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Surgical Society

Membership


Since its inception in 2000, the Surgical Society has grown from a dozen students to more than 100 members from the four classes of medical students. Official members are listed for the current school year.  Officer information includes their undergraduate institution and career interests.  Also listed are alumni of the society who welcome questions from current medical students regarding career selection, interview process, etc.  

Surgical Society members are encouraged to attend all lectures offered by the society. Throughout the year the society offers various hands-on clinics, special dinners with the Denver Academy of Surgeons, and other limited attendance functions. Official members are invited to these special functions as a reward for their continued active participation in the society.

 

 


 


 

David Leopold, Vice-President

Class of 2014

University of Colorado, Boulder

Vascular & General Surgery

 

 


 


 

Sarah Recktenwall-Work, President

Class of 2014

University of Colorado, Boulder

Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

  

 


 


 

Damian Illing, Social Chair

Class of 2014

Colorado School of Mines

Orthopedic Surgery

 

 


 

 

Monisha Banerjee, Treasurer

Class of 2014

Northwestern University

Surgery

 


 


 

 

Susan Mopper, Secretary

 

Class of 2015

 

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

 

Surgery

 

 


Cameron Barton​, Web-master

Class of 2015


 

 

 

(Previous interview and application information available in Events Page)​​

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Class of 2013 Class of 2014 Class of 2015​ ​Class of 2016

Ryan Barmore

Tim Clement

Chase Dukes

Ryan Farmer

Paul Freeman

Megan Griffiths

Benjamin Hale

David Higgins

Andrew Johnson

Mara Kelly

Lindsay Kranker

Nathan Lamborn

David Leopold

Jacqueline Linton

Blake Martin

Ramya Mishra

Matt Powers

Tyson Oberndorfer

Ryan Oosthuyen

Shervin Rahimpour

Sarah Recktenwall-Work

Helenka Rowe

David Sprunger

Balaji Sridhar

Andreas Thyssen

Claire Twark

Ben Wendell

Kelsey Whittington

Hassan Azimi

Austin Badeau 

Christine Bates

Nicholas Breitnauer

Joshua Byers 

Brian Cristiano

Sam Day

Andrew DeMars

Mohamed Eldeiry

Andrew Faber

Elliot Handler

Damian Illing

Jonathan Kark

Anthony Kasch 

Adam Khalil

Roxanne Martinez

Kelly McCaffery

Kori Neessen 

Kevin Penn

James Ross

Brandon Sawyer

Matt Shirazi

Gail McSpadden

Charles Tharp

Steven Lewis

Monisha Banerjee 

Jessica Lee

Maria Velazquez

Atousa Sobhi

Marina Rodriguez

​Amanda Barton

Cameron Barton

Dom Burneikis

Kyle Carter

Garland Castaneda

Brittany Catanach

Tori Collins

Michael Duran

Carlie Field

Erin Finn

Joseph Gonzalez

Matthew Grant

Jonathan Grudis

Lisa Hamilton

Whitney Hoover

Tyler Hudish

Chris Kennel

Adam Kolnik

Laura Kwon

Luke Law

Rosie Li

Jia Lin

James McCullough

Robert McLeroy

Kelly Menachof

Matthew Miller

Patrick Minot

Susan Mopper

Amanda Munoz

David Murphy

Sam Percy

Branden Petrun

Paul Scott

Jacey Stahlberg

Jeffrey Steed

Nicole Stutzman

Emma Templeton

Tysen Trujillo

Zach Winkler

Chelsea Wong

Leon Zheng

 

​Interested in 
joining?

Please contact
us or sign up 
online. 

Surgical Society alumni are an asset for aspiring surgeons. We encourage and facilitate networking between current and prior members. The alumni listed here welcome contact from current students.  

Allison Berndtson, MD

General Surgery

University of California-Davis

Carrie CeraHill, MD

Dermatology

University of Iowa

James Cromie, MD

General Surgery

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Joseph Dai, MD

General Surgery

Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu

Geoffrey Doner, MD

Orthopedics

SUNY at Stony Brook

Thomas Hearty, MD

Orthopedics

Northwestern McGaw, Chicago

Craig Hogan, MD

Orthopedics

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Tim Judkins, MD

Orthopedics

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Sarah Judkins, MD

General Surgery

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Ryan Koonce, MD

Orthopedics

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Mark Kowal, MD

General Surgery

Swedish Medical Center, Seattle

Damian LaPar, MD

General Surgery

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Turner Lisle, MD

General Surgery

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Mia Marietta, MD

General Surgery

Maine Medical Center, Portland

Jennifer McLellan, MD

General Surgery

Grand Rapids Med Ed and Research, MI

Doug Orndorff, MD

Orthopedics

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Bret Peterson, MD

Orthopedics

Duke University, NC

Jason Prescott, MD

General Surgery

Yale University School of Medicine

Todd Vanderheiden, MD

Orthopedics

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Arek Wiktor, MD

General Surgery

University of Colorado School of Medicine

 

Frederick L. Grover, MD
Former Chair, Department of Surgery
Director, Lung Transplantation
frederick.grover@ucdenver.edu

Clinical Interests: Adult cardiac surgery, lung transplantation, adult heart transplantation, surgery for lung cancer

 

 

Mark R. Nehler, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular Surgery
General Surgery Residency Program Director
mark.nehler@ucdenver.edu

Clinical Interests: Limb salvage surgery, quality of life assessment, chronic venous insufficiency, upper extremity ischemia, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease

 

 

Thomas A. Whitehill, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical Student Director
Chief of Surgery, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center
thomas.whitehill@va.gov

Clinical Interests: Thoracoabdominal aneurysms, carotid artery disease, renovascular hypertension, mesenteric vascular insufficiency, lymphatic disorders, congenital vascular malformation, arterial disease in women