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Residency Match Results

Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) alumni have gone on to distinguished residency, fellowship, and faculty positions after leaving the program. We are very proud of their continuing contributions to academic medicine and commitment to establishing careers as physician-scientists.

2024

  • Ayesha Firdous, Pediatrics, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Joey Hsu, Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard), Boston, MA
  • Kanupriya Gupta, Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Julia Knight, Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2023

  • Stephanie Casillo, Neurosurgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Neha Hafeez, Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Anjana Murali, Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Breanna Nguyen, Dermatology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
  • Vaidehi Patel, Internal Medicine, Cornell, New York, NY
  • Catherine Pressimone, Internal Medicine, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

2022

  • Eric Adams, Surgery, UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Rebecca (Becky) Brown, Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Aidan Dmitriev, Ophthalmology, UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Christopher (Chris) Hensler, Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Aneta Kowalski, Radiology-Diagnostic, UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Alicia Mizes, Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • William (Will) Plautz, Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Rachel Wolfe, Pediatrics (Research Track), Duke University, Durham, NC

2021

  • Jacob (Jake) Jerome, Pathology, UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Audrey Kindsfather Panko, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Charlton (Charlie) Otte, Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Anthony (Tony) Schulien, Neurosurgery, UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, PA

2020

  • Mariam Bramah-Lawani, Emergency Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Filip Istvanic, Internal Medicine, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Elizabeth (Beth) Kenny, Plastic Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Nathan Sisterson, Neurological Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard University), Boston, MA
  • Wai Lok (Cyrus) Tsang, Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic (Florida), Weston, FL

2019

  • Ross Carson, Child Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard University), Boston, MA
  • Andrew Hughes, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, PA
  • Pooja Karukonda, Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Josh Krivinko, Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Thiagu Meyyappan, General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Mondira Ray, Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2018

  • Berkcan Akpinar, Orthopedic Surgery, New York University, New York, NY
  • Kassandra Allbright, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Rafey Feroze, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Naomi Gunawardena, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, PA
  • Marshall Huang, Ophthalmology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Thomas Wozny, Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Xiao Zhu, Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2017

  • Ahmed Al-Khafaji, Interventional Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Stathis Kondylis, Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  • Robert Tisherman, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Anil Vasireddi, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Wendy Yau, Neurology, Harvard University, Boston, MA

2016

  • Michael Burrow, Ophthalmology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Erin Cummings, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, PA
  • Bhavana Vangara Chapman, Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
  • Dongning Zhang, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2015

  • Ellen Caparosa, General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Leo Chen, Urological Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Brittany Dulmage, Dermatology, Northwestern McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Erica Nakajima, Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
  • Caroline Rieser, General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Sameer Shakir, Plastic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2014

  • An-Qi (Angela) Hu, Internal Medicine, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Paul Johnson, Orthopedic Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • Chris Lord, Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
  • Daniel Ludwig, Diagnostic Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital of Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
  • Chinedu Nwasike, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Kristy Shine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2013

  • Jocelyn Fitzgerald, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Aaron Gusdon, Neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Aditya Iyer, Neurological Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Jonathan Leeman, Radiation Oncology, Memorial Slone-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • Joseph McLaughlin, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas-Southwestern, Dallas, TX
  • Mamie Thant, Medicine-Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2012

  • Cary Boyd, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Mike Bykowski, Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Anthony Deo, Psychiatry, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Chris Fung, Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Kristen Livesey, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Nick Maurice, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Ezra Mirvish, Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Shanti Pinto, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2011

  • Xiaoyi Teng, Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2010

  • Jeremy Chow, Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • Xiao Yang, Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI