With Graduation, New Residents Begin Internal Medicine Training in July

Photo spread of Match Day at the University of Arizona College of Medicine TucsonCongratulations to the University of Arizona College of Medicine medical students who recently graduated and will be headed off to their respective residency programs here and across the country that they matched with on Match Day on March 18, 2016. To view photos from the local Match Day events, click on the image at the right [PDF].

UA Now also posted graduation photos in "A Gallery of the Best Images from the Big Day at the UA" [click to view].

Meanwhile, all incoming residents arrive to start their programs in late June with residencies beginning July 1. In Tucson, we’ll be joined 36 new internal medicine residents at the Tucson Campus program, 10 new internal medicine residents at the South Campus program and two new dermatology residents.

Among medical students soon to be physicians-in-training that matched with the Division of Dermatology Residency Program and Internal Medicine Residency Programs here at the UA Department of Medicine are the following:

Dermatology Residency

  • Spencer Bertoch, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
  • Thomas Foshee, MD, Thomas Jefferson  University Medical College, Philadelphia

Internal Medicine- South Campus

Categorical Residents

  • Babitha Bijin, MMBS, Medical College of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India   
  • Jeremy Britt, MD, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica        
  • Francisco  Mora, MD, Universidad de Cuenca Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Ecuador         
  • Supreet Khare, MBBS, Armed Forces Medical College, New Delhi, India    
  • Sidra Raoof, MBBS, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan             
  • Daniel Orta, MD, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica           
  • Sarah Tariq, MD, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica 
  • Emilio Power, MD, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica 
  • Wina Yousman, MD, Universitas Padjadjaran Fakultas Kedokteran, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
  • Mahesh Balakrishnan, MBBS, Coimbatore Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India

Internal Medicine - Tucson Campus

Categorical Residents

  • Hasan Ali, MD, St. George's University School of Medicine,
  • Mimi Bach, MD, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica 
  • Rilwan Balogun, MD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
  • Sung-Wook Jesse Bang, MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
  • Marshall Caraveo, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  • Nathan Coffman, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Joshua Cox, MD, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Michael Dahip, MD, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica 
  • Thomas Hanzlik, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Christopher Johnson, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine
  • Shilpa Junna, MD, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
  • Jeeyong Kim, MD, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
  • Skye King, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  • Michael Lopker, MD, PhD, University of Alabama School of Medicine
  • Travis Maestas, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  • Adriana Martin, MD, PhD, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Christopher Meadows, MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Andres Molina, MD, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
  • Sara Motamed Khorasani, DO, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
  • Keaton Nasser, MD, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
  • Phan Saligrama, MD, PhD, University of Vermont College of Medicine
  • Aaron Saunders, MD, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
  • Joshua Sifuentes, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  • Christopher Sobowale, MD, UCLA/Drew Medical Education Program
  • Elly Varma, MBBS, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • Elise Vo, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
  • Jessica Vondrak, MD, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pa.
  • Richard Young, MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Preliminary Residents

  • Bonnie Barbee, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
  • Andrew Chesley, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
  • Sarah Eberson, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
  • Steven Henglefelt, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine  - Tucson
  • Matthew LeComte, MD, PhD, University of Vermont College of Medicine
  • Sarah Low, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
  • Matthew Neill, MD, New York University School of Medicine
  • Andrew Zhou, MD, State University of New York Upstate Medical University - Binghamton

Welcome! We’re glad you chose to come grow with us, both as physicians and in life.

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Release Date: 
05/17/2016 - 5:00pm