Residents who complete the Internal Medicine training program at Wake Forest are highly competitive for fellowships all across the country at some of the most prestigious programs. They are well prepared to enter any sub-specialty program as well as embarking on a career as a general internist or hospitalist. Historically, about 40% of residents pursuing subspecialty training after residency have chosen to stay at Wake Forest for fellowship, which speaks to both the strong fellowship programs at Wake Forest and the strong relationships formed between residents and subspecialty mentors during residency training.
Internal Medicine Resident Career Path Highlights 2014-2024
In the past 10 years with fairly steady trends, our graduates have chosen the following career paths:
Career Paths of our Graduates
Name | Specialty and Location |
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Matthew Agnew | Hospitalist, Novant |
Dahitza Alexandre | Primary Care, Vero Beach, FL |
Matthew Anderson | Cardiology, Carilion Clinic Virginia Tech |
Chance Bloomer | Hematology & Oncology, Wake Forest |
Benjamin Corona | Nephrology, Wake Forest |
Jon Doyle | Hospitalist (Nocturnist), Wake Forest |
Athena Failla | Primary, Florida |
Carly Faller | Primary Care, Wilmington Health |
John Gehris | Hospitalist, Novant |
Bethany Hines | Pulmonary/Critical Care, Wake Forest |
John Kalada | Hospitalist (Nocturnist), Wake Forest |
Lara Khoury | Hematology & Oncology, Wake Forest |
Bryan Koppa | Hospitalist, Wake Forest (High Point) |
Aryn Kormanis | Endocrinology, Wake Forest |
Trenee Little | Primary Care, Wilmington Health |
Connie Liu | Geriatrics, Wake Forest |
Vincent Maffei | Gastroenterology, Wake Forest |
Philip Maghen | Hospitalist, Wake Forest (High Point) |
Nisha Patel | Hospitalist, UMC Las Vegas, NV |
Sanket Pattanaik | Hospitalist, Minnesota |
Cynthia Ponir | Cardiology, Wake Forest |
Alexa Pope | Primary Care, Novant, King, NC |
Sundus Razzaq | Allergy and Immunology, Wake Forest |
Alex Schmitt | Primary Care, Prisma Greenville, SC |
Alexander Sorokin | Hospitalist, Wake Forest (High Point) |
Chris Szeremeta | Hospitalist, Novant |
Brooke Vinson | Hospitalist, Wake Forest (Lexington) |
Katie Withers | Cardiology, Wake Forest |
Ted Xiao | Gastroenterology, Emory |
Hye Yoon | Allergy/Immunology, Medical College of Georgia |
2024-2025 Assistant Chiefs | |
Nicole Cillis | |
Lillie Pitts | |
Zack Pruitt | |
Jigisha Srivstav | |
Scott Thiesfeldt | |
Prelims | |
Hannah Plocki | Anesthesia, University of Utah |
Justin Holbrook | Anesthesia, Johns Hopkins |
Edgar Luat | Anesthesia, NYU Grossman |
2023-2024 Assistant Chiefs | |
Kiersten Brown | Primary Care |
Matthew Ellis | Gastroenterology, Duke |
Kathleen Herring | Primary Care St. Mary’s Athens, GA |
Meehir Shah | Pulmonary Critical Care, Johns Hopkins |
Sarah Stern | Clinical Informatics, Vanderbilt |