SURGERY NEWS
SUMMER 2022
HARWELL WILSON SURGICAL SOCIETY AWARDS AND BANQUET In June, the Department of Surgery held its 49th Annual Harwell Wilson Surgical Society Research Symposium during the day and celebrated the 2022 resident graduates in the evening at the Awards Ceremony and Banquet.
AWARDS LIST ABSITE Awards PGY- 1: Daniel Gehle, MD PGY-2: Nikia Toomey, MD PGY-3: Angel Doño, MD PGY-4: Jacqueline Stuber, MD and Denise Wong, MD PGY-5: Cherie Colbert, MD Chairman’s Top ABSITE Performance Award PGY-4: Clarisse Muenyi, MD Resident Teacher of the Year Award Benjamin Pettigrew, DO Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU) Award Benjamin Lehrman, MD Faculty Teacher of the Year Award Justin Monroe, MD
Left to Right: Michael Bright, MD, Domenic Craner, MD, Cherie Colbert, MD, Justin Drake, MD, Benjamin Pettigrew, DO, Stacey Kubovec, MD, Xu Zhao, MD, Kristin Harmon, DO, William Zickler, MD, and Benjamin Zambetti, MD. (Photo/UTHSC).
WHAT’S NEXT MICHAEL IOAN BULZAN BRIGHT, MD Plans after Graduation: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Florida Gainesville, FL
STACEY KUBOVEC, MD Plans after Graduation: Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Fellowship, Indiana University Indianapolis, IN
CHERIE MULHERN COLBERT, MD Plans after Graduation: General Surgery private practice Enterprise, AL
BENJAMIN D. PETTIGREW, DO Plans after Graduation: General Surgery private practice Corinth, MS
DOMENIC RAYMOND CRANER, MD Plans after Graduation: General Surgery private practice Norton Surgical Specialists Louisville, KY
BENJAMIN R. ZAMBETTI, MD Plans after Graduation: Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Maryland Baltimore, MD
JUSTIN ALAN DRAKE, MD Plans after Graduation: Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Center/ University of South Florida Tampa, FL
XU “STEVE” ZHAO, MD Plans after Graduation: General Surgery/ Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgery private practice, Ascension Columbia-St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee, WI
KRISTIN ELIZABETH HARMON, DO Plans after Graduation: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
WILLIAM PAUL ZICKER, MD Plans after Graduation: Vascular Surgery Fellowship Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY 14
