Administration

Peter Nau

Peter N. Nau, MD, MS, FACS

Program Director
Jessica K. Smith, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS

Jessica K. Smith, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS

Associate Program Director
Becky Daniel, Program Coordinator

Becky Daniel, MA

Program Coordinator

Current Fellow

Tina Bharani, MD

Tina Bharani, MD

2025-2026

Medical School:  Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar

General Surgery Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Former Fellows

Rory Carroll portrait

Rory Carroll, MD

2024-2025

Bariatric Surgeon at Community Health Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Leon Siegel portrait

Leon Siegel, MD

2023-2024

General and Bariatric Surgeon for Unity Point Health in Bettendorf, Moline, Muscatine and Rock Island, Iowa

Ramses Saavedra portrait

Ramses Saavedra, MD

2022-2023

Bariatric Surgeon and Professor at the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center, Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Erin Worden

Erin Worden, MD

2021-2022

General and Bariatric Weight Loss Surgeon at North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Oscar Talledo portrait

Oscar Talledo Zevallos, MD

2020-2021

General and Bariatric Surgeon at National Park Surgery Specialists, Hot Springs, Arkansas


 

Former Fellows 2007-2020

Fermin Fontan portrait

2019-2020

Fermin Fontan, MD
Current Position: Bariatric foregut surgeon in New Mexico

 

Rhys Kavanagh portrait

2018-2019

Rhys Kavanagh, MD
Current Position: Bariatric and general surgeon in Iowa
 

Muhammad Umair Bashir portrait

2017-2018

Muhammad Umair Bashir, MBBS

 

Jaclyn Wierzbicki

2016-2017

Jaclyn Wierzbicki, MD
Current Position: Bariatric surgeon in Illinois

 

Luke Kinsinger portrait

2015-2016

Luke Kinsinger, MD
Current Position: Bariatric and general surgeon in North Carolina

 

Jacob Juta portrait

2014-2015

Jacob Juta, MD

 

Shireesh Saurabh portrait

2013-2014

Shireesh Saurabh, MD
Current Position: Bariatric Surgeon in Seattle, Washington

 

John Cheregi portrait

2012-2013

John Cheregi, MD

 

2011-2012

Paul Jose, MBBS

2010-2011

Yusuf Gunay, MD

2009-2010

Robert Wegner, MD

2008-2009

Ayilam Sudhakar, MBBS

2007-2008

Brij Mohan MBBS

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