Match Day 2019: The Department of Medicine welcomes 56 incoming residents

The Department of Medicine is thrilled to introduce the incoming 2019-2020 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 primary care track, and two cardiology research track.

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 4,900 applications for approximately 500 interview spots, to recruit a class of highly talented trainees. Our incoming class represents 34 medical schools from across the country, with 12 candidates from Emory University School of Medicine.

See below for the full match list:

Categorical Track

  • Shub Agrawal, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Avni Amratia, Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Ankur Aneja, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Franck Azobou Tonleu, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Mitchel Banks, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Deannys Batista, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
  • Thomas Bigham, Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Lucie Calderon, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
  • Avery Calhoun, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Patricia Cheung, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Alexander Commanday, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Ryan Cousins, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • James Denham, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
  • Krisha Desai, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Kelly Dyer, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Yetunde Fatade, Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Hanna Freeman, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Lehman Godwin, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Marc Hersh, Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
  • Jonathan Huang, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Maya Isaacsohn, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Christopher Kinter, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
  • Lawson McDonald, Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  • Brandon Muckley, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Billy Mullinax, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
  • Anudeep Neelam, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Parth Patel, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Bhamini Patel, Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Sindhu Prabakaran, Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Prevot, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
  • Derrick Emerson Ridley Jr., Emory University School of Medicine
  • Austin Rim, University of Illinois College of Medicine – Peoria
  • Raha Sadjadi, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Farmin Samareh-Jahani, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
  • Pranav Santapuram, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Arielle Schwartz, Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Kevin Shah, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Joseph Sharp, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Nathan Steele, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
  • Stephanie Sweitzer, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • James Taylor, Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  • Nishant Vatsa, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • John Wight, Emory University School of Medicine
  • David Wilhoite, East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Track

  • Nora Loughry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Margaret To, Emory University School of Medicine

Primary Care Track

  • Shavonne Collins, Meharry Medical College
  • Amara Fazal, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
  • Alex Galloway, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Vaishnavi Lanka, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Nicole Treadway, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Ashley Urrutia, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Cristina Vellozzi-Averhoff, Emory University School of Medicine
  • David Wang, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Research Track 

  • Stephen Linderman, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (Cardiology)
  • James Wodicka, Indiana University School of Medicine (Cardiology)

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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