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The Department of Medicine is honored to welcome new Tar Heel trainees! The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) released results for the 2025 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match on December 3. Over 8,500 trainees matched to advanced training positions. After a successful Match, the following fellows will join Department subspecialties in July 2026.


Division of Cardiology

Adult Cardiovascular Disease

Natalia Aerton, MD
Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center

Saba Suhail Arain, MD
Residency: UNC Health Blue Ridge

Daniel Cook, MD
Residency: University of Virginia Health

Lorna Devkota, MD
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Leonie Dupuis, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Omar Khalil, MD
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth

Simran Koura, MD
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center

Trevor Thompson, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt University

Willis Wong, MD
Residency: University of Texas Southern

Interventional Cardiology

Akshay Roy-Chaudhury, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: University of North Carolina

Sankalp Malhotra, MD
Residency: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Fellowship: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

James “Jamie” Haran, DO
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Fellowship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Structural Heart Disease

Spencer Ng, MD
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship: University of North Carolina

 


Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Sisira Kavuri, MD
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital

John Langhenry, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Zain Mehdi, MD
Residency: University of Arizona


Division of Infectious Diseases

Lindsey Bernard, DO
Residency: Ascension St. Vincent

David Henson, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Kentucky

Bailee Cummings, MD, MPH
Residency: University of North Carolina

Emmy Wanjiku, MD
Residency: Northwestern University


Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Jacqueline Chu, MD
Residency: Brown University

Sirisha Gaddipati, MD
Residency: University of Miami

Govind Kallumkal, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Lorena Millo, MD
Residency: Duke University

Savannah Taylor, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina


Division of Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

Anna “Lexus” Andrews, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Kelley Mark, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Ilija Zecevic, MD
Residency:

Louisiana State University Health Science Center

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Donna Coetzee, MD
Residency: University of Minnesota

Mackenzie Owen, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Ajan Sivaramamoorthy, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Ciara Smith, MD
Residency: University of Kentucky


Division of Hematology/Oncology

Jerome Dease, MD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina

Emily Hamburger, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Omar Gandarilla-Cuellar, MD
Residency: New York Presbyterian

Alexander Gartland, MD
Residency:University of North Carolina

Madhuri Gottam, MD
Residency: Duke University

Michael Rudloff, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Melina Smith, MD,
Residency: University of Colorado

Mohamed Warsame, MBChB
Residency: Mayo Clinic


Division of Nephrology & Hypertension

David Aquino, MD
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center

Hugh “Jack” Maguire, MD
Residency: East Carolina University

Brie Mucci-Jackson, MD
Residency: University of Miami Jackson Health System

Rafi Iftekhar, MD
Residency: Norton Community Hospital

 


Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine

Jonathan Blohm, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina

Phoebe Chun, MD
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University

Nguyen Pham, DO
Residency: University of Arizona

Scott Yount, MD
Residency: LSU Health

Katherine Zimmerman, MD
Residency: University of Colorado

Interventional Pulmonary Medicine

Jason Holbrook, MD
Fellowship: The University of North Carolina


Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology

 

Rheumatology

Viswaja Kaja, MD
Residency: Virginia Tech Carilion

Hoyoung Lee, MD
Residency: Carolinas Medical Center

Lydwan Perez Westerband, MD
Residency: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Allergy & Immunology

Alexis Schuck, MD
Residency: Duke University Hospitals

Shae Margulies, MD
Residency: St. Louis University