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Current Residents

Highly trained residents specializing in plastic surgery in Saint Louis University's School of Medicine come from diverse educational backgrounds and pursue a variety of clinical interests.

Residents

Head and shoulders portrait of Louisa Ragsdale, M.D.

Louisa Ragsdale, M.D.

PGY-6
Undergraduate school: University of Virginia
Medical school: University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center


Head and shoulders portrait of Peter Firouzbakht

Peter Firouzbakht, M.D.

PGY-6
Undergraduate school: University of Wisconsin—Madison
Medical school: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center


Head and shoulders portrait of Jason Lin, M.D.

Jason Lin, M.D. 

PGY-5
Undergraduate school: University of Washington
Medical school: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine


Head and shoulders portrait of Cedar Slovacek, M.D.

Cedar Slovacek, M.D.

PGY-5
Undergraduate school: University of Pennsylvania
Medical school: McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Head and shoulders portrait of Amanda Brown, M.D.

Amanda Brown, M.D.

PGY-4
Undergraduate school: University of Southern Indiana
Medical school: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine


Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Xia

Thomas Xia, M.D.

PGY-4
Undergraduate school: Emory University
Medical school: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine


Headshot of Amir Aminzada

Amir Aminzada, M.D.

PGY-3
Undergraduate school: Stony Brook University
Medical school: Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center


Headshot of Rohan Gupta

Rohun Gupta, M.D.

PGY-3
Undergraduate school: Case Western Reserve University
Medical school: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine


Headshot of Andi Zhang

Andi Zhang, M.D

PGY-2
Undergraduate school: Johns Hopkins University
Medical school: Saint Louis University School of Medicine


Headshot of Allison Gardner

Allison Podsednik Gardner, M.D

PGY-2
Undergraduate school: University of Pennsylvania
Medical school: Valley School of Medicine


Headshot of Jeffrey Ai

Jeffrey Ai, M.D.

PGY-1
Undergraduate school: University of Minnesota
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin


Headshot of Sarah Ma

Sara Ma, M.D.

PGY-1
Undergraduate school: University of Michigan
Medical school: Wayne State University