Current IR-Integrated Residents
TY, Class of 2027
Anthony Osifuye, MD
Education: University of Minnesota Medical School; Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2021-2022, Internship
Hobbies: Spending time with my wife, biking, cooking, dancing, eating at new restaurants, and traveling. I also enjoy rapping and making ceramic pottery.
Why did you chose U of M for residency? I chose the University of Minnesota for residency because of the strong degree of team work, collegiality, and comraderie along with the culture of excellence that exists in the department among the faculty and staff. The IR department boasts a long history of medical device innovation and internationally renowned research, which I am excited to get involved in. The U of M is one of few programs that continues to train residents in peripheral arterial disease interventions, which is an area that I am highly interested in because the condition disproportionately affects African-Americans. In addition, the U of M has a vast array of complex pathology that will diversify and enhance my skills as a future interventionalist. The U of M has also has robust outpatient clinic providing longitudinal patient care experiences, which will enable me to develop into a physician with strong clinical acumen. I am absolutely thrilled to be receiving my training at the U of M, which has both a strong Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology department.
Enio Torres Perez Filho, MD
Education: Medical College of Wisconsin; Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2021-2022, Internship
Hobbies: Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, Medical Devices, Health Policy, and Camping.
Why did you chose U of M for residency? I knew I would get exceptional training both in diagnostic and intervetional Radiology. Most importantly, the faculty and trainees I had met were friendly, supportive and proud of their program. The U has strong well rounded departments across the board in all diagnostic subspecialties and is among the best NIH funded programs nationaly. The IR section provides excellent traning across a variety of procedures by faculty that lecture at the national and international level. I'm also excited about the posibility to get involved in high profile clinical trials currently taking part at the U. In addition, Minneapolis is a hot spot for medical device development with some of the worlds largest medical device companies and numerous startups located around the Twin Cities.
RL1, Class of 2026
Alexander Continenza
Education: Creighton University School of Medicine
Chunxiao Guo
Education: Medical School-Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Graduate School-Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Hobbies: Mountain biking, kayaking, overlanding
Why did you choose U of M for residency? Diverse pathology, supportive learning environment, ample research opportunities, and a thriving medical device development industry in the Twin Cities
RL2, Class of 2025
Rina Petek, DO
Education:
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2019-2020, Internship
Andrew Peterson, MD
Education:
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2019-2020, Internship
RL3, Class of 2024
Ranjan Ragulojan
Education
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA; 2018-2019, M.D. Residency, Surgery-General
RL4, Class of 2023
Tim Brown
Education:
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2017-2018, Internship
Hobbies: Cooking, enjoying great food, craft beer, gardening, reading, music, stand up comedy, and strolling around bodies of water with my family.
Why did you choose the University of Minnesota?
UMN has a strong reputation for innovation and academic achievement. While this is certainly earned, I was most impressed by how gracious and inclusive the staff were to me as a visiting medical student. The Twin Cities have world-class medical training while also being a fantastic place to live and raise a family
Daniel Zarama
Education:
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2017-2018, Internship
Hobbies: Biking, playing squash, soccer, and traveling
RL5, Class of 2022
Ting Chen
Education:
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2016-2017, Internship
Hobbies: I love traveling to different parts of the world and meeting people from different cultures, sci-fi movies, basketball, skiing, hang out with friends and family, and drinking wine.
Why did you choose the University of Minnesota?
This is a residency program with great reputation, focus on clinical oriented radiology, many research opportunities, and fun yet smart people. It is one of the few radiology programs that I interviewed with that is very honest and resident oriented. The program has full insight of its limitation and areas that needed improvement, and continues to improve upon. Most importantly, people (staff/faculties/residents, etc.) are super genuine, friendly, supportive, and welcoming. Just after first year, I have already made some life-long friends in the program.
Cameron Richardson
Education:
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2016-2017, Internship
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, hanging out with my wife, playing with our boxer, Archer, trying new beers, grilling and smoking meat, yard work.
Why did you choose the University of Minnesota?
I don't like hot weather. The program size allows for many new friendships and with that, inspires new interests. The fact that we rotate to several different hospitals gives insight to how different kinds of hospitals are operated and the types of patients you will encounter (quaternary hospital, children's, county safety net hospital, VA). UMN offers several fellowships. High volume and diverse case load.

