More than 70 resident physicians and fellows were honored in June for completing their residency and fellowship training at WMed.
Several programs celebrated their graduates in private ceremonies. The graduates have spent between one and five years training in Southwest Michigan.
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.
Of the 77 residents and fellows celebrated this year, 12 will remain and work in the Kalamazoo area. Meanwhile, an additional 14 residents will work in other cities in Michigan. Others will work throughout the nation, while many will go on to fellowship training.
Here’s a complete list of this year’s resident and fellow graduates, as well as faculty who received awards:
Emergency Medicine
- Emily Rachel Rozin Bon, DO (Chief)
- Charles Logan Brauchla, MD
- Alexander Leo Brech, MD
- Kelsey Jane Burson, DO
- Claire Faith Kenney Clifton, DO (Chief)
- Taylor Drew Dickey, DO
- Tam Minh Diep, DO
- Alexandra Christine Dinello, MD
- Elizabeth Ellenmarie Hoffman, MD
- Lindsay Denise Nausin, DO
- Raxit Parikh, DO
- Timothy Michael Schiller, MD, MPH
- Jessica Layne Thornton, DO
- Wesley Ryan Turner, DO
- Chandler Lewis Vondy, MD (Chief)
- Nathan Joseph Whelham, MD
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
- Sarah Elizabeth Fichuk, DO
Family Medicine-Battle Creek
- David Kobak Arenstein, MD
- Lubhin Latif Bhagat, MD (Chief)
- Mehsa Hassanzzadeh Langroo, MD
- Salam Khalil, MD
- Christian Isaac Ordaz, DO
- Hesamaddin Shakourianfard, MD (Chief)
Family Medicine-Kalamazoo
- Muhamid Murad Asif, MD (Chief)
- Hira Khan, MD
- Darrin Patrick Lund, MD
- Brandon James Manderle, MD (Chief)
- Michael Steven Mattia Jr., MD
- Tabish Aftab Naz, MD
- Cameron Lee Stump, MD
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
- Christopher Ramos, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
- Kelly Ann O’Sullivan, MD
General Surgery
- Katherine Elizabeth Kramme, DO (Chief)
- Kristofer Edward Nava, MD (Chief)
- Rebecca Anne Rice, DO (Chief)
Internal Medicine
- Muhammad Ali Akbar, MD
- Melissa Anne Baker, DO (Chief)
- Michael Robert Baumgartner, MD
- Akshaya Gadre, MD
- Michelle Nicole Helbig, DO
- Kylie Jean Hendges, MD
- Neil Christopher Hughes, MD
- Dilpat Kumar, MD
- Adam Timothy Ladzinski, DO (Chief)
- Hamzah Mohammed Lateef, MD
- Aditya Mehta, MD (Chief)
- Nirmal Muthukumarasamy, MD
- Venumadhav Rayasam, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics
- Marie Dominica Arnaout, DO (Chief)
- Syed Sami Haider, MD
- Minh Hoang Nam Nguyen, DO, MS (Chief)
- Anya Nicole Weaver Ring, DO
Obestetrics and Gynecology
- Kathryn Marie Dominick, DO
- Jessica Lynn Konal, MD
- Angelica Christine Lorenzo, DO (Chief)
- Caitlin Elyse Timmers, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Jeffrey Anton Gilberton, MD (Chief)
- Kelly Anne Jenkins (Chief)
- Christopher John Traynor, MD (Chief)
Pediatrics
- Mohammad Waleed Saeed Baidoun, MD
- Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Elgendy, MD
- Lance Richard Frank, DO
- Nina Ann Mathew, MD
- Nital Vanisha Murthi, MD
- Iman Nizami, MD (Chief)
- Maritza Gisel Rivera Valenzuela, MD (Chief)
- Mohammad Sabobeh, MD
- Haripriya Santhanam, MD
- Tahnee Lynn Spoden, MD
Psychiatry
- Rami Ramzi Alsaqri, DO
- Kathleen Najah Carter, DO
- Steven Spencer Clevenger, DO
- Agam Dhawan, MD
- Matthew Lawrence Kennedy, DO
- Garrick Andrew Priebe, MD
- Palak Shah, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship
- Jonathan Spencer Christ, MD
2022 Teaching Awards
Emergency Medicine
- Alexander Brech, MD
- James Hull, DO
- Seth Langsam, MD
- Richard Lovy, DO
- Mohamed Mohamed, MD
Family and Community Medicine
- Sravani Alluri, MD
- Steve Pollens, MD
General Surgery
- Alain Elian, MD
- Katherine Kelley, MD
Internal Medicine
- Mohamed Ghonimy, mD
- Corey Lager, MD
- Spencer Winters, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics
Joseph Fakhoury, MD
Thomas Flynn, MD
Theotonius Gomes, DO
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Paul I. Berkowitz, MD
- Anna V. Hoekstra, MD, MPH
- Matthew B. Shelnutt, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Michael D. Kasten, MD
Pediatrics
- Jocelyn Deleon, MD
- Frank Soltys, MD
Psychiatry
- Maritza Lagos, MD
- Elmira Yessengaliyeva, MD