Graduate Medical Education UTRGV School of Medicine

Alumni

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 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**
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**
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**
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