Graduating class of 2025
Andrew Apugliese, DOHospitalist
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL
Kevin Cai Zhen, MDRheumatology Fellowship
University of Miami
Jackson Health System
Miami, FL
Susan Clyne, DOPrimary Care
Millennium Physicians Group
Sarasota, FL
Berkis Contreras Tejeda, MDPrimary Care
FSU Newtown Internal Medicine Residency Clinic
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL
Gustavo Garcia, MDHematology/Oncology Fellowship
Zucker School of Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital
Manhattan, NY
David Jerez Diaz, MDHospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Florida State University
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL
Daniel Lang, DOPrimary Care
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL
Jammal Marcano Buret, MDPrimary Care
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL
Kevin Mulles, DOHospitalist
Accountable Inpatient Medicine
Sarasota, FL
Gustavo Ramos Ortiz, MDChief Resident
Florida State University
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL
Ahed Roumia, MDHospitalist
Arcadia Medical Associates
Arcadia, FL
Ian Vargas, MDCardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL
David Younkin, MDHospitalist
Mon Health
Morgantown, WV

Graduating class of 2024

Jeffrey Alookaran, DOHospitalist
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, MDPrimary Care
First Physicians Group
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Sarasota, FL
Andrew Win, MDPrimary Care
Florida
Graduating 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

 

Graduating class of 2022

 

CRISTINA ACOSTA-DIAZ, MDFirst Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL
JULAINE BRAHAM, MDDedicated Senior Medical Center / Chen Med Outpatient Primary Care, St. Petersburg, FL
KAFAYAT BUSARI, MDStony Brook NY Gastroenterology Fellowship, Stony Brook, NY
RANESE JEFFERY, MDLocum Tenens Hospitalist Medicine
ZACHARY KIRKLAND, DOFirst Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL
NATALIA LATTANZIO, MDFirst Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL
DEREK PIERCE, MDFirst Physician’s Group Hospitalist Medicine, Sarasota, FL
ELIER RODRIGUEZ, MDDedicated Senior Medical Center/ Chen Med Outpatient Primary Care, St. Petersburg, FL
LISETTE RODRIGUEZ, MDUniversity of Virginia Endocrinology Fellowship, Charlottesville, VA
JOHN RUTKOWSKI, MDFSU College of Medicine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Sarasota, FL
YESHANEW TEKLIE, MDUniversity of Southern California Hematology /Oncology Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
RICARDO VILLASMIL, MDFSU College of Medicine Internal Medicine Chief Resident at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL
MINDY WARD, DOIntercoastal Medical Group Outpatient Primary Care, Sarasota, FL
QASSEM ABDELAL, MD
(Chief Resident)
University of Florida Jacksonville Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship, Jacksonville, FL

 

Graduating class of 2021

 

QASSEM K. ABDELAL, MDChief Medical Resident Internal Medicine Residency Program Florida State University, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
STEPHEN D. BELL, MDRheumatology Fellowship Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; plan to return to the sunshine state for a career in community rheumatology
VICTORIA CAMPDESUNER, DOHematology Oncology Fellowship Kettering Health Network, Kettering, OH
JORGE I. CONTE, MDCardiology Fellowship Memorial Health Care System, Hollywood, FL
KEVIN A. DAWKINS, JR., DOHospitalist, First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL
JUSTIN P. GEORGE, MDPulmonary 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, MDCardiology Fellowship, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
SEAN L. PACHOLEC, DOHospitalist University of North Carolina Health Care
Raleigh, NC
NIRAJ R. PATEL, MDHospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL
KAYLA MARINI RAPP, DOPrimary Care First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Venice, FL
YORLENIS RODRIGUEZ, DOHospitalist Lee Health, Fort Myers, FL
DONA ROSE, DOHospitalist First Physicians Group Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, FL

TALAL ALKAYALI, MBBS
(Chief Resident)

 

Infectious Disease Fellowship University of Maryland Baltimore, MD

 

Graduating class of 2020
Talal Alkayali, MDChief Medical Resident
Internal Medicine Residency Program
FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Bahaa Amer, MDHematology / Oncology Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Caitlin Bass, MDHospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship
FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Derek Calkins, DOHospitalist
Durham, NC
Ijeoma Eccles-James, MDHospitalist
Atlanta, GA
Christopher M. Jenkins, MDCardiology Fellowship
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, LA
Mallory Kimsey, DOPrimary Care
Piedmont Healthcare
Athens, GA
Marilyn Mosquera, MDRheumatology Fellowship
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Belissa Ramos-Chaves, MDPulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Juan Ricardo, MDHospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship
FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Ahmed Salem, MDGastroenterology Fellowship
University of Tennessee
Memphis, TN

 

2024-25

 
Ian Motie, MD

 
Infectious Disease Fellowship
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
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
 
2019-20Rishin Handa, MDCardiology Fellowship
Drexel University
Reading, PA
 
2019-20Antoni 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