Orthopedic Surgery Residency team at Jefferson performing a procedure in an operating room

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree Earned

  • Residency

Program Length

5 Years

Program Type

  • On Campus

Requirements

Applicant Information

Leadership

Name: James J. Purtill, MD
Position: Residency Program Director

For Program Information

Name: Kelly Quici
Position: Program Administrator

925 Chestnut Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Contact Number(s):

Current Residents 2025/2026

Damon (DJ) Briggs, Jr., MD
Hometown: Williamstown, NJ
Undergraduate: Ursinus College
Medical College: Duke University School of Medicine
Interest: Undecided

Matthew R Bryan, MD
Hometown: Medford, NJ
Undergraduate: United States Military Academy, West Point
Medical College: Harvard Medical School
Interest: Undecided

Cristian DeSimone, MD
Hometown: Valley Forge, PA
Undergraduate: Wake Forest University
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Interest: Adult Reconstruction

Alexandra Dionne, MD
Hometown: Belmont, MA
Undergraduate: Wellesley College
Medical College: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Interest: Undecided

Alexandra Hohmann, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical College: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Interest: Adult Reconstruction

Alexa Tomlak, MD
Hometown: Rochester, MI
Undergraduate: The University of Alabama
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Interest: Undecided

Jalen Broome, MD
Hometwon: Hyattsville, MD
Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical College: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Interest: Undecided

Margaret (Maggie) Danziger, MD, PhD
Hometown: Haworth, NJ
Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical College: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Interest: Undecided

Stephanie Eble, MD
Hometown:  Fort Washington, PA
Undergraduate:  Harvard University
Medical College: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Interest: Undecided

Daniel Gallagher, MD
Hometown: Middletown, NJ
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Medical College: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Interest: Undecided

Eric Tecce, MD
Hometown: Medford, NJ
Undergraduate: St. Lawrence University
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Interest: Undecided

Terence Thomas, MD
Hometown:  Oakdale, NY
Undergraduate:  Stony Brook University
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Interest: Sports, Shoulder & Elbow

Ali Farooqi, MD
Hometown:  Anaheim, CA
Undergraduate:  Cornell University
Medical College: University of Pennsylvania
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Spine

Alec Giakas, MD
Hometown:  Newark, DE
Undergraduate: University of South Carolina Honors College
Medical College: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Interest: Spine

Alexander Linton, MD
Hometown:  Ridgewood, NJ
Undergraduate:  McGill University
Medical College: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Interest: Adult Reconstruction

Brandon Martinazzi, MD
Hometown:  Cresson, PA
Undergraduate:  Juniata College
Medical College: Penn State College of Medicine
Interest: Undecided 

Lauren O’Mara, MD
Hometown:  Bel Air, Maryland
Undergraduate:  University of Pennsylvania
Medical College: Harvard Medical School
Interest: undecided

Akash Singh, MD
Hometown:  Hockessin, DE
Undergraduate:  Pennsylvania State University
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Interest: Shoulder & Elbow, Spine

Adam Fano, MD
Hometown: Montville, NJ
Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University
Medical College: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Interest: Spine

William Justice, MD
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate: Delaware State University
Medical College: Drexel University College of Medicine
Interest: Sports

Brooks Martino, MD
Hometown: Haymarket, VA
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Medical College: Weill Cornell Medical College
Interest: Sports

Benjamin Miltenberg, MD
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Undergraduate: Haverford College
Medical College: Tufts University School of Medicine
Interest: Sports, Shoulder

Daniel Nemirov, MD
Hometown: Setauket, NY
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Interest: Hand

Gregory Toci, MD
Hometown: Haddonfield, NJ
Undergraduate: Drexel University
Medical College: Johns Hopkins University
Interest: Spine

Emily Berthiaume, MD
Hometown: Stillwater, MN
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical College: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Interest: Spine

Michael Chang, MD
Hometown: Arcadia, CA
Undergraduate: University of California - Berkeley
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Fellowship: Shoulder & Elbow - Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI/FORE)

Lilah Fones, MD
Hometown: Easton, CT
Undergraduate: Wesleyan University
Medical College: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Fellowship: Washington University in St Louis Orthopaedic Hand & Microsurgery Fellowship

Tyler Henry, MD
Hometown: Ocean City, NJ
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical College: Thomas Jefferson University
Fellowship: Indiana Spine Group Spine Surgery Fellowship

Alec Kellish, MD
Hometown: Clark, NJ
Undergraduate: Misericordia University
Medical College: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Fellowship: Duke Sports Medicine Surgery Fellowship

Gabriel Onor, MD
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Medical College: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
 Fellowship: Sports - Hospital for Special Surgery