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UTHSC-Nashville Internal Medicine Alumni

Past Residents - Where Are They Now?

2024 Alumni

James Acuff, MD - Infectious Disease Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
Jacob Carter, MD - Hospitalist, Baxter Regional Medical Center
Chris Kontoghiorghes, MD - Endocrinology Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis
Michael Maré, MD - Private Practice, Midtown Inpatient Medicine, Denver
Andrew Mikhael, MD - Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Shivam Patel, MD - Hospitalist, Quantum MD Atrium Navicent Medical Center
Elizabeth Shannon, MD - Chief Resident, UT Nashville Internal Medicine
Sengo Viswanathan, MD - Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2023 Alumni

Walker Boyd, MD - Cardiology Fellowship, The Christ Hospital
Michael Dzombo, MD - Hospitalist, The Cleveland Clinic
Caroline Farrar, MD - Primary Care, Dickson Medical Associates
Paige Massey-Rielly, DO - Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Rutherford
Laura Sanders, DO - Primary Care, Heritage Medical Associates
Chloe Weidenbaum, DO - Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Saint Louis University
Christian McClairen, MD - Chief Resident, UT Nashville Internal Medicine
Alexis Griffith, MD - Infectious Diseases Fellowship, UTHSC

2022 Alumni

Hannah Anderson, DO – Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship,
Sunny Cai, MD – Hospitalist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wesley Cain, DO – Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, University of Cincinnati
Akanksha Kushwar, MD – Hematology Oncology Fellowship, Reading Pennsylvania
Madeline Fitzpatrick, MD – Chief Resident UT Nashville Internal Medicine
Hardie Sorrels, MD – Primary Care, Heritage Medical Center
Rachel Ward, MD – Hospitalist, St. Thomas Midtown

2021 Alumni

Evan Dressel, MD - Chief Resident - UT-Nashville Internal Medicine
Aaron Eskind, MD - Hospitalist, Ascension Health West
Ivan Furtado, MD - Internal Medicine - Ascension Medical Group
Allyson Hughes, MD - Chief Resident - Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport, CT
Michael Matheney, MD - Hematology / Oncology Fellowship, Washington Medical Center
Patrick Platzer, DO - Cardiology Fellowship, UT Chattanooga
Bhargavi Ratakonda, MD - Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia
Joy Underwood, MD - Hospitalist, Ascension Health West
Kaveh Zolfgahari, MD - Hospitalist

2020 Alumni

Priya Chaturvedi, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Aaron Eskind, MD – Chief Resident, UTHSC-Nashville Internal Medicine, Nashville, TN
Mary Gadalla, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Imran Huda, MD – Internal Medicine Practice, Mobius Health, Nashville, TN
Nicolast Ludi, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Prative Pandey, MD – Hospitalist, Carbondale, IL
Chris Pasvantis, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Deepanjali Radhakrishnan Nair, MD – Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Shelley Williamson, MD – Endocrinology Fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

2019 Alumni

Meron Abraha, MD – Hospitalist, Atlanta, GA
Matthew Aussprung, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship at University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Imran Huda, MD – Chief Resident, UT-Nashville Internal Medicine, Nashville, TN
Nicholas Lytle, MD, MBA – Rheumatology Fellowship at Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, OK
Sirshendu Majumdar, MD – Hospitalist, Houston, TX
Azadeh Raissi, MD – Peri-Operative Hospitalist, Nashville, TN
Stephenie Udeze, MD – Hospitalist, Nashville, TN
Johnson Wong, MD – Nocturnist, St. Louis, MO
Michael Xu, MD – Hospitalist, Birmingham, AL

2018 Alumni

Roshan Bista, MD – Hospitalist, Carbondale, IL
Brian Bush, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Joshua Donegan, MD – Hospitalist, Nashville, TN
Nicholas Lytle, MD, MBA – Chief Resident, UT-Nashville Internal Medicine Program, Nashville, TN
Sagal Mohamed, MD – Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Rebecca Morey, MD – Endocrinology fellowship at Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Cindy Tran, MD – Nocturnist, Atlanta, GA

2017 Alumni

Oran Basel, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, TN
Courtney Cummings, MD – Primary care, Cookeville, TN
Nicholas Flynn, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, TN
Laura Hollar, MD – Endocrinology fellowship, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Monica Jimenez, MD – Primary Care, Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN
Abhish Koirala, MD – Hospitalist, Carbondale, IL
Benjamin Maddox, MD – Chief Resident, University of Tennessee/Nashville Internal Medicine Residency Program, Nashville, TN
Joe Robinson, MD – Sports medicine fellowship, East Carolina University, Greeneville, NC
Daniel Rosenblatt, MD – Hospice and palliative medicine fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

2016 Alumni

David Dare, MD – Sleep Medicine Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Eugene Long, MD – Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Mississippi
Binod Pokhrel, MD – Endocrinology Fellowship, Louisiana State University
Will Rasberry, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West, Nashville, TN
Sadrac Rodriguez, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, TN
Allen Vantrease, MD – Hospitalist, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, TN & Core Faculty UT-Nashville IM Residency

2015 Alumni

Allen Vantrease, MD – Chief Resident, University of Tennessee/Nashville Internal Medicine Residency Program
Kenneth Johnsen, MD – Rheumatology fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Billie Bixby, MD – Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Monisha Shrestha, MD – Hospitalist, Laconia, NH
Disha Spath, MD – Hospitalist, Savannah, GA

2014 Alumni

Naim Sharifi, MD – Hospitalist, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Johnny Hammons, MD – Hospitalist, Corbin, KY
Ryan Pearman, MD – Primary Care at Heritage Medical, Nashville, TN
Lora Worsham, MD – Primary Care, Cookeville, TN

2013 Alumni

Kelsey Burr – Endocrinology fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Santosh Dhungana, MD – Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Jaya Kuseledass, MD – Hospitalist, Memphis, TN
Fran McCartney, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, Drexell University, Philadelphia, PA
Kanistha Verma, MD – Sleep Medicine Fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

2012 Alumni

Susan Harwell, MD - Chief Resident, University of Tennessee/Baptist Hospital, Nashville Internal Medicine Residency program; Rheumatology fellowship, Vanderbilt University
Issam Marzouk, MD - Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Jennifer Rayburn, MD - Internal Medicine Practice, Nashville Medical Group, Nashville, TN
Artur Karimov, MD - Hospitalist, Miami Valley Hospitalist Group, Dayton, OH
Cynthia Okoduwa, MD - Hospitalist/adjunct faculty, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Alumni

Brian Carrico, MD - Hospitalist, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN
Tara Jamshidi, MD - Rheumatology fellowship, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Carman, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN
Regina Poudel, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Murray, KY
Clarence Tyler, MD - Hospitalist, Louisville, KY

2010 Alumni

Chad Conatser, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Jamestown TN
Tanisha Hamilton, MD - Hospitalist, Houston, TX
Eric Myers, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Nashville Medical Group, Nashville, TN
Jahed Kamal, MD - Hospitalist, San Francisco, CA
Alan Simmons, MD - Nocturnist/Hospitalist, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN

2009 Alumni

Monica Beri, MD - Geriatric practice/faculty, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, TN
Oba Hollie, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Matthew Walker Clinic, Nashville, TN
Doug Johnson, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Nashville, TN
Jeremiah Judkins, MD - Emergency Medicine, Dickson, TN
Rob Nichols, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Tullahoma, TN

2008 Alumni

Jeremy Burns, MD - Hospitalist, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN
Shawnda Hollie, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Nashville Medical Group, Nashville, TN
Ayanna Jones, MD - Hospitalist, Houston, TX
Rodney Lewis, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN
Anthony Turner, MD - Hospitalist, Atlanta, GA

2007 Alumni

Qin Zen, MD, PhD - Hematology/Oncology practice, New York, NY
Fen Jiang, MD, PhD - Hematology/Oncology practice, Providence, WA
Chitra Fernando, MD - Geriatrician, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA
JK Siram, MD - Geriatrics Fellowship, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Leah Patton, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Nashville Medical Group, Nashville, TN

2006 Alumni

Sheela Bhartur, MD, PhD - Nuclear Medicine practice/faculty, LSU-Shrieveport
Leslie Franklin, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN
Vernon Mitchell, MD - Emergency Medicine Practice
Noridia Mauras, DO - Internal Medicine practice, Gallatin, TN
Joshua B. Smithson, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN

2005 Alumni

Brian Cromwell, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN
Toby Smith, MD - Pulmonary/Critical Care practice, Skyline Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Fred Nordquist, MD - Internal Medicine practice, Ashland City, TN
Christopher Trabue, MD - Infectious Diseases practice and Full-time faculty, UT-Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN

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