Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Fellowship Match Results

Please join us in congratulating our residents, chief residents, graduates, and our divisions on another successful fellowship match! The success of our trainees is a direct reflection of our faculty’s dedication to mentoring, teaching, and supporting our residents in their scholarly endeavors. 

This information represents the future fellows who have matched with an ACGME fellowship. Non-ACGME fellows are celebrated throughout the year when their match results are released.  

Department of Medicine 2026 Fellowship Match Results

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Trainees successfully matched into Emory’s DOM fellowship programs, by the numbers

  • 28 Trainees in Cardiology: 
    • 1 Trainee in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology 
    • 1 Trainee in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Track 
    • 13 Trainees in Clinical Track  
    • 6 Trainees in Clinical Investigator Research Track  
    • 3 Trainees in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology 
    • 4 Trainees in Interventional Cardiology 
  • 1 Trainee in Critical Care Medicine
  • 5 Trainees in Digestive Diseases  
  • 3 Trainees in Endocrinology  
  • 1 Trainee in Geriatrics  
  • 1 Trainee in Hematology
  • 7 Trainees in Hematology/Oncology
  • 6 Trainees in Hospice/Palliative Medicine  
  • 5 Trainees in Infectious Diseases  
  • 1 Trainee in Interventional Pulmonology  
  • 5 Trainees in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 
  • 7 Trainees in Nephrology 
  • 3 Trainees in Rheumatology  
  • 4 Trainees in Sleep Medicine  

The success of our trainees is a direct reflection of our faculty’s dedication to mentoring, teaching, and supporting our residents in their scholarly endeavors. Thank you for helping our residents achieve their career goals! 

 

Trainees successfully matched into Emory’s DOM fellowship programs: name and residency

Cardiology:

  • Cardiology Tracks
    • Clinical Track 
      • Idris Ali Amghaiab, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Kristina Bortfeld, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Briana Collins, Stanford University 
      • Christian Devlin, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Lauren Erhardt-Humbert, Tufts University 
      • Apoorva Gangavilli, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Alexander Hurtado, Northwestern University 
      • Giancarlo Licitra, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Mary Pelling, Emory University School of Medicine 
      • Darlington Pobee, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Ashraf Sahman, Northwestern University 
      • Phuuwadith Wattanachayakul, Einstein Healthcare Network 
      • Travis Wilson, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Clinical Investigator Research Track  
      • Talal Almas, Case Western University 
      • Brandon Davis, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Muhammad Etiwy, Tufts University 
      • El Hussain Shamsa, Case Western University 
      • Stephanie Jinno, University of Southern California 
      • Petra Rantanen, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Cardiology Subspecialties
    •  Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship  
      • Mary Jenkins, Baylor College of Medicine
    • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
      • Hassan Chami, Emory University
    • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
      • Martin Campbell, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Vardhmaan Jain, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Quentin Loyd, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Interventional Cardiology
      • Avery Calhoun, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Omid Behbahani-Nejad, Emory University School of Medicine
      • Daniel Gold, Emory University School of Medicine 
      • Zachary Hughes, Northwestern University 

Critical Care Medicine:

  • Moeen Aboabdo, Residency: Temple University, Fellowship: UT Southwestern

Digestive Diseases:

  • Karl Akiki, Cooper University Health Care 
  • William Breaux, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Carolyn Brooks, Emory University School of Medicine * 
  • Vanessa Rodriguez, Vanderbilt University Medical School
  • Katherine Sorrentino, Emory University School of Medicine * 

 Endocrinology:

  • Likhita Kandimalla, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine 
  • Priscilla Kim, Emory University School of Medicine 
  • Julia Patton, Henry Ford Hospital  

 Geriatrics:

  • Michele Montandon, University of California San Francisco/Contra Costa Health

Hematology:

  • Maria Albuja Altamirano, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program

Hematology/Oncology: 

  • Ted Akhiwu, Medstar Health Georgetown University
  • Suriya Baskar, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
  • Elias Castro, Emory University
  • Alyssa Guo, Wake Forest University
  • Lan Lei, Northside Hospital Gwinnett
  • Hector Picon, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Norah Sadek, Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai Morningside-West

Hospice/Palliative Medicine:

  • Courtney Baldwin, Ochsner Clinic Foundation 
  • Brandi Gunn, Emory University School of Medicine 
  • Ryanne Lehenaff, Emory University School of Medicine 
  • Tanya Mukherji-Stewart, Loyola University Medical Center 
  • Adeoluwa Oyakhire, University of California San Francisco  
  • Julie Thwing, Vanderbilt University Medical School 

Infectious Diseases:

  • Bonnie Albury: CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs 
  • Stephanie Hawkins: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
  • Hady Samaha, Emory University School of Medicine 
  • Maria Sanes Guevara, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 
  • Stephanie (Nikki) Wyman, Emory University School of Medicine

 Interventional Pulmonology:

  • Parnia Khamooshi, Residency: Cook County, Fellowship: University of Florida Shands

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine:

  • Tivona Batieste, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Sana Dang, State University of New York Upstate 
  • Tina Dao, University of Tennessee 
  • Hadassa Holzapfel, University of Illinois, Chicago 
  • Brittany Tummings, Morehouse School of Medicine 

Nephrology:

  • Rana Asif, Northeast Georgia Medical Center 
  • Krishna Bodrya, Western Reserve Health Education 
  • Cinsley Gentillon, Northeast Georgia Medical Center 
  • Spencer King, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center 
  • Michael Kshatri, Wake Forest University 
  • Merfilius Leslie, Brookdale University Medical Center 
  • Radhika Patel, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital 

Rheumatology:

  • Romina Faridizad, Northeast Georgia Medical Center 
  • Habiba Fayyaz, University of Cincinnati 
  • Gurkiran Singh, Case Western Reserve University

Sleep Medicine:

  • Carolina Huertas Ayala, Residency: Emory University School of Medicine, Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine
  • Jahnavi Kandepu, Emory School of Medicine
  • Serena Sanchez, Unity Health Arkansas
  • Yamna Waseem, Central Michigan University



Emory internal medicine residents matched to these fellowship programs

where DOM residents matched into fellowships

Emory internal medicine residents successfully matched into these fellowship programs, by the numbers:

  • 1 candidate in Addiction Medicine  
  • 17 candidates in Cardiology 
  • 3 candidates in Digestive Diseases  
  • 1 candidate in Endocrinology 
  • 5 candidates in Hematology/Oncology 
  • 1 candidate in Hospice/Palliative Medicine 
  • 2 candidates in Infectious Diseases 
  • 2 candidates in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

 


where DOM residents matched into fellowships

Emory internal medicine residents matched to these fellowship programs, by names and programs:

*Denotes 2025-26 Chief Resident
** Denotes prior Emory graduate

Addiction Medicine: 

  • J. Miller Douglas, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

Cardiology:

  • Veena Agusala, University of California Davis Medical Center 
  • Idris Ali, Emory University School of Medicine
  • David Annakie, University of California Los Angeles
  • Kristina Bortfeld, Emory University School of Medicine ** 
  • Ishwar Chuckaree, University of California Davis Medical Center 
  • Brandon Davis, Clinical Investigator Track, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Michael Debakey, Baylor University 
  • Christian Devlin, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Apoorva Gangavelli, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Rand Ibrahim, Brigham and Women’s Hospital  
  • Giancarlo Licitra, Emory University School of Medicine,
  • Brett Montelaro, Vanderbilt University Medical School * 
  • Mary Pelling, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Darlington Pobee, Emory University School of Medicine  * 
  • Petra Rantanen, Emory University School of Medicine, Clinical Investigator Track  
  • Panagiotis Sarris-Michopoulos, Cleveland Clinic 
  • Travis Wilson, Emory University School of Medicine

 Endocrinology:

  • Priscilla Kim, Emory University School of Medicine

Digestive Diseases:

  • William Breaux, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Carolyn Brooks, Emory University School of Medicine * 
  • Katherine Sorrentino, Emory University School of Medicine  * 

Hematology/Oncology:

  • Sumaiya Alam, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Dhiksha Balaji, Temple University 
  • Elias Castro, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Sydney Habert, University of Texas Southwestern 
  • Elizabeth Minten, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Hospice/Palliative Medicine:

  • Ryanne Lehenaff, Emory University School of Medicine 

Infectious Diseases:

  • Hady Samaha, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Stephanie (Nikki) Wyman, Emory University School of Medicine

 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine:

  • Tivona Batieste, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Abigail Clark, University of Colorado