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 2014-2023
In the past 10 years with fairly steady trends, our graduates have chosen the following career paths:
Career Paths of our Graduates
Cardiology | |
Rahul Annabathula | University of Maryland Medical Center Cardiovascular Disease |
Trevor Caldarera | University of Kentucky Medical Center Cardiovascular Disease |
Anthony Cioci | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Cardiovascular Disease/Clinical |
Suud Kiradoh | Carilion Clinic – Virginia Tech Carilion SOM Cardiovascular Disease |
Daniel McNavish | University of Texas Houston Cardiovascular Disease |
Wesley Parker | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Cardiovascular Disease/Clinical |
Scott Winsor | Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Cardiovascular Disease |
Hematology/Oncology | |
Kimberly Burcher | Duke University Medical Center – NC Hematology and Oncology/Clinical |
Christopher Duckworth | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Hematology and Oncology/Clinical |
Andrew Faucheux | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Hematology and Oncology/Clinical |
Gastroenterology | |
Fadi Chanaa | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center – NC Gastroenterology/Clinical |
William Green | University of Kansas SOM – Kansas City Gastroenterology/Clinical |
Allergy & Immunology | |
Samantha Nguyen | University of Virginia Allergy & Immunology |
Merin Reji | NYU Long Island SOM – NY Allergy & Immunology |
Pulmonary/Critical Care | |
Kristin Sheehan | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Pulmonary/Critical Care |
Alyssa Simon | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Pulmonary/Critical Care |
Sleep Medicine | |
Mitchell Gigandet | Duke University Medical Center – NC Sleep Medicine |
Endocrinology | |
Christopher Woody | University of North Carolina Hospitals Endocrinology/Clinical |
Geriatrics | |
Kimberli Tipps | Vanderbilt University Medical Center – TN Geriatric Medicine |
Nephrology | |
Ryan Trimble | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – NC Nephrology/Clinical |
Primary Care/General Internal Medicine | |
Justin Choi | General Internal Medicine – Advocate Health, Chicago, IL |
Julie Eckelbarger | Wake Forest General Internal Medicine Faculty |
Alfred Rabinovich | Primary Care – University of North Carolina |
Jane Xu | General Internal Medicine – Wake Forest |
Hospitalists |
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Scott Amrhein | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – Hospitalist |
Amlak Bantikassegn | Atrium Health Hospitalist – Shelby, NC |
Cynthia Ezedike | Locums Hospitalist |
Tomas Lucioni | OHSU, Portland, OR – Hospitalist |
Sawan Patel | Atrium Heatlh Cabarrus Hospitalist |
Bradley Rowland | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – Hospitalist |
Alexandra Sutton | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – Hospitalist |
Adam Turner | Hospitalist, Novant |
Epidemic Intelligence Service | |
Amy Xie | Center for Disease Control |
2023-2024 Assistant Chief of Medicine | |
Kiersten Brown | |
Matthew Ellis | |
Kathleen Herring | |
Meehir Shah | |
Sarah Stern |