Alumni
Congratulations to the Family Medicine Residency Class of 2024… our newest alums!
Welcome to the University of Rochester/Highland Hospital Department of Family Medicine Alumni section of our website. We are excited to create this opportunity for graduates to remain connected to the department and to each other, as well as to share news, events, and announcements.
The Family Medicine alumni are listed by residency year, including their medical school and current location. We encourage you to explore our website, keep in touch, and share your news!
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2024
- Jonathan Abres, MD (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences), Toronto, Ontario
- Nicholas Antos, MD (University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of
Medicine), Rochester, NY
- TianRae Chu, MD (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth), Rochester, NY
- Sara Diletti-Swenson, MD (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at
Buffalo), Malden, MA
- Janice Lau, MD (Wayne State University School of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Sarah Lichenstein, MD (Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center), Baltimore, MD
- Shifra Mincer, MD (State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine),
Rochester, NY
- Sheema Shabahang, MD (Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science),
Chicago, IL
- Michelle Shellard, MD (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry) Rochester, NY
- Megan Taggart, MD (State University of New York Upstate Medical University), Perry, NY
- Kavya Timmireddy, MD (Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center), Portland, OR
- Emily Triplett, MD (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo),
Ticonderoga, NY
2023
- Christian Archer, MD (University of Florida College of Medicine), New York, NY
- Madeline Bell, MD (University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford), San Francisco, CA
- Ellerie Chen, MD (Loma Linda University School of Medicine), Hamburg, NY
- Alexis Davis, MD (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine), Philadelphia, PA
- Joel Fandel, MD (New York Medical College), Glen Burnie, MD
- Catherine Harmer, MD (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Rochester NY
- Sarah Minney, MD (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Scott Neary, MD (Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont), Milton, VT
- Hannah Root, MD (State University of New York Upstate Medical University), Chevy Chase, MD
- Julia Sanger, MD (Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University), Fort Washington, PA
- Miguel Sotelo, MD (University of Washington School of Medicine), Vancouver, WA
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2022
- Jasdeep Bajwa, (Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Megan Carey, (State University of New York Upstate Medical University), Portsmouth, NY
- Lauren Cowen, (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Portland, OR
- Alisa Liu, (State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine), Pittsburgh, PA
- Stephanie Mazzawi, (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo), Salem, OR
- Allison McKeown, (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Ryan Nightingale, (State University of New York Upstate Medical University), Wellsville, NY
- Kailyn Rigby, (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo), Philadelphia, PA
- Eric Sager, (Loma Linda University School of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Alexandria Snow, (University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Sandy Wang, (University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Emily White, (University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine), Providence, RI
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2021
- Dominick DeFelice, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Rachel Ellenbogen, (The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University), Rochester, NY
- Derrick German, (The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Rochester, NY
- Kenia German, (The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Rochester, NY
- Michael Ialeggio, (Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont), Vermont
- Patrick Kelley, (The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University), Rochester, NY
- Lauren Perlis, (The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Pittsburgh, PA
- Mary Powers, (State University of New York Upstate Medical University), Rochester, NY
- Matthew Rivera, (Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University), Rochester, NY
- Alison Schuppert, (The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Rochester, NY
- Kristina Stoyanov, (The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), New Hartford, NY
- Colleen Tracy, (Albany Medical College), Dansville, NY
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2020
- Rachel Bian, (University of Michigan Medical School), Rochester, NY
- Jingnan Bu, (New York Medical College), Rochester, NY
- Jacob Castiglia, (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science at the University at Buffalo), Rochester, NY
- Alissa Correll, (University of Vermont Medical School), Rochester, NY
- Caroline Donohue, (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science at the University at Buffalo), Rochester, NY
- Zoe Gravitz, (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), O'ahu, HI
- Michael Hudson, (University of Vermont College of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Sumaiya Kabir, (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Timothy Smilnak, (Suny Upstate Medical School), Rochester, NY
- Shivani Sockanathan, (Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science), St. Louis, MO
- Natasha Vadera, (New York Medical College), Rochester, NY
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2019
- Tyler Batey, (University of Texas Medical Branch), Austin, TX
- Scott Biehl, (Lake Erie College), Blacksburg, VA
- Lauren Hobbs, (University of Chicago), Rochester, NY
- Chanh Huynh, (University of Rochester), North Chili, NY
- Zoe Kostarellis, (State University of New York, Upstate), Rochester, NY
- Rashida Mengi, (Medical University of the Americas), Marlton, NJ
- Amanda Morrison, (University at Buffalo), Rochester, NY
- Sonya Narla, (Lake Erie College), Phoenix, AZ
- Izabela Subczynska, (Jagiellonian University), Rochester, NY
- Janeta Szczepanik, (Jagiellonian University), Ontario, Canada
- Yuan Yao, (Tufts University), Wakefield, MA
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2018
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2017
- Marina Fomina-Nazarova, (St. Matthews University), Toronto, ON
- Anna Jack, (Boston University), Rochester, NY
- Vivian Jiang, (University of California, San Francisco), Fairfax, VA
- Irene Koplinka-Loehr, (Ben Gurion University), Burlington, VT
- Angela Kristan, (University of Oklahoma), Rochester, NY
- Branko Matich, (University of California, San Diego), Rochester, NY
- Marlon Mitchell, (State University of New York, Upstate), Washington, DC
- Amanda Pannu, (Northeast Ohio Medical University), Columbus, OH
- Navraj Pannu, (Northeast Ohio Medical University), Columbus, OH
- Anna Pfahl, (Boston University), Anchorage, AK
- Amber Robins, (University of Rochester), Washington, DC
- Soumya Bindiganavile Sridhar, (Rajiv Gandhi University), Rochester, NY
- Shaula Woz, (University of Massachusetts), Rochester, NY
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2016
Ji H. Kim, (Eastern Virginia Medical School), Orem, UT- Anastasia Kolasa-Lenarz Klick, (University of Minnesota Medical School), Salinas, CA
- Michelle Kosmalski, (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine), Milwaukee, WI
- Mila Lopez, (St. George's University), West Hollywood, CA
- Elizabeth Meehan, (Creighton University School of Medicine), Northfield, VT
- Morgan Mihok, (University of Michigan Medical School), Pittsburgh, PA
- Sarah Porter, (University of Rochester School of Medicine), Nampa, ID
- Assunta Ritieni, (Touro University - California College of Osteopathic Medicine), Stony Brook, NY
- Sandra Rodriguez, (UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Camden), Rochester, NY
- Nicole Tetreault, (University of Rochester School of Medicine), Schenectady, NY
- Matthew Thomashefski, (New York Medical College), LeRoy, NY
- Sarah Vengal, (Northeast Ohio Medical University), Columbus, OH
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2015
Craig Betchart, (University of Rochester), Concord, NH- Christine Cameron, (Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine), Buffalo, NY
- Jessica Ferger, (State University of New York Upstate Medical University), Concord, NH
- Laura Gift, (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine), Penfield, NY
- Jean Hamlin, (Dartmouth Medical School), Milo, ME
- Matthew Heckman, (Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine), Elkland, PA
- Gerrit Heetderks, (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine), Trumansburg, NY
- Karolina Lis, (Jagiellonian University Medical College), Rochester, NY
- Rachel Long, (Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Colleen Loo-Gross, (University of Kansas School of Medicine), Oak Park, IL
- Nicole Vavrina, (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NY Institute of Technology), Rochester, NY
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2014
Sophina Calderon, (University of Rochester), Tuba City, AZ- Francesca Decker, (State University of New York Downstate), Ithaca, NY
- Katherine Eisenberg, (University of Rochester), Webster, NY
- Thomas Gregg, (University of Rochester), Rochester, NY
- Jennette Hathorn, (University of New England), Kogi State, Nigeria
- Matthew Mack, (State University of New York Buffalo), Rochester, NY
- Jillian Moore, (Albany Medical College), Rochester, NY
- Quang Nguyen, (Boston University), Brooklyn, NY
- Brendan O'Connor, (State University of New York Upstate), Rochester, NY
- Manjeet Prewal, (Saba University), Brampton, ON Canada
- Sophia Purekal, (University of Washington), Baltimore, MD
- Natercia Rodrigues, (University of Connecticut), Rochester, NY
- Yukiko Simoneaux, (Hyogo Medical University), Rochester, NY
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2013
Thomas M. Campbell, ( State University of New York at Buffalo), Rochester, NY- Joanne Chan, (University of Rochester), Pinole, CA
- Seema Dar, (Ross University), Toronto, ON
- Briani Jackson, (State University of New York, Upstate), Rochester, NY
- Rebecca Lavender, (University of Rochester), Rochester, NY
- Monica Leibovici, (Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine), Penfield, NY
- Jaskaran Singh, (Saba University), Brampton, ON
- Robbyn Upham, (Ben Gurion University of Negev), Rochester, NY
- Allyson Wise, (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine), Rochester, NY
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2012
Zachary Borus, (University of Rochester), Spirit Lake, IA- Alexander Corbett-Horrocks, (Eastern-Virginia Medical School), Albion, NY
- Lisa Downing, (Charles R. Drew University of Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Jennifer Frese, (Dartmouth Medical School), Honeoye Falls, NY
- Melanie Gnazzo, (University of Connecticut), Worcester, MA
- Elizabeth Helm, (State University of New York at Buffalo), Buffalo, NY
- Edith Hui, (Saba University), Toronto, ON
- Rebecca Irvine, (Saba University), Brockville, ON
- Audra Laing, (University of Auckland), Canandaigua, NY
- Erin Lineman, (State University of New York at Syracuse), Rochester, NY
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2011
- James Diekroger, (Ohio State), Cleveland, OH
- Matthew Fernaays, (SUNY Buffalo), Corfu, NY
- Mary Ellen Gilder, (Albany Medical College), Albany, NY
- Chrystal Jenkins, (St. Louis University), Rochester, NY
- Liz Munoz Kwon, (University of Pennsylvania), Rochester, NY
- Donald McLaren, (New York Medical College), Rochester, NY
- Ryohei Otsuka, (St. Marianna Ikadaigaku), Hope, IN
- Deborah Roessler, (Oregon Health and Science University), Bellingham, WA
- Christian Wightman, (SUNY Upstate), Nunda, NY
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2010
Anh Bui, (Ben Gurion/Columbia), Rochester, NY- Bethany C. Calkins, (SUNY Buffalo), Clarence, NY
- Matthew D. Capuano, (Ross University), Rochester, NY
- Ashley T. Gallagher, (University of Texas, Galveston), Rochester, NY
- Sachiko Kaizuka, (Hamamatsu University, Japan), Rochester, NY
- Pebble M. Kranz, (Brown University), Rochester, NY
- Marina K. Ma, (University of Michigan), Spencerport, NY
- Carrie L. McNeil, (SUNY Upstate), Rochester, NY
- Wenguang Kevin Zhao, (Beijing Medical University), San Francisco, CA
- Alicia Zysman Cromwell, (University of Rochester), Honeoye Falls, NY
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2009
Atif Chowdhry (Saba University), Ontario, Canada- Nancy Green (SUNY Downstate), Rochester, NY
- Peter Hoffman (Oregon HC University), Hillsboro, OR
- Helen Ireland (Univ of Pennsylvania), Beverly, MA
- Kenya McIntosh (Univ of Rochester), Brockport, NY
- Kirk Scirto (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY
- Kingsley Ugorji (University of Ibadan), Spokane, WA
- Bradley VanHeukelum (Univ of Cincinnatti), Faculty, Rochester, NY
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2008
Shirish Balachandra, (McGill University), Saipan, MP- Patrick Costa, (Temple University), Rochester, NY
- Mathew Devine, (Philadelphia Coll of Osteopathic Med), Faculty, Rochester, NY
- Todd Gerwig, (Ohio Univ Col of Osteopathic Medicine), Rochester, NY
- Shazia Janmuhammad, (Dow Medical College), Rochester, NY
- Roksolana Kuchma, (Karol Marcinkowski University), Rochester, NY
- Miia Lim, (Ross University), Rochester, NY
- Edith Lubin, (Drexel University), Rochester, NY
- Kristen Thornton, (Dartmouth Medical School), Faculty, Rochester, NY
- Matthew Wilson, (University of Rochester), Rochester, NY
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2007
Vidush Athyal, (Ben Gurion/Columbia), San Diego, CA- Jessica Davis, (University of Rochester), Rochester, NY
- Sonya Foster-Merrow, (Tulane University), Douglassville, PA
- LeWanza Harris, (University of Rochester), New York, NY
- Brittany Morse, (University of Buffalo), Corfu, NY
- Leonore Novotny, (University of Zurich), Rochester, NY
- Emily Queenan, (University of Pennsylvania), Penetanguishene, Ontario
- Nao Sakurai, (Albany Medical College), Holyoke, MA
- Eric Wilcox, (Touro University Osteopathic), Rochester, NY
- Ronald Yearwood, (St. George's University), Rochester, NY
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2006
Elizabeth Brown, (Ben Gurion/Columbia), Faculty, Rochester, NY- Lucy Bucci Bruijn, (Ben Gurion/Columbia), Edgewood, KY
- Jose Canario, (Eastern Virginia), Penn Yan, NY
- Sarah Kent, (Pennsylvania State U), Rochester, NY
- S. Stephen Kim, (St. George’s U), Las Vegas, NV
- John Murimi, (St. George's U), Reidsville, GA
- Ahmad Rana, (Dow MC), North Attleboro, MA
- Angela Tobias, (Baylor U), Salem, OR
- Adriane Cross Trout, (U Vermont), Rochester, NY
- Edward Yoon, (Northeastern Ohio U), Portland, ME
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