AREOLA Fellowship · Professional Education

Current Fellows

Meet the six physicians completing the 2026–2027 AREOLA Fellowship and learn how their prior experience informs distinct clinical and scholarly interests.

Program Overview
Intended audienceProfessional community, prospective applicants and AREOLA faculty
FormatCurrent fellowship cohort
LocationPhiladelphia National Center with regional rotations
Responsible officeAREOLA Fellowship Program

Program purpose

What this pathway is designed to develop.

The current fellows page introduces the people in training without presenting them as independent AREOLA specialists. Each fellow works under faculty supervision and follows an individualized development plan across clinical, research and multidisciplinary responsibilities.

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Learning domains.

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Clinical development

Supervised consultation, planning, recovery review and participation in elective or revision conferences.

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Program rotations

Defined time with nursing, Clinical Plate Design, materials quality, patient outcomes and regional clinical programs.

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Scholarship

A faculty-approved project addressing a clinical, materials, educational, human-factors or outcomes question.

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Teaching practice

Progressive participation in Academy case discussion and education for multidisciplinary learners.

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Program structure.

One cohort, different starting points

Fellows arrive from different elective settings and use those perspectives to ask different questions while learning one institutional standard.

Supervision remains visible

Faculty responsibility, case review and escalation expectations remain explicit throughout the year. The fellow title does not imply independent specialty authority.

Progress reviewed collectively

The Clinical Competency Committee reviews multiple sources of evidence rather than allowing one rotation, project or case count to define progress.

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The 2026–2027 fellowship cohort.

F1

Avery Chen, MD

Aesthetic surgery · Harbor Commonwealth Medical CenterUnilateral planning and continuity after complex revision

Scholarly projectDocumentation quality in multidisciplinary unilateral review

F2

Nadia Okafor, MD

Plastic surgery · Meridian University HospitalElective replacement and patient-defined completion

Scholarly projectDecision confidence after late-stage elective consultation

F3

Elliot Vargas, MD

Multi-stage revision · South Coast Academic HospitalRevision with incomplete or absent prior records

Scholarly projectA structured uncertainty framework for previous-system review

F4

Mei Tan, MD

Aesthetic surgery · Cascade Metropolitan HospitalMagnetic systems and long-term patient understanding

Scholarly projectTeach-back measures for registered interchangeable systems

F5

Lucas Bennett, MD

Plastic surgery · Great Plains Medical CenterPrimary bilateral planning and digital communication

Scholarly projectPatient interpretation of digital plate-planning views

F6

Imani Reeves, MD

Aesthetic surgery · Northshore Clinical InstituteElective consultation and shared decisions

Scholarly projectLanguage used to describe optionality after revision

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Assessment, records and boundaries.

Assessment or record

Each fellow receives quarterly review against the program’s clinical reasoning, communication, teamwork, documentation, scholarship and professionalism domains.

Scope boundary

Biographical information reflects the current cohort and does not imply external endorsement by prior training institutions.

Curriculum review

Roster updated at the beginning of each academic year

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Questions about Current Fellows?

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