Alumni
UMKC Internal Medicine residency graduates take many different career paths after graduation. This list shows where they went after completing their residency training.
Chief residents
Khalid Abdalla, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Samantha L. M. Winstead, M.D. – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Outpatient, Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s, Grafton, WI
Preliminary program graduates
Evan Caston, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Laura Drew-Bear, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Jordan Held, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
J Mitch Kunzeman, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Kevin Varghese, M.D. – Dermatology Residency, The University of Kansas , Kansas City, KS
Morgan Vogt, M.D. – Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Categorical program graduates
Ifrah Fatima, MBBS – Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Keerat Gill, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA
Kashvi Gupta, M.D., MPH – Nephrology Fellowship, University of California- San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Mariam Haji, M.D. – Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Noor Hassan, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Ali Ibrahim, M.D. – Cardiology Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fouad Jaber, M.D., M.S. – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center, Houston, TX
Vinay Jahagirdar, MBBS – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Roopesh Sai Jakulla, MBBS, M.D. – Cardiology Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Abat Khan, M.D. – Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Healthcare System, Pembroke Pines, FL
Michael Andrew Manalo, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Yaman Mkhaimer, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Washington University, St Louis, MO
Islam Hassan Mohamed, M.D. – Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Mohamed Saber Mohamed, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT
Ali Naveed, M.D. – Cardiology Fellowship, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Rawan Rajab, M.D. Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Brian Schroeder, M.D. – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Cody Shopper, D.O. – Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Nadia Sultan, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Bayshore Medical Center, HolM.D.el, NJ
Jennifer von Ende, M.D. – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
Cheif residents
Ain Ejaz, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Johana Mejias-Beck, M.D. – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Preliminary program graduates
Caitlin Armstrong, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Daniel Merrill, D.O. – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Hospitalist, Northern Arizona Healthcare, Flagstaff, AZ
Taylor Needham, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Advent Health, Shawnee Mission, K
Jennifer Paumen, M.D. – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Outpatient, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Samantha Winstead, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Categorical program graduates
Khalid Abdalla, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Mohamed Ahmed, M.D. – Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Ameer Al-Ghalailat, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Salem Health, Salem, OR
Sara Brigham, D.O. – Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Reuben De Almeida, M.D. – Endocrinology Fellowship, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Kristen Eckert, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Ahmed ElBallat, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, HCA Healthcare, Kansas City, MO
Marwa Elsayed, M.D. – Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Christina Gomez, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Preetham Gunta, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Patrick Kane, M.D. – Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Sohaib Khatib, M.D. – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida COM-Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
Abhay Mishra, M.D., MRCP – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Kareem Mohamed, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT
Wael Mohamed, M.D. – Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Nisha Patel, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
David Roelofsz, M.D. – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Heath Turner, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Providence Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
Aamer Ubaid, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Kevin Wang, M.D. – Critical Care Fellowship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Cheif residents
Raed Qarajeh, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Stephanie Suddaby, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Preliminary program graduates
Gayathri Krishna Kumar, M.D. – Critical Care Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Charles Maloy, D.O. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Johana Mejias-Beck, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Sindhura Pisipati, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Denver, CO
Andrew Shore, D.O. – Combined Outpatient Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Swope Health System, Kansas City, MO
Rachel Warnert, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Mosaic Medical Center, St. Joseph, MO
Categorical program graduates
Abdelrhman Abumoawad, M.D. – Vascular Medicine Fellowship Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Hamzah Abu-Sbeih, M.D., MSc – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Kathleen M. Adams, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ohio Health Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
Ibrahim Alakhras, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, McFarland Clinic, Ames, IA
Mohammed Alqawasma, M.D. – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Suveen Angraal, M.D. – Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ain Ejaz, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief Resident , University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Joel Garza, D.O. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX
Rebecca Maltsev, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Khushwant Singh Mangat, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV
Adel Muhanna, M.D. – Gastroenterology Fellowship , University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Osama Okasha, M.D. – Cardiology Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Sindhuja Palle, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, UConn Hartford, Hartford, CT
Taher Sabobeh, M.D. – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Yasser Sammour, M.D., MSc – Cardiology Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Islam Shatla, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Mallak Zatreh, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS
Cheif residents
Joanne Loethen, M.D. – Internal Medicine-Pediatric Primary Care, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Laith Numan, M.D. – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Preliminary program graduates
Kristen Crane, D.O. – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency – Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Derick Davis, M.D. – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency – Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Connor Ferguson, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Karen Figenshau, M.D. – Dermatology Residency, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Andrea Hinton, M.D. – Dermatology Residency, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Matthew Hupy, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Christopher Lee, M.D. – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency – University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Madison Looney, M.D. – Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Sheila Maillard, D.O. – Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Marc Mardelli, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Derek Schirmer, D.O. – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Lumi Sokunbi, M.D. – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency– Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Categorical program graduates
Islam Abdelkarim, M.D., MSc – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
Anas Al Bawaliz, M.D. – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Ahmad Al-Shyoukh, M.D. – Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Diala Alawneh, M.D. – Rheumatology Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Reda Asad, M.D. – Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Sheetal Bulchandani, M.D. – Endocrinology Fellowship, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Suguni Loku Galappaththy, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Mary Grace Hopper, D.O. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Rahul Myadam, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Raed Qarajeh, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Dushyant Ramakrishnan, M.D. – Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Ray Segebrecht, M.D. – Docent and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Anu Singh, M.D. – Preventive Cardiology Fellowship, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Claire Smith, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Weight Loss Management, Hannibal Clinic and Hannibal Regional Hospital, Hannibal, MO
Stephanie Suddaby, M.D. – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Benjamin Whitt, M.D. – Infectious Disease Fellowship, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Harris Zamir, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Cheif residents
Laith Derbas, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Anweshan Samanta, M.D. – Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, M.D.
Preliminary program graduates
Georgeanna Cornell, D.O. – Dermatology Residency, St. Joseph Mercy Livingston, Howell, MI
Matthew DaCunha, M.D. – Dermatology Residency, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Allison Drummond, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Darryl (“DJ”) Kemp, M.D. – Diagnostic Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Ryan Lee, M.D. – Anesthesiology Residency, University of Washington Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Sarah Pourakbar, M.D. – Dermatology residency, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Laura Russell, M.D. – Dermatology Research Fellowship, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Hollister Swanson, M.D. – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Carley Trentman, M.D. – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
Categorical program graduates
Samia Asif, M.D. – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical, Center, Omaha, NE
Waled Bahaj, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Mahak Chauhan, M.D. – Hepatology Fellowship, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, M.D.
Ahmed Elkafrawy, M.D. – Hepatology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Ahmed Elkaryoni, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Anahat Kaur, M.D. – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, Albert Einstein Medical College/Jacobi Medical Center, New York City, NY
Ghazal Khan, M.D. – Registrar Medical Officer, West Gippsland Healthcare Group, Victoria, Australia
Shahryar Khan, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
Anthony Makovec, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Anas Noman, M.D. – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Laith Nu’man, M.D. – Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Thomas Odeny, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, M.D.
Aref Qureini, M.D., M.P.H. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, DHR and Knapp Medical Center, McAllen, TX
Lyla Saeed, M.D. – Gastroenterology Fellowship, DHR Hospital, McAllen, TX
Alison Scharber, D.O. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Southdale Hospital, Edina, MN
Andrew Tomaw, D.O., MBA – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, IL
Moustafa Younis, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS