Meet the newest class of residents
Posted on March 24, 2021 by Carol McPhail
The Office of Graduate Medical Education at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine welcomes 79 new residents who will begin training at USA Health facilities this summer.
The residents come from medical schools in 19 states and territories, and 11 countries outside the United States, filling positions in all 12 residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
The pandemic contributed to an unusual interview season for programs and applicants. Social restrictions related to COVID-19 forced graduate medical education programs, including USA’s, to meet and interview applicants virtually.
“When the resident interview season was switched to virtual interviews only, there were so many unknowns, and it was a bit nerve wracking, but as the saying goes, all’s well that ends well,” said Carole Boudreaux, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education. “We had a very successful match largely due to outstanding collaboration between the GME office staff, program directors, coordinators and residents, marketing and communications, Educational Technologies, IT and USA Health financial support for professional videos and interview scheduling software.”
Nationally, the National Resident Matching Program reported its largest main match in history on March 19, with 38,106 positions offered, including 35,194 first-year positions. The number of applicants reached an all-time high of 48,700.
On Match Day, 17 medical students from the USA College of Medicine matched into USA Health residency programs, up from eight for the previous year. “I believe students’ choices to remain at USA Health for residency training, having rotated with our programs, speaks volumes about the educational quality of our residency programs and the opportunities in the USA Health learning and working environment,” Boudreaux said.
These are the new residents for the 2021-22 academic year:
Emergency Medicine
Noelle Catherine Ahmed, USA College of Medicine
Carly T. McRae, USA College of Medicine
Harvey Dewayne Browning, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn Campus
Gregory Heidel, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine
Caleb B. Cantrell, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Kaitlyn Leigh Hall, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Family Medicine
Justin Cullifer, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jordan Paige Harrison, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn Campus
Phat Minh Tran, Ross University School of Medicine
Stanley Gant Unfried, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Robert Favrot Vickers, University of Miami School of Medicine
Tiimberly Janae Wilson, American University of the Caribbean
Internal Medicine
Natalie Ann West, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kim Phuong Thi Nguyen, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine / New York Tech
Alexis Nicole Parks, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth / Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
David Benjamin Marks, USA College of Medicine
Garrett Reid McClenny, USA College of Medicine
Hunter Chance Dickson, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Justine H. McKee, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
David Phuc Le, Tulane University School of Medicine
Anna Nicole Gann, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Nathaniel Van Horn, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
Anas Khouri, University of Aleppo
Jena Clementi, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Muhammad Areeb Ashfaq, Aga Khan Medical College
Samar Ali Mohamed Abohamad, University of Cairo Faculty of Medicine
Jessica Ann Cook, USA College of Medicine (preliminary resident)
Elizabeth Anne Kean, USA College of Medicine (preliminary resident)
Daniel Alan Ledbetter, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Auburn Campus (preliminary resident)
Jeffrey Kyle Farrington, University of Mississippi School of Medicine (preliminary resident)
Ramayee S. Nadarajan, Amrita School of Medicine (preliminary resident)
Medicine-Pediatrics
Joseph Shilpa, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Ray Gannon, USA College of Medicine
Neurology
George Charles Malatinszky, Boston University School of Medicine
Alexandria Skye Penwell, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Santiago Diaz Gonzalez, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Facultad de Medicina
OB/GYN
Kendal L. Dekle, USA College of Medicine
Angela Mosley-Johnson, USA College of Medicine
Macy Vickers, USA College of Medicine
Paige Elizabeth Pettus, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Orthopaedic Surgery
William Tanner Cox, USA College of Medicine
Victor Aaron Bowden, Morehouse School of Medicine
Ian Garrison, USA College of Medicine
Pathology
Muhammad Tahir, Taishan Medical University
Lingling Xian, Shihezi University School of Medicine
Ryan Patrick Walde, American University of Integrative Sciences School of Medicine
Mohamed Ahmed Zedan, Tanta University
Pediatrics
Tarin Singhapakdi, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kaitlin Brooke Firquin, University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kristin Cayla Robinson, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gladys Elena Viera, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
Jean Bernadette Dela Cruz, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts
Swati John, Kasturba Medical College Manipal
Varsha Kulkarni, S.V.S. Medical College
Nicole Catherine Weidow, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Yarelis Segui Acevedo, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts
Sahaj Hardeep Singh, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts
Danielle Sheryl-Lee Reid, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts
Reham Yehia, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
Psychiatry
William Brooks Burns, USA College of Medicine
Samantha Noel Lee, USA College of Medicine
Jeanetta Morgan Malone, USA College of Medicine
Amy Nicole Hudson, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Radiology
Matthew Kassels, USA College of Medicine
Zubair Chaudry, Ross University School of Medicine
Anthony Obisesan, American University of the Caribbean
Priyanka Satish, American University of the Caribbean
Anas Souid, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain
Surgery
Morgan Elizabeth Roberts, USA College of Medicine
Meghan Blythe, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Shem Kearney Blackley, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Oreoluwa Oyetan, Howard University College of Medicine
Elizabeth Hale Lockett, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Elizabeth Marie Krilich, Indiana University School of Medicine
Verlisa Renee Kennedy, USA College of Medicine (preliminary resident)
Kyle Sheppard, McGovern Medical School UT Houston (preliminary resident)
Justin Cardell Grimes, East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine (preliminary resident)
Victoria Irene Prete, University of Massachusetts Medical School (preliminary resident)
This past fall, five of USA’s fellowship programs participated in the NRMP’s Specialties
Matching Program. Currently, a total of 276 residents and fellows are training as
physicians at USA Health facilities.
Matched in fall 2020, these fellows are appointed for the 2021-22 academic year:
Travis Perry Bowen, Family Medicine/Sports Medicine
Rebecca Browning, Gastroenterology
Gabriel Bolanos, Gastroenterology
Matthew Clukies, Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine
Ravali Kondaveeti, Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine
Ashley McMann, Surgical Critical Care
Daisy Escobar, Medical Oncology
Anita Mazloom, Medical Oncology
Additional fellows joining the program for the 2021-22 academic year include:
Shah Nupur, Cardiovascular Disease
Kewan Hamid, Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine