Program Graduates

Rheumatology and Immunology Program Graduates
Graduation Year Graduate Residency Current Position
2024 Jeffrey Shen, MD UAB Birmingham Academic Medicine, Duke University
2024 Nathaniel Harris, MD Duke University Academic Medicine, Duke University
2023 Lena Eder, MD Duke University Academic Medicine, Duke University
2023 Sonali Bracken, MD, PhD Duke University Third year research fellow at Chief fellow, Duke Rheumatology Fellowship
2022 Catherine Sims, MD Ohio State Chief fellow and research fellow in the DVA Health Services Research/Women’s Health Research post-doctoral program
2022 Poorva Apte, MD Medical University of South Carolina Academic Medicine, Duke University
2022 Megan Milne, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center Private Practice, New Bern, NC
2022 Isaac Smith, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Academic Medicine, Duke University
2021 Ryan Anderson, MD Duke University Academic Medicine, Duke University
2021 Akrithi Udupa, MD UT Southwestern at Dallas Academic Medicine, Medstar Rheumatology / Georgetown University
2021 Mithunan Maheswaranathan, MD Medical University of South Carolina Academic Medicine, Duke University

 

Rheumatology Fellowship graduates
Rheumatology fellowship program graduates
Rheumatology fellowship trainees
Rheumatology fellowship trainees at the Stead Tread
Rheumatology Fellowship trainees

Past Graduates

Brian Andonian, MD, MHSc
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2020
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Philip Chu, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Completed Fellowship: 2020
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Katherine Kaufman, MD
Residency: Med/Peds / UNC
Completed Fellowship: Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology, 2020
Current Position: Private Practice, New Bern, NC

Andrew Johannemann, MD
Residency: University of Kentucky
Completed Fellowship: 2020
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Jon Golenbiewski, DO
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital
Completed Fellowship: 2019
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Wake Forest University

David Leverenz, MD, MEd
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Completed Fellowship: 2019
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Stephen Balevic, MD, PhD
Residency: Med/Peds, Medical University of South Carolina
Completed Fellowship: Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology, 2018
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Stephanie Giattino, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2018
Current Position: Hospital Medicine and Rheumatology, Main Line Health, PA

Ryan Jessee, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2018
Current Position: Ultrasound Specialist and Durham VA Preceptor

Atul Kapila, MD
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Completed Fellowship: 2018
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology, 2018
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Tayseer Haroun, MD
Residency:
Completed Fellowship: 2017
Current Position: Private Practice, Annandale, VA

Malithi Jayasundara, MD
Residency:
Completed Fellowship: 2017
Current Position: Private Practice, Portland, Maine

Jason Weiner, MD
Residency: National Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA
Completed Fellowship: 2017
Current Position: Academic medicine, National Naval Medical Center San Diego

Nicholas Holdgate, MD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Completed Fellowship: 2016
Current Position: Private Practice, Charleston, SC

Samya Mohammad, DO
Residency: Nova Southwestern College of Osteopathic Medicine
Completed Fellowship: 2016
Current Position: Private Practice, Greenbelt, MD

Melissa Wells, MD
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Completed Fellowship: 2016
Current Position: Private Practice, Longmont, CO

Victoria Lackey, MD
Residency: University of Alabama
Completed Fellowship: 2015
Current Position: Private Practice, Charlotte, NC

Erica Peart, DO
Residency: Lehigh Valley Health Network
Completed Fellowship: 2015
Current Position: Private Practice, Baptist Medical Group, Pensacola, FL

Eric Orlowsky, MD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Completed Fellowship: 2014
Current Position: Private Practice, Durham, NC

John Dye, MD, PhD 

Residency: Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
Completed Fellowship: 2014
Current Position: Sentara Rheumatology Specialists, Norfolk, VA

Sara Wasserman, MD

Residency: University of Miami at Miller School of Medicine
Completed Fellowship: 2014
Current Position: Academic medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Carl Henderson, DO

Residency: Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont
Completed Fellowship: 2014
Current position: Carilion Clinic Department of Rheumatology, Roanoke, VA

Charles Withers, MD

Residency: Internal Medicine, Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2013
Current Position: Private practice, Charlotte, N.C.

Prateek Chaudhary, DO, MPH

Residency: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Completed Fellowship: 2013
Current Position: Private practice, Longmont, CO

Terrence Kilfoil, DO

Internship: National Naval Medical Center Bethesda
Residency: National Naval Medical Center San Diego
Completed Fellowship: 2013
Current Position: Academic medicine, National Naval Medical Center San Diego

Ronald Lee George, MD, PhD
Residency: Warren Albert Medical School, Brown University
Completed Fellowship: 2012
Current Position: Private Practice, Wilmington, N.C.

Mari Akemi Shiraishi, MD
Residency: Warren Albert Medical School, Brown University
Completed Fellowship: 2012
Current Position: Academic medicine, University of Hawaii

Tony Ning, MD
Residency: Creighton University Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2012
Current Position: Rheumatology Industry, Research Triangle Park, NC

Bernadette C Siaton, MD
Residency: University of Maryland
Completed Fellowship: 2011
Current Position: Academic medicine, University of Maryland

Preethi C. Kurakula, MD
Residency: University of Wisconsin, Aurora
Completed Fellowship: 2011
Current Position: Private practice, Wichita, Kansas

Mala S. Kaul, MD, MHS
Residency: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Completed Fellowship: 2010
Current Position: Private practice, Atlanta, GA

Kate Mitchell, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2010
Current Position: Private practice, Durham, N.C.

Ankoor Shah, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2010
Current Position: Academic medicine, Duke University

Edward Fels, MD
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: Combined Medicine/Pediatric Rheumatology - 2010
Current Position: Academic Adult/Pediatric Rheumatology Practice, Maine Medical Center

Sanjay Garg, MD
Residency: St. Mary's Hospital
Completed Fellowship: 2009
Current Position: Private practice, Fayetteville, NC 

Stacy Kennedy, MD, MBA
Residency: University of Maryland
Completed Fellowship: 2009
Current Position: Private practice, Salisbury, NC

Christopher Meyer, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2008
Current Position: Private practice, Asheville, NC

Alyce Oliver, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Completed Fellowship: 2007
Current Position: Academic medicine, Medical College of Georgia

Charles Griffith, DO
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Completed Fellowship: 2007
Current Position: VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA

James Birmingham
Residency: Michigan State University/Butterworth Hospital
Completed Fellowship: Combined Medicine/Pediatric Rheumatology - 2007
Current Position: Adult and pediatric rheumatology academic practice, Spectrum Health and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Craig Gordon, MD
Residency: Jackson Memorial, Miami
Completed Fellowship: 2007
Current Position: Biotechnology Research Firm

Christine Savage, MD
Residency: Jackson Memorial, Miami
Completed Fellowship: 2006
Current Position: Academic Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Stacy Ardoin, MD
Residency: Ohio State University
Completed Fellowship: Combined MedicinePediatric Rheumatology - 2006
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center

Kim Huffman, MD, PhD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2006
Current Position: Academic medicine, Duke University

Trinh Tran, MD
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin
Completed Fellowship: 2006
Current Position: Private practice, Indianapolis, IN

Pallavi Sharma, MD
Residency: McLauren Regional Medical Center, Michigan State University
Completed Fellowship: 2005
Current Position: Private Practice, Atlanta, GA

Kavita Thomas , MD
Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2005
Current Position: Private practice, Tampa, FL

Teresa Tarrant, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2005
Current Position: Academic medicine, Duke University

Robin Geletka, MD
Residency: University of Nebraska
Completed Fellowship: 2004
Current Position: Rheumatology Industry, Atlanta, GA

Lisa Criscione-Schrieber, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2003
Current Position: Academic medicine, Duke University

Joseph Shanahan, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2002
Current Position: Private practice, Raleigh, NC

Elizabeth Le, MD
Residency: IU Health Methodist Hospital/ IU Health University Hosptial
Completed Fellowship: 2002
Current Position: Private practice, Indianapolis, IN