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UTRGV-DHR Internal Medicine Residency

2022 Graduates

2022 Graduates

2022 Graduates

Name Location Postgraduate Education/Practice
Adriana Betancourth Alvarenga, MD Pittsburgh, PA Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Allegheny General Hospital
Dayana Carreras, MD Edinburg, TX Hospitalist - Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance
Azucena Del Real, MD El Paso, TX Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine - Texas Tech University, The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus
Serag Fares, MD Lubbock, TX Hospitalist - Covenant Medical Center
Mariana Gonzalez Del Hierro, MD   Hospitalist
Rosa Guedez-White, MD Temple, TX Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Baylor Scott & White - Texas A&M University
Dina Hammad, MD Gainesville, FL Rheumatology Fellowship - University of Florida
Irma Huayanay Espinoza, MD Stanford, CA Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship - Stanford University
Ayesha Khan, MD Edinburg, TX Cardiology Disease Fellowship - UTRGV Cardiology Fellowship Program at DHR
Gabriel J. Lora Ferreira, MD Edinburg, TX Cardiology Disease Fellowship - UTRGV Cardiology Fellowship Program at DHR
Stephanie Luu, MD Lubbock, TX Hospitalist - Covenant Medical Center
Roque Mifuji Lira, MD Edinburg, TX Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine - UTRGV Internal Medicine Residency Program at DHR
Jorge Montes IV, MD    
Nghia Nguyen, DO Edinburg, TX Gastroenterology Fellowship - UTRGV Gastroenterology Fellowship at DHR
Maria Pesantez-Borja, MD Miami, FL Endocrinology Fellowship
Steffi Sathiyaraj, MD Houston, TX Nephrology Fellowship - Houston Methodist
Carol Soler, MD Florida AdventHealth Florida
Marco Thierry, MD St. Louis, MO Nephrology Fellowship - Washington University in St. Louis
Victor Zamora Legoff, MD   Hospitalist
2021 Graduate

2021 Graduates

2021 Graduates

Name Location Postgraduate Education/Practice
Karrar Al Gburi, MD Boston, MA Hospitalist – Steward Carney Hospital
Salman Bangash, MD Pittsburgh, PA Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Allegheny General Hospital
Xavier Blanco, MD Edinburg, TX Hospitalist – Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
Daniela Hernandez, MD Edinburg, TX Asst. Professor – UTRGV Internal Medicine Program
Steve Konstantin, MD Houston, TX Hospitalist – St. Luke’s Health – The Vintage Hospital
Jarrad McAdams, MD Houston, TX Nocturnist – Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
Zahir Osuna, MD San Antonio, TX Private Practice – Gonzaba Medical Group
Anoop Pasupuleti, MD Illinois Hospitalist
Leonardo Pozo, MD Houston, TX Nephrology Fellowship – Baylor College of Medicine
Denisse Ramirez, MD Houston, TX Infectious Disease Fellow – The University of Texas Health Science Center
Alexander Renpenning, MD Phoenix, AZ Internal Medicine Mountain Park Health Center
Cynthia Rivas, MD Tucson, AZ Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism Fellowship
Shaza Shamdeen, MD Seattle, WA Hospitalist – MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
Andres Suarez, MD Edinburg, TX Asst. Professor – UTRGV Internal Medicine Program
Arturo Suplee, MD Edinburg, TX Gastroenterology Fellowship - UTRGV
Krishna Suri, DO Cleveland, OH Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship

2020 Graduates

2020 Graduates

2020 Graduates

Name Location Postgraduate Education/Practice
Christian Abreu, MD San Antonio, TX Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship - UTHSA
Hussein Al Jobori, MD Boston, MA Hospitalist
Andres Arboleda, MD Weslaco, TX Core Faculty / Hospitalist
Fatimah, Bello, MD Weslaco, TX Core Faculty / Hospitalist
Ashley Cruz, MD Edinburg, TX Hospitalist
Rex Huang, MD North Haven , CT Rheumatology Fellowship – Yale School of Medicine
Jaqueline Joe, MD Corpus Christy, TX Primary Care Physician
Jawaira Khan, MD Houston, TX Hospitalist
Stefano Pineda, MD Austin, TX Hospitalist
Schamma Salomon, MD Texarkana, TX Hospitalist
Meera Soni, MD Apple Valley, CA Primary Care Physician
Daniel Varela Edinburg, TX Nephrology Fellowship – UTRGV-DHR

2019 Graduates

2019 Graduates

2019 Graduates

Name Location Postgraduate Education/Practice
Christian Avalos, MD Edinburg, Texas Cardiology Fellowship - UTRGV-DHR
Juan Castano, MD Edinburg, Texas Gastroenterology Fellowship – UTRGV-DHR
John Cha, MD California Hospitalist
Roberto Gonzalez, MD El Paso, Texas Primary Care Physician
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD Houston, Texas Palliative Care Fellowship – UT McGovern Medical School
Sunil Kamnani, MD Austin, Texas Hospitalist
Gopal Katkoria, MD Buffalo, New York Hospitalist
Sina Najafi, MD Cleveland, Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic Ohio
Bilal Nazif, MD Edinburg, Texas Hospitalist
Amrit Sraow, MD Columbia, South Carolina Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship- University of South Carolina

2018 Graduates

2018 Graduates

2018 Graduates

Name Location Postgraduate Education/Practice
Brandon Cantazaro, MD Edinburg, Texas Program Director / Hospitalist
Carlos Paris, MD Edinburg, Texas Hospitalist
Cesar Gutierrez, MD Edinburg, Texas Core Faculty / Hospitalist
Grigoriy Rapoport, MD Edinburg, Texas Gastroenterology Fellowship - UTRGV-DHR
Hector Santos, MD Laredo, Texas Program Director / Hospitalist
Isabel Padilla, MD Houston, Texas Geriatrics Fellowship
John Pui, MD Seattle, Washington Hospitalist
Juan Menjivar, MD Edinburg, Texas Hospitalist
Kara Zabelny, DO Edinburg, Texas Night Hospitalist ICU
Mohammad Al-Khdarat, MD Gainesville, Florida Hospitalist
Omar Shuaib, MD Austin, Texas Hospitalist
Shwe Yee Win, MD McAllen, Texas Hospitalist

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