Department of Internal Medicine
Current Residents
Department of Internal Medicine
2019 – 2020
All Residents
Marines Acevedo Rodriguez M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus
- Hometown: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Career Goals: Considering Endocrinology but open to other opportunities
- Hobbies: Watch movies and tv series, watch sports, and explore new places
Magin Alexander M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Government Medical College, Kozhikode
- Hometown: Kerala, India
- Career Goals: Fellowship/Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Reading, Music, Astronomy
Chief Resident
Jaafar Al-Khafaji M.D.
- Medical School: University of Baghdad
- Hometown: Baghdad, Iraq
- Career Goals: Cardiology Fellowship
- Hobbies: Fixing things, cooking and fishing
Primary Care Track
Mohammed Al-Khayyat M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Baghdad University, School of Medicine
- Hometown: Baghdad, Iraq
- Career Goals: Primary care/ aesthetic medicine/ geriatrics or palliative care
- Hobbies: Quality family time, playing soccer, fixing and upgrading cars, Iraqi BBQ, Kayaking and swimming.
Deepti Alluri M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Sri Ramachandra Medical College
- Hometown: Aurora, IL
- Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, road trips and traveling
Primary Care Track
Arshad Al-Mashhadani M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: University of Baghdad, College of Medicine
- Hometown: Baghdad, Iraq
- Career Goals: Chronic disease management, Indigent / Vulnerable population.
- Hobbies: Computers programming, foreign language learning, spending time with family and friends, bowling, table tennis and watching movies
Chief Resident
Vijay Aluru M.D.
- Medical School: Andhra Medical College
- Hometown: Vizag, India
- Career Goals: To become a competent clinician
- Hobbies: Biking, hiking, sports, binge watching TV shows
Daniel Antwi-Amoabeng M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: American University of Antigua.
- Hometown: Toase, Ghana
- Career Goals: Cardiology vs Critical Care vs Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Watching documentaries, fishing, road trips, studying philosophy, and social justice activism
Munadel Awad M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe
- Hometown: Wayne, New Jersey
- Career Goals: To become an exceptional physician
- Hobbies: Watching soccer, playing FIFA, food
Bryce Beutler M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: San Diego, CA
- Career Goals: Radiology
- Hobbies: Reading, Movies
Sri Harsha Boppana M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Dr. PSI Medical College
- Hometown: Mountain House, CA
- Career Goals: Primary Care/Hospitalist/Fellowship
- Hobbies: Bowling, Watching Movies, Board Games
Justin Bumgardner M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: Earth, Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy
- Career Goals: Wilderness Medicine, Rural Medicine, Academic Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Alpine Mountaineering, cycling/running, Reno Chamber Orchestra, good food, drink, and company
Vincent Chuang M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
- Hometown: Pomona, CA
- Career Goals: Primary Care
- Hobbies: Jogging, Food Adventures, Cooking
Primary Care Track
Deepthi Ciddi (PGY3)
- Medical School: Navodaya Medical College
- Hometown: Queens, NY. Originally from Hyderabad, India.
- Career Goals: Interest in Endocrinology / Preventative Medicine Fellowship.
- Hobbies: Cooking, Painting, Swimming, Watching movies.
Mihir G. Dave M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: M.P. Shah Government Medical College
- Hometown: Gujarat, India
- Career Goals: Primary Interest in Cardiology and Gastroenterology
- Hobbies: Outdoor activities, exploring new places, watching movies
Tania Dhawan M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: GW SMHS
- Career Goals: still deciding!
- Hobbies: spending time with family and friends, traveling, being outdoors, music, shows, movies
Anita Dhulipalli M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Kasturba Medical College
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- Career Goals: Hospitalist or Endocrinology Fellowship
- Hobbies: Dancing, Board Games, Adventure Sports, Cooking
Rajkumar Doshi M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Medical College Baroda, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India
- Hometown: Lunawada, Gujarat, India
- Career Goals: To become a caring, compassionate and competent Interventional Cardiologist
- Hobbies: Tennis, Badminton, Spending time with family and friends, outdoor activities, Eating new "vegetarian" food
Mohamed Elnaggar M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Tanta school of Medicine, Egypt
- Hometown: Tanta-Egypt
- Career Goals: to be a compassionate and exceptional physician.
- Hobbies: Traveling, working out, Video games, TV and movies
Enrique Fiallo Machado M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
- Hometown: Weston, FL
- Hobbies: Going for runs and dominoes
Brent Ford M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: The University of Texas Medical Branch
- Hometown: Frisco, TX
- Career Goals: Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Video games, Hiking, Biking, TV/Netflix, Anything with Friends
Ricardo Franco M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Hometown: Monterrey, Mexico
- Career Goals: Possibly seek a fellowship in pulmonary critical care, participate Medical mission trips
- Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, anything outdoors, sports, watching movies, and cooking. #coolestpersonever
Jasmine Ghuman M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: M.G.M. Medical College, Aurangabad
- Hometown: Patiala
- Career Goals: To be a compassionate and skillful physician, learning and serving one day at a time
- Hobbies: Travelling, Music, Spending time with my family and dogs
Jennifer Gianopulos M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno
- Hometown: Reno, NV
- Career Goals: Critical Care, Community Support
- Hobbies: Cooking, baking, kayaking, travel-all with my son Benjamin.
Vadim Gladwill M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
- Hometown: Volgograd, Russia-Dayton, NV
- Career Goals: Hospitalist or Fellowship
- Hobbies: Hiking, working out, spending time with family and friends, sporting events and concerts, traveling and cooking.
Ahmed Hanfy M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Ain Shams University
- Hometown: Cairo, Egypt
- Career Goals: To become and exceptional caring physician
- Hobbies: Hiking, soccer, taking long road trips
Syed Hasan M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Khyber Medical College
- Hometown: Peshawar, Pakistan
- Career Goals: Want to be a compassionate Physician. Exploring different fellowship options.
- Hobbies: To be a compassionate Physician. Exploring different fellowship options.
Anna Hollen M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: UNR Med
- Hometown: Reno, NV
- Career Goals: Radiology
- Hobbies: Cooking, hiking, video games
Irtqa Ilyas D.O. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Hometown: Elk Grove, CA
- Career Goals: to be a competent physician
- Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, hiking and cooking
Jagmohan Jandu M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
- Hometown: Newark, CA
- Career Goals: To provide the best patient care possible and become an integral part of the community. Will consider a fellowship that I can apply to an outpatient primary care setting and also maintain some inpatient exposure.
- Hobbies: Golf, basketball, playing the Punjabi drum called the “dhol”, immersing myself in outdoor activities, and spending time with family and friends
Erik Jensen M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: Reno
- Career Goals: Infectious Disease, hopefully.
- Hobbies: Ocean kayaking, cooking, being a nerd on the internet.
Tee M. Jeter M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: St. George’s University
- Hometown: Atlanta, GA
- Career Goals: Primary Care, Aerospace Medicine
- Hobbies: Hiking, Kayaking, Motorcycles and weight-lifting
Jasmine Kelly M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation
- Hometown: Honolulu, HI
- Career Goals: to start a Primary Care Group Practice
- Hobbies: hiking, cooking, Netflixing, traveling
Primary Care Track
Anam Khan M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Fatima Jinnah Medical College
- Hometown: Sacramento, CA
- Career Goals: Become a competent physician and an integral part of my community by being more involved and caring.
- Hobbies: Horse riding, sleeping :), spending time with family and friends, and binge watching TV shows and movies.
Robert Kim M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Chicago Medical School
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Career Goals: Hospital medicine, to be a compassionate physician!
- Hobbies: Movies, TV, trying new restaurants, intermittent exercise
Hima Kondragunta M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: B.L.D.E.A.'s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College
- Hometown: Vijayawada, India
- Career Goals: Hospitalist or Primary care
- Hobbies: Reading mystery novels, watching thrillers, road trips, spending time with family
Sandhya Kota M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: S.V.S Medical college
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- Career Goals: Cardiology
- Hobbies: Cooking, spending time with my family
Rohee Krishan M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: St. George’s University
- Hometown: Green Valley, CA
- Career Goals: Considering a fellowship
- Hobbies: Spending time with my family and dogs, jigsaw puzzles, traveling
Rajeswar Kunchakuri M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Gandhi Medical College
- Hometown: Hyderabad
- Career Goals: Internist/Primary Care
- Hobbies: Swimming, Snorkeling, spending time with family and friends.
Vania Lin M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Hometown: Taichung, Taiwan
- Career Goals: To become the best physician I can be
- Hobbies: Enjoying music, reading books, watching movies, traveling, trying new foods
Nikita Lopez M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Hometown: Cochin, Kerala
- Career Goals: Fellowship in Endocrinology
- Hobbies: Listening to music, Bicycling
Eric Lu M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Fudan University
- Hometown: Saint Louis, Missouri
- Career Goals: Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Basketball, road trips, memes, long romantic walks on the beach
Sumaiya Mahboob M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College
- Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Career Goals: Hospitalist for now, open to explore options
- Hobbies: Finding new restaurants to try for new food, binge watching TV series, hiking, running, making personalized handmade gifts.. and oh, Harry Potter
Konstantin Malley M.D., Ph.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
- Hometown: Fresno, CA
- Career Goals: Fellowship in Gastroenterology
- Hobbies: Hiking, Snowboarding, Tennis, Cycling, Travel
Patrick McNerney D.O. (PGY3)
- Medical School: LECOM
- Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
- Career Goals: Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Skiing, Hiking, Interpretive dance, Extreme hopscotch, Beetle fighting
Zahara Meghji M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: International Medical and Technological University
- Hometown: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Career Goals: Fellowship in Cardiology
- Hobbies: Travelling, hiking, watching movies, and spending time with family and friends
Jennifer Moshman M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
- Hometown: Portland, Oregon
- Career Goals: Primary care and preventive health
- Hobbies: Hiking, going to concerts, reading books for pleasure (book clubs are my jam)
Manvi Nagam M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences, India
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- Career Goals: Still exploring, though I have always been very interested in Gastroenterology
- Hobbies: Crafts & Recycling used articles, Board games, and recently started experimenting with cooking!
Sai Narala M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: American University of Caribbean
- Hometown: Reno but originally from India
- Career Goals: Cardiology or Hospitalist
- Hobbies: spending time with friends/family, Netflix and working out
Kavitha Nutakki M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Siddhartha Medical College
- Hometown: Gudivada, AP, India
- Career Goals: Competent and compassionate physician providing quality of care for my patient.
- Hobbies: Spending time with my family and friends, trying out new restaurants, cooking.
Juan L. Palacios M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa
- Hometown: Jahuara, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Career Goals: Hospital Medicine/Primary Care
- Hobbies: Running, Road cycling, Backpacking, Hiking, spending time with my family
Pawel Parafianowicz M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: Las Vegas
- Career Goals: academic medicine
- Hobbies: sleeping, traveling, cruising, ethnic cuisines, swimming, teaching
Paul Park M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: Reno, Nevada
- Career Goals: Currently undecided but has Interests in functional and preventative medicine
- Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, skiing, and CrossFit.
Rajeshwar Parmar M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
- Hometown: Toronto, Canada
- Career Goals: Hospitalist with a possible Hospice and Palliative Care fellowship
- Hobbies: Working out, playing/watching sports, watching movies, bragging about Canada
Wut Yi Phoo M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: University of Medicine 1, Yangon
- Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
- Career Goals: Hospitalist and also considering Fellowship after the Residency
- Hobbies: Yoga, Meditation, Happy Hours With Friends & Family, Reading Psychological Thriller Novels.
Steven Pinto M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India
- Hometown: Bombay, India
- Career Goals: Fellowship in Infectious Diseases / Rheumatology / Endocrinology / Geriatrics or Hospitalist medicine / Primary Care
- Hobbies: Exploring my surroundings, hanging with friends, trying out new cuisine, cooking, reading, sleeping, playing really amateur guitar, fishing, long drives with music
Sailaja Pisipati M.D., F.R.C.S (PGY3)
- Medical School: Andhra Medical College
- Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
- Career Goals: Interventional medicine with academic interest
- Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, quality time with family and friends
Terrence Prasad M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
- Career Goals: 50% Hospitalist, 50% Specialty TBD
- Hobbies: Hiking, Cooking, Golfing, Video Games, Football – Especially College USC Trojans!
Abhinaya Rao M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
- Hometown: Udupi, India
- Career Goals: Primary care/hospitalist or endocrinology fellowship
- Hobbies: Hiking, DIY projects, reading books and binge watching shows on Netflix
Pooja Reddy M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Katuri Medical College, India
- Hometown: Andhra Pradesh, India
- Career Goals: Hospitalist/Primary Care Physician
- Hobbies: Watching TV shows, spending time with family, Reading Novels and Traveling
Casey Rendon M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Career Goals: Still deciding
- Hobbies: Traveling, working out, swimming, snowboarding, TV, and movies
Sara Robertson M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: Reno, Nevada
- Career Goals: I am thinking possibly hospital medicine at this time, only time will tell :-)
- Hobbies: Spending time with beautiful family and reading a good book!
Nick Rose M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: University Of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
- Career Goals: To be a compassionate Radiologist
- Hobbies: Big game hunting, Disciple of the church of gains and long walks on the beach
Haritha Sri Sai Gaddipati M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences
- Hometown: Hyderbad, India
- Career Goals: Hospitalist, Endocrinology Fellowship
- Hobbies: Dancing, Hiking, travelling, watching Movies
Anjleen Saund M.D. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Windsor University School of Medicine
- Hometown: Toronto, Canada
- Career Goals: Primary Care, Preventative Medicine
- Hobbies: Dancing, interior design & DIY projects, cooking, baking, travelling, spending quality time with friends & family
J. Scott M.D. (PGY3)
Mohammad Sheikh M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: St. George’s University
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Career Goals: Cardiac Critical Care
- Hobbies: Spending time with my wife and kids
Joanne Soliman M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Hometown: San Diego, CA
- Hobbies: Reading
Deepak Soor M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: St. George’s University
- Hometown: Sacramento, CA
- Career Goals: Want to provide best care possible to my patients by building strong physician-patient relationship
- Hobbies: I love to travel, playing cricket and volleyball, also like to spend time with family and friends
Kashmala Syed M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Frontier Medical College
- Hometown: Pakistan
- Career Goals: Primary Care Physician
- Hobbies: Swimming, Hiking
Moutaz Taha M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: University of Gezira, Sudan
- Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan
- Career Goals: Pul/Critical Care vs. Cardiology
- Hobbies: Real Football (Soccer), Vollyball
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Michael Ting M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Texas Tech El Paso
- Hometown: Houston, TX
- Career Goals: Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Hiking, biking, and walking my dogs
Mark Joseph Torres M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: University of Washington
- Hometown: Manila, Philippines
- Career Goals: Hospitalist
- Hobbies: Reading
Primary Care Track
Chief Resident
Mark Ulanja M.D.
- Medical School: University of Ghana Medical School
- Hometown: Accra, Ghana
- Career Goals: Primary care practice, considering fellowship in Hematology and Oncology or Gastrointestinal
- Hobbies: Watching and playing soccer, watching Hockey (my recent hobby), watching movies.
Jacqueline Valadez D.O. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
- Career Goals: Undecided
- Hobbies: Cooking, Travel, Yoga
Naresh Kumar Veerabattini M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- Career Goals: Pulmonary/Critical Care
- Hobbies: Cricket, Soccer, Badminton, Hiking, Chess, Movies
Seshagiri Veerapaneni M.D. (PGY3)
- Medical School: Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- Career Goals: Hospitalist/Fellowship
- Hobbies: Watching TV shows, Spending time with family, Snorkeling
Adriana Walsh M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
- Hometown: Chandler, AZ
- Career Goals: Hospitalist Medicine
- Hobbies: Aerobics, Dancing, Traveling, Learning new languages, Qigong, Bonding with family and my dog.
Charles Willyard D.O. (PGY2)
- Medical School: Touro University Nevada
- Hometown: Barstow, California
- Career Goals: Gastroenterology Fellowship
- Hobbies: Playing guitar, recording music, reading, hiking, running, and traveling.
Playing guitar, recording music, reading, hiking, running, and traveling.
Sakshi Yadav M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
- Hometown: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Career Goals: Inclined towards Gastroenterology
- Hobbies: Cooking, Reading, Swimming, Organizing, DIY Projects
Andrew Yatteau (PGY2)
- Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
- Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA
- Career Goals: Pulmonary/Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
- Hobbies: Cooking, Guitar & Ukulele, Karaoke, Snowboarding, The Great Outdoors
Omer F. Yavuz M.D. (PGY1)
- Medical School: Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine
- Hometown: Houston, TX
- Career Goals: Gastroenterology
- Hobbies: Electric-Acoustic and Bass player. Basketball, web development