Residency | School of Medicine

Meet Our Residents

UH Chiefs

Ambulatory Care Chief

Inpatient Chief

Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Chief

Diamone Gathers

Dara White

Tess Walker

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Indiana University School of Medicine

VA Chiefs

Ambulatory Care Chief

Inpatient Chief

Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Chief

Michael Louie

Sara Lutz

Leland Abrams

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Western University of Health Sciences/ College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Categorical Residents

Ali Ahmadzadeh	Bobby Cannon	Erika Clark	Jonathan Coy
Edward Via College of Osteo Med- Virginia Campus	Western University of HS College of Osteo Med of	Texas A&M HSC COM	Des Moines University College of Osteo Med

Helen Craft	Eduardo Davila	Monique Davis	Victor Ekpe
University of New Mexico SOM	Ponce HS University SOM	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State UNI	University of Calabar College of Medical

Melissa Fang	Sarah Jawadi	Justin Joseph	Karl Koessler-Streiker
University of New Mexico SOM	New York Institute of Technology College of Osteo Med	University of Michigan Medical School	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State University

Ari Letherer	Daniel Mai	Harris Majeed	Kevin McGeorge
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. SOM	Edward Via College of Osteo Med-Auburn Campus	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical	Rocky Vista University College of Osteo Med

Lauren McMillian	Ahmed Mousa	Abbas Mozzafar	Nikolas Neudorf
University of New Mexico SOM	University of Al-Mustansiriyah COM	University of Kansas SOM-Wichita	University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Sophie Park	Mark Peicher	Alexis Robles	Maggie Roth
William Carey University College of Osteo Med	Nova Southeastern University Dr. K.C. Patel College of Osteo Med	Western University of HSC Osteo Med of the Pacific USA	Western University of HSC Osteo Med of the Pacific USA
Moon Ryu	Rosalyn Savoie	Vlad Torochyn	Alesia Voice
University of Washington School of Medicine	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Lugansk State Medical Unviersity	Texas Tech University School of Medicine-Odessa

	Michael Williams	Alex Wood
	University of New Mexico SOM	University of Miami Leonard M.Miler SOM

Preliminary Residents

Mark Amrinder Aujla	Earl Biag	Rima Ghamrawi	Mehmoush Gorijan
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen COM	Univ of The East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center COM	Edward Via College of Osteo Med-Auburn Campus	Tehran University of Medical Sciences SOM

Alexis Hanson	Valeria Hanson	Aakriti Mishra	Dillon Murray
Des Moines University College of Osteo Med	Universidad de Sonora Departamento de Medicina Y Ciencias de la Salud	University of New Mexico SOM	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State University

Ankur Patel	Julie Pham	Michael Robison	Chau Tran
Wayne State University SOM	University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth Texas COM	University of Washington School of Medicine	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State University

	Johnnie Woodson	Ghassan Zora
	University of Nevada Las Vegas SOM	University of Dohuk COM

Kashif Abad	Charlotte Ballantine	Kimberley Benavidez	Zachary Bruss
Tianjin Medical University	Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine	UNM School of Medicine	Western University of Health Sciences

Mario Flores	Christopher Hertz	Chanhwa Hong	Alisa Illescas
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine	University of Oklahoma School of Medicine	University of Texas Southwestern	UNM School of Medicine

Bradley Jackson	Rhoda Jiao	Hussein Kassam	Umair Khan
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern	University of Texas Southwestern	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Michelle Kim	Connor Kirby	Erick Lopez	Anthony Nguyen
Loma Linda University School of Medicine	Marian University College of Osteopathci Medicine	University of Texas Medical Branch	Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

Xuan Nguyen	Steven Ohnmacht	Oskana Petrechko	Megan Pignato
University of Colorado School of Medicine	Burrell College of Ostepathic Medicine	Touro University of Nevada	Unviersity of North Dakota School of Medicine

Marco Proano	Giullermo Romero	Lisa Saa	Harsh Sharma
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School	University of Texas Medical Branch	Texas Tech University	Kansas City University of Medicine
Nicole Shumway	Amy Singh	Casey Smith	Ashley Wildman
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Maxwell Witt
University of Michigan Medical School

Eyerusalem Akpan	Jeanette Atencio	Edo Avochinou	Michaela Barbera
Addis Abada University	UNM School of Medicine	Universidad Autonoma De Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina	University of Colorado School of Medicine

Eesha Bashir	Will Bond	Juan Cabrera	Apoorva Cheeti
Shifa College of Medicine	Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine	Oregon Health and Science University	Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences

Alexander DeRadke	Sunny Desai	Riley Diehl	Ashley Ederle
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	Virginia Commonwealth University	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Gabriel Garcia Rosenbaum	Nick Harris	Julia Howard	Omar Jibril
Universidad de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Medicas	Kansas City University of Medicine	Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University	Medical College of Nanchang

Aaron Jones	Meredith Keller	Nicole Lee	Sultan Majid
Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine	UNM School of Medicine	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Binni Makkar	Sam Mueting	Daniel Padilla	Eric Rightley
Maulana Azad Medical College	University of Illinois College of Medicine- Peoria	UNM School of Medicine	UNM School of Medicine

Ishan Shah	Courtney Splaine	Kory Tillery	Shubhra Upadhyay
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University	Kansas City University of Medicine	UNM School of Medicine	Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Centre

Logan Van Essen	Akanksha Verma	Masina Wright
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine	University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft. Worth	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Meet Our Residents

Chiefs

UH Chiefs

Ambulatory Care Chief

Inpatient Chief

Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Chief

Diamone Gathers

Dara White

Tess Walker

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Indiana University School of Medicine

VA Chiefs

Ambulatory Care Chief

Inpatient Chief

Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Chief

Michael Louie

Sara Lutz

Leland Abrams

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Western University of Health Sciences/ College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

PGY-1

Categorical Residents

Ali Ahmadzadeh	Bobby Cannon	Erika Clark	Jonathan Coy
Edward Via College of Osteo Med- Virginia Campus	Western University of HS College of Osteo Med of	Texas A&M HSC COM	Des Moines University College of Osteo Med

Helen Craft	Eduardo Davila	Monique Davis	Victor Ekpe
University of New Mexico SOM	Ponce HS University SOM	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State UNI	University of Calabar College of Medical

Melissa Fang	Sarah Jawadi	Justin Joseph	Karl Koessler-Streiker
University of New Mexico SOM	New York Institute of Technology College of Osteo Med	University of Michigan Medical School	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State University

Ari Letherer	Daniel Mai	Harris Majeed	Kevin McGeorge
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. SOM	Edward Via College of Osteo Med-Auburn Campus	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical	Rocky Vista University College of Osteo Med

Lauren McMillian	Ahmed Mousa	Abbas Mozzafar	Nikolas Neudorf
University of New Mexico SOM	University of Al-Mustansiriyah COM	University of Kansas SOM-Wichita	University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Sophie Park	Mark Peicher	Alexis Robles	Maggie Roth
William Carey University College of Osteo Med	Nova Southeastern University Dr. K.C. Patel College of Osteo Med	Western University of HSC Osteo Med of the Pacific USA	Western University of HSC Osteo Med of the Pacific USA
Moon Ryu	Rosalyn Savoie	Vlad Torochyn	Alesia Voice
University of Washington School of Medicine	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Lugansk State Medical Unviersity	Texas Tech University School of Medicine-Odessa

	Michael Williams	Alex Wood
	University of New Mexico SOM	University of Miami Leonard M.Miler SOM

Preliminary Residents

Mark Amrinder Aujla	Earl Biag	Rima Ghamrawi	Mehmoush Gorijan
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen COM	Univ of The East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center COM	Edward Via College of Osteo Med-Auburn Campus	Tehran University of Medical Sciences SOM

Alexis Hanson	Valeria Hanson	Aakriti Mishra	Dillon Murray
Des Moines University College of Osteo Med	Universidad de Sonora Departamento de Medicina Y Ciencias de la Salud	University of New Mexico SOM	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State University

Ankur Patel	Julie Pham	Michael Robison	Chau Tran
Wayne State University SOM	University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth Texas COM	University of Washington School of Medicine	Burrell College of Osteo Med at NM State University

	Johnnie Woodson	Ghassan Zora
	University of Nevada Las Vegas SOM	University of Dohuk COM

PGY-2

Kashif Abad	Charlotte Ballantine	Kimberley Benavidez	Zachary Bruss
Tianjin Medical University	Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine	UNM School of Medicine	Western University of Health Sciences

Mario Flores	Christopher Hertz	Chanhwa Hong	Alisa Illescas
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine	University of Oklahoma School of Medicine	University of Texas Southwestern	UNM School of Medicine

Bradley Jackson	Rhoda Jiao	Hussein Kassam	Umair Khan
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern	University of Texas Southwestern	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Michelle Kim	Connor Kirby	Erick Lopez	Anthony Nguyen
Loma Linda University School of Medicine	Marian University College of Osteopathci Medicine	University of Texas Medical Branch	Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

Xuan Nguyen	Steven Ohnmacht	Oskana Petrechko	Megan Pignato
University of Colorado School of Medicine	Burrell College of Ostepathic Medicine	Touro University of Nevada	Unviersity of North Dakota School of Medicine

Marco Proano	Giullermo Romero	Lisa Saa	Harsh Sharma
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School	University of Texas Medical Branch	Texas Tech University	Kansas City University of Medicine
Nicole Shumway	Amy Singh	Casey Smith	Ashley Wildman
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Maxwell Witt
University of Michigan Medical School

PGY-3

Eyerusalem Akpan	Jeanette Atencio	Edo Avochinou	Michaela Barbera
Addis Abada University	UNM School of Medicine	Universidad Autonoma De Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina	University of Colorado School of Medicine

Eesha Bashir	Will Bond	Juan Cabrera	Apoorva Cheeti
Shifa College of Medicine	Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine	Oregon Health and Science University	Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences

Alexander DeRadke	Sunny Desai	Riley Diehl	Ashley Ederle
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	Virginia Commonwealth University	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Gabriel Garcia Rosenbaum	Nick Harris	Julia Howard	Omar Jibril
Universidad de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Medicas	Kansas City University of Medicine	Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University	Medical College of Nanchang

Aaron Jones	Meredith Keller	Nicole Lee	Sultan Majid
Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine	UNM School of Medicine	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Binni Makkar	Sam Mueting	Daniel Padilla	Eric Rightley
Maulana Azad Medical College	University of Illinois College of Medicine- Peoria	UNM School of Medicine	UNM School of Medicine

Ishan Shah	Courtney Splaine	Kory Tillery	Shubhra Upadhyay
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University	Kansas City University of Medicine	UNM School of Medicine	Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Centre

Logan Van Essen	Akanksha Verma	Masina Wright
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine	University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft. Worth	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Life in Residency

Winter fun

Enjoying the outdoors

Relaxing with Family

Comradery on the Job

Beautiful Scenery

Comradery on the Job

Team Building

Learning New Skills

We are a diverse bunch but genuinely get along. We celebrate our differences and work together to create a culture of respect and acceptance where everyone feels welcome. Everyone goes out of their way to support and help one another.

— Eesha Bashir, MBBS, Residency Class of 2022

Internal Medicine Residency

Office of Education 

Department of Internal Medicine

MSC 10-5550

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: 505-272-6331

Email: DOIM-Residency-Staff@salud.unm.edu

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