Graduating Fellows

Graduating Fellows 2022

Rula Mualla, MD Head & Neck Fellow

Dr. Mualla completed her Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship in June 2022. Prior to Dr. Mualla joining us at UPMC, she completed her Otolaryngology residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon and medical school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Mualla has obtained an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology position at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mohamad Issa, MD Head & Neck Oncology

Dr. Issa completed his Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship in June 2022. Prior to Dr. Issa starting his fellowship, he completed his Otolaryngology residency at here at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and medical school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Issa has obtained an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology position at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.

Daniel Gerges, MD Pediatric Otolaryngology

Dr. Gerges received his MD degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2016 and completed his Otolaryngology residency training at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont in June of 2021. He joined the department on July 1, 2021, as one of two Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellows. Dr. Gerges will be Assistant Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery at The University of Vermont Medical Center.

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Emily Savoca, MD Pediatric Otolaryngology

Dr. Savoca received her MD degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 2016 and completed her Otolaryngology residency training at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut in June of 2021. She joined the department on July 1, 2021, as one of two Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellows. Dr. Savoca is going into private practice in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Derek K. Kong, MD Rhinology and Cranial Base Surgery

Dr. Kong completed a BS in Chemistry Summa Cum Laude from Tufts University in Medford, MA, and received his medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. Dr. Kong then completed his Otolaryngology residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY. Following completion of his Rhinology and Cranial Base Surgery Fellowship on June 30, 2022, Dr. Kong joined the private practice group, Connecticut ENT Medical Surgical Specialists in Trumbull, CT.

Kent S. Tadokoro, MD Rhinology and Cranial Base Surgery

Dr. Tadokoro completed his BS in Biological Sciences, Japanese Language and Literature Minor at the University of California, Irvine and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. He then completed his Otolaryngology residency training at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. Following completion of his Rhinology and Cranial Base Surgery Fellowship on June 30, 2022, Dr. Tadokoro joined the faculty of the Department of Otolaryngology at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.