Department of Medicine 2020 Fellowship Match Results

December 04, 2019
Fellowship Match

Please join the Department of Medicine in congratulating this year’s residents on another successful Internal Medicine specialties match!


We matched 23 residents with 8 in cardiology, 5 in hematology/oncology, 3 in pulmonary/critical care medicine, 4 in gastroenterology, 2 in rheumatology, and 1 in infectious diseases.

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. Thank you for helping our residents achieve their career goals!

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

Cardiology

  • Travis Benzing, University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School
  • Devin Blankinship, MUSC
  • Milad El Hajj, Texas Heart Institute
  • Joe Golden, LSU Health Shreveport
  • Paterson Graham, Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute (TUHVI)
  • Carson Keck, MUSC
  • Steven Maurides, MUSC
  • Brett Tomashitis, MUSC

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

  • Lee Ellison, LSU Health Sciences
  • Isaac Jaben, MUSC
  • Abid Javed, USF Health
  • Margaret Morrison, MUSC

Hematology/Oncology

  • Zane Chiad, Carolinas Medical Center
  • James Kalmuk, MUSC
  • Shadi Khalil, Wake Forest
  • Karan Pandya, Rutgers
  • Prashant Raghavendran, Vanderbilt

Infectious Diseases

  • Ricky Lueking, UT Southwestern

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine

  • Sam Dickey, University of Maryland
  • Sam Friedman, MUSC
  • Tejas Nadig, MUSC

Rheumatology & Immunology

  • Poorva Apte, Duke
  • Jen Schmidt, MUSC


The Department of Medicine also congratulates our divisions on their fellowship matches.

We are thrilled to welcome our new fellows beginning in 2020. 10 in Cardiology, 1 in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, 4 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 3 in General Internal Medicine, 4 in Hematology & Oncology, 2 in Infectious Diseases, 5 in Nephrology, 6 in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine, and 2 in Rheumatology & Immunology.

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

Cardiology

Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship:

  • Devin Blankinship, M.D., MUSC
  • Zain Gowani, M.D., JHU/Bayview
  • Carson Keck, M.D., MUSC
  • Steven Maurides, M.D., MUSC
  • C. Anderson Obi, M.D., Hofstra
  • Brett Tomashitis, M.D., MUSC

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology:

  • Leah John, M.D., MUSC
  • Ahmadreza Karimianpour, D.O., MUSC
  • Andin Mullis, M.D., University of Kentucky 

For Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant:

  • Dan Silverman, M.D., University of Vermont

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases

  • Kathryn Tofil, M.D., UPMC Mercy

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

  • Isaac Jaben, M.D., MUSC
  • Margaret Morrison, M.D., MUSC
  • Faith Villanueva, M.D., University of Florida
  • Sebastian Larion, M.D., Augusta University

General Internal Medicine

  • Dwight Blair, M.D., MUSC
  • Mark Ledbetter, M.D., University of South Florida

Hematology & Oncology

  • James Kalmuk, M.D., MUSC
  • Jonathan Alexander, M.D., University of Louisville
  • Zaheer Ahmed, MBBS, University of Missouri
  • McKenzie Sorrell, D.O., Prisma Health/University of South Carolina

Infectious Diseases

  • Jessica Hulbert, D.O., Metro Health University of Michigan Health
  • Kurt Myers, M.D., Spokane Teaching Health Center

Nephrology

  • Maria Browne, M.D., Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
  • Megan Goff, D.O., Mclaren Macomb
  • Joshua Harbaugh, D.O., Wake Forest
  • Dariush Liske-Doorandish, M.D., MedStar Health
  • Waleed Mohammed, M.D., St Vincent Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine

  • Jameson Dennis, M.D., The Ohio State University
  • Sam Friedman, M.D., MUSC
  • Margaret Hay, M.D., The Ohio State University
  • Tejas Nadig, MBBS, MUSC
  • Nihar Shah, MBBS, University of Connecticut

Critical Care 1 year Fellowship:

  • Mohamad Zetir, M.D., University of South Florida-Cardiovascular

Rheumatology & Immunology

  • Jennifer Schmidt, M.D., MUSC
  • Ana Tucker, M.D., Johns Hopkins