Alumni

Our internal medicine graduates are pursuing a variety of career opportunities that include subspecialty training as well as primary care and hospitalist careers.



Alumni Classes


2023-2024

NamePositionPlaceAffiliation
Neal DelvadiaPrimary Care PhysicianECU Physicians - Greenville, NCCo-Chief Resident for 2023-2024
Mohammad Zafar KhalilullahVenous and Lymphatic FellowshipCenter for Vein Restoration - Greenbelt, MDCo-Chief Resident for 2023-2024
Khalid MohamedCardiovascular Disease FellowshipETSU Quillen College of Medicine - Johnson City, TNCo-Chief Resident for 2023-2024
Brandon TedderHematology/Oncology FellowshipAtrium Health Levine Cancer Institute - Charlotte, NCCo-Chief Resident for 2023-2024
Christopher WatsonCardiovascular Disease FellowshipCarilion Clinic-VTC School of Medicine - Roanoke, VACo-Chief Resident for 2023-2024
Revanth BandaruCardiovascular Disease FellowshipHCA Florida Brandon Hospital - Brandon, FLCategorical Resident
Alexandru BraduHematology/Oncology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Edward Lawson CatePulmonary and Critical Care FellowshipECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Graham DixonInfectious Diseases FellowshipThe University of Connecticut School of Medicine - Farmington, CTCategorical Resident
Mariam DvalishviliCardiovascular Disease FellowshipECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Saeed GrahamChief ResidentECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Jiaqi GuClinic Informatics FellowshipUTHealth Houston - Houston, TXCategorical Resident
Akil KavcarNephrology FellowshipBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston, MACategorical Resident
Swethaa ManickamGastroenterology fellowship - ECUECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Rana MohamedChief ResidentECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Soroush NomigolzarCardiology fellowship - ECUECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Stanley OghoghorieHeme/Onc fellowship - ECUECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident
Varun ParekhHospitalistThe Miriam Hospital - Providence, RICategorical Resident
Monica SharmaHospitalistFort Memorial Hospital - Fort Atkinson, WICategorical Resident
Shana ThayanantharajahPulmonary and Critical Care FellowshipRutgers New Jersy Medical School - Newark, NJCategorical Resident
U. Francis Uwensuyi-EdosomwanHospitalist/PCPNovant Health Presbyterian Medical Center - Charlotte, NCCategorical Resident
Meghana VallabhaneniAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology FellowshipThe University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, ALCategorical Resident
Joshua ZweigleChief ResidentECU Health Medical Center - Greenville, NCCategorical Resident

2022-2023

Co-Chief Resident(s) for 2022-2023:PositionPlace
Fardeen Faiz, MDCardiology FellowshipNortheast Georgia Medical Center – Gainesville, GA
Stephen Jurko, DOHospitalistBayview Physicians – Virginia Beach, VA
Josef Kinderwater, MDPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
M. Taylor Vaughn, MDHospitalistBayview Physicians – Virginia Beach, VA
Categorical ResidentPositionPlace
Daniyal Abbas, MDGastroenterology FellowshipHarlem Hospital Center - New York, NY
Soban Ahmad, MDCardiology FellowshipUniversity of Nebraska Med Center – Omaha, NE
Hassam Ali, MDGastroenterology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Debargha Basuli, MDECU Nephrology FacultyECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Neal Delvadia, MD2023-2024 IM Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Lasha-Giorgi Esebua, MDInterventional Pain PhysicianDeaconesses Health System – Evansville, IN
Devanshi Kajal, MDHospitalistECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Mohammad Khalilullah, MD2023-2024 IM Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Omar Khdeir, MDCardiology FellowshipUniversity of Oklahoma – Oklahoma City, OK
Khalid Mohamed, MD2023-2024 IM Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Rahul Pamarthy, MDGastroenterology Fellowship, MDECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Amish Parikh, DOPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipUniv of South Carolina/Prisma Health – Columbia, SC
Merna Shata, MDCardiology FellowshipUniversity of Tennessee – Chattanooga, TN
Brandon Tedder, MD2023-2024 IM Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Christopher Watson, MD2023-2024 IM Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Sreeram Yalamanchili, MDCardiology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Preliminary ResidentPositionPlace
O. Joseph Ayako, MDPGY-2 IM ResidencyECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Adrianna Carrasco, MDNeurology ResidencyUCLA – Los Angeles, CA
Forrest Roberson, MDDermatology ResidencyVirginia Tech – Carilion Clinic – Roanoke, VA
Smrithi Valsaraj, MDRadiology ResidencyFranciscan Health – Olympia Fields, IL
Sai Valasala, MDRadiology ResidencyUniversity of Florida – Jacksonville, FL
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics ResidentPositionPlace
A. Brooke Baggett, DOAdult Endocrinology FellowshipWake Forest SOM – Winston-Salem, NC
Adam Beg, MD2023-2024 Pediatric Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Rachel Hart, DOLaboratory Genetics and Genomics FellowshipIndiana University SOM – Indianapolis, IN
Anna Laughman, MDHospice & Palliative Care Fellowship, Pediatric TrackDuke University SOM – Durham, NC
Riju Narayan, MDMed-Peds Primary CareECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Josue Sanchez, MDMed-Peds HospitalistNorthern Regional Hospital – Mount Airy, NC
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry ResidentPositionPlace
Rhett Donathan, DOLocumsNorth Carolina-Virginia
Karim Habishi, MDPsychiatry-Internal MedicineRiverside Medical Center – Hampton, VA
Internal Medicine/ Emergency Medicine ResidentPositionPlace
A. Wooten Jones, MDEM/IM/CC FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Andrew Stern, DOEM/IM/CC FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC

2021-2022

Co-Chief Resident(s) for 2021-2022:PositionPlace
Daryl Chang, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipCarolinas Medical Center/Atrium Health – Charlotte, NC
Shailee Jain, MDEndocrinology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Kyaw Khant, MDCardiology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Kunjan Udani, MDCardiology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Categorical ResidentPositionPlace
Felix Afriyie, MDCardiology FellowshipRutgers New Jersey Medical School – Newark, NJ
Obinna Daniel, MDHospitalistHolston Valley Medical Center – Kingsport, TN
Priyanka Durai, MDHospitalistMedStar Good Samaritan – Baltimore, MD
Fardeen Faiz, MD2022-2023 Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Zahra Hamedi, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipVirginia Commonwealth Univ SOM – Richmond, VA
Rahim Jiwani, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipAllegheny Health Network – Pittsburgh, PA
Stephen Jurko, DO2022-2023 Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Josef Kinderwater, MD2022-2023 Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
MaryKate Kratzer, MDGastroenterology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Shruthi Kumar, MDPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipCook County Health – Chicago, IL
Jonathan Labbe, MDPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Nayan Mainkar, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Daisy Nwainmbi, MDCardiology FellowshipNortheast Georgia Med Ctr – Gainesville, GA
O. Rachelle Omadjela, MDHospitalistJenCare Senior Medical Center – Richmond, VA
Shaivya Pathak, MDHospitalistECU Health Edgecombe Hospital – Tarboro, NC
Adrian Pona, MDGastroenterology FellowshipPrisma Health/Univ South Carolina – Greenville, SC
M. Taylor Vaughan, MD2022-2023 Chief ResidentECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Ahmed Younes, MDHospitalistRiverside Hospital – Newport News, VA
Preliminary ResidentPositionPlace
Johnny Dang, DOPhysical Med & Rehab ResidencyJohns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
Graham Dixon, MDPGY-2 Internal Medicine ResidencyECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Kristen Reeder, MDRadiology ResidencyUniversity of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA
Michael Wisniewski, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyUniversity of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics ResidentPositionPlace
Daniel Broderick, DOMed-Peds HospitalistSaint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center – Boise, ID
Benjamin Byerly, DOMed-Peds HospitalistECU Health Duplin – Kenansville, NC
Jennifer Chu, DOMed-Peds HospitalistPermanente Medical Group – Shady Grove, MD
Michelle Jones Nzuna, DOMed-Peds HospitalistUNC Lenoir Family Practice – Kinston, NC
Anne Taylor, DOMed-Peds Inpatient/OutpatientIndian Health Services – Navajo Nation, NM
Jeremy Wilkes, MDMed-Peds HospitalistScotland Memorial Hospital – Laurinburg, NC
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Resident
PositionPlace
Amizetta Clark, MDInpatient Med and PsychAdventist Hospital – St. Helena, CA
Amrish Papalia, MDClinical Informatics FellowshipOregon Health Sciences University – Portland, OR
Internal Medicine/ Emergency Medicine Resident
PositionPlace
Mia Gonzales, MDEM/IM/CC FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC
Kiyoshi Scissum, MDEM/IM/CC FellowshipECU Health Medical Center – Greenville, NC

2020-2021

Co-Chief Resident(s) for 2020-2021:
ResidentPositionPlace
Thomas Blair, MDHospitalistDuke University
Sara Cowles, DOHematology / Oncology FellowshipECU / VMC
Samantha Thomas-Nadler, MDPulmonary / Critical care fellowship ECU / VMC
Categorical
ResidentPositionPlace
Juan Alvarez Posada, MDHospitalistAscension Sacred Heart Hospital in Miramar Beach, FL
Darryl Chang, MD2021-2022 Chief ResidentECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Ouassim Derbal, MDHospitalistVidant North Hospital – Halifax, NC
Oghenesuvwe Eboh, MDCardiology FellowshipNassau University Medical Center- Meadow, NY
Rebecca Hunt, DOOutpatient MedicineHealth Texas – San Antonio, TX
Jaffer Hussain, MDOutpatient Medicine & HospitalistVidant Chowan Hospital & Outpatient – Edenton, NC
Shailee Jain, MD2021-2022 Chief ResidentECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Francois Kaleta, DOCardiology FellowshipPenn State University – Hershey, PA
Kyaw Khant, MD2021-2022 Chief ResidentECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Gianna Mercogliano, MDNephrology FellowshipUniversity of Florida – Gainesville, FL
Ahmed Nabil Mohammad, MDCardiology FellowshipEast Tennessee State Univ – Johnson City, TN
Victor Okunrintemi, MDCardiology FellowshipHouston Methodist Hospital – Houston, TX
Durga Pemmaraju, MDHospitalistNorthern Regional Hospital – Mount Airy, NC
Luis Rauseo, MDHospitalistDoctors Hospital – Coral Gables, FL
Jennifer Udom, MDPrivate Practice – HospitalistRichmond, VA
Preliminary
Resident PositionPlace
Nicole Bolick, MDDermatology ResidencyUniversity of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM
Kevin Cortese, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyUniversity of Maryland – Baltimore, MD
Lasha-Giorgi Esebua, MDPGY2 IM ResidencyECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Jason Guo, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation ResidencyUniversity of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA
Cory Pierson, MDRadiology ResidencyUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison, WI
Paul White, MDEmergency Medicine ResidencyPrisma Health – Greenville, SC
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
ResidentPositionPlace
Erika Harris, MDMed-Peds Outpatient PhysicianAlabama Regional Med Services – Birmingham, AL
Shiva Poola, MDGastroenterology FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Jerrell Sims, MDMed-Peds HospitalistTBD
Lorena Sousa, MDOutpatient Med-Peds HospitalistRaulerson Hospital – Okeechobee, FL
Adrienne Yancey, MDAllergy & Immunology FellowshipUniversity of Buffalo – Buffalo, NY
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
ResidentPositionPlace
Ahmad Badr, MDChronic Pain ManagementUniversity of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
Jennifer Stanley, MDMed-Psych Faculty PositionECU/Vidant -Greenville, NC
Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine
ResidentPositionPlace
Meredith Dixon, MDEM/IM/Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Ryan Fouche, DOEM/IM/Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC

2019-2020

Co-Chief Resident(s) for 2019-2020:PositionPlace
Steven Allen, MDPulmonary & Critical Care FellowshipMedical College of Georgia – Augusta, GA
Categorical
Resident PositionPlace
Juan Bermudez, MDHospitalistChippenham Hospital in Richmond, VA
Thomas Blair, MD2020-2021 Chief ResidentECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Parul Chandrika, MDHospitalistVidant Beaufort Hospital – Washington, NC
Sara Cowles, DO2020-2021 Chief ResidentECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Jacques Denis, MDPulmonary & Critical Care FellowshipUniversity of South Carolina – Columbia, SC
Shadi Ghadermarzi, MDHospitalistBoston, MA
Nitin Gupta, MDPalliative Care FellowshipUniversity of Texas – Houston, TX
Karissa Lambert, MDGastroenterology & Hepatology FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Lydia Min, MDHeart Failure FellowshipThe Ohio State University -
Fadol Mohamed, MDCardiology FellowshipNassau County – New York
Janki Patel, MDHospitalistlocum in eastern NC
Pratik Patel, MDTransplant Hepatology FellowshipUniversity of South Florida – Tampa, FL
Ethan Phan, MDHospitalist/LocumsCalifornia
Suneha Sundaram, MDResearch – GastroenterologyKansas University Medical Center - KS
Adeyemi Taiwo, MDCardiology FellowshipCook County - Illinois
Samantha Thomas-Nadler, MD2020-2021 Chief ResidentECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Lauren Vaughan, MDCardiology FellowshipBroward County - FL
Preliminary
ResidentPositionPlace
Mai Badr, MDInternal Medicine ResidencyECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Oam Bhate, MDRadiology ResidencyUniversity of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
Lydia Dawood, MDRadiology ResidencyUniv. of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, TX
Saad Ilahe, DOAnesthesiology ResidencySt. Louis University SOM - Missouri
Adrian Pona, MDInternal Medicine ResidencyECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Internal Medicine Pediatrics
ResidentPositionPlace
Ashley Choe, MDCombined Adult/Peds Critical Care FellowshipUniversity of Rochester – New York
Colby Dendy, MDMed-Peds FacultyECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Michael Freiberg, MDMed-Peds HospitalistCleveland Clinic – Ohio
Abbie Goodman, MDMed-Peds HospitalistCincinnati Children’s Hospital - Cincinnati
Ruikkiyh Kilgore, MDMed-Peds FacultyLincoln Community Health Center – Durham, NC
Jennifer Newcome, MDPediatric Hematology-Oncology FellowshipUniversity of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
ResidentPositionPlace
Rachel Gooding, MDUndecided-waiting on contract Med-PsychMed-Psych faculty at ECU/Vidant
Manoranjan Muthukanagaraj, MDPsychiatryVidant Behavioral Health – Washington, NC
Hanan Musawi, MDOutpatient PsychiatryMindpath Practice – Raleigh, NC
Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine
ResidentPositionPlace
Bryan Gerber, MDEM/IM/Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC

2018-2019

Internal Medicine
Resident (categorical)PositionPlace
Shivani Bassi, MDHospitalistWashington Medical Center – Baltimore, MD
Michael Blaj, MDPulmonary, Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Desmond Daley, MDHospitalistVidant Medical Center- Greenville, NC
Maida Hafiz, MDPulmonary, Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Ahmed Hamed, MDGastroenterology FellowshipECU/Vidant– Greenville, NC
Sanya Kayani, MDHospitalistAvera Healthcare – Sioux Falls, SD
Saleen Khan, MDCardiology FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Melissa Moey, MSc, MDCardiology FellowshipECU/Vidant – Greenville, NC
Patrick Moore, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipLoyola University Med Center – Chicago, IL
Arianne Morrison, MDInfectious Diseases FellowshipUNC SOM – Chapel Hill, NC
Sonali Patel, MDPrivate PracticeHouston, TX
Mhorys Pickmans, MDHospitalistRichmond, VA
Laura Ross, MDHospitalistNovant Healthcare – Huntsville, NC
Ebunoluwa Taylor, MPH, MDLocum TenensNorthern Virginia
Anna Tomdio, MDCardiology FellowshipVirginia Commonwealth Univ – Richmond, VA
Theodros Solomon Tsegaye, PhD, MDHospitalist & Locum TenensMidwest- USA
Co-Chief Residents for 2018-2019:
ResidentPositionPlace
Puneet Singh, MDHospitalistDuke University Medical Center- Durham, NC
Jackie Smalls, MS, MDGIM Faculty & IMR Associate Program DirectorECU BSOM - Greenville, NC
Deebah Uddin, MDHospitalistVidant-Edgecombe/Tarboro, NC
Resident (preliminary)PositionPlace
John D. Hoover, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyIndiana University SOM – Indianapolis, IN
Clint LaFrance, DOAnesthesiology ResidencyUniversity of Texas – Houston, TX
Stephan Lefcoski, MDRadiology ResidencyUniversity of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
Rebecca Mann, MDRadiology ResidencyMUSC – Charleston, SC
Ryan McCarter, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation ResidencyCarolinas Medical Center – Charlotte, NC
Luke McNulty, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyUniv. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
Danielle Pecone, MDDermatology Clinical Research FellowshipDurham, NC
Internal Medicine/PediatricsPositionPlace
Robin Collin, DODuke Primary Care – Med/Peds ClinicDurham, NC
Kaylan Edwards, MDOutpatient Pediatrics – Novant BrunswickShallotte, NC
Jonathan Garber, DOMed-Peds Hospitalist & Outpatient Primary CareGreenville Healthcare Systems, Greenville, SC
Manuel Izquierdo, DOPulmonary & Critical Care FellowshipWake Forest University – Winston Salem, NC
Hunter Johnson, MDPediatric Critical Care FellowshipNationwide Children’s Hospital-Columbus, OH
Jennifer Wittwer, MDEndocrinology-Diabetes-Metabolism FellowshipOhio State University – Columbus, OH
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
ResidentPositionPlace
William Bridge, MDMedical Director – PsychiatryVidant Beaufort – Washington, NC
Internal Medicine/Emergency MedicinePositionPlace
Bronson Crawford, PharmD, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyUniversity of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
Jessica Mullins, MDIM/EM/Critical Care FellowshipBSOM-ECU/Greenville, NC

2017-2018

Co-Chief Residents
ResidentPositionPlace
Yuxuan Mao, MDECU Faculty/HospitalistGreenville, NC
Brian Simpson, MDCardiology FellowshipSioux Falls, SD
Internal Medicine
ResidentPositionPlace
Myra Chai, MDPrivate PracticeGood Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Chidinma Ekenna, MDNephrology FellowshipBaylor University, Houston, TX
Eric Gochanour, MDHepatology FellowshipSwedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Gillian Johnston, MDEndocrinology FellowshipWake Forest, Winston Salem, NC
George Koromia, MDChief ResidentMarshall University, Huntington, WVA
Kimberly Kuo, MDHospitalistPeace Health Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, OR
Bankim Patel, MDLocum Tenens
Deval Patel, MDNocturnistNew Hanover Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
Nima PatelIm Outpatient Primary CareUniversity Colorado Health, Fort Collins, CO
Jonathan Polak, MDInfectious Disease FellowshipECU/Vidant, Greenville, NC
Anurag Satsangi, MDLocum Tenens/HospitalistChicago, IL
Puneet Singh, MDChief ResidentECU/DOIM, Greenville, NC
Jackie Smalls, MDChief ResidentECU/DOIM, Greenville, NC
Deebah Uddin, MDChief ResidentECU/DOIM, Greenville, NC
Tejaswini Vasamsetty, MDHospitalistAvera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD
Jiandong Zhang, MDHospitalist
Preliminary Track
ResidentPositionPlace
Sindhuja Sominidi Damodaran, MDDermatology ResidencyMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Michael Dietzen, MDRadiology ResidencyWake Forest, Winston Salem, NC
Sanjay KadariAnesthesiology ResidencyUNC Chapel Hill
Joshua Liu, MDIM ResidencyUnity Health, Searcy, AR
Torree NwachukwuRadiology ResidencyUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Karim El Hage Sleiman, MDIM ResidencyUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
Jacques DenisHospitalistCardiology fellowship at UNC

2016-2017

Co-Chief Residents
ResidentPositionPlace
Steve Carraro, MDInternal Medicine/Pediatrics Associate Program DirectorECU/VIDANT
Trevor Neal, MDEmergency MedicineSouthwestern Vermont Medicine Center, Bennington, VT
Krupa Sheth, MDEndocrinology FellowshipECU/VIDANT
Internal Medicine
ResidentPositionPlace
Diana Gliga, MDIM Outpatient ServicesCarolina East Physicians, New Bern, NC
Nannaya Jampala, MDGastroenterology FellowshipECU/VIDANT
Sriraksha Jayananda, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipECU/Vidant, Greenville, NC
Prabjhot Kaur, MDInpatient/Outpatient IM Primary CareVirginia Hospital Center Old Town, VA
Yuxuan Mao, MDChief ResidentECU/DOIM, Greenville, NC
Linda NjorogeAdvanced Heart Failure FellowshipCase Western, Cleveland, OH
Stella Ogake, MDPulm/Critical Care FellowshipWake Forest, Winston Salem, NC
Komal Parikh, MDPulm/Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant, Greenville, NC
Kristopher Roach, MDPulm/Critical Care FellowshipECU/Vidant, Greenville, NC
George Sangah, MDHospitalistVidant Beaufort, Washington, NC
Irfan Siddiqui, MDCardiology FellowshipECU/Vidant, Greenville, NC
Brian Simpson, MDChief ResidentECU/DOIM, Greenville, NC
Sara Wasim, MDInpatient/Outpatient IM Primary CareVirginia Hospital Center, Alexandria, VA
Paul Woodard, MDHospitalist/Primary CareVidant Multispecialty Clinic/ Vidant Edgecombe, Tarboro, NC
Liang Zha, MDPulm/Critical Care FellowshipUSC, Columbia, SC
Preliminary Track
ResidentPositionPlace
Katherine Kenyon, MDDermatology ResidencyUNC, Chapel Hill, NC
G. Jordan Knox, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Christopher Otteni, MDRadiology ResidencyGeorgetown University, Washington DC
Parth Patel, MDRadiology ResidencyUNC, Chapel Hill, NC
Ian Staten, MDEmergency Medicine ResidencyECU/Vidant, Greenville, NC
Patrick Steele, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyUNC, Chapel Hill, NC

2015-2016

Co-Chief Residents
ResidentPositionPlace
Patrick Craig, DOPrivate PracticeNew Hanover Med Group/Wilmington, NC
Vibhu Dhingra, MDPrivate PracticeCharlotte Medical Clinic/Charlotte, NC
Adeel Siddiqui, MDCardiology FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Internal Medicine
ResidentPositionPlace
Saed Awadallah, MDPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Bryan DunnPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Samuel Durrett, MDPulmonary/Critical CareBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Adam Graham, MDHospitalistArchbold Medical Center, Thomasville, GA
Deepinder Grewal, MDHospitalistCincinnatti, OH
Codi Hite, MDHospitalistKessler Air Force Base, Biloxi, MS
Jinquan (Caron) Jia, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipDuke University/Durham, NC
Vikrant Khamare, MDHospital Vidant Medical Center/Greenville, NC
Sean Marco, MDPulmonary/Critical Care FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Basem Mishriky, MDDiabetes FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Itunu Owoyemi, MDNephrology FellowshipUVA/Charlottesville, NC
Krupa Sheth, MDIM Chief Resident/Clinical InstructorBSOM-ECU.Greenville, NC
Denise Thomson, MDNephrology FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Crystal Truong, MDGeriatrics FellowshipVirginia Tech-Carillion/Roanoke, VA
Changqing Xie, MDHematology/Oncology FellowshipN I H/Bethesda, MD
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
ResidentPositionPlace
Steve Carraro, MDIM Chief Resident/Clinical InstructorBSOM-ECU/Greenville, NC
Betty Forte, MDPrimary CareFlorida
Michelle Gombas, DOPICU FellowshipUniveristy of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, NC
Bethany Haynes, MDPrimary CareHMH Internal Med-Peds/Kentucky
Munirat Keshinro, MDDiabetes FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Philip Neiheisel, MDPrivate Practice Internal Med/PedsAshville, NC
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
ResidentPositionPlace
Purushothaman Muthukanagaraj, MDFaculty/Internal Medicine & PsychiatryBSOM-ECU/Greenville, NC
Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine
ResidentPositionPlace
Trevor Neal, MDIM Chief Residsent/Clinical InstructorBSOM-ECU Greenville
Leonard Stallings, MDCritical Care FellowshipBSOM-Vidant/Greenville, NC
Preliminary Track
ResidentPositionPlace
Christopher Alexander, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation ResidencyJackson Memorial Hospital/Floria
Janet Del Rosario, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation ResidencyBaylor College of Medicine/Texas
David Feldman, MDDiagnostic Radiology ResidencyUniversity of South Alabama/Alabama
Cameron Kluth, MDAnesthesiology ResidencyJohns Hopkins University SOM/Maryland
Cierra Piggott, MDDiagnostic Radiology ResidencyIcahn SOM/ New York
Parteek Singla, MDDermatology ResidencyBarnes - Jewish Hospital, Missouri

Former Chief Residents

We have a dedicated fourth year for the internal medicine chief position held for the IM Chief Residents. See below to find out the next step for our graduating Chief Residents.

2018-2019

  • Puneet Singh, MD (Hospitalist – Duke Health System)
  • Jackie Smalls, MD (ECU Faculty/Hospitalist – Vidant Greenville)
  • Deebah Uddin, MD (Hospitalist – Vidant Edgecombe)2017-2018
  • Yuxuan Mao, MD (ECU Faculty/Hospitalist)
  • Brian Simpson, MD (Cardiology Fellowship, Sioux Falls, SD)

2016-2017

  • Stevie Carraro, MD (ECU Medicine – Pediatrics Associate Program Director)
  • Trevor Neal, MD (Hospitalist/Emergency Medicine, Vermont)
  • Krupa Sheth, MD (ECU/VMC – Endocrinology Fellowship Greenville, NC)2015-2016
  • Patrick Craig, DO (New Hanover Medical Group, Wilmington, NC)
  • Vibhu Dhingra, MD (Atrium Health Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte, NC)
  • Adeel Siddiqui, MD (ECU/VMC Cardiology Fellowship, Greenville, NC)

2014-2015

  • Aniel K. Rao, MD (Hospitalist – Greenville, SC)
  • Suchita S. Pancholi, MD (GIM Faculty – ECU/VMC Internal Medicine)
  • Y. Letitia Cameron, MD (ECU/VMC – Cardiology Fellowship, Greenville, NC)
  • Michael J. Hill, MD (Hospitalist – Wake Med, Raleigh NC)

2013-2014

  • Hunter A. Coore, MD (ECU/VMC – Nephrology Fellowship, Greenville, NC)
  • Manish J. Patwardhan, MD (ECU/VMC – Cardiology Fellowship, Greenville, NC)

2012-2013

  • Azeem Elahi, MD (University of Tennessee – Pulmonology/Critical Care Fellowship in Memphis, TN)
  • Reed N. Friend, MD (ECU/VMC – Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Greenville, NC)

2011-2012

  • Alexa S. Meara, MD (The Ohio State University – Rheumatology Fellowship, Columbus, OH)
  • Daphne M. Harrington, MD (University of Virginia – Nephrology Fellowship, Charlottesville, VA)
  • Jennifer G. Foster, MD (Academic Hospitalist Medicine – Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL)

2010-2011

  • Zubin P. Kolangaden, MD (Geisinger Med Center – Nephrology Fellowship, Danville, PA)
  • Jeffrey T. Lineberry, MD (VMC- Hospitalist Medicine, Greenville, NC)