Current pediatric surgery fellows

  • Mark Fleming II, MD: Dr. Fleming is a clinical fellow in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. He completed his general surgery training at University of Virginia and his medical degree at University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
  • Eliza Lee, MD: Dr. Lee is a clinical fellow in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. She completed her general surgery training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and her medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also trained in transplant surgery, having completed her transplant fellowship at Johns Hopkins and a special training in pediatric transplantation at University of Pittsburgh.
  • Caroline Melhado, MD, MAS: Dr. Melhado is a clinical fellow in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. She completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Francisco and her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Pictures on a wall of former surgical fellows

Graduates of the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship

2025

Brian Fallon, MD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston MA
  • General Surgery Training: University of Michigan

2024

Arin Madenci, MD, MPH, SM, PhD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston MA
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • General Surgery Training: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Patrick Delaplain, MD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
  • Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  • General Surgery Training: University of California, Irvine

2023

Woo Do, MD, Major, U.S. Army Medical Corps

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
  • General Surgery Training: Madigan Army Medical Center

2022

Danielle Cameron, MD, MPH

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Associate Program Director, MGH Surgical Residency Program
  • General Surgery Training: Massachusetts General Hospital

Jamie Robinson, MD, PhD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • General Surgery Training Program: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2021

Hester Shieh, MD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
  • General Surgery Training Program: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

2020

Prathima Nandivada, MD

  • Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
    • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Somala Mohammed, MD, MPH

  • Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

2019

Farokh Demehri, MD

  • Attending, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • General Surgery Training Program: University of Michigan

2018

Bharath Nath, MD, PhD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Fairfax Neonatal Associates, Fairfax, VA
  • General Surgery Training Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert, MD, MSc

  • Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center, Boston Children’s Hospital
    • Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • General Surgery Training Program: Mayo Clinic

2017

Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD

  • Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • General Surgery Training Program: Shands Teaching Hospital

2016

Amar Nijagal, MD

  • UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

Andrew J. Murphy, MD

  • Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
    • Chief, General Pediatric Surgery Division
    • Pediatric Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Director
  • General Surgery Training Program: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2015

Brent Weil, MD, MPH

  • Associate in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • General Surgery Training Program: Indiana University School of Medicine

2014

Elisabeth Tracy, MD

  • Pediatric Surgeon, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Training Program: Duke University Medical Center

Hariharan Thangarajah, MD, MPH

  • Section Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, UC San Diego School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Training Program: Stanford Hospital and Clinics

2013

Emily Durkin, MD

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgeons of West Michigan, P.C.
  • Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI
  • General Surgery Training Program: University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics

2012

Elizabeth Soukup, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Elliot Hospital Pediatric Surgery
  • Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Manchester, NH
  • General Surgery Training Program: Massachusetts General Hospital

Sang Lee, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, UNC School of Medicine
  • North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
  • General Surgery Training Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2011

Biren Modi, MD, MPH

  • Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital
    • Surgical Director, Thyroid Center, Boston Children’s Hospital
    • Associate Surgical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR)
    • Director, Thoracic Outlet Program
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • General Surgery Training Program: Brigham & Women’s Hospital

2010

Kimberly Riehle, MD

  • Associate Professor of Surgery and Pathology, Seattle Children’s Hospital
    • Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
  • University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
  • General Surgery Training Program: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2000s
  • 2009: Charles Jason Smithers, MD
  • 2008: Patrick J. Javid, MD
  • 2007: Bradley C. Linden, MD
  • 2006: Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD
  • 2005: Christopher S. Muratore, MD, FACS, FAAP
  • 2004: Sidney M. Johnson, MD
  • 2003: Edmund Y. Yang, MD, PhD
  • 2002: Heung Bae Kim, MD
  • 2001: Konstantinos Papadakis, MD; Mark Puder, MD, PhD
  • 2000: Thomas E. Hamilton, MD
1990s
  • 1999: Anne C. Fischer, MD, PhD
  • 1998: John DiFiore, MD, FACS, FAAP
  • 1997: Terry Buchmiller, MD
  • 1996: Russell Jennings, MD
  • 1995: Nicholas C. Saenz, MD
  • 1994: Steven J. Fishman, MD
  • 1993: Michael G. Caty, MD, MMM
  • 1992: Steven Stylianos, MD
  • 1991: Jay J. Schnitzer, MD, PhD
  • 1990: Dennis Lund, MD
1980s
  • 1989: Jay M. Wilson, MD
  • 1988: N. Scott Adzick, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP
  • 1987: Michael P. LaQuaglia, MD, FACS, FRCS
  • 1986: Craig W. Lillehei, MD
  • 1985: Robert C. Shamberger, MD
  • 1984: Preston R. Black, MD
  • 1983: Joseph P. Vacanti, MD
  • 1982: Theodore Z. Polley Jr., MD
  • 1981: Richard P. Harmel Jr., MD
  • 1980: John Noseworthy, MD