Faculty | Internal Medicine Residency | Medstar Washington Hospital Center | MedStar Health

MedStar Washington Hospital Center's Department of Medicine employs more than 100 full-time physicians who also serve as faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. These faculty members are skilled and experienced clinicians who have chosen to teach residents and fellows as a large part of their daily activities.

  • Cardiology

    Allen Taylor, MD, Chair

    Ana Barac, MD

    Itsik Ben-Dor, MD, Fellowship Director, Interventional Cardiology

    Patrick Bering, MD

    Nana Afari-armah, MD

    Nelson Bernardo, MD

    Brian Case, MD

    Sarfraz Durrani, MD

    Zayd Eldadah, MD, PhD, Director, Electrophysiology

    Andrew Ertel, MD

    Margaret Fischer, MD

    Vaani P Garg, MD

    Richa Gupta, MD

    Syed W Haider, MD

    Cyrus Hadadi, MD

    Hayder Hashim, MD

    Mark Hofmeyer, MD, Fellowship Director, Heart Failure

    Sumbal Janjua, MD

    Ajay Kadakkal, MD

    Christy Kaiser, MD

    Benjamin Kenigsberg, MD

    Preetham Kumar, MD

    Phillip Lam, MD

    Sung Lee, MD

    Diego Medvedofsky, MD

    Susan O’Donoghue, MD

    Alexander Papolos, MD

    Jonathan Patrick, MD

    Miguel Pinilla Vera, MD

    Edward Platia, MD

    Sriram Rao, MD

    Maria Rodrigo, MD

    Toby Rogers, MD

    Ali Salah, MD

    Manish Shah, MD, Fellowship Program Director, Electrophysiology

    Farooq Sheikh, MD

    David Strouse, MD

    Athanasios Thomaides, MD

    Gaby Weissman, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Seth Worley, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • Endocrinology

    Kenneth Burman, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Meeta Sharma, MD, Section Director

    Susmeeta Sharma MD

    Leila Shobab, MD

    Jason Wexler, MD

    Priya Kundra, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • Gastroenterology

    David Shocket, MD, Section Director

    Victor Ciofoaia, MD

    Stanley Pietrak, MD

    Nikiya O Asamoah, MD

    Ghassan Alzayer, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • General Medicine

    Godwin Darko, MD, Section Director

    Ronald Distajo, MD

    Arrel Olano, MD

    Nnenna Oluigbo, MD

    Sailaja Pindiprolu, MD, Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Deborah Topol, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Jennifer Tran, MD

    Lauren A Mueller, DO

    Ahmar S Hashmi, MD

  • Geriatrics

    Eric De Jonge, MD, Section Director

    Guy Vin Chang, MD

  • Hematology/Oncology

    Christopher Gallagher, MD, Co-Section Director

    Irina Veytsman, MD, Co-Section Director

    Sosipatros Boikos, MD

    Ami Chitalia, MD

    Hira Latif, MD

    Edward N Libby, MD

    Kamyar Nader, MD

    Dennis Priebat, MD

    Suthee Rapisuwon, MD

    Aarthi Shenoy, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Hedy Smith, MD

    Anteneh Tesfaye, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine

    Hunter Groninger MD, Section Director

    Aparna Desai, DO

    Kristen McElreath, MD

    Clint Pettit, MD

    Michael Pottash MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Anirudh Rao, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • Hospitalist Medicine

    Gillian Southwell, MD, Section Director

    Scott Shepperd, MD

    Tamara Augustin, MD

    Victor Baez, MD

    Christina Chai, MD

    Nuval Cherian, MD

    Meghan Connelly, MD

    Lini Edwin, MD

    Hooman Fazlalizadeh,MD

    Christopher Gibson, MD

    Shameem Huq, MD

    Osarimabo Imoisili, MD

    Ana Kavtaradze, MD

    Rajkiran Khattra, MD

    Mark Kotlarewsky, MD

    Shaunak Kulkarni, MD

    Lingling Liu, MD

    Amanda Magee, DO

    Lokesh Manjiani, MD

    Roselyn Manus, MD

    Noor-ul-huda Mehdi, MD

    Prasun Mishra, MD

    Georges Mora, MD

    Rooma Nankani, MD

    Jenesha Narayanan, MD

    Iseri Obadaseraye, MD

    Jay Park, MD

    Nicole Parks, MD

    Pradeep Paul, MD

    Joseph Pawlowski, MD

    Raphael Pristoop MD

    Corica Rodgers, MD

    Rosemarie Rollins-Folks, MD

    Christine Shanahan, MD

    Azhar Shamas, MD

    Junhui Song, MD

    Tanuj Sood, MD

    Shannon Stegall, MD

    Arathy Vamadevan, MD

    Abubakari Welle, MD

    Daniel Wallach, MD

    Kosuke Yasukawa, MD

    Wissam Zaeeter, MD

  • Infectious Diseases

    Glenn Wortmann, MD, Section Director

    Saumil Doshi, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Dawn Fishbein, MD

    Hosein Kafimosavi, MD

    Adam Klein, MD

    Leon Lai, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Sheena Ramdeen, MD

    Christian Woods, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • Nephrology

    Judith Veis, MD, Section Director

    Michael Sherman, MD

    Raeesa Mirza, MD

  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

    Andrew Shorr, MD, Section Director

    Eric Ahlstrom, MD

    Chee Chan, MD

    Brian Cuneo, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Anantha Mallia, DO

    Emil Oweis, MD

    Darling Ruiz-Cerrato, MD

    John Sherner, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine

    Jessica Wang-Memoli, MD

    Christian Woods, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Fellowship Program Director

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

  • Rheumatology

    Florina Constantinescu, MD, Section Director, Fellowship Program Director

    Anjani Pillarisetty, MD

    Akrithi Garren. MD

    Benjamin Plotz, MD

    Elena-Ioana, Ciofoaia, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes

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