Previous Fellows

Since its inception in 1989, the UNC Geriatric Fellowship Program has attracted a diverse range of physicians interested in the complex medical issues relating to the aging population. Several of the programs previous fellows have gone on to join various medical departments dealing with aging and aging research here at UNC-Chapel Hill

	Annette Beyea, MD, MPH Current Position: Position Title, Location UNC Fellowship 2010-2012 Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Medical: University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine, ME

	Michael LaMantia, MD, MPH Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Indiana University Division of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics UNC Fellowship 2007-2011 Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC Medical: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY http://medicine.iupui.edu/intm/faculty/viewINTMFaculty.aspx?facID=6136

	Leslie Scheunemann, MD MPH Current Position: Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Pulmonary & Critical Care UNC Fellowship 2008-2011 Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC Medical: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

	Ezequiel ‘Zeke’ Zamora, MD Current Position: Geriatric Hospitalist, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Boone, NC UNC Fellowship 2009-2011 Residency: New Hanover Regional Medical Center Medical: Universidad de Ciencias Medicas https://www.apprhs.org/physicians-directory?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=0&sobi2Id=147

	Trevor Jolly, MD Current Position: Fellow, UNC Oncology 2011- 2012 UNC Fellowship 2010-2011 Other Fellowship: University of Alabama Residency: NY Methodist Hospital, Rochester, NY Medical: University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad

	Laura Patel, MD Current Position: Physician, Greater Baltimore Medical Center UNC Fellowship 2008 – 2009 Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Medical: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN http://www.gbmc.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=38&action=detail&ref=5172

	David Halpern, MD Current Position: Consulting Associate, Department of Medicine, Duke University UNC Fellowship 2007 – 2009 Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Medical: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York http://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/details/0453479

	Christine Khandelwal, DO Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill Adjunct Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill UNC Fellowship 2007 - 2010 Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA Medical: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA http://findadoc.unchealthcare.org/directory/profile.asp?dbase=main&setsize=10&last=khandelwal&pict_id=7724878

	Hong Yu, MD Current Position: Physician, Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Durham, NC UNC Fellowship 2006 - 2008 Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital, NC Medical: Nanjing Railway Medical College

	Carmen Lewis, MD Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC Division of General Medicine and Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC UNC Fellowship 2006 - 2007 Residency: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA Medical: Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX http://findadoc.unchealthcare.org/directory/profile.asp?dbase=main&setsize=10&pict_id=0000143

	Racquel Daley-Placide, MD Current Position: Physician, Carolina Meadows UNC Fellowship 2005 - 2007 Residency: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK Medical: Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, Nashville, TN

	Margaret Helton, MD Current Position: Clinical Professor, UNC Family Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Director of Clinical Operations, UNC Family Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Clinical Instructor, Division of Geriatric Medicine UNC Fellowship 2003 - 2007 Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Medical: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan http://findadoc.unchealthcare.org/directory/profile.asp?dbase=main&setsize=10&last=helton&pict_id=0000323

	Beth Brubaker, MD Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC Division of General Medicine, Epidemiology UNC Fellowship 2004 - 2005 Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Medical: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC http://findadoc.unchealthcare.org/directory/profile.asp?dbase=main&setsize=10&searchterm=emeritus&pict_id=8336145

	Nurum Erdem, MD, MPH Current Position: Physician UNC Fellowship 2003 - 2005 Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Medical: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

	Terrence Holt, MD, PhD Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Social Medicine Adjunct Professor, UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine UNC Fellowship 2002 - 2006 Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Medical: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

	John Harrington, MD Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health Sleep Center, Denver, CO UNC Fellowship 2001 - 2004 Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine Medical: Creighton University School of Medicine

	Debra Bynum, MD Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine Course Director, AHEC Acting Internship Selective Course Director, MS2 Clinical Skills Integration Course Director, UNC Geriatrics Fellowship Program UNC Fellowship 2000 - 2001 Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Medical: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

	Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine Adjunct Associate Professor in Public Health Center Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research Investigator, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Chief Research Officer, Indianapolis Discovery Network for Dementia Research Director, Healthy Aging Brain Center UNC Fellowship 1999 - 2002 Residency: Mt. Sinai Medical center in Cleveland Medical: University of Damascus

	Eunah Kang Fischer, MD Current Position: Medical Director in Medical Management Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota UNC Fellowship 1999 - 2000 Residency: Harvard Medical School Medical: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.

	Jennifer Nau, MD Current Position: Physician, Gainesville Family Practice, Gainesville VA UNC Fellowship 1998 - 1999 Residency: Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA Medical: Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA

	Theodore Johnson, MD, MPH Current Position: Associate Professor of Urology, Emory University Associate Director & Site Director of the Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatrics Rehabilitation, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) UNC Fellowship 1994 – 1997 Residency: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical: Northwestern University Medical School 1990

	Laurel Coleman, MD Current Position: Attending Physician, Maine Medical Center UNC Fellowship 1992 - 1993 Residency: University of California, San Francisco Medical: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

	David Johnson, MD Current Position: Primary Care Physician, Palmetto Health Care, Columbia, SC UNC Fellowship 1991 - 1994 Residency: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Medical: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

	Laura Hanson, MD, MPH Current Position: Professor, UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine Associate Director, UNC Geriatrics Fellowship Program Co-Director, UNC Palliative Care Program UNC Fellowship 1989 - 1991 Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Medical: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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