WMed honors more than 70 graduating residents and fellows

Friday, June 24, 2022

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.

More than 70 resident physicians听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.听

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

Emergency Medicine

Emily Rachel Rozin Bon, DO (Chief)
Charles Logan Brauchla, 新彩网
Alexander Leo Brech, 新彩网
Kelsey Jane Burson, DO
Claire Faith Kenney Clifton, DO (Chief)
Taylor Drew Dickey, DO
Tam Minh Diep, DO
Alexandra Christine Dinello, 新彩网
Elizabeth Ellenmarie Hoffman, 新彩网
Lindsay Denise Nausin, DO
Raxit Parikh, DO
Timothy Michael Schiller, 新彩网, MPH
Jessica Layne Thornton, DO
Wesley Ryan Turner, DO
Chandler Lewis Vondy, 新彩网 (Chief)
Nathan Joseph Whelham, 新彩网

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Sarah Elizabeth Fichuk, DO

Family Medicine-Battle Creek

David Kobak Arenstein, 新彩网
Lubhin Latif Bhagat, 新彩网 (Chief)
Mehsa Hassanzzadeh Langroo, 新彩网
Salam Khalil, 新彩网
Christian Isaac Ordaz, DO
Hesamaddin Shakourianfard, 新彩网 (Chief)

Family Medicine-Kalamazoo

Muhamid Murad Asif, 新彩网 (Chief)
Hira Khan, 新彩网
Darrin Patrick Lund, 新彩网
Brandon James Manderle, 新彩网 (Chief)
Michael Steven Mattia Jr., 新彩网
Tabish Aftab Naz, 新彩网
Cameron Lee Stump, 新彩网

Forensic Pathology Fellowship

Christopher Ramos, 新彩网

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Kelly Ann O鈥橲ullivan, 新彩网

General Surgery

Katherine Elizabeth Kramme, DO (Chief)
Kristofer Edward Nava, 新彩网 (Chief)
Rebecca Anne Rice, DO (Chief)

Internal Medicine

Muhammad Ali Akbar, 新彩网
Melissa Anne Baker, DO (Chief)
Michael Robert Baumgartner, 新彩网
Akshaya Gadre, 新彩网
Michelle Nicole Helbig, DO
Kylie Jean Hendges, 新彩网
Neil Christopher Hughes, 新彩网
Dilpat Kumar, 新彩网
Adam Timothy Ladzinski, DO (Chief)
Hamzah Mohammed Lateef, 新彩网
Aditya Mehta, 新彩网 (Chief)
Nirmal Muthukumarasamy, 新彩网
Venumadhav Rayasam, 新彩网

Medicine-Pediatrics

Marie Dominica Arnaout, DO (Chief)
Syed Sami Haider, 新彩网
Minh Hoang Nam Nguyen, DO, MS (Chief)
Anya Nicole Weaver Ring, DO

Obestetrics and Gynecology

Kathryn Marie Dominick, DO
Jessica Lynn Konal, 新彩网
Angelica Christine Lorenzo, DO (Chief)
Caitlin Elyse Timmers, 新彩网

Orthopaedic Surgery

Jeffrey Anton Gilberton, 新彩网 (Chief)
Kelly Anne Jenkins (Chief)
Christopher John Traynor, 新彩网 (Chief)

Pediatrics

Mohammad Waleed Saeed Baidoun, 新彩网
Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Elgendy, 新彩网
Lance Richard Frank, DO
Nina Ann Mathew, 新彩网
Nital Vanisha Murthi, 新彩网
Iman Nizami, 新彩网 (Chief)
Maritza Gisel Rivera Valenzuela, 新彩网 (Chief)
Mohammad Sabobeh, 新彩网
Haripriya Santhanam, 新彩网
Tahnee Lynn Spoden, 新彩网

Psychiatry

Rami Ramzi Alsaqri, DO
Kathleen Najah Carter, DO
Steven Spencer Clevenger, DO
Agam Dhawan, 新彩网
Matthew Lawrence Kennedy, DO
Garrick Andrew Priebe, 新彩网
Palak Shah, 新彩网

Sports Medicine Fellowship

Jonathan Spencer Christ, 新彩网

2022 Teaching Awards