washington University

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Jaret (Mac) Karnuta, MD

Fellowship Match: Duke – Adult Reconstruction

Medical School: Case Western Reserve Undergraduate School: Duke University

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Bradley Osemwengie, MD

Fellowship Match: Stanford – Spine

Medical School: Texas Tech Undergraduate School: University of North Texas

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Weston Smith, MD

Fellowship Match: OrthoCarolina – Adult Reconstruction

Medical School: University of Utah Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University

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Research Residents

Brett Croen Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Brett Croen, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine Undergraduate School: University of Michigan

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Pushpak Pondugula, MD

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate School: University of Virginia

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*Indicates Resident is in the 6-year Research Track

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Residents

1st Year Residents

Avi Dravid, MD

Caroline Gutowski, MD

Huiet Joseph, IV, MD

Lauren Ladehoff, MD

Dieter Mohty, MD

Jayson Saleet, MD

Amanda Tedesco, MD

Katia Valdez, MD

2nd Year Residents

Maggie Bohr, MD

Jeffrey Brown, MD

Nathaniel Disser, MD

Shamrez Haider, MD

Olivia Jagiella-Lodise, MD

Gokul Kalyanasundaram, MD

Nick Vandal, MD

Alexander Wahl, MD

3rd Year Residents

Rachel Flaugh, MD*

Tensae Assefa, MD

Maxwell Cardwell, MD

Tyler Humphrey, MD

Chielozor Okafor, MD

Shivani Pandya, MD

4th Year Residents

Ellis Berns, MD

Anna Blaeser, MD

Emily Eiel, MD

Lisa Friedman, MD

Nnaemeka C. Okorie, MD

Eric Schweppe, MD*

Alyssa Thorman, MD

Thompson Zhuang, MD

Gavin Rallis, MD

5th Year Residents

Bijan Dehghani, MD*

Caroline Granruth, MD

Erin Hale, MD

Mitchell Hallman, MD*

Jaret (Mac) Karnuta, MD

Bradley Osemwengie, MD

Weston Smith, MD

Research Residents

Brett Croen, MD

Pushpak Pondugula, MD