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2022 Fellowship Match Results

December 22, 2022

Please join us in congratulating this year’s residents and our divisions on another successful fellowship match for appointment year 2023!

We matched 23 residents with 8 in Cardiology, 6 in Gastroenterology, 1 in Hospital Medicine, 1 in Hematology & Oncology, 1 in Infectious Diseases, 2 in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, 1 in Rheumatology & Immunology, 1 in Combined Med-Peds Nephrology, 1 in Geriatrics, and 1 in Pediatric Cardiology.

We also congratulate the divisions in the Department of Medicine for attracting a phenomenal group of incoming fellows. Thirteen fellowship programs across the Department had a successful fellowship match day.

The success of our trainees is a direct reflection of our faculty’s dedication to mentoring, teaching, and supporting our residents in their scholarly endeavors.

Congratulations!

Department of Medicine Current Resident Fellowship Match Results 2022-23 

To view the full match results by division, please see below:

Cardiology:

George Adly, M.D. - MUSC
Ben Bortner, M.D. - Virginia Tech
John Bowman, M.D. - University of South Florida
Matt Bruner, M.D. - UT Knoxville
Monica Klaybor, M.D. - LSU New Orleans
Jacob Read, M.D. - MUSC
Meg Scott, M.D. - MUSC
John Thiele, M.D. - University of Vermont

Gastroenterology & Hepatology:

John Bobo, M.D. - LSU New Orleans
Sarah Barbina, M.D. - Wake Forest
Will Dungan, M.D. - University of South Alabama
Rayphael Hardy, M.D. - MUSC
Sean Jones, M.D. - MUSC
Joey Moore, M.D. - University of South Florida

Geriatrics:

Joshua Mixson, M.D. - MUSC

Hospital Medicine:

Afifah Khan, M.D. – Harvard University

Hematology & Oncology:

Dena Rhinehart, M.D. - Johns Hopkins

Infectious Diseases:

Sean Tyler, M.D. - MUSC

Pulmonary & Critical Care:

Alexandra Lopez, M.D. – Penn State
Brandon Miller, M.D. - UT Knoxville

Rheumatology & Immunology:

Rashi Vora, M.D. – MUSC

Combined Med-Peds Nephrology:

Denise Kimbrough, M.D., Ph.D. – Nationwide Children’s / Ohio State

Pediatric Cardiology:

Umakanthan Kavin, M.D. - University of Colorado

Department of Medicine Fellowship Match Results by Division

We are thrilled to welcome our new fellows to MUSC beginning in 2023. The Department of Medicine matched: 10 in Cardiology, 3 in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, 4 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 1 in Geriatrics, 4 in Hematology & Oncology, 3 in Infectious Diseases, 5 in Nephrology, 7 in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine, and 2 in Rheumatology & Immunology.

To view the full match results by division, please see below:

General Cardiology:

George Adly, M.D. – MUSC
Larissa Check, D.O. – Grand Strand
Connor Craig, M.D. – Duke University
Samantha Myears, M.D. – UVA
Jake Read, M.D. - MUSC Co-Chief
Meg Scott, M.D. – MUSC Co-Chief
Parth Shah, M.D. - UTSW

Cardiac Electrophysiology:

Zain Gowani, M.D. – MUSC Co-Chief
Matthew Long, M.D. - MUSC

Endocrinology:

Lawrence “Larry” DeBellis, D.O. – Naples Community Hospital
Amna Ijaz, M.D. - Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New Rochelle) Program
Cindy Pulido, M.D. - Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Gastroenterology & Hepatology:

Scott Esckilsen, M.D. – University of North Carolina
Joseph Granade, M.D. – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rayphael Hardy, M.D. – MUSC
Sean Jones, M.D. – MUSC

Geriatrics:

Joshua Mixson, M.D. - MUSC

Hematology & Oncology:

Georgio Medawar, M.D. - Roger Williams Medical Center - Boston University School of Medicine
Yiseiry Perez- Melendez, M.D. - University of South Florida
Tharakeswari Selvakumar, M.D. - Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Sapna Shah, M.D. - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Infectious Diseases:

Evan Rivere, M.D. - Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Nikko Tabliago, M.D. - Geisinger Medical Center
Sean Tyler, M.D. - MUSC

Nephrology:

Taylor Chaney, D.O. – University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Kiyoshi Houston, M.D. – HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine
Nicholas James, M.D. – Piedmont Macon Medical Center
Jacob Lane, D.O. – Kettering Health Dayton (Granville) Medical Center
Dhwani Patel, M.D. – New York City Health + Hospital/Coney Island

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine:

Kaamya Bhandari, M.D. - University of Connecticut
Robert Easterling, M.D. - Ohio State
Sara Journeay, M.D. – Tufts
Andie O’Laughlin, M.D. - Virginia Commonwealth
Melinda Talley, M.D. - University of Mississippi

Critical Care Medicine:

Scott Stockholm, D.O. - Cape Fear Valley Hospital

Sleep Medicine:

Meher Farooq, M.D. - University of Tennessee - Pediatrics

Rheumatology & Immunology:

Rashi Vora, M.D. – MUSC
Gretchen Santana Cepero, M.D. – Cleveland Clinic

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