Program Graduates

Rheumatology and Immunology Program Graduates

Rheumatology Fellow Graduates

Lena Eder, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed fellowship: 2023
Current position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Sonali Bracken, MD, PhD
Residency: Duke University
Completed fellowship: 2023 (clinical fellowship)
Current position: Third year research fellow at Chief fellow, Duke Rheumatology Fellowship

Catherine Sims, MD
Residency: Ohio State
Completed Fellowship: 2022
Current Position: Chief fellow and research fellow in the DVA Health Services Research/Women’s Health Research post-doctoral program

Poorva Apte, MD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Completed Fellowship: 2022
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Megan Milne, MD
Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Completed Fellowship: 2022
Current Position: Private Practice, New Bern, NC

Isaac Smith, MD
Residency: Massachussetts General Hospital
Completed Fellowship: 2022
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Duke Rheumatology Fellowship Graduates

Ryan Anderson, MD
Residency: Duke University
Completed Fellowship: 2021
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Akrithi Udupa, MD
Residency: UT Southwestern at Dallas
Completed Fellowship: 2021
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Medstar Rheumatology / Georgetown University

Mithunan Maheswaranathan, MD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Completed Fellowship: 2021
Current Position: Academic Medicine, Duke University

Duke Rheumatology Fellowship Graduates 2

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

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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

Rheumatology and Immunology Fellows

 

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

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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