Alumni Internal Medicine Residency Top 2020 Belinda Bajric, D.O. - Hospitalist, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL Michael Carranza, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Nancy Davison, D.O. - Private Practice, Denver, CO Sonal Jadeja, D.O., M.S. - Gastroenterology Fellowship University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Joshua Lung, D.O. - Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, Largo Medical Center, Largo, FL Maria Del Mar Morales Hernandez, M.D. - Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Gainesville, Gainesville, FL Catarina Nolan Ruas Rego Canha, M.D. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Gainesville, Gainesville, FL Hamel Patel, D.O. - Hospitalist, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL Rhumit Patel, D.O. - Hospitalist, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL Jose Rivas Rios, M.D. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Patrisha Shelley, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Jorge Verdecia, M.D. - Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Firas Warda, M.D. - Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Unnati Wardan, D.O. - Hospitalist, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL 2019 Rami Bahloul, M.D., M.S. - Private Group Practice, Atlanta, GA Cherisse Baldeo, M.D. - Vascular Medicine Fellowship, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA Zachary Burden, M.D. - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Jeremy Carlson, M.D. - Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL Kevin Green, M.D. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Jarelys Hernandez Jimenez, M.D. - Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Cody Horn, D.O. - Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Satish Maharaj, M.D. - Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Anna McCarthy, M.D., M.P.H. - Private Group Practice, Jacksonville, FL Jose Ruiz Morales, M.D. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Karan Seegobin, M.D. - Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Ivan Serrano Santiago, M.D. - Endocrinology Fellowship, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX Peter Staiano, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Ashley Thomas, M.D. - Private Group Practice, Jacksonville, FL 2018 Bashar Al-Turk, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Emma Bueno, M.D. - Nephrology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Mario Cisneros, D.O. - Hospitalist, New Smyrna Beach, FL Maria Gutierrez, M.D. - Academic Practice, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Ciel Harris, M.D. - Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Brittany Lyons, D.O. - Academic Practice, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Grant Nelson, D.O., M.P.H. - Private Group Practice, Auburn, AL Pujan Patel, M.D. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Julio Perez-Downes, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Aaron Richardson, D.O., M.S. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Keyrillos Rizg, M.D., M.S. - Private Group Practice, Nashville, TN Stuart Shah, M.D. - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Scott Steinberg, M.D. - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Jorge Trabanco, M.D. - Hospitalist, New Smyrna Beach, FL 2017 Firas Baidoun, M.D. - Academic Practice, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH William Cullinane, D.O. - Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Khadeeja Esmail, M.D. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Maedeh Ganji, M.D., M.B.A. - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Joseph Geffen, D.O., M.P.H. - Private Group Practice, Clermont, FL Rommy Issa, M.D. - Private Group Practice, Jacksonville, FL Francois Jo-Hoy, M.D. - Nephrology Fellowship, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY Ozdemir Kanar, M.D. - Private Group Practice, Jacksonville, FL Ryan Kunjal, M.D. - Nephrology Fellowship, Washington University, St Louis, MO Reem Louli, M.D. - Private Practice, Bangor, ME Matthew Mcdiarmid, D.O. - Cardiology Fellowship, Aurora St Luke, Milwaukee, WI Lauren Stemboroski, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Omar Tolaymat, M.D. - Rheumatology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Jeffrey Winder, D.O. - Chief Resident, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 2016 Robert Ali, M.D. - Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, Jacksonville Memorial, Miami, FL Farah Al-Saffar, M.D., M.P.H. - Cardiology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ Candice Baldeo, M.D. - Hematology Oncology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Martin Cerda, D.O. - Chief Resident , University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Sana Chaudhry, M.D. - Hospitalist, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL Melissa Dakkak, D.O. - Cardiology Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ Ena Gupta, M.D., M.P.H. - Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, PA Abdulwahab Hritani, M.D. - Cardiology Fellowship, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI Roshan Lala, M.D. - Academic Practice, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Nimeh Najjar, M.D. - Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Rahman Nakshabendi, M.D. - Gastroentrology Fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA William Palfrey, M.D. - Chief Resident , University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL Joshua Samuel, M.D. - Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY Daisy Torres, M.D. - Infectious Disease Fellowship, George Washington University, Washington DC Chief Resident Alumni