Current Plastic Surgery Residents
The Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone is dedicated to training today’s residents to be the next generation of leading surgeons, researchers, and academics. Our current residents are listed below.
Chief Residents
Paul Adenuga, MD
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona (via Ogun, Nigeria)
Undergraduate school: Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Medical school: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Residency: general surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Lavinia Anzai, MD
Hometown: New York, New York
Undergraduate school: University of Chicago
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Zachary Borab, MD
Hometown: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Undergraduate school: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Medical school: Drexel University College of Medicine
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Kerry Morrison, MD
Hometown: Fairfield, Connecticut
Undergraduate school: Columbia College, Columbia University
Medical school: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fifth-Year Residents
Jonathan Bekisz, MD
Hometown: Waterford Works, New Jersey
Undergraduate school: University of Pennsylvania
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Joshua Cohen, MD
Hometown: Yorktown Heights, New York
Undergraduate school: Binghamton University
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Andrew Timberlake, MD, PhD
Hometown: Mountain Brook, Alabama
Undergraduate school: Yale College, Yale University
Medical school: Yale School of Medicine
Angela S. Volk, MD
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Undergraduate school: SUNY Geneseo
Medical school: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Residency: general surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine
Fourth-Year Residents
Rami S. Kantar, MD
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon, and Adelaide, Australia
Undergraduate school: American University of Beirut
Medical school: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
Graduate school: master of public health, Columbia University
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Residency: general surgery, The University of Maryland Medical System/Shock Trauma Center
Alexandra Lin, MD
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Undergraduate school: Yale University
Medical school: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
William Rifkin, MD
Hometown: New York, New York
Undergraduate school: Tufts University
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Isabel Robinson, MD
Hometown: Cohasset, Massachusetts
Undergraduate school: Columbia University
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Third-Year Residents
Carter J. Boyd, MD
Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana
Undergraduate school: University of Notre Dame
Medical school: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Nicholas G. Cuccolo, MD
Hometown: East Hanover, New Jersey
Undergraduate school: Boston College
Medical school: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
John N. Muller Jr., MD
Hometown: Selden, New York
Undergraduate school: Boston College
Medical school: Penn State University College
Rebecca Vernon, MD
Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
Undergraduate school: Duke University
Medical school: Duke University School of Medicine
Second-Year Residents
Allyson R. Alfonso, MD
Hometown: Hazlet, New Jersey
Undergraduate school: Boston University
Graduate school: master of health professions education candidate, Maastricht University School of Health Professions Education
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
J. Rodrigo Diaz-Siso, MD
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Undergraduate school: Colegio Jefferson
Medical school: Universidad Central de Venezuela
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Kshipra Hemal, MD
Hometown: New Delhi, India, and Winston Salem, North Carolina
Undergraduate school: Duke University
Medical school: Wake Forest School of Medicine
Jasmine Lee, MD
Hometown: Queens, New York
Undergraduate school: University of Pennsylvania
Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Graduate school: master of science in clinical investigation, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
First-Year Residents
Kevin G. Kim, MD
Hometown: Wyckoff, New Jersey
Undergraduate school: University of Virginia
Medical school: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Carmen Kloer, MD
Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Undergraduate school: Vassar College
Medical school: Duke University School of Medicine
Research fellowship: plastic surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Sigurast S. Olafsson, MD
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Undergraduate school: University of Washington
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Graduate school: master of business administration, Harvard Business School
Thomas J. Sorenson, MD
Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota
Undergraduate school: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Medical school: University of Minnesota Medical School
