Chief Resident Spotlight
Meet Our Chief Residents
Charesa Smith
Fellowship: Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Hometown: Winston Salem, NC
Clinical Interest: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Rectal Cancer, Palliative Care
Research Interest: Quality Improvement, Healthcare Disparities, Opioid Stewardship
Hobbies: Fictional Reading, Video Games
Cameron Heyd
Fellowship: Cosmetic Surgery in Miami
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Clinical Interest: Cosmetic Surgery
Research interest: Clinical outcomes in wound healing
Hobbies: Golf, Fantasy Football, Whiskey collection
Julia Xie
Fellowship: UTSW Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Clinical Interest: Bariatrics, Paraoesophageal and Abdominal Wall Hernias
Research Interest: Bariatric Surgery versus GLP1 agonists weight loss outcomes
Hobbies: Interval exercise training, hiking through national parks, traveling with my fiancé
Sarah Kim
Fellowship: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV – Trauma/Critical Care
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Clinical Interest: trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care
Research Interest: Trauma, Clinical Outcomes, Medical Education
Hobbies: Hanging out with co-residents, Traveling
Leighton Kraft
Fellowship: Cosmetic Surgery at Tulsa Surgical Arts with Dr. Angelo Cuzalina
Hometown: Kankakee, IL
Clinical Interest: Full body and Facial Cosmetic Surgery
Research Interest: Non-operative anti-aging medicine
Hobbies: Weightlifting, Guitar, Target Shooting, Formula 1, Ghouls
John Bellau
Fellowship: Trauma/ Critical care at University of Texas Southwestern
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Clinical interests: Trauma and Emergency General Surgery
Hobbies: Golf, Piano, Travel
Nicholas Arcomano
Fellowship: Colorectal Surgery at Stroger Cook County
Hometown: Middletown NJ
Clinical Interest: Colon Cancer and Hernias
Research Interest: Using CT DNA to detect recurrent colon, rectal, or anal cancer.
Hobbies: Golf, Video Games, Guitar
Bradley White
Fellowship: Hepatobiliary surgery
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
Clinical Interest: Surgical Oncology
Research Interest: Surgical Oncology
Hobbies: Biking, Bouldering, Bakeries
Zheng Wang
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery – Henry Ford
Hometown: Northbrook, IL
Clinical Interest: Vascular Surgery
Research Interest: New technologies in Vascular Surgery
Hobbies: Lifting, Playing Hockey