School of Medicine

General Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency Graduates

 

Typically our residency classes fall into thirds—one third will go into primary care, one third into hospital medicine, and the remaining into fellowships. Here are our graduates with their career paths since 2010. Fellowship matches can be found further down the page.

List of Graduates

Arash Ataei, MD - Nephrology Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC

Maren Bell, MD - Infectious Disease Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Jessica Bordes, MD - 2024-2025 Internal Medicine Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Emilie Bourgeois, MD – Hospitalist Medicine, New York, NY

Fernanda Correa, MD - Cardiology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Ian Denys, MD - Pursuing a Cardiology Fellowship, Hospitalist Medicine in Dallas, TX

Tammy Do, MD - Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Justin Faciane, MD - Hospital Medicine at Ochsner Main Campus, New Orleans, LA

Pooja Goel, MD - Endocrine Fellowship, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Ryan Hanson, MD- Hospitalist Medicine, North Oaks Hospital, Hammond, LA

Mona Jodari- Karimi, MD - Primary Care, New Orleans, LA

Leandre “Michael” Millet, MD - 2024-2025 Internal Medicine Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Scott Piechocki, MD - Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Munraj Singh, MD - Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Ashley Van, MD - Cardiology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

David Van, MD - Allergy & Immunology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Christopher VanDreumel, MD - Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Texas, Houston, TX

Briggs Welch, MD - Nephrology Fellowship, University of Texas, Houston, TX

Chief Residents

Daniel Holmes – LSU Academic Hospitalist, New Orleans, LA

David “Jack” Montgomery – Hospitalist Medicine at Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Allison Pinner – LSU Academic Hospitalist, New Orleans, LA

 

Michael Bank, MD - Primary Care, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

Brian Barbara, DO – Primary Care and Hospitalist at Merit Health, Biloxi, MS

David Beyer, MD - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Mathoula Bilalis, MD - Gastroenterology Fellowship at Tulane University

Juliana Conic, MD - Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Colin Cunnigham, MD - Hematology & Oncology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Trent Davidge, MD - Private Hospitalist in New Orleans LA

Giovanny Destin, DO - Hospitalist in Fort Worth, TX

Daniel Holmes, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

William Kemp, MD – Hospital Medicine in New Zealand

Joshua Larrazalo, MD  - Nephrology Fellowship at University of North Carolina

Arya Loghmani, DO – Rheumatology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Sarah Lungaro, MD – Private Hospitalist  in New Orleans, LA

David Montgomery, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Peter Oakes, MD – Infectious Disease Fellowship, at University of Virginia

Alisson Pinner, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Maria Paula Reyes, MD - Endocrinology Fellowship at University of Colorado

Supraja Srdihar, MD – Hospitalist at Cleveland Clinic

Chief Residents

Elise Abdalla, MD - Rheumatology Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic

Hunter Hall, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Peter Lowery MD - Pulmonary & Critical Care at Virginia Commonwealth University

Alia Abbas, MD - Dermatology Research, University of Alabama Birmingham

Elise Abdalla, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Lara Boudreaux, DO - Gastroenterology, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Stephen Ford, MD, PhD - Endocrinology, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Crystal Rathore Gaur, MD - Primary Care, West Jefferson Medical Center, Marerro, LA

William Gibson, DO - Hematology & Oncology, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Hunter Hall, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health, New Orleans, LA

TreyVon Holt, MD - Hospitalist, Lane Regional Medical Center, Zacary, LA and Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge, LA

Kemmian Johnson, MD - Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO

Naseem Khorram, MD - Nephrology, University of Southern California in Los Angeles

Peter Lowery, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Christopher Merrill, MD - Hospitalist, Ochsner Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA

Omar Mohammed Elfeky, MD - Hospitalist, University of Florida Health, Leesburg Hospital, Leesburg, FL

Peter Pantlin, MD - Cardiology, Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA

Jared Robertson, MD - Hospitalist, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA

Ben Roubique, MD -Hospitalist, Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge, LA

Kevin Zamora, MD -Hospitalist, Advent Health Hospital, Killeen, TX

Chief Residents

Jacob Dubuc, MD - Cardiology, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Katherine Oakden, MBBS - Academic Hospitalist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 

Hope Oddo-Moise, MD - Infectious Disease, LSU Health, New Orleans, LA

Tyler Champion. MD – Hospitalist in Baton Rouge, LA

Jacob Dubuc, MD – Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Monique Germain, DO – Hematology & Oncology Fellowship, LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Spencer Hart, MD – Hospitalist at VA in New Orleans LA

Brian Mackel, MD – Hospitalist in New Orleans LA

Dexter Matrana, DO – Allergy & Immunology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Amber McCormick, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Katherine Oakden, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Hope Oddo-Moise, MD - Chief Resident, LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Tyler Thorne, DO – Nephrology Fellowship at University of North Carolina

Hai Tran, MD - Pulmonary & Critical Care at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Chief Residents

Brittany Boudreaux, DO - Nephrology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Seth Vignes, MD – Hospitalist in Santa Rosa, CA

William Baumgartner, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Brittany Boudreaux, DO – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Andrew Burke, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Garreth Clines, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Christen Harris, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Chad Hille, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

TJ Joshi, MD – Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Chris Oglesby, DO – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, Shreveport, LA

Jelena Surla, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, The Wright Center for GME, Scranton, PA

Seth Vignes, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Mohammed Ziada, MD – ID Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Karolina Anderson, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Sarah Bautista, MD – Primary Care, LSU Health Care Network, New Orleans, LA

Joseph Bruno, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Sentara Medical Group, Norfolk, VA

Jordan Callendar, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Mayuri Garikepati, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Locum Tenens

Greg LaBier, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA

Alexander Richard, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Sarah Sanders, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Corey Saraceni, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT

Adam Shepard, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Derek Smith, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Erin Dauchy, DO – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Jon Decuir, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Julie Doan, MD – Primary Care, Ochsner Health Baptist, New Orleans, LA

Barrett Ford, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Catherine Hudson, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Sarah Lillis, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ochsner Health, Slidell, LA

Nisha Loganantharaj, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Erik Oltmann, MD – Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Nathaniel Peyton, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Erik Sowell, MD – Outpatient Primary Care, Mercy Hospital Clinics, Bentonville, AR

Heather Chan, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Abby Gandolfi, MD – Primary Care, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA

Allison Leonard, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Scott Melton, MD – ID Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Michael Modica, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Benjamin Morehead, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Matthew Oglesbee, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS

Claude Pirtle, MD – Medical Informatics Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Sarah Struthers, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Michael Touchy, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Robert Andres, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Falon Brown, DO – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA

Lauren Davis, MD – Primary Care, LSUHSC Multispecialty Clinic, Kenner, LA

Scott Hebert, MD – Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Cody Hill, MD – Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Jenna Jordan, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Bobby Mathew, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Amy Patel, MD – Primary Care, VA, New Orleans, LA

Milin Patel, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Knoxville, TN

Charles Sasser, MD – Primary Care, Our Lady of the Lake Physician’s Group, Baton Rouge, LA

Kendrick Sparks, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Gulfport Memorial Hospital, Gulfport, MS

Rikki Weems, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, LA

Andrea Caballero, MD – ID Fellowship, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

Rachel Pierron, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Sophia Weinmann, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Daniel Johnson, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Nadja Jones, MD – Wound Care Specialist, Accelecare Wound Professionals

Scott Laura, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

James Mansfield, MD – Primary Care, East Jefferson Primary Care, Metairie, LA

Kevish Nesh, MD – Nocturnist, Naples Community Hospital, Naples, FL

Melissa Spera, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Jaclyn Spiegel, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, FL

David Tadin, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Vaughan Washco, DO – Nephrology Fellowship, Harvard – Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA

Gregg Anazia, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC

Kimberly Dao, MD – Primary Care, Versailles Health Clinic, New Orleans, LA

Nicholas DiSalvo, MD – Primary Care, Ochsner Health Baptist, New Orleans, LA

Daniel Englert, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Patricia Gendusa, MD – Primary Care, Ochsner Health Baptist, New Orleans, LA

Angela Graebert, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA

John Haas, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

Matthew Jordan, DO – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

David Klibert, MD – Primary Care, East Jefferson Physician Group, Metairie, LA

Alisha Lacour, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ochsner Health, Jefferson, LA

Camille Thelin, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Mary Yu, MD – Primary Care, Ochsner Health, Jefferson, LA

Adrienne Arbour, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Carrie Caruthers, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Babi Chandamuri, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Kimberly Fremin, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Maneesh Gupta, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

William Kellum, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Silsbee Kemp, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA

Christian Mabry, MD – Anesthesiology Residency, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Jiten Patel, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

David Pollet, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA

Andrew Baier, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, LA

Elizabeth Bollinger, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Brianne Corcoran, MD – Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Gina Cosentino, MD – Endocrinology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Jen Erbil, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Shane Guillory, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Ross McCarron, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Le Nguyen, MD – Primary Care, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Oksana Nimkevych, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Shane Sanne, DO – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Gisella Tay, MD – Primary Care, Feather River Paradise Group, Paradise, CA

Diana Thien, MD – Primary Care, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Benjamin Wright, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA

Sami Almaskeen, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Mikhail Borissov, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, LA

Jess Duet, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Harmanjot Grewal, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Rehan Mohammed, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA

Augustine Hjoku, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Shavkat Ruziev, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, New Orleans, LA

Jatinder Singh, MD – Nephrology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Deepu Thoppil, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA

Seema Walvekar, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Asad Chaudhry, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Jared Geist, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Ian Martinez, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Tathagat Narula, MD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Amanda Patenaude, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Theepa Thayalakulasingam, MD, PhD – Chief Resident, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Andrea Venturini, MD - Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA

Fellowship Matches

Arash Ataei, MD- Nephrology Fellowship at Duke University

Maren Bell, MD-  Infectious Disease Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Fernanda Correa, MD-  Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Tammy Do, MD -  Nephrology Fellowship at LSU New Orleans

Pooja Goel, MD- Endocrinology Fellowship at UT Southwestern

Scott Piechocki, MD-  Gastroenterology Fellowship at Louisville SOM

Munraj Singh, MD Gastroenterology Fellowship at LSU New Orleans

Ashley Van, MD - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA   

David Van, MD -  Allergy and Immunology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA   

Christopher VanDreumel, MD-  Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at UT Houston

Briggs Welch, MD  Nephrology Fellowship at UT Houston

David Beyer, MD - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Mathoula Bilalis - Gastroneteryology Fellowship at Tulane University

Juliana Conic, MD - Geriatric Medicine Fellowship

Colin Cunnigham, MD - Hematology & Oncology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans LA

Joshua Larrazalo, MD  - Nephrology Fellowship at University of North Carolina

Arya Loghmani, DO – Rheumatology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Peter Oakes, MD – Infectious Disease Fellowship, at University of Virginia

Maria Paula Reyes, MD Endocrinology Fellowship at University of Colorado

Chief Residents

Elise Abdalla, MD- Rheumatology Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic

Hunter Hall, MD – Gastroneteryology Fellowship at LSU Health in New Orleans, LA

Peter Lowery MD- Pulmonary & Critical Care at Virginia Commonwealth University