Surgery Residency Program Program Director Welcome Curriculum & Training Sites Meet the Chief Residents Alumni How to Apply Contact Us Meet the Chief Residents Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Surgery: Home Surgery: Education & Training Surgery: Education & Training > Residency Program Surgery: Education & Training > Residency Program > Meet The Chief Residents From left to right: Robert Painter, Francesca Kimelman, Alice Martino, Shannon Skochko, Bernard "Ben" Morris 2025-26 Chief Residents Francesca Kimelman, MD, MPH Undergraduate: BS, Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science at University of MichiganGraduate: MA/MPH Biological Sciences and Public Health at Tufts UniversityMedical School: University of Illinois, College of MedicineFuture Plans: Fellowship, Transplant Surgery at UCLA Alice Martino, MD Undergraduate: BS, Investigative and Medical Sciences at Saint Louis UniversityMedical School: Saint Louis University School of MedicineFuture Plans: Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Bernard "Ben" Morris, MD Undergraduate: BS, Civil Engineering, University of Southern CaliforniaMedical School: University of California, San Diego, School of MedicineFuture Plans: Fellowship, Vascular Surgery at University of Southern California Robert Painter, MD Undergraduate: BS, Biochemistry, Purdue UniversityMedical School: Indiana University, School of MedicineFuture Plans: Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery at Cedars Sinai Shannon Skochko, MD Undergraduate: BS, Biological Sciences, University of MarylandMedical School: UC Irvine, School of MedicineFuture Plans: Fellowship, Advanced GI/MIS at USC