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Department of Medicine 2026 Fellowship Matches

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The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that we have 77 matched fellows. These physicians bring talent, curiosity and drive to their program built on teamwork and discovery.

Please view the list below for more information about each.

Fellowships

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology

Sarah LoCoco, MD
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Cardiovascular Disease

Patricia Carey, MD Residency: Mayo Clinic
Ahmed Diab, MBBCh
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Rondalyn Dickens, MD
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
Iuri Ferreira Felix, MD
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Sanjana Garimella, MD
Residency: Yale
Ishani Joshi, MD
Residency: University of Washington
Dev Patel, MD
Residency: Case Western Reserve
Sarah Ream-Winnick, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Hoda Sayegh, MD
Residency: Stanford
Hernan Vera-Sarmiento, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Ralph Zeitoun, MD
Residency: Johns Hopkins
David Zhang, MD, PhD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Joshua Epstein, MD
Residency: University of Utah
Tabitha Lobo, MD
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Binish Qureshi, MD
Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital

Interventional Cardiology

Sierra Dickey, DO
Residency: Saint Louis University
Mohamed Salih, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Shreyas Venkataraman, MBBS
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Structural Heart Disease

Sandeep Randhawa, MBBS
Residency: University of Hawaii

Allergy & Immunology

Brooks Brodrick, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Kentucky
Luke Heil, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Kentucky
Tevon Hood, DO
Residency: UT Austin Dell Medical School
Helena Ma, MD
Residency: University of Wisconsin

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Elizabeth Abou Diwan, MD
Residency: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Osler Medical
John Chung, MD
Residency: Ascension Saint Francis Hospital
Soo-Hyun Lee, MD
Residency: Greenwich Hospital
Binita Neupane, MB, BS
Residency: Rochester General Hospital

Gastroenterology

Omar Al Ta’ani, MD
Residency: Allegheny Health Network
Seema Belani, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
John Deng, MD
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
Nitin “Bobby” Desai, MD
Residency: Saint Louis University
Sanjay Gadi, MD
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Abdulrahman Ibn Awadh, MBBS
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Timothy Shu, MD
Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Anila Vasireddy, MBBS
Residency: University of Pennsylvania

Geriatric Medicine

Alex Ramos, MD
Residency: Campbell University Jerry M Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Hematology-Oncology

Sumaiya Alam, MD
Residency: Emory University – J. Willis Hurst Program
Simon-Bakhos Bechara, MD
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Danielle Cicka, MD, PhD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Amanda Golden, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Emily Higgs, MD, PhD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Guido Pelaez, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Kevin Tamadonfar, MD, PhD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Shaili Tapiavala, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Keval Yerigeri, MD
Residency: Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Sadhika Jagannathan, MD
Residency: Weill Cornell Medicine
Mikayla Satchell, MD
Residency: West Virginia University

Infectious Diseases

Marcela Araujo de Oliveira Santana, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis/
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Daisy Fernandez, MD
Residency: University of Southern California
Joshua Klinnert, DO
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch
Justin Klucher, MD
Residency: University of Maryland
Laura Mallinger, DO
Residency: Advocate Christ Medical Center

Micrographic Surgery & Dermatologic Oncology

Chase Pitchford, MD
Residency: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Bianca Uzoma, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis

Nephrology

Annesha Banerjee, MD
Annesha Banerjee, MD
Residency: Stony Brook University Hospital
Dina Elsayed, MBBS
Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Irvianny Madera, MD
Residency: CUNY School of Medicine
Dean Mellas, MD
Residency: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Divya Sharma Divyadarshini, MBBS
Residency: The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Daniel Zamanian, MD
Residency: Willis Knighton Health

Critical Care

Matthew Cornelison, MD
Residency: University of Alabama Birmingham
Christian Hendrix, MD
Residency: Saint Louis University
Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, MBBS
Residency: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker
Curtis Wentz, MD
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Interventional Pulmonology

Sai Anoosh Parimi, MBBS
Residency: Albany Medical Center

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Joel Mintz, MD
Residency: University of Miami
Lauren Petersen, MD
Residency: University of Cincinnati
Yazan Sawalha, MD
Residency: Georgetown University
Hannah Smith, MD
Residency: UT Southwest Medical Center
Nicholas Viyuoh, MD
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Tyler Wall, MD
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern

Pediatric Dermatology

Cory Jonak, MD
Residency: SSM Saint Louis University

Rheumatology

Angela Cattani, MD
Residency: Boston Medical Center
Sana Cheema, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Meagan Chriswell, MD, PhD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Chen-Chung (Steven) Liu, MD
Residency: University of Missouri