Program Overview

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Internal Medicine Program

The Internal Medicine program at UTMB offers a comprehensive education and training experience for residents. The program is designed to provide a strong foundation in clinical medicine, research, and leadership.

Divisions

The Internal Medicine program is divided into several sections, including:

• Allergy & Immunology
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• General Medicine
• Geriatrics Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Medical Oncology & Hematology
• Nephrology
• Palliative Medicine
• Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
• Rheumatology

Patient Care

The program provides patient care through various clinics and faculty practices. Residents have the opportunity to work with experienced faculty members and gain hands-on experience in patient care.

Education

The Internal Medicine program offers a range of educational opportunities, including:

• Residency Program
• Fellowship Programs
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses
• Grand Rounds and conferences

Research

The program is actively involved in research, with faculty members and residents participating in various studies and projects. Research areas include:

• Major Research
• Research Opportunities
• Research Initiatives

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Internal Medicine program includes:

• Clinical Training Sites
• Inpatient Training
• Outpatient Training
• Conferences and seminars
• Simulation and POCUS (Point-of-Care Ultrasound) training
• Board Preparation
• QI (Quality Improvement) and Patient Safety
• Research and Community Medicine
• Wellness and career development

Career Development

The program offers career development opportunities, including:

• Fellowships
• Primary Care
• Hospitalist Medicine
• Mentoring Program

Graduates

The program has a strong track record of placing graduates in prestigious fellowship programs and employment positions. Recent graduates have gone on to pursue careers in:

• Academic Medicine
• Private Practice
• Research
• Hospitalist Medicine
• Fellowship Programs

Graduates by Year

The following is a list of graduates from the Internal Medicine program at UTMB, organized by year:

2025 Graduates

• Alnaher, Mohammed: Hospitalist, Nevada
• Barratt, Jonathan: Allergy and Immunology, UT Health Houston
• Bilal, Ali: Hospitalist, Houston, Texas
• Fernandez, David: Primary Care, Boston, Massachusetts
• Hamza, Izhan: Cardiology, UTMB Galveston
• Harmouch, Wissam: Cardiology, UTMB Galveston
• Karnkowska, Barbara: Cardiology, UTMB Galveston
• Khan, Ayesha: Gastroenterology, University of Nevada
• Kolei, Meghana: Endocrinology, Brown
• Kumar, Anand: Transplant Nephrology, Johns Hopkins Baltimore
• MacGregor, Michael: Hospitalist, Dallas, Texas
• Malik, Hamza: Cardiology, Medical City Fort Worth
• McHenry, James: Chief Resident / Hematology - Oncology, UTMB Galveston
• Menon, Raakhi: Chief Resident / Gastroenterology, UTMB Galveston
• Mixon, Katie: Academic Hospitalist, UTMB Galveston
• Movva, Giri: Hepatology, Mercy Medical Center
• Munawar, Leena: Allergy and Immunology, West Virginia University
• Mushtaq, Muhammad: Gastroenterology, UTMB Galveston
• Obeidat, Kinan: Academic Hospitalist, Yale
• Patel, Alokika: Chief Resident / Hospitalist, UTMB Galveston
• Phan, Michael: Primary Care, Houston, Texas
• Roy, Mathews: Hematology / Oncology, Houston Methodist
• Shaji, Shini: Chief Resident / General Internal Medicine, UTMB Galveston
• Tan, Suyuan: Hospitalist, Houston, Texas
• Thomas, Andrew: Primary Care, Fort Worth, Texas
• Tift, Clara: Infectious Disease, University of Michigan
• Yaqub, Maha: Cardiology, Baylor Scott and White Round Rock

2024 Graduates

• Abdul-Baki, Kian: Internal Medicine Nocturnist, UTMB Galveston
• Ameri, Moe: Pulmonary/ Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine
• Butt, Edward: Gastroenterology, UTMB Galveston
• Byers, Sean: Hospitalist, Oregon
• Chowdhury, Anni: Gastroenterology, UTMB-MDACC
• Cronin, Kelly: Allergy and Immunology, Emory University
• DeLuca, Jessica: Hospitalist, North Carolina
• Fernandez-Lopez, Kristel: Academic Primary Care, UT Rio Grande Valley
• Gajjar, Nishan: Hospitalist, San Antonio, Texas
• Guajardo, Isabella: Pulmonary / Critical Care, UT Austin Dell
• Javed, Mahnoor: Rheumatology, Houston Methodist
• Lalani, Elisha: Hospitalist, Houston, Texas
• Lee, Eugene: Gastroenterology, UT Tyler
• Loghin, Andrei: Cardiology, UTMB Galveston
• Lu, Vinh: Rheumatology, UTMB Galveston
• Mai, Steven: Cardiology, UTMB Galveston
• Malone, Jordan: Chief Resident / Gastroenterology, UTMB Galveston
• Prasad, Nikita: Endocrinology, Houston Methodist
• Rasmussen, Peter: Cardiology, UTMB Galveston
• Safder, Zaid: Hospitalist, Houston, Texas
• Salim, Hamza: Hospitalist, Houston, Texas
• Scott, James: Chief Resident / Hospitalist, UTMB Galveston
• Shofner, Daniel: Hematology / Oncology, UTMB Galveston
• Smith, Mark: Hospitalist, Austin, Texas
• Sunku, Ramya: Pulmonary / Critical Care, UTMB Galveston
• Victory, Melissa: Chief Resident / Academic Primary Care, UTMB Galveston
• Xavier, Matthew: Hospitalist, Austin, Texas
• Ynalvez, Marcus: Chief Resident / Hospitalist, UTMB Galveston
• Zafar, Sameen: Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine

2023 Graduates

• Ali, Shermeen: Hospital Medicine, Dallas
• Anthony, Michael: Gastroenterology, MD Anderson/UTMB
• Archbold, Anna: Chief Resident, UTMB
• Alruwaili, Faisal: Hospital Medicine, Houston
• Baker, Bryan: Cardiology, Baylor Scott and White, Temple
• Bhakta, Pooja: Oncology and Hematology, UTMB
• Cabello, Rafael: Hospital Medicine, Houston
• Deaa, Abu Jazar: Cardiology, UTMB
• Dostal, Carlos: Academic GIM, UTMB
• Garza, Ivana: Cardiology, UTMB
• Gandhi, Ronak: Rheumatology, UTMB
• Greiner, Benjamin: Primary Care Physician, Oklahoma
• Hong, Jimmy: Cardiology, UTMB
• Jancovich, Michael: Hospital Medicine, Illinois
• Jenkins, Sarah: Chief Resident, UTMB
• John, Jaison: Cardiology, Baylor Scott and White, Temple
• Joo, Michael: Pulmonary Critical Care, UTMB
• Kanwar, Meeta: Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Baylor College of Medicine
• Lee, Marissa: Chief Resident, UTMB
• Orndorff, Joseph: Chief Resident, UTMB
• Patel, Chandani: Academic Hospitalist, Dartmouth
• Patel, Milee: Oncology and Hematology, UTMB
• Pham, Christine: Hospital Medicine, Houston
• Salazar, Leonardo: Allergy & Immunology, UTMB
• Salehin, Salman: Cardiology, UTMB
• Shaim, Hila: Oncology and Hematology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Stanton, Daniel: Infectious Disease, UTMB
• Tipton, Shelby: Hospital Medicine, Indiana
• Wilson, Kyle: Pulmonary Critical Care, UT San Antonio

2022 Graduates

• Abrol, Robinder: Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Adame, Michael: Allergy/Immunology, UTMB
• Alex, Mica: Cardiology, Baylor Plano
• Babu, Shilka: Primary Care Physician, Houston
• Bodani, Riddhi: Primary Care Physician, Houston
• Brown, Kevin: Hospitalist, Idaho
• Campos, Christopher: Private Practice, Houston
• Castillo, Jorge: Academic, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dang, Alexander: Chief Resident, Cardiology, UTMB
• Davis, Elizabeth: Chief Resident, Cardiology, UTMB
• Duong, Brittany: Pulmonology/Critical Care, UTMB
• Guzman, Kevin: Hospitalist, Florida
• Houghton, Thomas: Academic, McGovern Medical School
• Johnson, Joseph: Hospitalist, Iowa
• Joseph, Deepam: Primary Care Physician, Houston
• Liao, En-Szu: Hospitalist, Houston
• Medina-Ortiz, Enrique: Rheumatology, UTMB
• Muraleedharan, Anjali: Nephrology, Duke
• Nguyen, Christopher: Chief Resident, Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Quinones-Lara, Krist: Hospitalist, Florida
• Sood, Akhil: Rheumatology, Stanford
• Syed, Abdul-Rehman: Nephrology, University of Colorado
• Tanveer, Nouman: Hospitalist, Georgia
• Thakker, Ravi: Cardiology, UTMB
• Tran, Minh: Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Wilkerson, Marysuna: Academic, UTMB

2021 Graduates

• Abdallah, Mohammed: Gastroenterology, University of Missouri
• Aboueisha, Aesha: Chief Resident, Academic Medicine, UTMB
• Agarwal, Mayank: Cardiology, UTMB
• Ahmed, Nadia: Chief Resident, Academic Medicine, UTMB
• Ahrendsen, Olivia: Geriatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Baliss, Michelle: Gastroenterology, St. Louis University
• Cannell, Garrett: Hospitalist, Temple, TX
• Faruqi, Jordana: Endocrinology, Baylor-Houston, TX
• Galestanian, Arbi: Rheumatology, The University of Arizona-Tucson
• Gonzalez, Daniel: Rheumatology, UTMB
• Hoffman, Michael: Academic Medicine, UTMB
• Kaushik, Chandni: Hospitalist, Baylor-Dallas, TX
• Kim, Lily: Sleep Medicine, Vanderbilt
• Lee, Abe: Cardiology, Riverside Medical Center
• Lulli, Jose: Cardiology, UTMB
• Madakshire, Rohit: Hospitalist, League City, TX
• Martinez, Josh: Nephrology, Stanford
• Ong, Karen: Aerospace Medicine, UTMB
• Pinsky, Simon: Cardiology, USF Morsani-Bayonet-Florida
• Shaikh, Abdullah: Gastroenterology, UTMB-MDACC
• Sheung, Nicole: Endocrinology, University of Missouri
• Srikanthan, JR: Academic Medicine, UT San Antonio
• Subah, Noor: Cardiology, Mercy One Iowa
• Sweet, DJ: Chief Resident, Academic Medicine, UTMB
• Sydor, Michael: Hospitalist, Spokane, WA
• Vela, Andrew: Hospitalist, Phoenix, AZ

2020 Graduates

• Abifaraj, Farah: Nephrology, Vanderbilt
• Aleter, Omar: Transplant Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic
• Biggs, Sarah: Allergy/Immunology, Medical College of Georgia
• Chatila, Ahmed: Gastroenterology, University of Maryland
• Christians, Nicole: Allergy/Immunology, UTMB
• Conrad, Zane: Infectious Disease, UT Southwestern
• Esclovon, Jonathan: Cardiology, UTMB
• Garvin, Robert: Cardiology, University of Nebraska
• Gonzalez, Juan: Private Practice, West Altoon Gloor Medical Clinic
• Haslam, Samuel: Pulmonary/Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine
• Hornak, Joseph: Infectious Disease, UTMB
• Kesireddy, Meghana: Hematology/Oncology, University of Nebraska
• Khowaja, Tehmina: Academic, UTMB
• Lam, Elizabeth: Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Mamachen, Adarsh: Hospitalist, Rio Grande Valley
• Marcondes, Felippe: Academic General Medicine and Primary Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Mendiola, Vincent: Hematology/Oncology, University of Southern California
• Nguyen, Christine: Academic, Baylor College of Medicine
• Perez, Cesar: Chief Resident, Hospitalist, UTMB
• Perez, Christopher: Chief Resident, Cardiology, UTMB
• Roark, Russell: Gastroenterology, University of Arizona
• Rossitto, Josie: Endocrinology, UTMB
• Samuel, Ronald: Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sly, Zhaunn: Cardiology, Texas Tech HSC
• Suthar, Krishna: Chief Resident, Hematology/Oncology, UTMB
• Tambra, Sarah: Faculty, UTMB - General Medicine
• Tatsch, Tyler: Academic, Baylor College of Medicine
• Tran, Elisa: Private Practice, Baylor University Medical Center

2019 Graduates

• Yamam Al-Saadi: Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Omar Al-Taweel: Cardiology, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Tracy Cable: Infectious Disease, University of Illinois
• Miguel Chavez Concha: Infectious Disease, Washington University in St. Louis
• Rawan Dayah: Chief Resident, Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Elie Dib: Cardiology, Baylor Dallas
• Rigoberto Garza: Allergy/Immunology, UTMB
• Joshua Gavin: Rheumatology, VCU
• Blaine Gilbert: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Kevin Kline: Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Zakari Kwota: Chief Resident, Academic Medicine, UTMB
• Ashish Mamachen: Hospitalist, Harlingen, Texas
• Ebrahim Mogri: Primary care/ Private practice, Houston, Texas
• Anh Quynh Nguyen: Chief Resident, Hematology/Oncology, UTMB
• Bao Xuan Nguyen: Cardiology, UTMB
• Sharon Ogidan: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Anjani Pandya: Endocrinology, Houston Methodist
• Jorge Rodriguez: Cardiology, UTMB
• Jaspreet Sandhu: Primary Care/ Private Practice, Merced, California
• Peter Starr: Primary Care/ Private Practice, Houston, TX
• Bryan Stroud: Hospitalist, Wichita Falls, TX
• Mathuran Sundaramoorthy: Primary Care/ Private Practice, Merced, California
• Obada Tayyem: Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Romin Thomas: Hospitalist, Dallas, Texas
• Judy Trieu: Gastroenterology, Loyola, Chicago

2018 Graduates

• Relindis Awah: Hematology/Oncology, Roger Willliams
• Breanna Campbell: Infectious Disease, UVA
• Gabriel Cintron: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Flor Espinoza: Nephrology, Johns Hopkins
• Chandan Gowda: Hospitalist, Irvine, CA
• Carolyn House: Hospitalist, Ashland, KY
• Joseph Jabbour: Hospitalist, Katy, TX
• Victor Jackson: Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Steve Klimczak: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Truc Le: Gastroenterology, UTMB
• Freweini Lemma: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Briana Lewis: Gastroenterology, MUSC
• Dongming Li: Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Sharon Li: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Toby Matthew: Hospitalist, Austin, TX
• Ebrahim Mogri: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Sima Momin: Primary Care Physician, Sugar Land, TX
• Rose Ngishu: Hospitalist, Altus, OK
• Trinh Nguyen: Pulmonary/Critical Care, Mayo
• Paul Park: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Imran Poonawala: Primary Care Physician, Houston, TX
• Hamzeh Saraireh: Gastroenterology, VCU
• Brittany Schreiber: Nephrology, Harvard - MGH
• Furqan Shah: Cardiology, Scott & White
• Akhil Shenoy: Endocrinology, BCM
• Mark Sides: Oncology, UTMB
• Vu To: Primary Care Physician, Katy, TX

2017 Graduates

• Emily Aaron: Hospitalist, Denver, CO
• Mike Aterno: Hospitalist, Austin, TX
• Nabiha Aziz: Hematology / Oncology, UTMB
• Noreen Baig: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Marshall Bailey: Pulmonary Critical Care, UT Houston
• Jennifer Bell: Cardiology, St. Elizabeth's Boston
• Nithin Bhagwandass: Hospitalist, Galveston, TX
• Prat Chitrapu: Endocrinology, Baylor Houston
• Andrew Coronado: Hospitalist, Dallas, TX
• Candice Dunn: Private practice Outpatient, Webster, TX
• Marilyn Galindo: Hospitalist, El Paso, TX
• Thomas Gullatt: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Faiz Khan: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Larry Liu: Rheumatology, Utah
• Matt Maslonka: Pulmonary Critical Care, Wake Forest
• Sapna Patel: Endocrinology, UT Southwestern
• James Pavela: Aerospace Medicine, UTMB
• Vincent Petros: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Sidra Qureshi: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Omar Salim: Endocrinology, UT Houston
• Sarah Siddiqui: Private Practice, Houston, TX
• Jon Slovik: Hospitalist, El Paso, TX
• Aishah Suleiman: Hospitalist, Tyler, TX
• Rahul Suresh: Aerospace Medicine, UTMB
• Albert Wu: Allergy / Immunology, UTMB
• Wasiq Zaidi: Cardiology, UTMB
• Ashkan Zand: Endocrinology, Methodist Houston

2016 Graduates

• Jose Aguirre: Gastroenterology Fellowship, UTMB
• Ahmad Al-Taweel: Cardiovascular Fellowship, UTMB
• Dianna Torres: Hospitalist, San Antonio, TX
• Khannah Baxter: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Julienna Camerena: Hospitalist, UTMB
• Lola Carrette: Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Eugene Chaung: Infectious Disease Fellowship, Case Western Reserve
• Tiffany Cortes: Endocrinology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
• Adriana Gonzalez: Endocrinology Fellowship, UT Southwestern
• Eric Gou: Gastroenterology Fellowship, UTMB
• Alberto Gutierrez: Faculty Internal Medicine Primary Care, University of Vermont
• Richard Harris: Primary Care Physician, Houston, TX
• Natasha Hirani: Oncology Fellowship, UTMB
• William Kelly: Hematology Oncology Fellowship, Georgetown University
• Crystal Kirkland: Hospitalist, San Angelo, TX
• Tracey Lindeman: Chief Resident, Assistant Professor, UTMB
• Robert Mulcahy: Aerospace Medicine, UTMB
• Rawan Musa: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Mary Nguyen: Hospitalist, Denver, CO
• Hardik Patel: Allergy / Immunology Fellowship, UTMB
• Roshni Patel: Chief Resident, Hospitalist, UTMB
• Arianna Perez Lopez: Endocrinology Fellowship, UTMB
• Nour Sabha: Endocrinology Fellowship, Case Western Reserve
• Matthew Shieh: Hospitalist, Dallas, TX
• Alex Thomas: Hospitalist, Houston, TX
• Rohit Vankatesan: Oncology Fellowship, UTMB
• Owen Yeh: Assistant Professor, UTMB

2015 Graduates

• Omar Al Asad: Oncology Fellowship, UTMB
• Muhannad Al Hanayneh: Assistant Chief of Service, UTMB
• Hasan Al Afghani: Hospitalist, Corpus Christi
• Mohammad Alghrouz: Cardiology Fellowship, UTMB
• Motasem Aljaafareh: Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida at Gainesville
• Adam Burroughs: Assistant Chief of Service, UTMB
• Wesley Calvin: Hospitalist, New York
• Darpan Gandhi: Nephrology Fellowship, Medical University of South Carolina
• Dax Gonzalez-Fraga: General Internal Medicine, UTMB
• Arnav Kumar: Hospitalist, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Maeh Masadeh: Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Iowa
• Anh Nguyen: Endocrinology Fellowship, Methodist Houston
• Usman Niaz: Hospitalist, University of Kentucky
• Kishore Patcha: General Internal Medicine, UTMB
• Pinki Patel: Infectious Disease Fellowship, Mount Sinai, New York
• Suchitra Pilli: Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, UT Houston
• Patricia Rodriguez: Assistant Chief of Service, UTMB
• Adam Schindler: Hospitalist, Memorial Hermann
• Saed Shawar: Nephrology Fellowship, Baylor - Houston
• Ahmad Tarawneh: Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Arkansas
• Ala Tayyem: Hospitalist, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Rahat Vohra: Infectious Disease Fellowship, UTMB
• Ali Zaied: Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Mayo Clinic - Florida