The Department of Medicine is honored to welcome new Tar Heel trainees! The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) released results for the 2023 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match on November 29. More than 7,000 applicants matched to advanced training positions. After a successful Match, the following fellows will join Department subspecialties in July 2024.
Division of Cardiology
Adult Cardiovascular Disease

Taylor Holmes, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Darryl Kalil, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Jonathan Napper, MD Hannah Ruggles, MD Dominic Boccaccio, MD Tamara Damjanac, MD
Alexandra Leamy, MD, PhD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Rafat Mahmood, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Kevin Morales Del Moral, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Jacob Pierce, MD, MPH
Residency: Duke University
Dalton Sherwood, MD
Residency: University of North CarolinaInterventional Cardiology
Brian Kelley, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: University of North Carolina
Sayyad Kyazimzade, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina
Michael Sola, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Fellowship: University of ColoradoClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Kapil Bhatia, MD
Residency: Morehouse School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of North CarolinaAdvanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology (AHFTC)
Mason Sanders, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: University of North CarolinaStructural Heart Disease
Michael Halista, MD
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship: New York University
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nikita Mohan, MD
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Daniel Pham, MD
Residency: University of Kansas 
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Division of Infectious Diseases
Michael Motley, MD, PhD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Adam Schafer, MD, PhD
Residency: Indiana University
Joseph Stromberg, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Robert “RJ” Williams, MD
Residency: University of Utah
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Jared Gloria, MD
Residency: Emory University
Meera Iyengar, MD
Residency: Indiana University
Michelle Russin, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Alisa Siebrasse, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Geriatric Medicine

Residency: University of North Carolina 
Residency: University of North Carolina
Jennifer Gomez, MD
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami
Alexandra Rice, MD
Residency: Duke University Hospice and Palliative Medicine
George Clement, MD
Residency: Womack Army Medical Center
Heather Frank, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Karrah St. Laurent-Ariot, MD, MS
Residency: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Fellowship: Duke University
Eva Stein, MD
Residency: University of Colorado
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Manasa Bhatta, MD
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lauren Boyle, DO
Residency: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Devin Johnson, MD
Residency: Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Cecilia Levandowski, MD, PhD
Residency:University of North Carolina
Omolegho Momoh, MD
Residency: Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Esteban Pena Ayala, MD
Residency: The Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mathew Sebastian, MD, PhD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Taiwo Talabi, MD, MPH
Residency: Meharry Medical College
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Nora Hajnoczky, MD
Residency: Einstein Healthcare Network, PA
Brian Monk, DO
Residency: University of Mississippi
Krunal Patel, DO
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
Arianna Michaels, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Katelynn Smith, MD
Residency: Duke University
Matsuo So, MD
Residency: Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Terra Swanson, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Emma Thompson, MD
Residency: University of North CarolinaInterventional Pulmonary Medicine
William “Tyler” Smith, MD
Fellowship: The Mayo Clinic Rochester
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
Rheumatology
Saloni Patolia, MD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Aaron Smith, MD
Residency: UT Southwestern
Griffin Sonaty, MD
Residency: University of VirginiaAllergy & Immunology
Katherine Caid, MD
Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Hema Chagarlamudi, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina