Faculty
Program Leadership:
Vincent Riesgo, M.D.
Interim Program Director/Clinical Associate Professor
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Florida State University
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Academic medicine, addiction medicine, and the development of procedural skills
Hobbies: Cooking for friends, and immersing in file and action
Aaron Walker, M.D.
Associate Program Director/Teaching Faculty I/Chief Resident
Medical School: Xavier University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Western Ontario
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Resident Wellness, Education, Medical Awareness
Hobbies: Classical piano, saxophone, soccer, electronic device reconstruction
Ray Shashaty, Jr., M.D.
Inpatient Associate Program Director/Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Shashaty earned his M.D. at University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, FL.
He completed his residency at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Hospital medicine
Hobbies: Mountain biking and Jiu-Jitsu
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
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
Mownika Yadlapalli, M.D.
Teaching Faculty I/Chief Resident
Medical School: University of Pittsburg Medical Center - Mercy
Residency: American University of Antigua
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Gastroenterology; EMT; Community Service - Free Medical Clinics,
Disaster Relief Medical Camps
Hobbies: Cooking, arts, music, travel
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.