Fellows
Current Fellow
Sevak Keshishyan, MD
Medical School: Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia
Residency: Weill Cornell Medical College, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx
Fellowship: New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center Program
Previous Fellows
ALIREZA NATHANI, DO
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Albany Medical College at Albany Medical Center
Fellowship: Texas A&M College of Medicine/Baylor Scott and White Medical Center (Pulmonary & Critical Care)
Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center/McGovern Medical School (Clinical Ultrasound)
After Fellowship: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Monika Kakol, MD
Medical School: Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Pulmonary & Critical Care)
Fellowship: Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA (Medical Lung Transplant)
Jennifer Wong, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Residency: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Pulmonary & Critical Care)
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Interventional Pulmonary)
Publications: Experts@Minnesota
After Fellowship: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Elliot Backer, MD
Medical School: University of Medicine and HEalth Sciences, New York, NY
Residency: New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH (Pulmonary & Critical Care)
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Interventional Pulmonary)
Publications: PubMed
After Fellowship: Assistant Professor, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Roy Cho, MD
Medical School: St. Matthew's University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN (Critical Care)
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Pulmonary)
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Interventional Pulmonary)
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapoilis, MN (Medical Device)
Publications: Experts@Minnesota
After fellowship: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Joseph C. Keenan, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: PCC Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Publications: Experts@Minnesota
After Fellowship: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Contact Us
Program Director
Abbie Begnaud, MD
paccsedu@umn.edu
Associate Program Director
Jennifer Wong, MD
Program Coordinator
Kristine Christopherson
paccsedu@umn.edu