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General Surgery - Lincoln Medical Center
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Our Team

We offer three categorical General Surgery residency positions per year.
​Additionally, we have 8 preliminary residents divided between PGY-1 and PGY-2. 
​Lincoln Hospital also offers a one year Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.

PGY-5

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Abdelrahman A. Habiba, MD
Hometown: Alexandria, Egypt

Medical School: Alexandria University/Toulouse Paul Sabatier

Career Plans: Vascular

Favorite thing about Lincoln: Volume of cases & staff

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Fun fact: I sneeze when I’m nervous
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Lord C. Mvoula, MD
Hometown: Houston/Katy, Texas (Born Brazzaville, Congo)

Medical School: UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

Career Plans: Colorectal

Favorite thing about Lincoln: The clinical experience and my co-residents. It really does feel like a family


​Fun Fact: I love video games
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Maxwell Poirier, MD
Hometown: Stuart, Florida 

Medical School: St. George’s University

Career Plans: Breast

Favorite thing about Lincoln: Operating

​Fun fact: I have a 7 year old puppy

PGY-4

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Samuel Carroll, MD
Hometown: Merritt, British Columbia

Medical School: St. George's University

​Career Plans: Transplant


Favorite thing about Lincoln: Our surgery team and the patients we care for

Fun fact: I can play the bagpipes
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Sarah Amelia Diaz, MD
Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)

Career Plans: MIS

Favorite thing about Lincoln: Broad range of pathologies

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Fun fact: For the first week of residency I survived off of poptarts
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Neonika Fernandes, MD
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario

Medical School: St. George's University

Career Plans: Vascular

Favorite thing about Lincoln: My co-residents, good vibes, variety of cases

Fun Fact: I love travelling so much that not only have I been to 25 countries, but I once took 3 trains to try a single pastry. I have no regrets.

PGY-3

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Isabella Flaquer, MD​
Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Medical School: Albert Einstein

Career Plans: MIS

​Favorite thing about Lincoln: The people 

​Fun fact:  I once ran after and caught a hen with my bare hands
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Ayoub Hilmi, MD
Hometown: Yonkers, New York

Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)

Career Plans: General Surgery

Favorite thing about Lincoln: My co-residents and our supportive attendings. Also, being able to serve this community

​Fun Fact: My favorite movie is Rush Hour
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Nicole Panzica, MD​
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama

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Medical School: ​​University of Alabama, Birmingham

Career Plans: Trauma surgery

Favorite thing about Lincoln: The resident workroom

​Fun Fact: I was the high school mascot

PGY-2

Categorical
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Jessica Chapelet, MD
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia

Medical School: St. George's University

Career Plans: Trauma/critical care, but still open

Favorite thing about Lincoln: The people

Fun fact: When I'm not in the hospital, I'm whipping up skin care products using essential oils.

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Kevin Cornelio, MD
​Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)


Career Plans: MIS/Trauma

Favorite thing about Lincoln: The community we care for and how my supportive co-residents are

Fun fact: I love cooking
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Soraya Sanchez-Molero Perez, MD
Hometown: Ciudad Real, Spain

Medical School: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Career Plans: leaning toward surgical oncology and colorectal


Favorite thing about Lincoln: I value the privilege of caring for our community, supported by an incredible team that works tirelessly to make a difference.

Fun fact: I walk my cat on a harness.
Preliminary
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Abdulrahman Senjab, MD
Hometown: Damascus, Syria

Medical School: Alfaisal University

Career Plans: Trauma, Transplant, or Surgical Onoclogy

Favorite thing about Lincoln: My co-residents

Fun Fact: I was 25 years old when I first ever saw snow
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Solene Nooli, MD

Medical School:  Andhra

PGY-1

Categorical 
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Blair Chang, MD
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Career Plans: Vascular or Trauma

Favorite thing about Lincoln: The people! grateful to work alongside such a supportive and dedicated team

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Fun fact: I have a cat but I am allergic to cats​
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Benjamin Ecklund, MD
Hometown: San Luis Obispo, California

Medical School: St. George's University

Career Plans: MIS or vascular

Favorite thing about Lincoln: How nice and helpful everyone is

​Fun Fact: Have driven the entire west coast and across the country
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Naiffe Mendez Lulo, MD
Hometown: Santiago, Dominican Republic

Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)

Career Plans: MIS, colorectal or ACS

Favorite thing about Lincoln: support from co-residents and staff

Fun Fact: I like spoiling shows for myself
Preliminary
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Loreen A. Agandi, DO
Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

Career Plans: undecided

Favorite thing about Lincoln:  the community and my co-residents

Fun fact: The spelling of my name was an accident
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Mohammad Al-Ogaili, MD
Medical School:  St. George's University
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Jose Michel Liriano, MD
Medical School: Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)


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Ottoniel Monero Samuel, MD
Hometown: Dominican Republic

​Medical School: Iberoamerican University (UNIBE)

Career Plans:  Vascular

​Favorite thing about Lincoln: camaraderie between residents and faculty

​Fun fact: I have a weimaraner named Blue
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Kevin Rodriguez Duran, MD
Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
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Yoalkris Salcedo, MD
Medical School:  Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)

Career Plans: become a good surgeon, find my  niche

Favorite thing about Lincoln: the family feeling of it all 

Fellows

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Mohamad Alhalabieh, MD
Hand/Plastics Fellow
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Sahaja Atluri, MD
Hand/Plastics Fellow
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Fareed Hamidullah, DO
Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Dominic Bucci, MD
Hand/Plastics Fellow
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Kalsuum Nasser Dean
Urology House Officer