Resident Spotlight

WMed honors more than 70 graduating residents and fellows

Monday, July 22, 2024

More than 70 resident physicians听and fellows were honored in June for completing their residency and fellowship training at WMed.

WMed boasts 10 residency programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. There also are five one-year fellowships for Emergency Medical Services, Forensic Pathology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Simulation, and Sports Medicine.

Several programs celebrated their graduates in private ceremonies. The graduates have spent between one and five years training in Southwest Michigan.听

Of the 76 residents and fellows celebrated this year, 13 will remain and work in the Kalamazoo area. Meanwhile, an additional 15 residents will work in other cities in Michigan. Others will work throughout the nation, while many will go on to fellowship training.

Here鈥檚 a complete list of this year鈥檚 resident and fellow graduates, as well as faculty who received awards:

Emergency Medicine

Alicia Nicole Anderson, DO (Chief)
Baturay Aydemir, 新彩网
Kenneth Alan Bridgmon, DO
Corbin Dean Donham, 新彩网
Edwin Lauritz Fundingsland, DO
Eric Alden Hovda, DO
Erik James Krueger, DO
Nahal Massoudi, DO
David Anthony Piscitelli, 新彩网
Joshua Robert Recknagel, 新彩网 (Chief)
Kevin Rajiv Richardson, 新彩网
Michael Merle Samborn, DO
John Linden Shinners, 新彩网
Mariah Christine Smith, DO
Justin Myrick Winkler, 新彩网 (Chief)

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Stephen Andrew Godfrey, 新彩网

Family Medicine-Battle Creek

Aron Thomas Chacko, 新彩网
Abbas Mokhtari, 新彩网
Priyanka Ajaysinh Rajput, 新彩网
Sojdeh Saber Hamishegi, 新彩网 (Chief)
Suganiya Srikanthan, 新彩网
Layth Haitham Tumah, 新彩网 (Chief)

Family Medicine-Kalamazoo

Natan Harel, DO
Syed Khairul Hussain, 新彩网
Lamiya Zehra Raghid, 新彩网
Jessel Lynton Ramdass, 新彩网, MPH (Chief)
Codi Alexis Sharp, DO (Chief)
Mahsa Talebian, 新彩网
Wamidh Walid Tellow, 新彩网

Forensic Pathology Fellowship

Haaris Iqbal, DO

General Surgery

Caitlyn Bo Cookenmaster, 新彩网 (Chief)
Kyra Nicole Folkert, 新彩网 (Chief)
Kent Matthew Grosh, 新彩网 (Chief)
Sarah Ibrahim Khalil, 新彩网 (Chief)

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Colleen Elizabeth Howing, 新彩网
Alexandra Elizabeth Ortiz, 新彩网

Internal Medicine

Syed Ibaad Ali, 新彩网 (Chief)
Krishna Chaitanya Amerneni, 新彩网
Stephen Earl Ames, DO
Matthew Ryan Belardo, 新彩网 (Chief)
Benjamin Ingo Bizer, 新彩网
Alec Michael Johnson, DO (Chief)
Harmanpreet Kaur, 新彩网
Andrew John Koelper, DO
Brian Nohomovich, DO, PhD
Alana Pinheiro Alves, 新彩网
Michael James Terrio, DO

Medicine-Pediatrics

Faisal Ansari, DO
Taylor Joann Cable, 新彩网 (Chief)
Ian Thomas Crumm, 新彩网
Blair Colleen Graham, DO

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Gina Marie Bravata, 新彩网
Emily Elizabeth Dempsey
Brittany Darchelle Lett, 新彩网 (Chief)
Diamond Nicole Stevens, 新彩网

Orthopaedic Surgery

George James Borrelli, 新彩网 (Chief)
Brandon Joseph Stradel, 新彩网 (Chief)
Matthew Christopher Sweet, 新彩网 (Chief)

Pediatrics

Hanan Nayef Alhyari, 新彩网
Hannah Brooke Asebes, 新彩网
Bilal Samir Assi, 新彩网
Nourhan Gamal Shafik Bayoumy Shafeey, 新彩网 (Fourth-Year Chief)
Lubaina Ehsan, 新彩网 (Chief)
Janine Chun Yee Fung, 新彩网
Judy Jasser, 新彩网
Yahia Khanfar, 新彩网
Shekha Sherin Nelliadi, 新彩网
Mandeep Kaur Takhar, 新彩网

Psychiatry

Salman Mohammad Abdul Majeed, DO
Amar Wael Arafat, DO
Drew Daniel Elson, DO (Chief)
Jamil Alexander Khondker, 新彩网
Eric Allen Klomparens, 新彩网 (Chief)
Kailin Hollenbeck Kuo, 新彩网
Linda Saju, 新彩网

Sports Medicine Fellowship

Michael Joseph Matthews, DO

2024 Teaching Awards