Internal Medicine Residency

Graduates


UMKC Internal Medicine residency graduates take many different career paths after graduation.

Here is a list, and where they went on completion of their residency training.

2024

Chief Residents

Khalid Abdalla, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Samantha L. M. Winstead, MD – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Outpatient, Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s, Grafton, WI

Preliminary Program Graduates

Evan Caston, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Laura Drew-Bear, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Jordan Held, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
J Mitch Kunzeman, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Kevin Varghese, MD – Dermatology Residency, The University of Kansas , Kansas City, KS
Morgan Vogt, MD – 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, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA
Kashvi Gupta, MD, MPH – Nephrology Fellowship, University of California- San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Mariam Haji, MD – Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Noor Hassan, MD – Internal Medicine Chief, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Ali Ibrahim, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fouad Jaber, MD, MS – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center, Houston, TX
Vinay Jahagirdar, MBBS – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Roopesh Sai Jakulla, MBBS, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Abat Khan, MD – Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Healthcare System, Pembroke Pines, FL
Michael Andrew Manalo, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Yaman Mkhaimer, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Washington University, St Louis, MO
Islam Hassan Mohamed, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Mohamed Saber Mohamed, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT
Ali Naveed, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Rawan Rajab, MD Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Brian Schroeder, MD – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Cody Shopper, DO – Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Nadia Sultan, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel, NJ
Jennifer von Ende, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

2023

Chief Residents

Ain Ejaz, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Johana Mejias-Beck, MD – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

Preliminary Program Graduates

Caitlin Armstrong, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Daniel Merrill, DO – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Hospitalist, Northern Arizona Healthcare, Flagstaff, AZ
Taylor Needham, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Advent Health, Shawnee Mission, K
Jennifer Paumen, MD – Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Outpatient, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Samantha Winstead, MD – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Categorical Program Graduates

Khalid Abdalla, MD – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Mohamed Ahmed, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Ameer Al-Ghalailat, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Salem Health, Salem, OR
Sara Brigham, DO – Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Reuben De Almeida, MD – Endocrinology Fellowship, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Kristen Eckert, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Ahmed ElBallat, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, HCA Healthcare, Kansas City, MO
Marwa Elsayed, MD – Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Christina Gomez, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Preetham Gunta, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Patrick Kane, MD – Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Sohaib Khatib, MD – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida COM-Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
Abhay Mishra, MD, MRCP – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Kareem Mohamed, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT
Wael Mohamed, MD – Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Nisha Patel, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
David Roelofsz, MD – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Heath Turner, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Providence Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
Aamer Ubaid, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Kevin Wang, MD – Critical Care Fellowship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

2022

Chief Residents

Raed Qarajeh, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Stephanie Suddaby, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Preliminary Program Graduates

Gayathri Krishna Kumar, MD – Critical Care Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Charles Maloy, DO – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Johana Mejias-Beck, MD – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Sindhura Pisipati, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Denver, CO
Andrew Shore, DO – Combined Outpatient Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Swope Health System, Kansas City, MO
Rachel Warnert, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Mosaic Medical Center, St. Joseph, MO

Categorical Program Graduates

Abdelrhman Abumoawad, MD – Vascular Medicine Fellowship Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Hamzah Abu-Sbeih, MD, MSc – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Kathleen M. Adams, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ohio Health Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
Ibrahim Alakhras, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, McFarland Clinic, Ames, IA
Mohammed Alqawasma, MD – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Suveen Angraal, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ain Ejaz, MD – Internal Medicine Chief Resident , University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Joel Garza, DO – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX
Rebecca Maltsev, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Khushwant Singh Mangat, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV
Adel Muhanna, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship , University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Osama Okasha, MD – Cardiology Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Sindhuja Palle, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, UConn Hartford, Hartford, CT
Taher Sabobeh, MD – Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Yasser Sammour, MD, MSc – Cardiology Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Islam Shatla, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Mallak Zatreh, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS

2021

Chief Residents

Joanne Loethen, MD – Internal Medicine-Pediatric Primary Care, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Laith Numan, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

Preliminary Program Graduates

Kristen Crane, DO – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency – Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Derick Davis, MD – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency – Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Connor Ferguson, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Karen Figenshau, MD – Dermatology Residency, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Andrea Hinton, MD – Dermatology Residency, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Matthew Hupy, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Christopher Lee, MD – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency – University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Madison Looney, MD – Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Sheila Maillard, DO – Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Marc Mardelli, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Derek Schirmer, DO – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Lumi Sokunbi, MD – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency– Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Categorical Program Graduates

Islam Abdelkarim, MD, MSc – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
Anas Al Bawaliz, MD – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Ahmad Al-Shyoukh, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Diala Alawneh, MD – Rheumatology Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Reda Asad, MD – Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Sheetal Bulchandani, MD – Endocrinology Fellowship, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Suguni Loku Galappaththy, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Mary Grace Hopper, DO – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Rahul Myadam, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Raed Qarajeh, MD – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Dushyant Ramakrishnan, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Ray Segebrecht, MD – Docent & Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Anu Singh, MD – Preventive Cardiology Fellowship, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Claire Smith, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Weight Loss Management, Hannibal Clinic & Hannibal Regional Hospital, Hannibal, MO
Stephanie Suddaby, MD – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Benjamin Whitt, MD – Infectious Disease Fellowship, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Harris Zamir, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

2020

Chief Residents

Laith Derbas, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Anweshan Samanta, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Preliminary Program Graduates

Georgeanna Cornell, DO – Dermatology Residency, St. Joseph Mercy Livingston, Howell, MI
Matthew DaCunha, MD – Dermatology Residency, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Allison Drummond, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Darryl (“DJ”) Kemp, MD – Diagnostic Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Ryan Lee, MD – Anesthesiology Residency, University of Washington Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Sarah Pourakbar, MD – Dermatology residency, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Laura Russell, MD – Dermatology Research Fellowship, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Hollister Swanson, MD – Ophthalmology Residency, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Carley Trentman, MD – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY

Categorical Program Graduates

Samia Asif, MD – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical, Center, Omaha, NE
Waled Bahaj, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Mahak Chauhan, MD – Hepatology Fellowship, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Ahmed Elkafrawy, MD – Hepatology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Ahmed Elkaryoni, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Anahat Kaur, MD – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, Albert Einstein Medical College/Jacobi Medical Center, New York City, NY
Ghazal Khan, MD – Registrar Medical Officer, West Gippsland Healthcare Group, Victoria, Australia
Shahryar Khan, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
Anthony Makovec, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Anas Noman, MD – Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Laith Nu’man, MD – Chief Resident, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD – Hematology – Oncology Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Aref Qureini, MD, MPH – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, DHR and Knapp Medical Center, McAllen, TX
Lyla Saeed, MD – Gastroenterology Fellowship, DHR Hospital, McAllen, TX
Alison Scharber, DO – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Southdale Hospital, Edina, MN
Andrew Tomaw, DO, MBA – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, IL
Moustafa Younis, MD – Internal Medicine Hospitalist, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS