Pediatric Surgery Trainees and Graduates

The pediatric surgery fellowship at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is proud to have trained some of the best pediatric surgeons in the country. Our graduates represent highly skilled and respected pediatric surgeons within their institutions. Many have gone on to leadership positions and have sub-specialized in pediatric surgery. They practice in a myriad of institution types. We are proud of all our graduates in the UT pediatric surgery family.

Current Trainees

Portrait	Graduation Year	Name	Undergraduate Degree	Doctorate Degree	Residency
Portraits	2026	Jennifer Yonkus, MD (PGY-7)	Saint John's University, Chicago, IL	Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, Chicago, IL	Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
	2027	Ava Yap, MD (PGY-6)	Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT	University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA

Graduates

Portrait	Graduation Year	Name	Current Practice
	2025	Henry Caplan, MD	Surgical Critical Care Fellow, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), Houston, TX
	2024	Abigail Zamora, MD	Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA (external link)
	2023	Natalie A. Drucker, MD	McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), Houston, TX
	2022	Mary Arbuthnot, DO	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Portsmouth, VA
	2021	A. Francois Trappey, MD	Pediatrix Surgery of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (external link)
	2020	Megan Coughlin, MD	Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (external link)
	2019	Carey Watson, MD	Private Practice - Great Lakes Pediatric Surgeons, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN
	2017	Laura Hollinger, MD	Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Charlston, SC (external link)
	2016	Moiz Mustafa, MD	Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL (external link)
	2015	Vincent Duron, MD	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY (external link)
	2014	Brian Jones, MD	University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL (external link)
	2013	Yigit Guner, MD, MS	University of California - Irvine, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA (external link)
	2012	Janice Taylor, MD	University of Florida, Division of Surgery, Gainesville, FL (external link)
	2011	Rona Norelius, MD	Logan Health Children’s Specialists, Kalispell, MT (external link)
	2010	Adam Vogel, MD	Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX (external link)
	2009	Stacey Moore-Olufemi, MD	Private Practice, Houston, TX
	2008	Chris Anderson, MD	Florida Hospital Medical Group, Orlando, FL (external link)
	2007	Kyriacos Panayides, MD	Cook Children's Hospital, Fort Worth, TX (external link)