Residency Program Graduates | Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Our graduates have gone on to the following post-residency positions:

Class of 2024

Eve Albright, MD: General Anesthesiologist, Providence Hospital, Spokane, WA
Boris Anyama, MD: Pain Medicine Fellow, UPMC
Ilona Brueckmann, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow, Cleveland Clinic
Luke Chambers, MD: Anesthesiologist, Doylestown Hospital
Monique Cheng, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Natale DeMarco, MD: Anesthesiologist, US Navy
Miles Gray, MD: Associate Professor, Cabell Huntington Hospital/Marshall University
Garret Hillsdon-Smith, MD: Anesthesiologist, BayCare Clinic
Mariusz Ligocki, MD: Clinical Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery
Gilbert Marchant, MD: General Anesthesiologist, Mountain West Anesthesia
Maria Nanez, MD: Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellow, Stanford
Jacob Pickle, MD, MBA (Combined Anesthesiology-Pediatrics Program)
Maxine Qiu, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Sheri Wang, MD: Faculty, Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Wideman, MD: Pain Medicine Fellow, UPMC
Joe Williams, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Gregory Williamson, MD (Combined Anesthesiology-Pediatrics Program): Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC

Class of 2023

Harold Burke, MD: ACGME fellowship, Case Western
Chelsea Cady, MD, MS: Private or community practice non-teaching position, Tampa, FL
Alexander Chassé, DO: Private or community practice non-teaching position, Medstar Washington Hospital Center - District of Columbia
Erin Cisney, MD: ACGME fellowship, Cohen Children’s Long Island, New York
Kylie Grady, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Nehah Harinarayan, MD, MS: Private or community practice non-teaching position, USAP, Denver, CO
Matthew Kocher, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Christopher Lacomis, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Jacob Ludin, MD: Faculty, Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Michael Massey, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Michael Morgan, MD: Private or community practice non-teaching position, Geisinger Community Medical Center
Tho Nguyen, MD: Private or community practice non-teaching position, Dallas, TX
Mackenzie Noonan Haase, MD: ACGME fellowship, pediatric anesthesiology
Daniella Ohnemus, MD: Private or community practice non-teaching position, Denver, CO
Miriam Oren, MD: Private or community practice non-teaching position, USAP, Las Vegas, NV
Stephanie Parry, MD (Combined Anesthesiology-Pediatrics Program): Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow, UPMC
Thomas Pham, MD: Faculty, Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Paige Pribonic, MD: Pain Medicine Fellow, UPMC
Brian Reon, MD, PhD: Academic faculty position, University of Virginia
Connor Richardson, MD: ACGME fellowship, Chicago, IL
Bryna Torre, MD: Private or community practice non-teaching position, Mount Nittany Medical Center

Class of 2022

Samuel Atherton, MD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Fellowship, UPMC
Semerjit Bains, MD: Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Boston Children’s
Harris Broad, MD: private practice, Seattle
Maria Cohen, MD: private practice, Pittsburgh
Amanda Deis, MD, MS: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Colorado Children’s Hospital
Zachary Denham, MD: Captain, United States Air Force
Michael Desciak, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Zach Frabitore, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Tyson Gillmen, DO: academic anesthesiology, Allegheny General Hospital, followed by private practice anesthesia, Indiana
Kevin Hansen, MD: private practice, Wyoming
Ryan Holden, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Francesca Aromin (Jung), MD: Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Vin Nguyen, MD: Faculty, Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Anthony Pannunzio, MD: Faculty, Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Elizabeth Pickle, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Lilinete Polsunas, MD (Combined Anesthesiology-Pediatrics Program): Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Stanford University
Felicia Tulgestke, MD: private practice, MI
Holly Turula, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Matt Yin, MD: Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Aamir Zariwala, MD: private practice, Maryland

Class of 2021

Leath Abdullah, MD: Faculty, UPMC East
Sergio Hickey, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Melissa Giraldo Duque, MD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Jose Cabrera, MD: Anesthesiologist, UCF Lake Nona Orlando
Samuel J. Goldstein, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Daniel P. Huettner, MD: Anesthesiologist, US Anesthesia Partners
George J. Karam, MD: Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Alejandra Hernandez, MD: Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital
Dustin S. Elswick, MD: Anesthesiologist, Advent Health Palm Coast, Florida
Andrew J. McNicol, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Christopher A. McNulty, MD: Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Neal Shah, MD: Interventional Pain Management Fellowship, Rush University Medical Center
Aisha P. Ullah, MD: Faculty, UPMC Presbyterian
Juan Rango, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Christian M. Molzahn, MD: Anesthesiologist, Ohio Health Grant Medical Center
Kylie V. Muraski, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital Colorado
David Wang, MD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Michelle A. Yanik, MD: Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Class of 2020

Doug Adams, MD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Daniel Bintrim, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, Wake Forest University
Anusari Dewasurendra, MD: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship, UPMC
Luke Doney, DO: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, The Cleveland Clinic
Michael Gemma, MD: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Lindsay Hahn, MD, MEd: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship, UPMC
Maciej Klosowski, MD: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship, UPMC
Sofiane Lazar, MD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Sean McDermott, MD: Faculty, UPMC East/UPMC Shadyside
Donald Miller, MD: Faculty, UPMC Altoona
Kelsey Mitchell, MD, MPH: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Claudia Mulock, MD: Faculty, UPMC Shadyside
Kevin Pardo, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Kate Petty, MD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Michael Schnetz, MD: Faculty, UPMC Horizon/Jameson
C. Tyler Smith, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Northwestern
Michael Sypert, DO: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Allegheny Health Network
Wen Xu, MD: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Texas Heart

Class of 2019

Jonah Abraham, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
Steven Bartels, MD: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Philip Carullo, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Luke Davanzo, MD: Chronic Pain Fellowship, The Ohio State University
Nathan Hoaglund, MD: Chronic Pain Fellowship, University of Texas San Antonio
Hayden Hundley, MD, MPH: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Andrea Ibarra, MD: T32 Scholar Fellowship, Part-time faculty position at UPMC Mercy
Patrick Kennedy, MD: Faculty, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Evan Lebovitz, MD: Fellowship in Practice Management at UPMC, Part time faculty at UPMC
Eric Magda, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Courtney Mechling, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Shawn Palmeri, MD: private practice in Clearwater, FL
Brandon Staub, MD, MS: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Chelsey Woodrum, MD, MS: private practice in Greensboro, NC
Liora Yehushua, MD: private practice, All MD Hands On in San Diego

Class of 2018

Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh: Faculty, UPMC
Kelsey Bauer, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Ian Brotman, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Anna Carpenter, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Kathleen Coy, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Douglas Curphey, MD: private practice, Midwest Physician Anesthesia Services in Columbus, OH
Diana DeAndrade, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Alex Dressler, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Andrius Giedraitis, MD, MBA: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Daniel Mandell, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Vladyslav Melnyk, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Kaarin Michaelsen, MD, PhD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Eugene Raggi, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Daniel Springer, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Sara Straesser, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Lieu Tran, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Ungerman, MD, MS: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Nicole Verdecchia, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Class of 2017

Bryce Bernard, MD: Faculty, UPMC
Jessica Cassavaugh, MD, PhD: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (CCM) Fellowship, UPMC
Youngeun Cho, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Zach Cohen, MD: Chronic/Interventional Pain Medicine, University of California San Diego
Courtney Garbee, DO: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, University of North Carolina (UNC)
Melanie Hodge, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Richard Hubbard, MD: Pediatric Fellowship, Nationwide Children's, Columbus, OH
Andrew Hulme, MD: Regional/Acute Pain Fellowship, UNC
Josh Knight, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Cardiac Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Derek Lauter, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
David Nelson, MD, MBA: ½ OR Management Fellowship, ½ Faculty at Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Lauren Parker, MD: Anesthesia Associates of Lancaster (private practice)
Rachel Pool, MD: Anesthesiology CCM Fellowship, UPMC
Daniel Ripepi, MD: Excela Health, Westmoreland Hospital
Daniel Sandusky, MD: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Brenda Satterthwaite, MD: Pediatric Fellowship, Children's National Hospital Network, Washington DC
Meghan Saxen, MD: Chronic Pain Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Lindsay Stollings, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Mike Thompson, DO: ACV Anesthesia, Roanoke Virginia, Carilion Clinic Hospital
Peter Yeh, MD: Obstetric Fellowship, UCSF

Class of 2016

Douglas S. Bentley, MD: Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship, Faculty, UPMC
Bryant F. Bunting, DO: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship,UPMC
Andrew M. Clary, DO: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Erica M. Coffin, MD: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Yuanxu J. Dong, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Arkansas Children's Hospital
Adam J. D'Souza, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Emory
Gregory M. Halenda, MD: Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Fellowship
Christopher E. Howson, MD: Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Christopher C. Johnson, MD: Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Anne E. Kamarchik, MD: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship,UPMC
Gerhardt Konig, MD: Faculty, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Mary Margaret Lim, MD: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
N. Tran H. Nguyen, MD, MPH: Pediatric Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Raj B. Padalia, MD: Chronic Pain Fellowship, Tampa
Alexander P. Preus, MD: Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Nicholas J. Schott,, MD: Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship and Faculty, UPMC
Iwan P. Sofjan, MD: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Joseph G. Williams, DO: Pain Medicine Fellowship, Allegheny Health Network
Eric M. Wise, MD: Pain Medicine, West Penn Hospital/Allegheny General Hospital
David H. Yui, MD: private practice, Winter Park, FL

Class of 2015

Paul C. Anderson: Cardiothoracic Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Michael W. Best: United States Air Force, Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, St, Louis University Hospital
Julie E. Devore: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Daniel J. Ford: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Andrew J. Gentilin: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, UPMC
Patrick Hackett: Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Paul R. Halweg: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill, NC
Christina H. Lee: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Pulsar Li, DO: Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Jeffery G. Moore: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Kelly T, Peretich: Anesthesiology Critical Care Fellowship, University of Michigan
Eric R. Ponte: private practice, Johnstown, PA
Gaurav Rajpal: Assistant Professor of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts
Sokpoleak So: Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC
Emily Sturgill: Active Duty Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
Daniel T. Tamez: private practice, Anesthesia Medical Group, Nashville, TN
Keith M. Vogt: Postdoctoral NIH T32 research fellow, University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology; Staff anesthesiologist, UPMC Mercy
William J. Wallisch: Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Hazel K. Werlhof: Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania