University of Illinois Metro Group Hospitals Residency in General Surgery

celebrating the big chiefs at our quarterly meeting yesterday 🥼😍👏🏽

Last day of residency!!!! Triple chiefing with@deea_star with Attending of the year 😉

can’t forget about the real reason everyone showed up 😏 swipe to reveal the winners 🏆

another fantastic workshop at ! thanks to all of the attendings for coming to the vascular anastomosis lab 💪

And the fun part of the workshop!

One more workshop done!! Great turnout, fun experiences for everyone and lots of learning. Thank you for organizing, thank you everyone for coming, special shout out to the attendings joining us. Big thank you to .medical for sponsoring and helping organize so many of our workshops

Anastomosis workshop!!! Thank you Ethicon for providing the supplies for this awesome learning opportunity and a big shout out to the attendings joining us and Dr.Lai

throwback to last thursday’s annual residency retreat at whirlyball 😍

it’s been a while but we’re back! our last is for sadi! “I’m Sadi Abukhalaf, a 26 years old man from the holy land, Palestine! I graduated from Al Quds University in Jerusalem. I love traveling and experiencing new activities, new food, new places, new people! Yeah, again, I truly love camping and crazy ventures!”

“You could describe Sergio as a small-town guy with a thirst for adventure! He loves to travel to new places and capture beautiful landscapes along the way. After spending most of his life on the countryside of Oklahoma, he’s completed his medical degree at Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. His personal experience as a first-generation college graduate motivates him to inspire and assist disadvantaged students to pursue the surgical fields. He hopes to connect with the Hispanic community in Chicago to address disparities of surgical care through advocacy and research.”

welcome to the team sergio! 🥼

, welcome Daniel! 🥼

“Born in South Korea, I grew up in Happy Valley, OR and lived in Seattle, WA for the last 10 years throughout college and medical school. Now I will spend my next years in Chicago, Illinois for my general surgery residency! I am excited to learn and grow into a kind and competent surgeon at UIC MGH. I am most interested in pediatric surgery. But we will see where my training takes me! Outside of medicine, I am a pianist, tennis player and rock climber. I really enjoy being out on the water, hiking, eating good food, and trying new things!”

monday morning , meet Jen! 🥼

“I’m from the Chicago suburbs. I am drawn to the hands-on, problem-solving nature of surgery and love the culture of collegiality at UIC-MGH. My surgical interests include thoracic surgery and plastic surgery. In my free time, I enjoy skiing, biking, cooking and spending time with my dogs.”