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General Surgery


Residents

Michael Bryan, General Surgery, HO 4
Mike is originally from Omaha, Nebraska and attended medical school at University of Nebraska College of Medicine.  Applicants are welcome to contact Mike at mbryan@salud.unm.edu

Jennifer Chan, General Surgery, HO 5
Jennifer is originally from Boise, Idaho and attended medical school at Saint Louis University. Her area of interest is plastics. Her reason for choosing UNM for her residency are the mountains and the weather.

Jorge Con, General Surgery, HO 2
Jorge is originally from San Jose, Costa Rica and attended medical school at the University of Costa Rica.

Eldie Cruz, General Surgery, HO 3
Eldie was born and raised in New Mexico. His interest is in general surgery. He spends his free time with his wife and 7 month son. Applicants are welcome to contact Eldie at elcruz@salud.unm.edu

Mike Doss, General Surgery, HO 1
Mike is originally from Lubbock, Texas and attended medical school at Texas Tech.  Applicants are welcome to contact Mike at cdoss@salud.unm.edu

Conrad Hamilton, General Surgery, HO 2
Conrad is originally from Portland, Oregon and attended medical school at the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine.  Applicants are welcome to contact Conrad at cghamilton@salud.unm.edu

Anela Izadi, General Surgery, HO 1
Anela is from Omaha, Nebraska and attended medical school at Creighton University.  Applicants are welcome to contact Anela at aizadi@salud.unm.edu

Rebecca Jankowski, General Surgery, HO 3
Rebecca is a native New Mexican, born and raised in Albuquerque. She attended undergraduate and medical school at UNM. Her interest is general surgery in a community hospital with some teaching. She is undecided about a possible fellowship at this point. Her hobbies include (besides catching up on errands and homework), spending time with her husband and two dogs. She also enjoys bicycling (especially her tandem bicycle with her husband) and knitting. Rebecca has two grown children (Joshua and Emily) and is married to a pharmacist. This is her third career followed by being a mother and a pharmacist. Applicants are welcome to contact Rebecca at rjankowski@salud.unm.edu

Burkitt Jensen, Urology, HO 1
Burkitt is originally from Tyler, Texas and attended medical school at the University of Texas at Galveston.

Hong Jun, General Surgery, HO 5
Hong is originally from South Korea and Virginia. His interest is in surgical oncology or general surgery. His hobbies are running, basketball and fishing. He grew up in South Korea and came to America when he was 16 years old. Applicants are welcome to contact Hong at hjun@salud.unm.edu

Paul Kaloostian, Neurosurgery, HO 1
Paul is originally from California and attended medical school at UCLA.  Applicants are welcome to contact Paul at pkaloostian@salud.unm.edu

Lindsay Krall, General Surgery, HO 1
Lindsay is originally from Colorado Springs and attended medical school at Tulane University in Louisiana.  Applicants are welcome to contact Lindsay at lkrall@salud.unm.edu

Kelly Krier, General Surgery, HO 2
Kelly is originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota and originally attending medical school at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.  Applicants are welcome to contact Kelly at kkrier@salud.unm.edu

Kate Maxfield, General Surgery, HO 1
Kate is originally from Laramie, Wyoming and attended medical school at the University of Washington.

Travis McGlothin, General Surgery, HO 3
Travis is originally from Elko, Nevada and attended medical school at Harvard. His area of interest is rural general surgery. His hobbies include guitar, food and movies. His reason for choosing UNM for his residency is that this is a great program and location.

Suguna Pappu, General Surgery, HO 1
Suguna is originally from Hyderabad, India and attended medical school at Yale.  Applicants are welcome to contact Suguna at spappu@salud.unm.edu

Lena Perger, General Surgery, HO 3                                                                              Lena is originally from Slovenia and attended medical school at Medical Faculty in Ljubljana. She is interested in pediatric surgery and is currently spending her PGY3 year at Children's Hospital in Boston. She misses New Mexico for it's weather, outdoors and friendly people.  Applicants are welcome to contact Lena at lperger@salud.unm.edu 

John Pickens, General Surgery, HO 3
John is originally from West Allis, Wisconsin and attended medical school at the University of Washington.  Applicants are welcome to contact John at jpickens@salud.unm.edu

Naveed Saqib, General Surgery, HO 2
Naveed is originally from Madison, Wisconsin and attended medical school at King Edward Medical College in Pakistan.  Applicants are welcome to contact Naveed at nsaqib@salud.unm.edu

Jessica Smith, General Surgery, HO 4
Jessica is originally from Berkeley, CA and attended medical school at University of California at Davis School of Medicine.

Michael Speck, Urology, HO 1
Michael is originally from Nacogdoches, Texas and attended medical school at the University of Texas at Galveston.  Applicants are welcome to contact Michael at mspeck@salud.unm.edu

Jose Sterling, General Surgery, HO 4
Jose is originally from San Jose, Costa Rica. His interest is in general surgery. When asked how he spends his free time, his answer was “work.” Applicants are welcome to contact Jose at jsterling@salud.unm.edu

Gerardo Tamayo-Enriquez, General Surgery, HO 2
Gerardo is originally from Mexico City and attended medical school at Escuela de Medicina Ignacia A. Santos.  Applicants are welcome to contact Gerardo at gtamayoenriquez@salud.unm.edu

Guillermo Uy, General Surgery, HO 4
Tom is originally from the Philippines. His interest is in cardiothoracic surgery. Applicants are welcome to contact Tom at guy@salud.unm.edu

Libby Watch, General Surgery, HO 5
Libby is originally from Orlando, Florida and attended the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. Her area of interest is in general surgery. Her hobbies include reading, swimming, hiking, napping and playing Nintendo. When asked what brought her to UNM, Libby answered “the beaches.”  Applicants are welcome to contact Libby at lwatch@salud.unm.edu

Noah Zuker, General Surgery, HO 2
Noah is originally from Toronto, Canada and attended medical school at the University of Toronto.  Applicants are welcome to contact Noah at nzuker@salud.unm.edu