More than 60 resident physicians and fellows were honored in June for completing their residency and fellowship training at WMed.
While the physical ceremony to honor the graduates was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several programs found a way to celebrate 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 67 residents and fellows celebrated this year, 13 of them 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
Jonas Vladas Adams, DO
Jordan Jeanette Bleth, MD
Sarah Katherine DiMezza, MD
Julian Cayetano Garcia, MD
Abigail Munro Harrelson, DO (Chief)
Kenny Phan Hoang, MD
Brenton Scott Kinker, MD
Elise Marie Klesick, DO
Evan Phillip McGlinn, MD
Shannon Naughton, DO
Jason Hashem Parviz, DO
Evan Howard Pixley, DO
Floyd Allen Timm, MD (Chief)
Rachel Nicole Trumpy, MD
Andrew Yanbo Zhen, DO
Jessica Erin Zhen, MD (Chief)
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
Lindsey Kay Rauch, MD
Family Medicine
Sravani Alluri, MD
William Scott Humphrey, MD
Rebecca Leigh Kaminski, DO (Chief)
Mahmoud Hassan Kassir, MD
Joshua Duvar Knudson, MD
Laura Marie Marsh, DO, MPH
Nga To Nguyen, MD (Chief)
Samantha Margaret Beryl Phillips, MD
Faryal Tahir, MD
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Jared Kent Brooks, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Peter Christian Smith, MD
General Surgery
Richa Khatri, MD (Chief)
Lauren Brandy Kwasny, DO (Chief)
Laura Patricia Stearns, DO (Chief)
Internal Medicine
Ricardo Lessa de Castro Jr., MD (Chief)
Eric John Edewaard, MD
Alyssa Michelle Erskine, DO
Abhinav Garg, MD
Simran Kenth, MD (Chief)
Neiberg de Alcantara Lima, MD
Muhammad Ebad Rehman, MD
Faizan Shaikh, MD
Wasif Elahi Shamsi, MD
E. Martin Sieloff, MD (Chief)
Loren Jessica Weber, DO
Medicine-Pediatrics
Amber Lee Fausneaucht, DO (Chief)
Nicholas Brady George, MD, MPH (Chief)
Aniruddha Sunit Paranjpe, MD, MPH
Emilee Joy SurVance, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery
Joseph Donald Bruenjes, MD (Chief)
Eric Robert Christianson, MD (Chief)
David James Knowles, MD (Chief)
Pediatrics
Kimberly Nicole Baran, DO
Nicholas William Beam, MD
Megan Therese Burke, MD
Christine Marjorie Campbell, MD
Estefani Carmen Hee Chung, MD
Selvy Kumaran, MD (Chief)
Zachary Robert Smith, DO
Michelle Mei Truong, MD
Rupali Rajendra Vora, DO (Chief)
Psychiatry
Alicia Marie Aleardi, MD (Chief)
Darren Zwolinski Almagro, DO
Ankur Dinesh Bhagat, DO
Simhadri Appanna Botta, MD
Randall Jacob Kirk, DO
Alexander William Palffy, DO
Rebecca P. Shukhman, DO
Anoop Singh Takher, DO
Sports Medicine Fellowship
Kyle Andrew Bronsteen, DO, MS
2021 Teaching Awards
Emergency Medicine
Julian Garcia, MD
Wael Hakmeh, DO
Kenny Hoang, MD
Joshua Peterson, PharmD
Family Medicine
Steve Pollens, MD
Kristi VanDerKolk, MD
General Surgery
Michael Chen, MD
Alain Elian, MD
Internal Medicine
Corey Lager, MD
Scott Timmer, MD
Spencer Winters, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics
Mark Loehrke, MD
Prashant Patel, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery
Jeffrey C. King, MD
Pediatrics
Joseph Fakhoury, MD
Prasanth Pillai, DO
Neelkamal Soares, MD
Psychiatry
Valrie Honablue, MD
Bangalore Ramesh, MD