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Fellowship Match Day 2025

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Katie Pierson
3 minutes

The DOM Medical Education Office announces an outstanding 2025 Fellowship Match! See below for new fellows joining our fellowship programs in July 2026, and current residents matched for their fellowship training. 

Congratulations to everyone! 

On behalf of all the program directors in the Department of Medicine,

James Nixon, MD, MHPE
Vice Chair for Education | Department of Medicine 

Incoming Fellows

 

Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

  • Hassan Akram, MD; University of Minnesota
  • Nicholas Bergeron, MD; Mayo Clinic
  • Namrata Gadela, MD; Tufts Medical Center
  • Roshan Patel, MD; Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Neal Shah, MD; University of Chicago
  • Duncan Smart, MD, PhD; University of Minnesota
  • Ryan Wong, MD; University of Alabama Birmingham

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

  • Oscar Zamudio Herrera, MD; Marshall University School of Medicine Cardiovascular Fellowship

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

  • Milos Brankovic, MD, PhD; University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Fellowship
  • Gaspar Del Rio Pertuz, MD; University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Fellowship
  • Francisco Romeo, MD; University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Cardiovascular Fellowship

Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

  • Laith Alhuneafat, MD; University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Fellowship
  • Ilan Vavilin, MD; Inova Fairfax Medical Center Cardiovascular Fellowship

Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism

Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship

  • Eli Louwagie, MD, PhD; LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, VA
  • Abdullah Noor, MD; Maimonides Medical Center, NY
  • Aastha Sehgal, MBBS; MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Program, DC                              

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Advanced ERCP/EUS Fellowship

  • Baha Fawwaz, MBBS; AdventHealth Orlando Gastroenterology Fellowship

Gastroenterology Fellowship

  • Hussam Almasri, MD; University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Hussein Baydoun, MD; Indiana University
  • Jacquelin Blomker, MD; University of Minnesota
  • Erica Loon, DO; University of Minnesota

Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation

Advanced Hematology & Oncology Fellowship

  • David Kazadi, MD, PhD; University of Minnesota Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship
  • Nidhi Desai, MD; University of Minnesota Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship

Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship

  • Maida Chaudhry, MBBS; Crestwood Medical Center
  • Scott Baughan, MD, PhD; University of Minnesota
  • Robin Lee, MD, PhD; University of Minnesota
  • Tanmay Singh, MBBS; MedStar Georgetown University Baltimore
  • Sai Sudha Valisekka, MBBS; University of Minnesota
  • Sumeet Yadav, MBBS; Wayne State University/Trinity-Health Oakland (St. Joseph Mercy Oakland)

Infectious Diseases & International Medicine

Infectious Diseases Fellowship

  • Mary Mayerchak, MD; Gunderson Health System
  • Nicholas Mielke, MD; Creighton University School of Medicine

Nephrology & Hypertension

Nephrology Fellowship

  • Jose Romeo Villarreal Calderon, MC; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Advanced Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship

  • Hadi Jaradeh, MBBCh, BOA; University of Iowa--Iowa City Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship

  • Carston Dammann, MD; University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus, Internal Medicine Residency
  • Kayla Hamman, MD; University of Minnesota
  • Lyubov Tiegs, MD; University of Minnesota
  • Mike Vo, DO; University of Washington Boise Internal Medicine Residency

Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases

Rheumatology Fellowship

  • Kari Falaas, MD; University of Minnesota

Residents Matched to Fellowships

Internal Medicine

  • Jalal Agakishi, MD; Henry Ford Hospital; Cardiology
  • Hassan Akram, MD; University of Minnesota; Cardiology
  • Pornthira Mutirangura, MD; Mayo Clinic; Cardiology
  • Daniel Siers, MD; University of Wisconsin; Cardiology
  • Jameel Alp, MD; University of Wisconsin; Gastroenterology
  • Suchapa Arayakarnkul, MD; Johns Hopkins; Gastroenterology
  • Jackie Blomker, MD; University of Minnesota; Gastroenterology
  • Erica Loon, DO; University of Minnesota; Gastroenterology
  • Jenson Phung, MD; University of Colorado; Gastroenterology
  • Spencer Erickson, MD; MD Anderson; Hematology, Oncology & Transplant
  • Pornlada Likasitwatanakul, MD; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Hematology, Oncology & Transplant
  • Sai Sudha Valisekka, MD; University of Minnesota; Hematology, Oncology & Transplant
  • Dominique Milsap, MD; Rush University Medical Center; Infectious Disease
  • Madison Okuno, MD; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Infectious Disease
  • Donna Coetzee, MD (2022); University of North Carolina; Palliative
  • Kayla Hamann, MD; University of Minnesota; Pulmonary & Critical Care
  • Lyubov Tiegs, MD; University of Minnesota; Pulmonary & Critical Care
  • Stefanie Worwa, MD; Hennepin County Medical Center; Nephrology
  • Kari Falaas, MD; University of Minnesota; Rheumatology
  • Mikako Harata, MD; National Institutes of Health; Rheumatology
  • Amir Nabizadeh, MD; University of Texas – Houston; Rheumatology

Medicine/Pediatrics

  • Joseph de Jonge, MD; National Institutes of Health; Combined ICU
  • Samuel Payne, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering; Palliative
  • Alana Petrassi, MD; Rush University Medical Center; Rheumatology