{"id":32178,"date":"2020-07-24T08:42:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=32178"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:07:52","slug":"residents-pgy3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/general-surgery-residency-program\/residents-pgy3\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents – PGY3"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Blake<\/div><\/div>

Blake Acquarulo, M.D., M.P.H.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
\nMedical School:<\/strong> Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
\nHometown:<\/strong> North Haven, CT
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Breast, MIS, healthcare disparities, surgical education
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> The people! UConn feels like home because there\u2019s always someone there to support you, listen, and have your back.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Exploring all the happy hours West Hartford has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Virginia<\/div><\/div>

Virginia Byars, M.D.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
\nMedical School:<\/strong> University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
\nHometown:<\/strong> Memphis, TN
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Trauma
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Competing with Juan and Matt to see who can eat the most bagels at Friday conference.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> It's a tie between Zohara and the Spigot.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Christine<\/div><\/div>

Christine Chen, M.D.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York, New York, NY
\nMedical School:<\/strong> SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> New York, NY
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Undecided
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Co-residents and attendings.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Anything Asian.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Juan<\/div><\/div>

Juan Pablo Cobar Ligorria, M.D., M.B.A.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medical School:<\/strong> Universidad Francisco Marroqu\u00edn Facultad de Medicina
\nHometown:<\/strong> Guatemala City, Guatemala
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Acute Care
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> The people in my program.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Find new places to eat with family and friends.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Thien-Kim<\/div><\/div>

Thien-Kim Doan, D.O.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
\nMedical School:<\/strong> Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine-New York
\nHometown:<\/strong> Arvada, CO
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Plastic Surgery...though I am flirting with the idea of colorectal surgery.
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> All my co-residents! Without them, residency would never be this fun!
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> #1 sleep (you always need sleep in residency). #2 eating chicken nuggets on my couch. #3 probably #1 and #2 at the same time. But if I had to choose, I love exploring all of coastal New England and trying all the lobster rolls I can get my hands on. I am from Colorado so I don't get to see the ocean often!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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

Matthew Garrity, D.O.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
\nMedical School:<\/strong> University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Beverly, MA
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> The way Dr. Hernon says my last name.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> The Spigot Cafe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Andrea<\/div><\/div>

Andrea Watters, D.O., M.S.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
\nMedical School:<\/strong> New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Glenside, PA
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Colorectal, Surgical Oncology
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Very clinically busy.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Hiking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Malika<\/div><\/div>

Malika Wilson, M.D., M.B.A.<\/h3>

Categorical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate School:<\/strong> Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
\nMedical School:<\/strong> New York University Grossman School of Medicine
\nHometown:<\/strong> Lincoln, NE
\nClinical Interests:<\/strong> Transplant
\nFavorite thing about UConn General Surgery?<\/strong> Support you receive from attendings.
\nFavorite thing to do in the area\/restaurant to eat at:<\/strong> Naples Pizza.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Categorical Undergraduate School: Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Hometown: North Haven, CT Clinical Interests: Breast, MIS, healthcare disparities, surgical education Favorite thing about UConn General Surgery? The people! UConn feels like home because there\u2019s always someone there to support you, listen, and have […]<\/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":""},"class_list":["post-32178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-28 09:29:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=32178"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40041,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32178\/revisions\/40041"}],"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=32178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}