Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

Fellowship match results are in! Read about where our internal medicine residents are headed for the next stage of their journey.

Internal Medicine

Robert Bortz, MD // Infectious Diseases // UPMC

Catherine Chang, MD // Gastroenterology // Mount Sinai

Celestine Christensen, MD // Geriatrics // UPMC

Adriana Cifuentes De La Torre, MD // Gastroenterology // Mayo Clinic

Mary Connolly, MD // Geriatrics // UPMC

Ailaura Donahoe, MD // Allergy/Immunology // UPMC

Xinxin Du, MD // Pulmonary/Critical Care // UPMC

Sarah Falta, MD // Cardiology // UPMC

Liyan Fan, MD, PhD // Cardiology // UPMC

Shamroz Farooq, MD // Cardiology // University of Rochester

Morgan Ferrell, MD // Gastroenterology // The Ohio State University

Brian Fowler, MD // Cardiology // The Ohio State University

Daniel Goetschius, MD, PhD // Infectious Diseases // UPMC

Ruxandra Ionescu, MD // Cardiology // University of Maryland

Deepak Kumar, MD // Cardiology // Christ Hospital

John Kundrick, MD, MPH // Cardiology // University of Rochester

Yen-Nan Lin, MD, PhD // Gastroenterology // UPMC

Sarah Mann, MD // Gastroenterology // UPMC

Kathleen Mathieu, MD // Geriatrics // Vanderbilt University

Thiago Bosco Mendes, MD // Obesity Medicine // UPMC

Joanna Kilbane Myers, MD // General Internal Medicine (ACES) // UPMC

David Newhouse, MD // Cardiology // Case Western University

Sebastian Niezen, MD // Gastroenterology // BI Deaconess Medical Center

Ngozi Osuji, MBBS // Cardiology // Barnes Jewish Hospital

Stefan Preisendörfer, MD // Cardiology // Northwestern University

Sneha Rajendran, MD // Hematology/Oncology // The Ohio State University

Anisha Reddy, MD // Cardiology // UPMC

Jordan Villars, MD // Gastroenterology // UPMC

Asim Viqar, MD // Cardiology // Geisinger Health

Paul Yacono, MD // Pulmonary/Critical Care // University of Rochester

Marissa Zarakas, MD // Infectious Diseases // NIH

Medicine/Pediatrics

Kevin Lozo, MD // Pediatric Cardiology // UPMC

Julia Pantalone, MD // Pediatric Cardiology // Children’s Hospital Boston

Kim Winiker, MD // Hospice and Palliative // UC San Diego

Chief Resident

Benjamin Zuchelkowski, MD // Pulmonary/Critical Care // UPMC

Recent Program Graduates

Olufunso Agbalajobi, MD (2021) // Gastroenterology // UPMC

Christopher Marino, MD (2020) // Palliative Care and Hematology/Oncology // UPMC

Roberto Tellez, MD (2023) // Gastroenterology // Temple University