Welcome Residents

The Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics and Medicine-Dermatology Residency Programs are very pleased to announce the results of our 2026 match. All three of our programs matched extremely well!

Among our new recruits, nine University of Minnesota Medical School graduates have chosen to continue their journey with us in Internal Medicine. We matched with one PSTP resident who plans to specialize in Cardiology. We also are happy to welcome four international medical graduates (IMGs) from India, Thailand, and Uganda.

In MedPeds, we matched two University of Minnesota Medical School graduates as well as graduates from Michigan State, UCSD, Emory, Ohio State, University of Michigan, and Manila Central University in the Philippines.

Our new MedDerm interns include graduates from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Minnesota Medical School.

We're so pleased with all of these terrific trainees, and can't wait to have you meet these wonderful future colleagues! We thank the many faculty and residents who participated in recruitment activities this year.

Please join us in welcoming our incoming intern class!

Warmly,

Melissa Plesac, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director

Mike Aylward, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Director

Noah Goldfarb, MD
Medicine-Dermatology Residency Co-Program Director

Internal Medicine

• Samuel Begin, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• Lavet Valerie Bungha Tita, Western Michigan University
• Kaelan Byrd, Oregon Health & Science University
• Elena Cattaneo, University of Minnesota
• Priya George, Albert Einstein College of Medicine          
• Anusha Gopalam, University of Oklahoma        
• Keifer Holcomb, University of Colorado
• Maureen Hurley, University of South Dakota
• Paige Johnson, Medical College of Wisconsin
• William Kamm, University of Minnesota
• Alec LaPlace, University of North Texas 
• Matthew Lukasik, Medical College of Wisconsin            
• Ben Mai, University of Minnesota           
• Madeline Marker, University of Minnesota         
• Gregory Mello, University of Minnesota 
• Andrew Morse, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston    
• John Muthama, University of Minnesota            
• Passy Nabongho, Makerere University  
• Insaf Omar, University of Nebraska       
• Camille Phillips, University of Wisconsin           
• Tarin Phillips, AT Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine            
• Bretton Ruiter, University of Minnesota 
• Amal Saeed, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine 
• Harsh Sharma, Kasturba Medical College Manipal         
• Madelyn Skinner, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine            
• Cassandra Sundaram, University of Minnesota 
• Katherine Tomczik, University of North Dakota  
• Michael Tschida, University of Minnesota          
• Nicha Wareesawetsuwan, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital   
• Rinrada Worapongpaiboon, Chulalongkorn University   
• Anjie Ge, Mayo Clinic, Internal Medicine/Primary Care

Physician Scientist Training Program

• Aditya Shekhar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Medicine-Pediatrics

• Alexander Bynum, MSU College of Human Medicine - Upper Peninsula
• Morgan Chalmiers, University of California at San Diego
• Joseph Cutts, University of Minnesota
• Anisa Iqbal, Emory University
• Arielle Lawson, Emory University
• Mary McConville, University of Minnesota
• Nora Mertz-Bynum, MSU College of Human Medicine - Upper Peninsula
• Marie-Joy Nduwimana, Manila Central University
• Cecilia Wallace, Ohio State University
• Karla Winger Rondon, University of Michigan

Medicine-Dermatology

• Alexa Figueroa Baiges, University of Wisconsin
• Sarah Karels, University of Minnesota