Welcome to our Residency page!

 

Avra Laraakkar, MD, MSc, BEd

 

Hometown: Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada
 
Undergraduate: University of British Columbia
 
Medical School: Technion Israel Institute of Technology
 
Other degrees: Acadia University, Masters in Science in Mathematics
 
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Gender Surgery Fellowship, 2023 - 2024
 
Interests: Gender surgery, Facial trauma, Facial Cosmetics, Adult Craniofacial
 
Why UNM: Huge variety of cases, ample operative opportunities, wonderful patient population, interdepartmental collaboration, amazing midlevels

 

Hobbies: Hiking, Roller Coasters, Hot Springs, Soaking

 

Shawhin “Shawn” Shahriari, MD, MS, MA

Hometown: Rolling Hills Estates, CA
 
Undergraduate: University of California Santa Barbara
 
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 
Other degrees: UCSB, MA in Microbiology; USC, MS in Global Medicine
 
Interests: Hand and upper extremity, General Reconstruction, Medical Education
 
Why UNM: We are hands-on in the OR from day one. Often we are single scrubbed even as first years, and if there are multiple residents in the room, the Senior is taking the Junior through the case or teaching them as they do the complex steps during a case.
 
My co-residents are great. We support each other, foster a positive work environment, and are willing to help each other with anything, be it work related or not.
 
We only take call at one location, so we don't need to drive extensively between different hospitals in the middle of the night
 
I have a close working relationship with every plastic surgery attending and attendings in other plastic surgery related fields (i.e. Ortho Hand, ENT, OMFS, Oculoplastic)
 
Hobbies: Walking my dogs, spending time with my wife, Dog Rescue- we have rescued multiple seniors and have helped a pregnant mom give birth to five puppies, brunch, Netflix/Hulu/Prime/Disney+, Everything Star Wars

Joseph Kuhn, MD

Dominick Byrd, MD

 

Samantha Huang, MD

Hometown: Foster City, CA
 
Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles
 
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
 
Interests: Microsurgery, General Reconstruction, Cosmetics, Research – Machine Learning in Burns
 
Why UNM: UNM has a great culture that makes it a wonderful place to train. This program is very supportive, from the residents, attendings, midlevels, OR and clinic staff. It is a very hands-on program that truly gets you started in the OR from day one where everyone involved is invested in your learning. Our patient population is very diverse, being the only Level I trauma center in the state, which makes for excellent clinical and operative experiences. This program has a great balance of education, clinical training, and lifestyle that’s owed much to the support we have from our faculty and the teamwork amongst the residents.

Hobbies: Rock Climbing, Tennis, Painting Rocks, Playing Animal Crossing