A total of 80 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 80 residents and fellows celebrated this year, 19 will remain and work in the Kalamazoo area. Meanwhile, an additional 11 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
- Dylan August Bergeon, DO (Chief)
- Christine Marjorie Campbell, MD
- Nicholas Hastings Geiger, MD
- Stephen Andrew Godfrey, MD (Chief)
- John Nelson Hauber, MD
- Jason Thomas Helbig, DO
- Henry James Higby, MD
- Colleen Elizabeth Howing, MD (Chief)
- Erik William Loescher, DO
- Thomas Ryu Maehara, DO
- Adam James Peters, DO
- Robert Evan Schoenfeld, MD
- Tyler Jordan Strain, MD
- Jon Jeral Williams, DO
- Eric Seashore Wolatz, MD
- Adam Michael Wuensch, MD
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
- Timothy Michael Schiller, MD, MPH
- Stephanie Lynn Van Alsten, MD
Family Medicine-Battle Creek
- David Mahmoudian, MD
- Mursel Momand, MD
- Suvethikah Nithianandan, MD
- Ishan Purani, MD
- Mahmudur Rahman, MD (Chief)
- Nerosanth Selvarajah, MD (Chief)
Family Medicine-Kalamazoo
- Raheel Akhtar, MD
- Ali Hassan Choban, MD
- Sarah Abdulrazzaq Darweesh, MD
- Marian Jirjis, MD (Chief)
- Saima Khan, MD (Chief)
- Simeen Khan, MD
- Pooja Kodali, MD
- Darrin Patrick Lund, DO
- Faith Robertha Thornton, DO, MPH
- Yerie Yang, MD
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
- Marcel Castor, MD
General Surgery
- Joslyn Abraham Jose, MD (Chief)
- Cole James Kircher, DO (Chief)
- Graham Walker McLaren, MD (Chief)
- Zakiur Mohammed Rahaman, MD (Chief)
- Derek Todd Tessman, DO (Chief)
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
- Ashley Lynn Aultman, MD
- Stephen John Morrow, MD
Internal Medicine
- Muhammad Armughan Ali, MD
- James Dalton Boyer, DO
- Mariana Camelo Pereira, MD
- Nathan Philip Demchuk, DO
- Emmanuel Dimitri Foko Tito, DO (Chief)
- Ronald Philip Milbocker II, MD
- Andrew John Milbrandt, DO
- Thales Nogueira Gomes, MD (Chief)
- Alexandra Elizabeth Ortiz, MD
- Deanna Christine Pickett, DO
- Marium Rehman, MD (Chief)
- Ali Shah, MD
Medical Simulation Fellowship
- Neil Christopher Hughes, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics
- Ahsan Alam, MD
- Kuan Ju Chen, DO
- Naveen Zarlish Emmanuel, DO (Chief)
- Kathleen Frances Jenkinson, DO (Chief)
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Katherine Marie Holden, DO
- Michelle Lynn Rasmussen, MD
- Melanie Beth Schweir, DO (Chief)
- Angie Carol Tsuei, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Sarah Elizabeth Black, MD (Chief)
- Mossub Mohamad Qatu, MD (Chief)
- Guston Gregory Zervoudakis, MD (Chief)
Pediatrics
- Rawand Khaled Abdel Wahed, MD
- Reem Issa Ibrahim Anz, MD
- Nourhan Gamal Shafik Bayoumy Shafeey, MD
- Jibraan Ahmed Fawad, MD (Chief)
- Nicole Marie Garton, MD
- Nital Vanisha Murthi, MD (Chief)
- Kelcie Grace O’Dell, MD
- Yan Qi, MD
- Mohammed Baker Rashed, MD
Psychiatry
- William Ryan Blackburn, MD (Chief)
- Razvan Daniel Popescu, MD
- James Steven Price, MD (Chief)
- Rick Jason Roller, DO
Sports Medicine Fellowship
- Michael Gatchalian Rodriguez, MD
2023 Teaching Awards
Emergency Medicine
- Stephen Godfrey, MD
- James Hull, DO
- Timothy Trichler, MD
Family and Community Medicine
- Michael Bloom, PhD
- Glenn Dregansky, DO, FAAFP
- Ali M. Ghasham, MD
- Holli Neiman-Hart, MD, FAAFP
- Steve Pollens, MD
- Nicole M. Salerno-Fetterhoff, DO
- Barbara Schaffhauser, MD
- Holly Schmidt, MD
- Ramona Wallace, DO
- Kari Beth Watts, DO
- Eric Yoder, DO
General Surgery
- Michael Chen, MD
- Robert Osmer, MD
- Saad Shebrain, MD
Internal Medicine
- Corey Lager, MD
- Seth Langsam, MD
- Scott Timmer, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics
- Ryan Halas, DO
- Neil Hughes, MD
- Yeow Hooi Lim, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Carly Davis, MD
- Sian West, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Tyler Snoap, MD
Pediatrics
- Juanita Moses, MD
- Nital V. Murthi, MD
- Gregory Tiongson, MD
Psychiatry
- Roderick Dizon, MD
- Maritza Lagos, MD
- Lisa Leininger, PsyD