Alumni

Life After Residency

Our residents leave the program well-prepared for followships and practice in a number of different settings. The following figures show where our 2007-2023 graduates have go on to work post residency.

  • Primary care: 39%
  • Fellowship: 26%
  • Medicine hospitalist: 26%
  • MedPeds hospitalist: 9%

Fellowships matched since 2007

  • Critical care
  • Pediatric critical care
  • Point of care ultrasound
  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric hospital medicine
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Pediatric rheumatology
  • Combined rheumatology
  • Geriatrics
  • Combined infectious disease
  • Infectious disease
  • Sports medicine
  • Neonatal and perinatal medicine
  • Weight management
  • Hematology and oncology
  • Allergy and immunology
  • Dermatology residency
  • And more

Our Alumni

Samantha Winstead  UMKC Internal Medicine Chief Resident
Caitlin Armstrong  Hospitalist, SLH KC
Daniel Merril  MedPeds Hospitalist, Flagstaff, AZ
Taylor Needham  Hospitalist, Advent Health, KC
Jeni Paumen  Academic MedPeds Primary Care, UH, Kansas City, MO

Gayathri Kumar  Critical Care Fellowship- Cleveland Clinic
Charles Maloy Hospitalist, SLH KC
Johana Mejias-Beck IM Chief – UMKC
Sindhura Pisipati Hospitalist, Colorado
Andrew Shore Primary Care, Swope Park, KCMO
Rachel Warnert Hospitalist, Mosaic, St Joseph, MO

Scott Biggerstaff  POCUS Fellowship, Oregon
Nick Gier — Primary Care, Swope Park, KCMO
Kristen Jones — Critical Care Fellowship, UMKC
Anna Nicek — Hospitalist, SLH KC
Matthew Warren — Cardiology fellowship, Texas
Kaitlin Wittler — Primary Care, University Health, Kansas City

Nicholas Gier Hospitalist – Kansas City Metro
Jonathan Kendall IM Hospitalist/IM-Peds Clinic-Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Andre Koop Hospitalist – Sound Physicians, Wichita, KS
Olivia Kwan Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship – Indiana University
Joanne Loethen IM Chief Resident UMKC – Kansas City, MO
Micah Warren Geriatric Fellowship UMKC – Kansas City, MO

Jayme Kwak Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Hospitalist, Illinois
Clayton Mowrer Combined Infectious Disease Fellowship, Omaha, NE
Kyle Reed Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Primary Care, Liberty, MO
Paymon Savoji Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Kansas City, MO
Katelyn Smelser Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Kansas City, MO
Jared Willard Sports Medicine Fellowship, Nashville, TN

Aunya Cameron, M.D. — Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Primary Care, KS
Jane Duong, M.D. — Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Hospitalist, Cleveland OH
Jamesia Donato, M.D. — Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City MO
Jeremy Jennings, D.O. — Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Traditional Practice, Glacier
Medical Associates, Whitefish MT
Danny Lambrecht, M.D. — Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Primary Care, University of Colorado Health, Sterling CO
Ramy Sayed, M.D. — Internal Medicine: Pediatrics Traditional Practice, Smyrna TN

Jeremy Avila, M.D. — Combined Primary Care, Memphis, TN
Mara Horwitz, M.D. — Combined Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Matt Lindquist, M.D. — Weight Management Clinic, Kansas City MO
Amanda Sommerville, M.D. — Academic MedPeds Primary Care, Kansas City, MO
Shubra Srinivas, M.D. — Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospitalist, Omaha, NE
Simmi Arora, M.D. — Hematology/Oncology Fellowship

Maggie Bozarth, M.D.  Primary Care, Saint Luke’s South, OPKS
Tray Sifers, M.D. Served as an internal medicine chief 2016-2017 and currently Allergy/Immunology Fellowship in Mt. Sinai
James Kim, M.D.  Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Saint Luke’s Hospital, KCMO
Kristin Hirni, M.D.  Hospitalist, Menorah Medical Center, OPKS
Leah Brandon, D.O.  Primary Care, Mercy Clinics, Des Moines, IA

Heather Doss, M.D. Internal Medicine- Pediatrics Primary Care Liberty, MO
Jacqueline Kitchen, M.D. — Program Director of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics UMKC Nicholas Madden, M.D. – Private Practice, Atlanta, GA
Matt Schmitt, M.D. Hospitalist, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO  *Served as an internal medicine chief 2015-2016
Ryan Stone, D.O.  MedPeds Hospitalist, Schmeck Medical Center, Seymour, IN
Trey Thomason, D.O. Primary Care MedPeds, Hinton, OK

Kristy Jones, D.O.  — Hospitalist, Bentonville, AR
Jennifer Nguyen, M.D.  Primary Care, St. Louis, MO
Jennifer Paisley, M.D. — Primary Care, Newton, IA
Buddy Rogers, D.O. — Primary Care, Kansas City, MO
Kevin Wherry, M.D. — Primary Care, Lincoln City, OR

Chris Fitzgerald, M.D. — Primary Care Kaiser Permanente, Beverly Hills, CA
Brian Haas, M.D. — Hospitalist at Centerpoint Medical Center, Lees Summit, MO
Emily Haury, M.D.  Academic MedPeds, UMKC, KCM
Ashley Matthews,  M.D. — Primary Care, Saint Luke’s North, KCMO
Carmen Storm,  M.D.  Primary Care Heartland Clinic, St. Joseph, MO
Casey Willimann,  M.D.  Primary Care, Santa Barbara, CA

Adrian Chen, M.D.  Primary Care, Mosaic Healthcare SystemGladstone, MO
Hon Dang, M.D. Hospitalist: HCA, OPKS
Samantha Hatfield, M.D. Primary Care, Walnut Ridge, AR
Health Wilt, D.O. Cardiologist, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, OPKS

Neal Anson, M.D. Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Practice, Liberty MO
Alan Chan, M.D. MedPeds Hospitalist, Orlando, FL
Matthew Garrison, M.D. Hospitalist, Johnson City, Tennessee
Seiji Ito, M.D. Adult and Pediatric Cardiologist, MD
Nicole Poppinga, M.D. Primary Care,  Pierre, South Dakota
Molly Uhlenhake, D.O. Academic MedPeds, UMKC, KCMO

Angela Canady, M.D. Allergy/Immunology, Fishman Allergy & Asthma Providers, Washington, DC
Jennifer Flint, M.D. Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Chelsey Grimm, M.D. Hospitalist, Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority, Chattanooga, TN

Elizabeth Kay Gerstner, M.D. Primary Care, Liberty Clinic, Liberty MO
David McCrary, M.D. Infectious Disease, West County Adult Medicine, Chesterfield, MO
Michael Nyp, D.O. Neonatologist, Children’s Mercy Hospital, KCMO
Christopher Turner, M.D. Hospitalist, Med-Peds, Nashville, TN

Nichole Clark, D.O. Pulmonary/Critical Care, Research Medical Center, KCMO
Hillary Lawrence, M.D. Dermatology Residency, University of Kansas Medical Center
Stephanie Sypniewski, M.D. Private Practice Med-Peds, Houston TX
Anthony Zeimet, D.O. Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Missouri – Columbia

Leticia Alaniz, M.D. Private Practice Med-Peds, Rolla MO
Paul Johnson, D.O. Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Hospital
Jennifer McBride, M.D. Academic Med-Peds, University of Missouri Kansas City