Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

Meet the incoming class of Interns.

Traditional Categorical

Robert Adamian, MD
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine

Akanksha Aggarwal, MD
Medical School: University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Sareen Ali, MD
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Shruthi Basireddy, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Samantha Beik, MD, PhD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nicholas Berardone, MD
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Geoffrey Bostany, MD
Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine

Carlos Cardona, MD
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Eduardo Cardona, MD
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Sabrina Carrozzi, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Justin-James Chua, MD
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine

Louis Collins, MD
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Caroline Cummings, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Joshua Dejoya, MD
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Emanuel Feld, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kylie Fultineer, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

Paulomi Gohel, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Thomas Gonzales, MD
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Panagiotis Gourlias, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Erik Gunnarsson, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Troy Holden, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Anahita Iyer, MD
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Gabrielle Kennelley, MD
Medical School: Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Emily Long, MD, MA
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Marilyn Lu, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Madeline McCabe, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Eric Mi, MD
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Kireem Nam, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Rosalie Nolen, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Mayank Patel, MD
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Maria Poluch, MD
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Matthew Ramm, MD
Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Almog Shalit, MD
Medical School: Medical School of Athens

Ananya Sharma, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Xiane Smith, MD
Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo

Allyson Timm, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

Swetha Tummala, MD
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Shweta Vazhappilly, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

Sameer Jhaveri, DO
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Global Health

Varun Jain, MD, MBA
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

Bhaghyasree Jambunathan, MD
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine

Matthew McCabe, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

Keerthana Samanthapudi, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Women’s Health

Mariam Arif, MD
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Charissa Bloom, MD
Medical School: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Natalie Bock, MD
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Pathway

Wesley Brown, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

International Scholars

Parham Habibzadeh, MD
Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Doga Kahramangil Baytar, MD
Medical School: Hacettepe Universitesi Faculty of Medicine

Mahmut Kaymakci, MD
Medical School: Marmara University School of Medicine

Chinenye Odo, MD
Medical School: University of Nigeria College of Medicine

Emmanouela Tsagkaraki, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Crete School of Medicine

Paola Zinser Peniche, MD
Medical School: Universidad Panamericana School of Medicine

Med-Peds

Margaret Bove, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Suyog Buttar, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School 

Jack Hermsen, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 

Anthony Lentscher, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Preliminary Year

Ishi Aron, MD
Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Mohit Bhide, MD
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Sheiva Fenstermacher, MD
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Abigail Groszkiewicz, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Melissa Kukowski, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

William Miller-Little, MD, PhD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Andrew Revell, MD, PhD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Paolo Vignali, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Neurology Preliminary Year

Alexandra Boucher, MD
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Danielle Feffer, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Guha “Jay” Ganesh, MD
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Harrison Klein, MD
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Justin Kosman, MD
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Diana Mendoza-Cervantes, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Fanny Pimentel, MD
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) School of Medicine, Santo Domingo

Alexandra Pope, MD
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Michael Wilson, MD
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Transitional Year

Thomas Bogue, MD
Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Richard Brown, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jordan Chang, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Rajangad Gurtatta, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Leslie Huang, MD
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Andrew Nowak, MD, JD
Medical School: Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Vlad Razskazovsky, MD
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jordan Safran, MD
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Nikhil Tewari, MD
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine

Alper Turgut, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine