{"id":3465,"date":"2023-01-30T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/pulmonary\/?page_id=3465"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:05:02","slug":"recent-graduates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/pulmonary\/training\/recent-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Recent graduates 2010-2025<\/h2>\n<p>Joshua Clark, MD, PharmD, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati<\/p>\n<p>Emily Gosche, MD, Fellowship in Lung Transplant, University of Colorado<\/p>\n<p>Kristian Figueras, MD, Private Practice, Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n<p>Arhant Rao, MD, Assistant Professor, UMass Memorial Health, Boston, MA<\/p>\n<p>Maura Thornton, MD (MSCR-to-be), Clinical Instructor, University of North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Divyesh Mehta, MD, Private Practice Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Threadgill, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke University<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Lerner, MD, Private Practice, Locum Tenens<\/p>\n<p>Tai Mary Wang, MD, Private Practice, Portland Oregon<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Witt, MD, Private Practice, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin DeMarco, MD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell Diddams, MD, Private Practice, Concord, NC<\/p>\n<p>Padraig Hawkins, MD, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Galway University Hospital, Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Scott Vasher, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Sines, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Cedric Munoz, MD, Private Practice, Boise Idaho<\/p>\n<p>Hitesh Patel, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA<\/p>\n<p>Kunal Jakharia, MD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Hunsucker, MD Private Practice, Greensboro, NC<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Kovacich, MD, MPH, Private Practice, Orlando, FL<\/p>\n<p>Adam Schwartz, MD Assistant Professor, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>William Atchley, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)<\/p>\n<p>Mazen Al-Qadi, MD Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Kenton Dover, MD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Adriana Olariu, MD Intensivist, Yale New Haven Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Sonntag, MD Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, VCU Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Clinical Medical Ethics<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Norton, MD Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Sesay, MD Assistant Professor, Dell Medical School, Austin, TX<\/p>\n<p>Robert Burkes, MD Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati<\/p>\n<p>Christina MacRosty, DO\u202f Private Practice, Eugene, OR<\/p>\n<p>Anna Conterato, MD Private Practice, Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n<p>Sohini Ghosh, MD, Interventional Pulmonary Medical Director, Allegheny General Hospital. Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n<p>Arun Kannappan, MD, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Sciences &amp; Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Blair Wendlandt, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Charles Adrian Austin, MD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Giddings, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor (Pediatrics &amp; Medicine), Cleveland Medical Center &amp; Rainbow Babies and Children\u2019s Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Subhashini Sellers, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Trimble, MD, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health &amp; Science University, Portland, OR<\/p>\n<p>Judit Kuhn, MD MPH, Private Practice, Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n<p>Cornelia Hahn, MD PhD, Private Practice, Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n<p>Adam Belanger, MD, Private Practice, Pinehurst, NC<\/p>\n<p>Alan Siqueiros, MD, Private Practice, Baptist Medical Center, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p>Kimtuyen Nguyen, MD, Private Practice, Hoschton, GA<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bice, MD, Tele-Intensivist, Novant Health &amp; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Vikas Pathak, MD Private Practice, Raleigh, North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Domenick Roma, MD Private Practice, Savannah, Georgia<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Anne Daniels, MD, MPH\u202f Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Goralski, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Maguire,\u202f MD Clinical Associate Professor, University of North at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Cidney Hulett, MD, MPH Private Practice, Little Rock, Arkansas<\/p>\n<p>Juan Rojas-Balcazar, MD Private Practice, Leesburg, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Jason Lobo, MD Kimberly H. Tsamoutales Distinguished Professor of Medicine , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Fischer, MD, MPH Clinical Faculty, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Wassim Fares, MD Assistant Professor, Yale University<\/p>\n<p>William Hall, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Rex Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Deepika Polineni, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, University of Kansas<\/p>\n<p>Steven Lommatzsch, MD Associate Professor, National Jewish, Denver, Colorado<\/p>\n<p>Seong-Joo Jeong, MD Private Practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent graduates 2010-2025 Joshua Clark, MD, PharmD, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Emily Gosche, MD, Fellowship in Lung Transplant, University of Colorado Kristian Figueras, MD, Private Practice, Charlotte, NC Arhant Rao, MD, Assistant Professor, UMass Memorial Health, Boston, MA Maura Thornton, MD (MSCR-to-be), Clinical Instructor, University of North Carolina Divyesh Mehta, MD, Private Practice Raleigh, &hellip; 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