Current PGY-5 General Surgery Residents

Our PGY-5 Residents

Benjamin Allar, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Ben's hometown is Newton, Massachusetts. Ben received his BA summa cum laude at Connecticut College, majoring in Biological Sciences and Religious Studies. He received multiple awards for academic and leadership excellence, including the Unsung Hero Award and the Judy Bailen Kateman '65 Outstanding Senior Prize. As a student at Tufts University School of Medicine, Ben was elected to AOA, served on the Admissions Committee, the Curriculum Committee, and was an active student delegate to the Massachusetts Medical Society. Ben also served as President of the Team Cathedral Project, mentoring and teaching local students and was engaged in a number of clinical research projects. During residency, he spent his academic development time obtaining a Master in Public Health from Harvard TH Chan School of Public health and performing sociodemographic surgical disparities research at Brigham and Women’s Center for Surgery and Public Health, where he was the lead fellow in his final year. His surgical interests are colorectal surgery and surgical education. He enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and cooking.
 

Margaret Berrigan, MD
George Washington University School of Medicine
Margaret hails from Washington, DC. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, majoring in Biology and Spanish, and later earned a Master’s in Physiology from Georgetown University. She received her MD from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she was elected to AOA and received the Cecile and Seymour Alpert Medical Scholarship. Margaret's clinical interest is pediatric surgery, and she enjoys hiking, travel, and crafts.
 

Scott Fligor, MD
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Scott’s hometown is Marblehead, Massachusetts. He received his BS from Georgetown University, cum laude, majoring in Biology of Global Health. He received his MD from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, where he was elected to AOA. He pursued three research years in Dr. Mark Puder’s lab at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he focused on preclinical drug development and clinical trials for pediatric liver disease and intestinal failure. He received multiple grants and awards for his research, including a T32 fellowship, the Chairman’s Fellowship (Boston Children’s Hospital), the Sandra and Richard Cummings Research Fellowship (BIDMC), and the Harry M. Vars Award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. His clinical interests include surgical oncology and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. Outside of the hospital, he enjoys running, snowboarding, scuba diving, and adventure travel.
 

Betty Liu, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Betty is an aspiring endocrine and general surgeon. She grew up in the bay area in California. She received her BA in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating summa cum laude prior to switching careers to pursue medicine, matriculating to Tufts University School of Medicine. She pursued research in Dr. Mentzer's lab at BWH investigating the mesothelium of the lung. For this, she was awarded the Thoracic Surgery Foundation Resident Research Fellowship Award as well as an NIH T-32 training grant. Her clinical interests include endocrine surgery and surgical education. Betty's hobbies include cooking and photography, and she has published two critically acclaimed cookbooks (My Shanghai, The Chinese Way).