2024-2026 JUMPSTART Cohort

Dr. Adrienne Cobb is a native of Indianapolis, IN who completed her undergraduate studies at DePauw University majoring in Biochemistry and Spanish. She had long set her sights on a career in medicine and matriculated to Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in General Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, IL with two years of dedicated research. Her research focus includes breast cancer disparities and surgical outcomes with an emphasis on big data and predictive analytics. During residency she developed a passion for breast cancer care and completed her Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.

Dr. Justiniano is a board-certified colorectal surgeon at the University of Cincinnati where she is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Clerkship Director. She is from Arecibo, Puerto Rico and moved to Cincinnati at the age of nine. She attended The Ohio State University for undergrad where she majored in Molecular Genetics and mastered in Economics and Slavic/Eastern European Literature. She also completed medical school at Ohio State. She then spent seven years in Rochester, NY for General Surgery Residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital where she also earned a Master of Public Health from the School of Medicine & Dentistry during her academic development time. She completed a fellowship in colon & rectal surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH prior to returning to Cincinnati to be close to family.

Dr. Lombardo is an Assistant Professor of Acute Care Surgery at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT. She received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, concurrently obtaining a Master’s Degree in Global Health from Duke University. Dr. Lombardo attended the University of Utah for General Surgery training, before completing a 2-year fellowship in Acute Care Surgery at Vanderbilt University. She is the Associate Medical Director for the Emergency General Surgery service line at the University of Utah. Her research interests include patient outcomes after emergency general surgery, traumatic brain injury, and blunt cerebrovascular injury.

Winta Mehtsun, MD MPH, is a surgical oncologist and health services researcher at the University of California San Diego. Her clinical practice spans gastric gastric cancer, sarcoma, and complex general surgical oncology. Her current research is focused on understanding the drivers of healthcare spending and poor clinical outcomes among cancer patients, especially among vulnerable populations. Dr. Mehtsun earned her medical degree at University of Virginia, School of Medicine and then completed her master’s degree at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and her complex general surgical oncology fellowship at the Mass General Brigham/Dana-Farber Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Onwuka received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Tufts University, followed by his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. He then completed a general surgery residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. During his residency, he obtained a Master of Science degree in Medical Science from The Ohio State University while also completing a post-doctoral research fellowship in tissue-engineering at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. After residency, Dr. Onwuka completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. His current practice includes general pediatric and neonatal surgery with an additional focus on pediatric surgical oncology. His research interests include studying racial disparities in care amongst children with solid tumors.obtained her MD from Wright State University and completed residency at LSU New Orleans, research fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and a clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at University of Texas Southwestern. She is an assistant professor of surgery and the associate program director for the general surgery residency.