group

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

Class of 2023

Katherine Burns, DO

 

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC

Precious Idogun, MD

 

Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
Oakland Univ. William Beaumont School of Med.
Royal Oak, Michigan
 

Bobby Malik, DO

 

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
HCA Florida Blake Hospital/USF Morsani COM
Bradenton, FL

Ian Nora, MD

 

Hospitalist
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Sarasota, FL

Dillan Patel, MD

 

Hospitalist
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Sarasota, FL

John Sia, MD

 

Infectious Diseases Fellowship
University of South Florida Morsani COM/
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL

Blake Studer, MD

 

Hospitalist
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Sarasota, FL

Heather Vermilyea, DO

 

Primary Care
Advent Health Well 65+
Tampa, FL

Richard Walo, DO

 

Hospitalist
Wake Forest – Atrium Baptist Health System
Winston-Salem, NC

Zachary Whiteside, DO

 

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani at Bayonet Point Hospital
Hudson, FL

Stephanie Williams, MD

 

Hospitalist
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Sarasota, FL

Ricardo Villasmil, MD 
(Chief Resident)

Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Orlando Health
Orlando, FL

 

grad

 

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

 

grad

 

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
(Chief Resident)

 

Infectious Disease Fellowship University of Maryland Baltimore, MD

 

grad
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
FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital

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
Sarasota Memorial Hospital

 

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