Emory Match Day 2018

The Department of Medicine is thrilled to introduce the incoming 2018-2019 J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency program interns. This rising class of 56 candidates will begin their residencies this July. They include 44 categorical track, two combined internal medicine/psychiatry track, eight in primary care, and two research track (one each in Cardiology and Infectious Diseases).

Match Day is the culmination of our annual recruitment season and celebrates a defining moment in these young physicians’ careers. This year, we received more than 5,700 applications for just over 500 interview spots, to recruit a class of 56 highly talented trainees. Our incoming class represents 34 medical schools from across the country, with three graduates from international medical schools, and nine candidates from Emory University School of Medicine.

Categorical Track

  • Eric Baken, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Dylan Baker, St. George’s University of London
  • Courtney Bess, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Nour Beydoun, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
  • John Bloch, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Matthew J. Brown, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
  • Matthew T. Brown, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Matthew Butters, Creighton University School of Medicine
  • Lucia Cotten, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Shivang Desai, New York University School of Medicine
  • Nikesh Doshi, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Melroy D’Souza, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Leyla Fowe Makue, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Sneha Ramya Gadi, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Allie Goins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Annie Ho, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
  • Samuel Huxley, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Elizabeth Iffrig, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Rahul Kamath, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
  • Angelos Karagiannis, University of Athens School of Health Sciences
  • Lakshmi Katta, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
  • Tanya Khasnavis, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Sindhu Kilakkathi, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Juhee Kim, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Amol Koldhekar, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Frances Lee, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Alexander Magee, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Jennifer Marks, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Collins Mbonu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Gabrielle Morris, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
  • Katherine Rhoades, Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Layal Sayegh, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Hamdi Sherif, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Graham Smith, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Robert Spandorfer, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Melissa Taylor, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Victoria Tecca, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Hayley Tseng, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School
  • Alexander Vakili, Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Vanessa Van Doren, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Shaunak Varma, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Pooja Vijayvargiya, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
  • Sarah Wondmeneh, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
  • Joshua Zuniga, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Track

  • Nathan Scheiner, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Daiysha Smith, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Primary Care Track

  • Adam Attaar, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Tammy Chuang, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Joshua Cutler, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Lavanya Dharmarajan, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • John Diehl, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Austin Gitomer, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Vanessa Kung, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Mary Michaels, Emory University School of Medicine

Research Track 

  • Talha Ijaz, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine (Cardiology)
  • Gregory Damhorst, University of Illinois College of Medicine – Urbana (Infectious Diseases)

We look forward to welcoming our new residents to the Emory family and supporting them to become the next generation of health care leaders. Over the course of their training, they will be exposed to a comprehensive, innovative medical curriculum that reflects the Emory University School of Medicine’s tripartite mission of education, research, and clinical care. Congratulations to our incoming residents!

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