{"id":17609,"date":"2019-07-11T08:25:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=17609"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:20:42","slug":"residents-pgy4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/general-surgery-residency-program\/residents-pgy4\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents – PGY4"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rachel<\/div><\/div>

Rachel Atkinson, M.D.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of Michigan
\nMedical School:<\/strong> The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
\nHometown:<\/strong> Grand Rapids, MI
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Colorectal Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> The camaraderie amongst the residents
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Running on the Farmington River Trail<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Haley<\/div><\/div>

Haley Etskovitz, D.O., M.B.S.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of Massachusetts (Commonwealth Honors College), Amherst, MA
\nMedical School:<\/strong> University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Newburyport, MA
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Pediatric Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Collaboration between residents.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Espresso martinis at Bricco.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Joshua<\/div><\/div>

Joshua Knopf, M.D.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Trinity College, Hartford, CT
\nMedical School:<\/strong> University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\n<\/span>Hometown:<\/strong> Easton, CT
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Surgical Oncology, Research, Teaching
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> The people!!
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Ceviche from CoraCora; cheer on the Yard Goats at Dunkin' Park!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"No<\/div><\/div>

Ashley Lanys, M.D., M.S.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of Western Ontario
\nMedical School:<\/strong> Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
\nHometown:<\/strong> Toronto, Canada
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Colorectal
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> My co-residents.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Blue Elephant Restaurant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Yuen-Joyce<\/div><\/div>

Yuen-Joyce Liu, M.D.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Harvard University
\nMedical School:<\/strong> University of Illinois College of Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Lexington, MA
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Colorectal Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> My co-residents.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> There is a diverse range of restaurants to choose from!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Jillian<\/div><\/div>

Jillian McNally, D.O., M.S.W.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of New Haven
\nMedical School:<\/strong> Lincoln Memorial University \u2013 DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Newington, CT
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Acute Care Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Diverse experience among the various hospitals we rotate through.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Can\u2019t go wrong with sushi.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Matthew<\/div><\/div>

Matthew Passeggiata, M.D.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
\nMedical School:<\/strong> American University of Antigua College of Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Wellington, FL
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Cardiothoracic Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Camaraderie amongst the residents.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Frank Pepe Pizzeria.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Brendan<\/div><\/div>

Brendan Stewart, M.D.<\/h3>\n

General Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of Connecticut
\nMedical School:<\/strong> University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Wethersfield, CT
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Thoracic Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> The people!
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Exploring local breweries and eating out in West Hartford Center (Zohara is the absolute best).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rachel Atkinson, M.D. General Surgery Undergraduate School: University of Michigan Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI Clinical Interests: Colorectal Surgery Favorite thing about UConn General Surgery? The camaraderie amongst the residents Favorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at: Running on the Farmington […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":2872,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-23 08:10:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17609"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39872,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17609\/revisions\/39872"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}