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2024 Fellowship Match Results

December 20, 2024

Please join us in congratulating this year’s residents and our divisions on another successful fellowship match for appointment year 2025!

We matched 13 residents with 6 in Cardiology, 1 in Endocrinology, 1 in Gastroenterology, 1 in Pediatric Cardiology, 1 in Pulmonology & Critical Care, 1 in Sleep Medicine, and 2 in Rheumatology.

We also congratulate the divisions in the Department of Medicine for attracting a phenomenal group of incoming fellows. Thirteen fellowship programs across the Department had a successful fellowship match day.

The success of our trainees is a direct reflection of our faculty’s dedication to mentoring, teaching, and supporting our residents in their scholarly endeavors.

Congratulations!

DOM Current Resident Fellowship Match Results 2024-25 

To view the full match results by division, please see below:

Cardiology:

Alec Biscopink, M.D. – University of Kentucky
Jay Gopal, M.D.
– Ochsner Health
Ty Higginbotham, M.D.
– University of Mississippi Medical Center
Robert James, M.D.
– MUSC
Addison Johnson, M.D.
– MUSC
Jameson Sorrels, M.D. – MUSC

Endocrinology:

Nick Angeloni, M.D. – MUSC

Gastroenterology & Hepatology:

Stephen Fuller, M.D. – MUSC 

Pediatric Cardiology:

Thomas Brenzel, M.D. – Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Pulmonary & Critical Care:

Franklin Irvin, M.D. – MUSC

Sleep Medicine:

Caleb Max, M.D. - MUSC

Rheumatology & Immunology:

Sarah Smith, M.D. – Johns Hopkins
Andrew Gentuso, M.D.
– Vanderbilt


DOM Fellowship Match Results by Division

We are thrilled to welcome our new fellows to MUSC beginning in 2025. The Department of Medicine matched: 15 in Cardiology, 3 in Endocrinology, 5 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2 in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2 in Geriatric Medicine, 4 in Hematology & Oncology, 6 in Nephrology, 6 in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, 3 in Critical Care Medicine, 1 in Interventional Pulmonary, 2 in Sleep Medicine, and 2 in Rheumatology & Immunology.

To view the full match results by division, please see below:

General Cardiology:

Mounir Al Gibbawi, M.D. – Indiana (Chief)
Robert James, M.D.
– MUSC (Med-Psych Chief)
Addison Johnson, M.D.
– MUSC (Chief)
Mark Liotta, M.D.
– Jefferson (Chief)
John Mitchell, M.D.
– Vanderbilt
Jameson Sorrels, M.D.
– MUSC (Chief)
Isabel Wees, M.D.
– UTSW

Cardiac Electrophysiology:

Ian Laxina, M.D. – Michigan State University (Chief)
Parth Shah, M.D.
– MUSC

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology:

Cole Buchanan, M.D. – MUSC
Mabelissa “Mabelle” Geagea, M.D.
– Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Sorbonne University and Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut (Chief)

Adult Congenital Heart Disease:

Charlie “Joe” Sang, M.D. – UNC (Chief)

Interventional Cardiology:

Molly Silkowski, D.O. – MUSC
Kirsten Raby, M.D.
– MUSC
Safanah Siddiqui, M.D.
– MUSC (Co-Chief)

Endocrinology:

Katherine Albishara, M.D. – McLaren Greater Lansing
Nicholas Angeloni, M.D.
– MUSC
Evangelina Cedeno, M.D.
– Rush University Medical Center

Gastroenterology & Hepatology:

Stephen Fuller, M.D. – MUSC IBD Fellow
Brysen Keith, D.O.
– University of Miami
Madeline Novak, M.D.
– Tulane University
Hampton Sasser, M.D. – MUSC
Shan Xue, M.D.
– Dartmouth

Hospice and Palliative Medicine:

Vishal Kalbavi, M.D. – MUSC Neurology
Emily Hines, M.D.
– Grand Strand Regional Medical Center

Geriatric Medicine:

Alexa Hartmayer, M.D. – MUSC Family Medicine
David Kreps, M.D.
– Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

Hematology & Oncology:

Harrison Bai, M.D. – Roger Williams Medical Center
Shivani Sharma, M.D.
– Henry Ford Health/Internal Medicine Residency
Divya Solipuram, M.D.
– Nassau University Medical Center
Nakoma Walker, M.D.
– Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- Shreveport Internal Medicine

Nephrology:

Emily Dean, D.O. – Cone Health, Greensboro, NC
Geethika Earthineni, M.D.
– Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine/Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Christopher Goss, D.O.
– Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
David Heintze, M.D.
– LSU-HSC University Hospital and Clinics
Anthony Hendrix, M.D.
– Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, GA
Faith Obimdike, M.D.
– University of Florida

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine:

Tori Chee, M.D. – Vassar Brothers – Nuvance
Ariel Cole Dunn, D.O.
– USC Greenville
Franklin Irvin, M.D.
– MUSC
Andrew Kyle, M.D.
– UC Davis
Virginia Lindley, M.D.
– Virginia Commonwealth
Brianna Rosa, D.O.
– Allegheny Health

Critical Care Medicine:

Kyle Duke, M.D. – USC Greenville
Whitney Dawson, M.D.
– University of South Alabama
Hala Abisamra, D.O.
– University of Mississippi

Interventional Pulmonary:

Yalda Eslami, D.O. – Valley Hospital Medical Center

Sleep Medicine:

Caleb Max, M.D. – MUSC
Elena Vlachos, D.O.
– MUSC

Rheumatology & Immunology:

Zara Hassan, M.D. – Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Bethany King, D.O.
– MercyOne Des Moines/PHC Consortium

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