Recent Graduates

Graduates of the EM Residency have a wide range of options available to them. Residents are not pressured to pursue a certain track, and any position is within their reach. As you'll see below, recent graduates are now engaged in a diverse range of jobs. These include academic appointments in top programs, fellowships, attending jobs in community ED's across the country, and even locum positions.

Class of 2024

Class of 2024

Swetaleena Dash, MD | Medical Toxicology Fellowship, UC Davis, California
Austin Ferrier, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Spencer Foutz, MD | Pediatric EM Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Demi Galindo, MD | Attending Physician, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, WA
Christopher Howard, DO | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Josef Ianni, MD | Attending Physician, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, NY
Luke Johnson, MD | Attending Physician, Finger Lakes Health, Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital
Trent Johnson, MD | Attending Physician, MultiCare Deaconess North Emergency Center, MultiCare Deaconess Hospital and MultiCare Valley Hospital, Spokane, WA
Melanie Montano-Brooks, DO | Attending Physician, Bassett Health, Cooperstown and Little Falls, NY
Shelby Parker, MD | EMS Fellowship, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Stefani Schmitz, MD | Pediatric EM Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Sarah Smetana, MD |Medical Education Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Andrew Smith, MD | Attending Physician, University of Florida, Gainsville
Gymar Vargas, MD | Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Class of 2023

Marek Falkowski, MD | Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center 
Emily Fitzgerald, MD | Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center
Bryan Fregoso, MD | Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship, UC San Francisco
Susana Gutierrez-Luke, DO | Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center
Stephanie Hernandez, MD | Attending Physician, Eden Emergency Medical Group at Sutter Health, Bay Area, CA
Hongyi Kang, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center 
Matthew Kolbeck, MD | Medical Toxicology Fellowship, SUNY Upstate 
Jillian Korn, MD | Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth/Children’s Hospital of Richmond
Andrew Kozminski, MD | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship, UC San Diego
Hunter Lau, MD | Disaster Medicine Fellowship, UT Health San Antonio
Joely Merriman, MD | SAEM Research Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center
Dennis Nmecha, MD | Attending Physician, Jersey City Medical Center at RWJ Barnabus Health
Christopher Tuttle, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center
Thijs Wolf, DO | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center

Class of 2022

Amir Ali, MD | Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas
Suven Cooper, MD | Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Richmond Medical Center, NYC
William Duzan, MD | Attending Physician, Banner Health, Northern Colorado
Czestochowa Francois, MD | Attending Physician, John Hopkins Medicine, Maryland
Taylor Ingram, DO | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Elizabeth Kadow, MD | EMS Fellowship, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Benjamin Kasper, MD | Attending Physician, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
Catherine Kutsuris, DO | Attending Physician, Mercy Methodist & General Hospital, Sacramento, CA
Robert Parajon, MD |  Attending Physician, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
Calvin Patten, MD | Critical Care Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Yuliya Pecheny, DO | Medical Education Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Amy Skeel, MD | Attending Physician, Logan Health Medical Center, Kalispell, MT
George Thatvihane, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Christopher Walker, MD | Attending Physician, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
Katherine Weber, MD | Climate & Health Science Policy Fellowship, University of Colorado, Colorado

Class of 2021

Bushra Ahmad, MD | Attending Physician, Finger Lakes Health, Geneva, NY
Kyle Barbour, MD | Attending Physician, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
Tanya Bucierka, DO | Attending Physician, PeaceHealth, Eugene, Oregon
Fabiola Enriquez, MD | Attending Physician, Sampson Regional Medical Center, Clinton, NC
Philip Graber, MD | Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Myles Jerrett, MD | Attending Physician, Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN
Carl "IV" Mirus, MD | Faculty, UT Southwestern and Parkland Co. Children's Hospital, Dallas, TX
Lisa Ryder, MD | Attending Physician, Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY
Malik Sams, MD | SAEM Research Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Albert Shih, MD | Attending Physician, Finger Lakes Health, Geneva, NY
Adam Sykes, DO | Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Joshua Trenkamp, MD | Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Emily Wanamaker-Gibbs, MD | Attending Physician, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
Samantha Williams, MD | Attending Physician, St. Lawrence Health System, Potsdam, NY

Class of 2020

Stephen Artim, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Andrew Bragg, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Andrew Dunkman, MD | Attending Physician, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Jeffrey Lane, MD | Wilderness Medicine Fellowship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Rebecca Lowy, MD | Attending Physician, Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, NY
Rachel Nelson, MD | Attending Physician, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Nashville, TN
David Rupprecht, MD | Attending Physician, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Nicholas Taylor, MD | Attending Physician, Kaiser Permanente at Walnut Creek and Antioch Medical Centers, CA
Austin Tenney, DO | Attending Physician, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
David Thornberry, MD | Attending Physician, Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford, OR
Adam Weltler, MD | Ultrasound Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Christopher Williams, MD | Attending Physician, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, VT
Wen Zhang, MD | Attending Physician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Class of 2019

Vincent Ceretto, DO | Medical Toxicology Fellowship, U of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
Katherine Ford Daniels, MD | Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA​
Nels Grauman Neander, DO | Tacoma Emergency Care Physicians, Tacoma, WA
Trevor Halle, MD | US Acute Care Solutions, Pueblo, CO
Andrew Jesson, MD | Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI
Robert Lachky, MD | Valley Regional Medical Center, Brownsville, TX
Carly Loner, MD | Acute Care Solutions at Littleton Adventist Hospital, Littleton, CO
Linda Lou, MD | Kaiser Permanente at Walnut Creek and Antioch Medical Centers, CA​
Johannah Merrill, MD | EMS Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Bryan Ross, MD | Toxicology Fellowship, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Julie Scarpino, MD | Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Jeremy Schorr, MD | Thompson Health at FF THompson Hospital, Canandaigua, NY
Daniel Stratz, MD | Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Jennifer Wills, MD | Thompson Health at FF Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua, NY

Class of 2018

John Daniel Ballew, DO | Global Emergency Medicine and Rural Health Fellowship, U of Washington - Anchorage, AK
Angela Barskaya, MD | University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Hillary Davis, MD, PHD | Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Layne Dylla, MD, PHD | SAEM Research and Experimental Therapeutics Fellowship, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Maria Finke, MD | Health Partners Valley Group, St. Paul, MN and St. Croix Valley, WI
David Gibbs, MD | Rochester Regional Health Systems, Rochester, NY
Paolo Grenga, MD | University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Christine Johnstone, DO | University of Rochester Medical Center at Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY
Jade Malcho, MD | Addiction Medicine Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Dylan Norton, MD | Rochester Regional Health Systems, Rochester, NY
Lindsey Picard, MD | Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Andrew Rotando, DO | Rochester Regional Health Systems, Rochester, NY
Patrick Sandiford, MD | Rochester Regional Health Systems, Rochester, NY
Lisa Sonnenblick, MD | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Vasisht Srinivasan, MD | Neurocritical Care Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Class of 2017

Victoria DiMarco, MD | Finger Lakes Health System & Geneva General Hospital - Penn Yan, NY
Jillian Geyer, MD | Finger Lakes Health System & Geneva General Hospital - Penn Yan, NY
Matthew Hershman, MD | Finger Lakes Health System & Geneva General Hospital - Penn Yan, NY
Erik Kvamme, MD | Sacramento Department of Emergency Medicine - Sacramento, CA
Mandeep Lehil, MD | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Walnut Creek, CA
Matthew Merriman, MD | David Grant USAF Medical Center - Fairfield, CA
Steven Nelson, MD | Utah Valley Hospital - Provo, UT
Jeffrey Reed, MD | Rochester Regional Health Systems - Rochester, NY
Daniel Saada, MD | North Colorado Medical Center - Greeley, CO
Joshua Smith, MD | Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester - Rochester, NY
Jason Zeller, MD | EMS Fellowship, University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM

Class of 2016

Shahram Ahari, MD, MPH, Attending, Finger Lakes Health System & Geneva General Hospital, Penn Yan, NY
Sydney Chamberlin, MD, Attending, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Julie Endrizzi, MD, Attending, Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NY
Peter Eyermann, MD, Attending, Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NY
Aaron Fields, MD, Addiction Medicine Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Nathan Garton, MD, Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Howard Lin, MD Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Sathyaraj Murugappan, MD, Attending, Tacoma Emergency Care Physicians, Tacoma Washington
Joseph Pereira, DO, Attending, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Giancarlo Rondash, MD, Attending, Finger Lakes Health System & Geneva General Hospital, Penn Yan, NY
Daniel Shocket, MD, EMS Fellowship, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Constance Vernetti, MD, Attending, Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NY

Class of 2015

Brian Barlow, MD PhD, Attending, Bassett Medical Center/Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY
Lisa Bergsma, DO, Attending, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Praneeta Bremjit, MD, Attending, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
John DeAngelis, MD, Ultrasound Fellow, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Holly Gunyan, MD, Attending, Southern Maine Health Care Physician Services, Biddeford, ME
Christopher Harmon, MD, Pediatric EM Fellow, Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Cole Klick, MD, Attending, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Valerie Lou, MD, International EM Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Jeffrey Moon, MD, MPH, Attending, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Antonio Rodriguez, MD, Sports Medicine Fellow, Texas Tech University, San Antonio, TX
Henry Tran, MD, Attending, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Aaron Weaver, MD, Attending, Rochester Regional Health Systems, Rochester, NY