
Andrew Apugliese, DO | Hospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Sarasota, FL |
Kevin Cai Zhen, MD | Rheumatology Fellowship University of Miami Jackson Health System Miami, FL |
Susan Clyne, DO | Primary Care Millennium Physicians Group Sarasota, FL |
Berkis Contreras Tejeda, MD | Primary Care FSU Newtown Internal Medicine Residency Clinic First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Sarasota, FL |
Gustavo Garcia, MD | Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Zucker School of Medicine Lenox Hill Hospital Manhattan, NY |
David Jerez Diaz, MD | Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Florida State University Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Sarasota, FL |
Daniel Lang, DO | Primary Care First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Sarasota, FL |
Jammal Marcano Buret, MD | Primary Care First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Sarasota, FL |
Kevin Mulles, DO | Hospitalist Accountable Inpatient Medicine Sarasota, FL |
Gustavo Ramos Ortiz, MD | Chief Resident Florida State University Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Sarasota, FL |
Ahed Roumia, MD | Hospitalist Arcadia Medical Associates Arcadia, FL |
Ian Vargas, MD | Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Memorial Healthcare System Hollywood, FL |
David Younkin, MD | Hospitalist Mon Health Morgantown, WV |
Jeffrey Alookaran, DO | Hospitalist Memorial Hermann Hospital Sugarland, TX |
Karla Baez Rodriguez, MD
| Endocrinology Fellowship University of Miami/Jackson Health System Miami, FL |
Jenin Jose, MD
| Primary Care Sarasota, FL |
Zeina Kayali, MBBS
| Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington, MA |
Ian Motie, MD
| Chief Resident FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Sarasota, FL |
Sarah Paglialonga, DO
| Hospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Sarasota, FL |
Binit Patel, MD
| Hospitalist Millenium Physician Group Port Charlotte, FL |
Charles Hunter Prejean, MD
| Primary Care Lewis Health/Maury Regional Medical Group Hohenwald, TN |
Janevi Rebernigg, DO
| Endocrinology Fellowship The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH |
Mayank Sharma, MBBS
| Primary Care Presbyterian Healthcare System Albuquerque, NM |
Ryan Thompson, MD
| Hospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Sarasota, FL |
Nicole Torres Rivera, MD | Chief Resident - Newtown Clinic FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Sarasota, FL |
Manon Transleau, MD | Primary Care First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Sarasota, FL |
Andrew Win, MD | Primary Care Florida |
Katherine Burns, DO
|
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship |
Precious Idogun, MD
|
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Oakland Univ. William Beaumont School of Med. Royal Oak, Michigan |
Bobby Malik, DO
|
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship |
Ian Nora, MD
|
Hospitalist |
Dillan Patel, MD
|
Hospitalist |
John Sia, MD
|
Infectious Diseases Fellowship |
Blake Studer, MD
|
Hospitalist |
Heather Vermilyea, DO
|
Primary Care |
Richard Walo, DO
|
Hospitalist |
Zachary Whiteside, DO
|
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship |
Stephanie Williams, MD
|
Hospitalist |
Ricardo Villasmil, MD |
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship |

CRISTINA ACOSTA-DIAZ, MD | First Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL |
JULAINE BRAHAM, MD | Dedicated Senior Medical Center / Chen Med Outpatient Primary Care, St. Petersburg, FL |
KAFAYAT BUSARI, MD | Stony Brook NY Gastroenterology Fellowship, Stony Brook, NY |
RANESE JEFFERY, MD | Locum Tenens Hospitalist Medicine |
ZACHARY KIRKLAND, DO | First Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL |
NATALIA LATTANZIO, MD | First Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL |
DEREK PIERCE, MD | First Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL |
ELIER RODRIGUEZ, MD | Dedicated Senior Medical Center/ Chen Med Outpatient Primary Care, St. Petersburg, FL |
LISETTE RODRIGUEZ, MD | University of Virginia Endocrinology Fellowship, Charlottesville, VA |
JOHN RUTKOWSKI, MD | FSU College of Medicine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Sarasota, FL |
YESHANEW TEKLIE, MD | University of Southern California Hematology /Oncology Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA |
RICARDO VILLASMIL, MD | FSU College of Medicine Internal Medicine Chief Resident at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL |
MINDY WARD, DO | Intercoastal Medical Group Outpatient Primary Care, Sarasota, FL |
QASSEM ABDELAL, MD (Chief Resident) |
University of Florida Jacksonville Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship, Jacksonville, FL |

QASSEM K. ABDELAL, MD | Chief Medical Resident Internal Medicine Residency Program Florida State University, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System |
STEPHEN D. BELL, MD | Rheumatology Fellowship Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; plan to return to the sunshine state for a career in community rheumatology |
VICTORIA CAMPDESUNER, DO | Hematology Oncology Fellowship Kettering Health Network, Kettering, OH |
JORGE I. CONTE, MD | Cardiology Fellowship Memorial Health Care System, Hollywood, FL |
KEVIN A. DAWKINS, JR., DO | Hospitalist, First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL |
JUSTIN P. GEORGE, MD | Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL |
JESSICA HENDRICK KASSOVER, DO |
Internal Medicine Primary Care, Intercoastal Medical Group, Lakewood Ranch, FL |
CHRISTIAN LORENZO, MD | Cardiology Fellowship, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL |
SEAN L. PACHOLEC, DO | Hospitalist University of North Carolina Health Care Raleigh, NC |
NIRAJ R. PATEL, MD | Hospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL |
KAYLA MARINI RAPP, DO | Primary Care First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Venice, FL |
YORLENIS RODRIGUEZ, DO | Hospitalist Lee Health, Fort Myers, FL |
DONA ROSE, DO | Hospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL |
TALAL ALKAYALI, MBBS
|
Infectious Disease Fellowship University of Maryland Baltimore, MD |

Talal Alkayali, MD | Chief Medical Resident Internal Medicine Residency Program FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital |
Bahaa Amer, MD | Hematology / Oncology Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
Caitlin Bass, MD |
Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship |
Derek Calkins, DO | Hospitalist Durham, NC |
Ijeoma Eccles-James, MD | Hospitalist Atlanta, GA |
Christopher M. Jenkins, MD | Cardiology Fellowship Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, LA |
Mallory Kimsey, DO | Primary Care Piedmont Healthcare Athens, GA |
Marilyn Mosquera, MD | Rheumatology Fellowship University of Central Florida Orlando, FL |
Belissa Ramos-Chaves, MD | Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Louisville Louisville, KY |
Juan Ricardo, MD | Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital |
Ahmed Salem, MD | Gastroenterology Fellowship University of Tennessee Memphis, TN |
Chief Residents
2019-20 Rishin Handa, MD | Cardiology Fellowship Drexel University Reading, PA |
2019-20 Antoni Wojtkiowski, MD | Hospitalist Madison, WI |
2018-19 Evgeny Idrisov, MD | Gastroenterology Fellowship University of Oklahoma Tulsa, OK |
2017-18 Upali Ranasinghe, DO |
Hospitalist, First Physicians Group |
2024-25 | Ian Motie, MD | Infectious Disease Fellowship University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
2023-24 | Zeina Kayali, MBBS Ian Motie, MD Sarah Paglialonga, DO Ryan Thompson, MD | |
2022-23 | Ricardo Villasmil, MD | Cardiovascular Fellowship Orlando Health Orlando, FL |
2021-22 | Qassem Abdelal, MD | Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship University of Florida Jacksonville, FL |
2020-21 | Talal Alkayali, MD | Infectious Diseases Fellowship |
2019-20 | Rishin Handa, MD | Cardiology Fellowship Drexel University Reading, PA |
2019-20 | Antoni Wojtkowski, MD | Hospitalist Madison, WI |
2018-19 | Evgeny Idrisov, MD | Gastroenterology Fellowship University of Oklahoma Tulsa, OK |
2017-18 | Upali Ranasinghe, DO | Hospitalist Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL |