Faculty

Program Leadership:

Aaron Walker, M.D.
Interim Program Director/Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical School: Xavier University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburg Medical Center - Mercy

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Resident Wellness, Education, Medical Awareness 
Hobbies:  Classical piano, saxophone, soccer

  

 

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Raymond Shashaty, Jr., M.D.
Inpatient Associate Program Director/Clinical Assistant Professor


Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Hospital medicine
Hobbies: Mountain biking and Jiu-Jitsu 
 

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 Nakeisha Rodgers, M.D.                                                                                                     
Outpatient Associate Program Director/Ambulatory Medicine/Clinical Assistant Professor 

Medical School: University of the West Indies
Residency: Bridgeport Hospital Affiliated with Yale, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Geriatrics  

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Geriatric Medicine
Hobbies: Dance, poetry, playwriting, event planning

 

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Hussam Ammar, M.D.
Core Faculty/Clinical Associate Professor 

Medical School: Cairo University

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Clinical (both in and out-patient), POCUS, and education
Hobbies: Loves his family, both two-legged and four-legged (one dog, two cats), loves to read

 

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Mownika Yadlapalli, M.D.
Core Faculty/ Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical School: American University of Antigua
Residency: University of Pittsburg Medical Center - Mercy 

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interests:  Gastroenterology; EMT; Community Service - Free Medical Clinics,
Disaster Relief Medical Camps
Hobbies:  Cooking, arts, music, travel

 

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Subspecialist:

Julia S. Barry, D.O.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cadiovascular Disease

Dr. Barry received her Doctor of Osteopathy at Nova Southeastern University – College of Osteopathic Medicine in Davie, Florida. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at State University of New York at Stony Brook in Stony Brook, New York. She completed her Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at University of Florida Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.

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Carlos Campo, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Pulmonary/Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Bronchoscopy/Sleep Medicine

Dr. Campo earned his M.D. from Universidad Autonoma de Centro America in San Jose, Costa Rica.
He completed his internship and residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, FL. Dr. Campo completed his fellowship at University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

 

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Chaowen (Jason) Chen, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Neurology
Subspecialty: Clinical Neurophysiology

Dr. Chen earned his MD at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.  He completed his residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, and his fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.

 

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Cristian Del Carpio Tenorio, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cadiovascular Disease

Dr. Del Carpio received his Doctorate of Medicine at San Martin de Porres University School of Medicine in Lima, Peru. He completed both his Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. In addition, he completed his Fellowship in Heart Failure at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Avon Doll, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Nephrology  

Dr. Doll earned his M.D. at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.

 

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Gian Carlo Giove, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Giove comes to us from the University of Alabama following completion of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Disease fellowships and an internal medicine residency at the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine.

 

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Gregory Hartlage, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cadiovascular Disease

Dr. Hartlage attended Medical School at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the renowned J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program, Emory University, followed by Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship also at Emory.

 

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Alex Ho, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Dr. Ho earned his MD degree from the Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL. 
He completed his internship and residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC.

 

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Antoni R. Kafrouni, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

SubSpecialty: Endocrinology

Dr. Kafrouni earned his MD from Universidad Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela. He completed his residency at Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, FL, and Fellowship at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY.

 

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Gizatchew Ketsela, M.D., FACP

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Infectious Disease
SubSpecialty:  Infectious Disease

Dr. Ketsela earned his MD degree from Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia.  He completed his residency at the New York Medical College at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY, and his fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.

 

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Hari Kolli, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Nephrology and Hypertension

Dr. Kolli earned his MD from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradish, India.

He completed his Internship, residency, and fellowship at the University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY.

 

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Thomas Noel, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
Subspecialty: Interventional Cardiology/Internal Medicine/Nuclear Cardiology Medicine

Dr. Noel earned his M.D. at University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA.

 

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Mitchell F. Peabody, D.O.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Hematology/Oncology
 

Dr. Peabody earned his DO degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI and completed both his residency and fellowship at St. John Providence Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Warren, MI.

 

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Hussein Rayatzadeh, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cadiovascular Disease

Dr. Rayatzadeh received his Doctorate of Medicine from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. After serving one year in the military, Dr. Rayatzadeh relocated to the U.S. in 2009. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He completed his Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas.

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Pablo A. Rengifo-Moreno, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cadiovascular Disease

Dr. Rengifo received his Doctorate of Medicine from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela and then completed a two year research fellowship at Harvard University. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at St. Elizabeth´s Medical Center of Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Andres Rodriguez, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Internal Medicine

Dr. Rodriguez earned his M.D. at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He completed
his internship, residency and fellowship at University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.

 

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Less K. Shrestha, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Subspecialty: Rheumatology

Dr. Shrestha earned his MD from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.  He completed his residency at Saint Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY and fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK.

 

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Ernesto Umana, M.D., FACC

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
Subspecialty: Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Dr. Umana earned his MD at Francisco Marroquin University, Guatemala City, Guatemala. He completed his internship, residency, and fellowship at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.
 

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Dr. Beatriz Cepeda Valery, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Cadiovascular Disease

Dr. Cepeda Valery received her Doctorate of Medicine at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Luis Razetti, Venezuela. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine, as well as her Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease, at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

 

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