Internal Medicine Residency Program

Current Residents

Chief Residents 2024-2025

: THOMPSON BARR

: MARCUS ELLISON

: SHAINA HASAN

: KIARASH SALAFIAN

Class of 2025 – Categorical (PDF with Photos)

: SARAH ACEVEDO (she/her) University of Kansas

: SOHAM ALI University of Iowa

: TIJESUNI BABALOLA East Carolina University

: MICHAEL BATES Louisiana State University

: REBECCA BROWN University of Pittsburgh

: EMILY BRZANA Temple University

: TYLER FOLEY University of Iowa

: KATHRYN FORTUNE (she/her) Albany Medical College

: HEATHER FRAZIER (she/her) Medical College of Georgia

: JACOB FRIEDBERG (he/him) Boston University

: ROBYN GOODRICH Virginia Tech Carilion

: THOMAS HILTON Wake Forest

: MEERA JAIN Drexel

: JAGANNATH KADIYALA University of Maryland

: LAURA LAVETTE Wake Forest

: ALESSIA LAVIN University of Miami

: TALA MAHMOUD University of Balamand

: KENAN MICHAELS (he/him) Virginia Tech Carilion

: JAMES NGOYI Medical University of South Carolina

: NATALIE PHAM University of Virginia

: ABHIJIT RAVINDRAN University of Virginia

: BENJAMIN ROBINSON (he/him) University of Virginia

: STEVEN SCHERPING University of Virginia

: ZOYA SHAKEEL University of Florida

: MARY KATE SULLIVAN Medical University of South Carolina

: KEVIN TOY Eastern Virginia Medical School

: TUCKER WILKINSON Drexel

: CONNOR WISE (he/him) University of South Carolina

: BENNETT WISNER University of Virginia

: VIKTORIYA ZELIKSON Virginia Commonwealth University

Class of 2025 – Primary Care

: ABDULHAKIM AGHIL University of Kentucky

: LYDIA BUSEY (she/her) University of Virginia

: AMBER ROBERTS Medical University of South Carolina

Class of 2026 – Categorical (PDF with Photos)

: ASRAR ALIMOHAMED (he/him) University of South Carolina

: OLIVIA BECKER (she/her) University of Mississippi

: ASHLEY BOLTE (she/her) University of Virginia

: IVY CEDILLOS (she/her) University of Buffalo

: DANIEL COOK (he/him) Medical University of South Carolina

: SHIVALI DESAI (she/her) University of South Carolina – Greensville

: JUSTIN ELKHECHEN (he/him) Rutgers

: BENJAMIN EMERY (he/him) University of Virginia

: JASON ERNO (he/him) Medical University of South Carolina

: ABBEY ERWIN (she/her) Louisiana State University

: MACKENZIE FRANKLIN (she/her) University of Texas

: HANNAH LAIRD (she/her) University of Mississippi

: CYNTHIA LI (she/her) University of Virginia

: MARY MCGRATH (she/her) Ohio State University

: CALEB MCKINNEY (he/him) Loma Linda University

: STEPHEN O’CONNOR (he/him) Indiana University

: TIAGO PALMISANO (he/him) Rowan University

: ELIZABETH PANTHER (she/her) Medical College of Wisconsin

: PARMIDA PARSA (she/her) University of South Carolina

: HECTOR PICON (he/him) Medical College of Georgia

: AVNEESH SHARMA (he/him) Virginia Commonwealth University

: RISHIKA SINGH (she/her) University of Tennessee

: GORDON SMILNAK (he/him) Northwestern

: NANDAN SRINIVASA (he/him) George Washington University

: ALYSSA TUAN (she/her) Pennsylvania State University

: DREW VIPPERMAN (he/him) University of Virginia

: JESSIE WILLIAMS (she/her) Virginia Commonwealth University

: ALICE WIN (she/her) Medical College of Georgia

: SARA YOUNG (she/her) Boston University

Class of 2026 – Primary Care

: SAM CHAO (he/him) Wake Forest University

: EMILY JEZEWSKI (she/her) University of Nebraska

: KATHERINE KRUSE (she/her) University of North Carolina

Class of 2026 – ABIM Research Pathway

: BRANDON PODYMA (he/him) University of Virginia

Class of 2027 – Categorical (PDF with Photos)

: EVAN ADLER University of South Florida

: OWEN BATTEL Florida International University

: STEPHEN CHANDLER (he/him) University of Alabama – Birmingham

: RACHEL CRUZ NIEVES University of South Florida

: TSOLA EFEJUKU (he/him) University of Texas – Galveston

: LIESL EIBSCHUTZ (she/her) Dartmouth

: MARGAUX EVERINGHAM Drexel University

: ALEXANDER FREIDINGER (he/him) Chicago Medical

: EMMA GRAY University of South Carolina

: JONATHAN GRUBBS (he/him) University of North Carolina

: CONNOR HORNE (he/him) University of South Carolina

: SARAH JOSEPH (she/her) Emory University

: RACHEL KELLER University of Florida

: ALLIE LORDS (she/her) University of Washington

: CHRISTOPHER LUDLOW University of South Carolina

: ALLISON MEADOWS Medical University of South Carolina

: LILY MIRFAKHRAIE Harvard

: NICHOLAS MOUSER (he/him) Wake Forest University

: JULIE OKORN Michigan State University

: MATTHEW OSBORNE (he/him) Virginia Commonwealth University

: ELENA PARCELL (she/her) University of Virginia

: FORREST PARROTT (he/him) Wake Forest University

: OLIVIA RESZCZYNSKI (she/her) Medical University of South Carolina

: ANHA TELLURI George Washington University

: MEGAN WAGUESPACK (she/her) Louisiana State University

: BENJAMIN WITMAN (he/him) University of Virginia

: DREW WODECKI (he/him) University of California – Davis

: VALERIE YANG Texas Tech University

Class of 2027 – Primary Care

: ZEIN ABURISH Virginia Commonwealth University

: DESNA GHATALIA University of New Mexico

: JACK HIBBARD Indiana University

Class of 2027 – ABIM Research Pathway

: BRIAN OGENDI (he/him) Michigan State University

: OOM PATTARABANJIRD University of Virginia

Class of 2025 – Preliminary

: KANUPRIYA GUPTA University of Pittsburgh

: IRIS HARRISON (she/her) University of Florida

: KATIE SALISBURY (she/her) Wake Forest University