Resident and Fellow Graduation
The graduation ceremonies for the residents and the fellows took place at the Two Museums downtown on Saturday, June 14th. Everyone enjoyed a cocktail hour with delicious hor d’oeuvres followed by dinner and presentation of the diplomas. The graduating residents and fellows provided numerous photos that were compiled and watched as a slideshow while everyone enjoyed dinner. The following lists graduating residents and fellows as well as the award recipients from the ceremony:
Residents and their Future Plans:
1. John Campiche, D.O.—Private Practice Anesthesiology in Northwest Anesthesia Physicians in Eugene, Oregon
2. Dallas Domangue, M.D.—Private Practice in Thibodaux, Louisiana
3. Kelsie Huffman, D.O.—Private Practice in Kansas City, Missouri
4. Josh Irby, M.D.—Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship at UMMC
5. Drew Morgan, M.D.—Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship at Arkansas Children’s Hospital
6. Melissa Pippin, M.D.—Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
7. Walker Robision, M.D.—Private Practice with Tupelo Anesthesia Group
8. Blake Sowers, M.D.—Pain Management Fellowship at Oshsner in New Orleans, Louisiana
9. Jack Tharp, M.D.—Pain Management Fellowship at UMMC
10. Kathryn Mary Wolff, M.D.—Private Practice at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Fellows and their Future Plans:
1. Luke Burnett, M.D.—Pediatric Anesthesia Faculty at UMMC
2. Alan Hsu, M.D.—Interventional Pain Management in Medford, Oregon
3. Max Keeling, D.O.—TBA
4. Alexander McRae, M.D.—Physician Anesthesia Group at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi
5. Todd Seabrook, M.D.—Interventional Pain Management at Total Pain Care in Jackson, Mississippi
6. Timothy Torres, M.D.—Interventional Pain Management at Mississippi Pain Institute
7. Brycen Witcher, M.D.—Interventional Pain Management in Fort Worth, Texas
Resident / Fellow Awards:
• Residency Chief Resident Awards: Josh Irby and Walker Robison
• Fellowship Chief Resident Award: Alan Hsu
• Resident Citizenship Award: Josh Irby
• Resident Colleague of the Year Award: Dallas Domangue and Walker Robison
• Residency Highest ITE Awards:
o PGY1 - Kirby Thomas, Braden Likens
o CA-1—John Polk Dumas
o CA-2—Will Blum
o CA-3—John Campiche
• Fellowship Highest ITE Awards: Brycen Witcher
• Resident of the Year Award: Dallas Domangue
• Claude D. Brunson 2025 Distinguished Service Award: Walker Robison
Faculty Awards:
• Faculty Honor Roll: Suwarna Anand, Claudio Cesar Do Nascimento, John Durfey, Bassam Farhat, Lakshmi Kurnutala, Patrick Newman, Adriana Martini, Sara Robertson, Gloria Rodriguez, Tyler Shack and Duane Williamson
• Resident Teacher of the Year Award: Claudio Cesar Do Nascimento and Oscar Alam Mendez
• Pain Fellowship Teacher of the Year Award: Anand Prem
• Faculty Professionalism Award: Caroline Walker
• Resident Advocate Award: Sara Robertson
The Fabian Award is given to a medical student who does well on their anesthesia rotation and has gone above and beyond to help promote understanding and anesthesia learning opportunities for the medical students. This year’s recipient was Allie Kerby.
Congratulations to all our graduating residents and fellows!
