Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
The three-year, ACGME-accredited Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Northwestern has been training leaders in thoracic surgery since 1976. The goal of the program is to produce excellent cardiac and thoracic surgeons by combining intensive operative experience in core cardiac and thoracic surgical procedures with high-volume exposure to cutting-edge techniques and technologies, including endovascular aortic surgery, robotic surgery, interventional airway procedures, state-of-the-art ventricular assist devices and transplantation.
Contact Us
Hemali Shah
Program Coordinator
312-926-5136
Why Northwestern?
Learn more about the benefits of training at a world-class academic medical center in a diverse and vibrant city of Chicago. Further program details, including the Department of Medicine housestaff manual and a sample training contract, are available on our McGaw Medical Center Graduate Education site.
Current Fellows
Christopher Johnson, MD
Undergrad: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
MD: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
Matthew Snyder, MD
Undergrad: Vanderbilt UniversityMD: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Residency: Northwestern University
Graduated Fellows
Mickyas Eskender, MD
Undergrad: Ohio State University
MD: University of Cincinnati
Residency: Northwestern University
Completed Fellowship: 2024
Stephen Chiu, MD
Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley
MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Residency: Northwestern University
Completed Fellowship: 2022
Anthony B. Mozer, MD
MD: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2021
Austin Ward, MD
MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Completed Fellowship: 2020
Jonathan Tomasko, MD
MD: Albany Medical College
Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2018
Bryan Stanifer, MD
MD: Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
Residency: Dartmouth - Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Completed Fellowship: 2017
Andrei Churyla, MD
MD: Gomel State Medical University
Residency: Berkshire Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2016
Emily Cassidy, MD
MD: Louisiana State University
Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital
Completed Fellowship: 2015
Travis Abicht, MD
MD: University of Kansas
Residency: University of Kansas
Completed Fellowship: 2013
Joshua Kindelan, MD
MD: Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Residency: National Capital Consortium
Completed Fellowship: 2012
Chadrick Cross, MD
MD: University of Illinois - Chicago
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Completed Fellowship: 2011
Umraan S. Ahmad, MD
MD: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Residency: Kansas University Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2010
Hyde Russell, MD
MD: Wake Forest University
Residency: University of Chicago
Completed Fellowship: 2009
Daren Danielson, MD
MD: University of Minnesota
Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2008
Gyu Gang, MD
MD: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: University Hospitals - Ohio
Completed Fellowship: 2007
Duc Thinh Pham, MD
MD: University of North Carolina
Residency: University of North Carolina
Completed Fellowship: 2006
Physician-Scientist Training & Resources
We offer a wide range of resources, mentorship opportunities and formal training programs to help our residents and fellows excel as physician-scientists. Explore all of the resources and hear from housestaff who are making research a major part of their career development plans.