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
Omar Khalil, MD Zain Mehdi, MD Bailee Cummings, MD, MPH Emmy Wanjiku, MD Anna “Lexus” Andrews, MD Kelley Mark, MD Louisiana State University Health Science Center Ajan Sivaramamoorthy, MD Rafi Iftekhar, MD
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
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth
Simran Koura, MD
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center
Trevor Thompson, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Willis Wong, MD
Residency: University of Texas SouthernInterventional 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 CenterStructural 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 
Residency: University of Arizona
Division of Infectious Diseases
Lindsey Bernard, DO
Residency: Ascension St. Vincent
David Henson, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Kentucky 
Residency: University of North Carolina 
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

Residency: University of North Carolina 
Residency: University of North Carolina
Ilija Zecevic, MD
Residency:Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Donna Coetzee, MD
Residency: University of Minnesota
Mackenzie Owen, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina 
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
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 ColoradoInterventional 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 UniversityAllergy & Immunology
Alexis Schuck, MD
Residency: Duke University Hospitals
Shae Margulies, MD
Residency: St. Louis University