Current and Former Fellows
We expect that on completion of our fellowship training our fellow will possess the tools to be an outstanding minimally invasive surgeon and a future academic leader. The MCW fellowship offers a true academic experience and our fellows successfully transition to specialty-specific practices as surgeons advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery and bariatrics.
Current Fellow

Thomas Xu, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2022-2023
Residency: Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL
Former Fellows
Wen Hui Tan, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2021-2022
Residency: Washington University St. Louis, MO; Post-fellowship placement: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Shanley Deal, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2020-2021
Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA; Post-fellowship placement: Virginia Mason University Seattle, WA
Maria Linnaus, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2019-2020
Residency: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ; Post-fellowship placement: Mayo Health System Eau Claire, WI
Semeret Munie, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2018-2019
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI; Post-fellowship placement: Marshall University Huntington, WV
Cynthia Weber, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2017-2018
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center Chicago, Il; Post-fellowship placement: New York Bariatric Group following a laparoendoscopic surgery fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland
Kathleen Lak (Simon), MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2016-2017
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI; Post-fellowship placement: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Rana Higgins, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2015-2016
Residency: Rush University Chicago, Il; Post-fellowship placement: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Harish Nirujogi, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2014-2015
Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Bronx, NY; Post-fellowship placement: St. Elizabeth Physicians Florence, KY
Hassanain Jassim, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2013-2014
Residency: University of South Dakota School of Medicine Sioux Falls, SD; Post-fellowship placement: St Vincent and St Mary Hospital Green Bay, WI
Maurice Pierre-Page, MD
Advanced MIS and Bariatric Surgery Fellow 2012-2013
Residency: Mount Carmel Health System Columbus, OH; Post-fellowship placement: Central Ohio Surgical Associates Columbus, OH