What does it mean to be named a chief resident? Your residency program director and/or peers feel that you are capable and ready to handle additional responsibilities in postgraduate training—such as mentoring and advocating for other members of your team, doing work to support overall program objectives, and other added leadership or administrative duties.
As the next year of postgraduate training begins, AUC is proud to recognize the following AUC graduates who have been named chief residents and fellows for the 2020-2021 year.
Are you an AUC graduate who has been named chief resident or fellow? Send an email to [email protected] with your name and residency information and we'll add you to our growing list!
Anesthesiology
Heather Christopherson, MD '17 - Chief Resident, University of Central Florida HCA, FL
Dominick Denisi, MD ‘17 - Chief Resident, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
Adam Dunmore, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Baystate Medical Center / University of Massachusetts Medical School, Springfield, MA
Katarina Kapisoda, MD '16 - Chief Resident, University of Central Florida HCA, FL
David Kenneally, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Sunrise Health GME, Las Vegas, NV
Emergency Medicine
Gino Etta, MD '18 - Chief Resident,Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Detroit, MI
Yvette DiMarco Ross, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Detroit, MI
Family Medicine
Stephanie Anderson, MD '18 – Chief Resident, University of Central Florida / North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL
Alexa Coulter, MD '18 – Chief Resident, St. Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital, Livonia, MI
Joseph Escobar, MD '18 – Chief Resident, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Chad Fuller, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Ascension Providence / Michigan State University, Southfield, MI
Dae Kim, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset, NJ
James Lyons, MD '17 - Chief Resident, Michigan State University / Mid Michigan Health - Gratiot, MI
Stefan Mann, MD '17 – Chief Resident, University of Central Florida / North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL
Matthew Micco, MD '18 – Chief Resident, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY
Kristin Wright McKitish, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Hoboken University Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ
Stephen Predebon, MD '18 - Chief Resident, Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, Boardman, OH
Alexandra Tremis, MD '17 - Chief Resident, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME
Erin Vavro, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI
Michael Villasin, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Soin Medical Center, Beavercreek, OH
Joshua West, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Abrazo Central Campus, Phoenix, AZ
General Surgery
Kevin Kresofsky, MD '16 – Chief Resident, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
Anita Pabani, MD '15 – Chief Resident, Michigan State University / Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI
Gevork Tatarian, MD '15 - Chief Resident, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Geriatric Medicine
Marlena Fernandez, MD '15 - Chief Fellow, University of Miami/Jackson Health System/Miami VA Medical Center
Infectious Disease
Caitlyn Hollingshead, MD '16 – Chief Fellow, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Internal Medicine
Tushar Bajaj, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA
Serghei Burcovschii, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA
Kathryn Coombes, MD '18 - Chief Resident, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Kunxing Gao, MD '17 - Chief Resident, New York Presbyterian-Queens, NY
Alexandra Goodman, MD '18 - Chief Resident, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Tony Kamel, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH
Krupa Patel, MD '18 – Chief Resident, MedStar Health, Baltimore, MD (2021-22)
Hailey Tarleton, MD ’18 – Chief Resident, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Damanvir Singh Garcha, MD '15 - Chief Resident, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
Interventional Cardiology
Naddi Marah, MD '14 - Chief Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Pain Medicine
David Roberto Saldivar, MD '16 – Chief Fellow, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Pediatrics
Aleesa Fedt, MD ’18 – Chief Resident, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Marshfield, WI
Auriel Mouzon, MD '17 - Wellness Chief Resident, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI
Lauren Munk, MD '16 - Chief Resident, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Blair Rolnick, MD ’16 – Chief Fellow, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Sony Issac, MD ’16 – Chief Resident, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
Michael Mosier, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Plastic Surgery
David Hill, MD '13 – Chief Resident, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Pulmonary Critical Care
David Kwon, MD '14 – Chief Fellow, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
Sleep Medicine
Ahana Sandhu, MD ’16 – Chief Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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