Summertime means new Clinical Fellows! The following fellows entered their respective programs in July 2026.

Division of Cardiology

Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program

Gabriel Eliud Garcia Castro, MD
Medical School: San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Residency: Yale School of Medicine

Michael Nii Martey Hammond, MBChB
Medical School: University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry
Residency: McGaw University

Bronson R. Kunzler, MD
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Erick MacLean, MD
Medical School: Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Residency: University of Utah

Charles Chinakwu Odenigbo, MD
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Charlotte Starling, MD
Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo
Residency: Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital

Georgia Maria Vasilakis, MD
Medical School: West Virgina University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Electrophysiology Fellowship

Suveen Angraal, MBBS
Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Cardiology Fellowship: Yale School of Medicine

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Swati Chand, MBBS
Medical School: Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Residency: Rochester General Hospital
Cardiology Fellowship: Westchester Medical Center

Asad Mustafa Cheema, MBBS
Medical School: Dow International Medical College
Residency: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Cardiology Fellowship: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship

Bradley Daniel Very, MD
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Cardiology Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Amyloidosis Fellowship

Joseph Donohue, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship

Alexandra Adegoke, MD, PhD, MSc
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Berk Celik, MD
Medical School: Istanbul Univeristy
Residency: Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

Harika Davuluri, MD
Medical School: Sri Ramachandra University
Residency: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Karla De Jesus Nunez, MD
Medical School: Universidad Nordestana Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NYC

Sandhya Shanthosh Kumar, MD
Medical School: Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College
Residency: UPMC Mercy

Obesity Medicine Fellowship

Saviz Saghari, MD
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Residency: West Anaheim Medical Center

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Gastroenterology Fellowship

Niwen Kong, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois
Residency: University of Southern California

Kyle Koster, MD
Medical School: University of Rochester
Residency: New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

Rebecca Kuang, MD
Medical School: University of Toledo
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Victoria Kusztos, MD
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic

Dhiraj Peddu, MD
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: University of Michigan

Imran Qureshi, MD
Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College
Residency: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship

Ammar Ahmad, MD
Medical School: Indiana University
Residency: Wright State University

Division of General Internal Medicine

Academic Clinician-Educator Scholars (ACES) Fellowship

Caroline Cao, MD
Medical School: Case Western 
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Jacqueline Ziegman, MD
Medical School: The Ohio State University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Richard Alfera, MD
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: UPMC St Margaret – Family Medicine

Amy Benson, MD
Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Residency: UC Davis Medical center – Pediatric Residency

Kathryn Linder, MD
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: The MetroHealth System of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Clinical Informatics Fellowship

Krish Bharat, MD
Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
Residency: UPMC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

Christian Molony, MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine – New Orleans
Residency: Texas Tech Health Sciences Center – Pediatrics

Mo Sayeem, MD
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency: Yale School of Medicine – Pediatrics

Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Timothy Campbell, MD
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Residency: Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Michael Chen, MD
Medical School: University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine
Residency: University of Missouri Kansas City and Children’s Mercy Hospital

Ashten Ebersbacher, DO
Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: MetroHealth Medical Center

Grant Robertson, MD
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: Ohio State University Medical Center

Rachel Stamateris, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Division of Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program

Sharvani Alajpur, MD
Medical School: Osmania Medical College
Residency: Saint Peter’s University Hospital

Karim Ali, MD
Medical School: Mansoura Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center

Ganeev Bhangoo, MD
Medical School: Government Medical College Patiala
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine

Kavya Parimi, MD
Medical School: Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre
Residency: UPMC Mercy

Neha Singh, MD
Medical School: Patna Medical College
Residency: North Alabama Medical Center

Division of Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Ruslan Garcia, MD, MS
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center

Lauren Green, DO
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UPMC Mercy

Beverley Kozuch, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Doha Zoarob, MBBCh
Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Temple University/Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

Transplantation Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Luqman Croal-Abrahams, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Infectious Diseases Fellowship: The Ohio State University

Division of Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology

Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program

Martina Chirra, MD
Medical School: Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ Facoltà di Farmacia e Medicina
Residency: University of Cincinnati

Sudhamsh Desai, MD
Medical School: Christian Medical College
Residency: Albert Einstein

Rachel DiLeo, DO
Medical School: LECOM, Seton Hill
Residency: Allegheny Health Network

Arslan Irfan, MD
Medical School: King Edward Medical College
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Zhexi “Jersey” Lu, MD
Medical School: Penn State University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Women’s Health Track

Chadane Thompson, MD
Medical School: The University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences
Residency: Hackensack University Medical Center

ASH-Hematology Fellowship

Salamatu “Sally” Momoh, MD
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Wes Brown, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
PhD: Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Rebecca Easly-Merski, MD
Medical School: Frank H Netter School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Madison Martinez, MD, MPH
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Radu Mitran, MD
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Global Health Track

Rajmund Michal Niwinski, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: University of Utah

Hafiz M. Siddique Qurashi, MD
Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Gul Saeed, MD
Medical School: Ziauddin University
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Yale School of Medicine
Residency: Roger Williams Medical Center

Sleep Medicine Fellowship

Samuel Collazo, MD
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Northern California – Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Felipe de Andrade Arnaud, MD
Medical School: Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Meng-Shan Lin, MD
Medical School: National Defense Medical Center Taipei
Residency: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: St. Luke’s University Hospital

Allergy & Immunology Fellowship

Chinoso Ukeje, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital – Pediatrics

Wilfred Njemanze, DO
Medical School: Liberty University of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee

Renal-Electrolyte Division

Nephrology Fellowship

Celeste Charchenko, MD
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Barbados
Residency: Mercy Health at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Mansi Jain, MD, MBBS
Medical School: Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital
Residency: St. Vincent Medical Center

Nishant Sharma, MD, MBBS
Medical School: Ramaiah Medical College
Residency: The Wright Center

Shash Singh, MD, MBBS
Medical School: Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Residency: St. Vincent Medical Center

Akhil Singhal, MD
Medical School: Guntur Medical College
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital

Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Rheumatology Fellowship

Irada Choudhuri, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan
Residency: University of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pratik Gyawali, MD
Medical School: Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Residency: Western Reserve Health Education (NEOMED)
Residency: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University/Louis Stokes VAMC

Anu Sehgal, MD
Medical School: CMC Ludhiana, India
Residency: St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Sidra Tahir, MD
Medical School: King Edward Medical University
Residency: UPMC Mercy

Myositis Fellowship

Zechen Ma, MD
Medical School: McMaster University
Residency: University of Alberta
Rheumatology Fellowship: University of Toronto