2026-2028
Aileen Johnson, MD
MD: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 7/2014-6/2018
General Surgery Residency: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 7/2018-6/2026
Research: Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA; Mentor: Christian Larsen, 7/2020-6/2023
2026-2028
Neil Blok, MD, PhD
MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 6/2010-5/2019
PhD: Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 5/2012-5/2017
General Surgery Residency: University of Michigan General Surgery Residency, Ann Arbor, MI, 7/2019-6/2026
Research: Obesity and Metabolic Liver Disease, University of Michigan Department of Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI; Mentor: Randy Seely, 7/2022-6/2024
2025-2027
Riccardo Tamburrini, MD, PhD
MD: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia ‘Agostino Gemelli’, Rome, Italy
PhD: Experimental Surgery, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Residency: General Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Residency: General Surgery Core Surgical Training, Glasgow, UK
Postdoctoral Research: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Wake Forest Baptist Health – Research Fellowship in Organ Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Bioengineering, Winston Salem, NC, Mentor: Giuseppe Orlando
2025-2027
Vanessa Welten, MD, MPH
MD: Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
MPH: Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Research: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Dept of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Mentor: Nelya Melnitchouk