Chief Resident and Fellow List for 2021-2022

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 approaches, AUC is proud to recognize the following AUC graduates who have been named chief residents and fellows for the 2021-2022 year.

Are you an AUC graduate who has been named chief resident or fellow? Send an email to alumni@aucmed.edu with your name and residency information and we'll add you to our growing list!

Anesthesia

Meaghan Flessa, MD '18 – Case Western MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH

Emergency Medicine

Calixto Romero, MD '19 – Chief Resident, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, FL

Family Medicine

Mohit Ajmeri, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Daniel Plavin, MD ’19 –  Chief Resident, St. Luke’s University Health Network Rural Residency Program, Bethlehem, PA

Monika Potrykus, MD '18 – Chief Resident, MidMichigan Medical Center, Midland, MI

Zohaib Zia, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Tallahassee, FL

Gastroenterology

Jalpa Patel, MD '15 – Chief Fellow, Ascension Providence-Providence Park Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, MI

Hematology/Oncology

Charity Huang, MD '15 – Chief Fellow, University of California San Francisco Fresno School of Medicine, Fresno, CA

Internal Medicine

Hussein Ayoub, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ

Tiffany Chomko, MD ’18 – Chief Resident, Patient Safety and Quality, University of Miami/ JFK Medical Center Palm Beach Regional GME Consortium, Riviera Beach, FL

Katrina Lamont, MD '19 – Chief Resident, Campbell University School of Medicine, Lillington, NC

Maryem Lodhra, MD ’17 –  Chief Resident, University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY

Bryant Long, MD ’18 – Chief Resident, Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH

Kwadwo Ofosu-Barko, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Bryan Stringer, MD '18 – Chief Resident, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT

Eric Tharmathurai, MD '19 – Chief Resident, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Julie van Baardwijk, MD '19 – Chief Resident, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Medical Oncology

James Kim, MD '17 – Chief Fellow, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Neurology

Alan Vela, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

Pediatrics

Katarzyna Paulina Golec, MD '19 – Chief Resident, Salah Foundation Children's Hospital, Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Alisha Prystowsky, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Crystal Wu, MD '19, – Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Pediatric Neurology

Barbra Giourgas, MD '17 – Chief Resident, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Angelo M. Allos, MD '18 – Chief Resident, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, MI

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