The Department of Medicine is honored to welcome new Tar Heel trainees! The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) released results for the 2023 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match on November 29. matched to advanced training positions. After a successful Match, the following fellows will join Department subspecialties in July 2024.
Division of Cardiology
Adult Cardiovascular Disease
Taylor Holmes, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Darryl Kalil, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Jonathan Napper, MD Hannah Ruggles, MD Dominic Boccaccio, MD Tamara Damjanac, MD Alexandra Leamy, MD, PhD
Residency: University of North CarolinaRafat Mahmood, MD
Residency: University of North CarolinaKevin Morales Del Moral, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Residency: Vanderbilt UniversityJacob Pierce, MD, MPH
Residency: Duke UniversityDalton Sherwood, MD
Residency: University of North CarolinaInterventional Cardiology
Brian Kelley, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: University of North CarolinaSayyad Kyazimzade, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: Medical University of South CarolinaMichael Sola, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Fellowship: University of ColoradoClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Kapil Bhatia, MD
Residency: Morehouse School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of North CarolinaAdvanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology (AHFTC)
Mason Sanders, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: University of North CarolinaStructural Heart Disease
Michael Halista, MD
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship: New York University
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nikita Mohan, MD
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School Daniel Pham,Ìý²Ñ¶Ù
Residency: University of Kansas
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Division of Infectious Diseases
Michael Motley, MD, PhD
Residency: University of North Carolina Adam Schafer, MD, PhD
Residency: Indiana University Joseph Stromberg, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina Robert “RJ” Williams, MD
Residency: University of Utah
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Jared Gloria, MD
Residency: Emory University Meera Iyengar, MD
Residency: Indiana University Michelle Russin, MD
Residency: University of Michigan Alisa Siebrasse, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Residency: University of North Carolina
Residency: University of North Carolina Jennifer Gomez, MD
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Alexandra Rice, MD
Residency: Duke University Hospice and Palliative Medicine
George Clement, MD
Residency: Womack Army Medical CenterHeather Frank, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina Karrah St. Laurent-Ariot, MD, MS
Residency: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Fellowship: Duke University Eva Stein, MD
Residency: University of Colorado
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Manasa Bhatta, MD
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiLauren Boyle, DO
Residency: Edward Via College of Osteopathic MedicineDevin Johnson, MD
Residency: Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of MedicineCecilia Levandowski, MD, PhD
Residency:University of North Carolina Omolegho Momoh, MD
Residency: Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of MedicineEsteban Pena Ayala, MD
Residency: The Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, OhioMathew Sebastian, MD, PhD
Residency: University of North CarolinaTaiwo Talabi, MD, MPH
Residency: Meharry Medical College
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Nora Hajnoczky, MD
Residency: Einstein Healthcare Network, PABrian Monk, DO
Residency: University of MississippiKrunal Patel, DO
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
Arianna Michaels, MD
Residency: University of North CarolinaKatelynn Smith, MD
Residency: Duke UniversityMatsuo So, MD
Residency: Mount Sinai Beth Israel Terra Swanson, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt UniversityEmma Thompson, MD
Residency: University of North CarolinaInterventional Pulmonary Medicine
William “Tyler” Smith, MD
Fellowship: The Mayo Clinic Rochester
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
Rheumatology
Saloni Patolia, MD
Residency: Medical University of South CarolinaAaron Smith, MD
Residency: UT SouthwesternGriffin Sonaty, MD
Residency: University of VirginiaAllergy & Immunology
Katherine Caid, MD
Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesHema Chagarlamudi, MD
Residency: University of North Carolina