Meet our Ϲ General Surgery Residents
2025-2026 Chief Residents
Pictured (left to right): Drs. Elise Biesboer, Monica Seadler, Amanda Witte, Brexton Turner, Taylor Jaraczewski, Santiago Rolon, Melissa Drezdzon, and Benjamin Seadler
PGY-V Residents
Elise Biesboer, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria
Melissa Drezdzon, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Taylor Jaraczewski, MD, MS (RURAL)
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Santiago Rolon, MD (RURAL)
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Benjamin Seadler, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Monica Seadler, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Brexton Turner, MD
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Amanda Witte, MD
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine - Grand Rapids
PGY-IV Residents
Natalie Gaughan, MD
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
Adhitya Ramamurthi, MD
Surgery Resident | Ϲ
Halen Turner, MD
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Danielle Wilson, MD
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine - Flint
PGY-IV Research Residents
Michael Brinton, MD
New York Medical College
Sarah Fisher, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Alice Lee, MD
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Samantha Leonard, MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Anna Tatakis, MD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Shanita Thomas, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
PGY-III Residents
Kshitij Gaur, MD
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Alexa Lisevick Kumar, MD
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Tapas Parikh, MD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Megan Quamme, MD
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Mariya Reztsova, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine
Rachel Silverman, MD
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Kaitlyn Sonnentag, MD (RURAL)
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PGY-III Research Residents
Andrew Kim, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Kaitlyn Weyman, MD
Surgery Resident | University of Kentucky College of Medicine
PGY-II Residents
Kyle Cass, MD (RURAL)
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Madelyn Coleman, MD
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Meghan Conroy, MD
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Taylor Elinski, MD
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Alyssa Ferlin, MD
Florida State University College of Medicine
Anna Garren, MD
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Bryanna Hipp, MD
Florida State University College of Medicine
Anna Jang, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Morgan Leissring, MD
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PGY-I Residents
Caila Bachmann, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Mary Elizabeth Coleman, MD
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Michaela Kiel, MD
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Annmarie Li-Yedica, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Jessica Lu, MD
University of Chicago The Pritzker School of Medicine
Kenrick Manswell, MD (RURAL)
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Bryce Patin, MD
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Jessica Pederson, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine
Jessica Prom, MD
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Jonathan Davis, MD (PRELIM)
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Haley VanBeek, MD (IR)
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Stephanie Wallace, MD (IR)
University of Minnesota Medical School
Resident Research Awards

Andrew Kim, MD
NIH R38 Research Program

Kaitlyn Weyman, MD
2025-2026 We Care Research Scholar