Resident Spotlight

WMed honors more than 70 graduating residents and fellows

Monday, July 22, 2024

More than 70 resident physicians 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.

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

Emergency Medicine

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

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Stephen Andrew Godfrey, MD

Family Medicine-Battle Creek

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

Family Medicine-Kalamazoo

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

Forensic Pathology Fellowship

Haaris Iqbal, DO

General Surgery

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

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Colleen Elizabeth Howing, MD
Alexandra Elizabeth Ortiz, MD

Internal Medicine

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

Medicine-Pediatrics

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

Obstetrics and Gynecology

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

Orthopaedic Surgery

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

Pediatrics

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

Psychiatry

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

Sports Medicine Fellowship

Michael Joseph Matthews, DO

2024 Teaching Awards