New Fellows of the American College of Physicians
January 1, 2016
The following 212 new Fellows were approved for election by the Credentials Committee.
Their names are listed by region assignment in alphabetical order by last name. New Fellows
outside of ACP Chapters are listed under Other Countries.
Alabama
Ravi Kumar Paluri, MD FACP
Arkansas
Yogesh Jethava, MD, MBBS FACP
Arizona
Tapash K. Das, MD FACP
William J. Martone, MD FACP
Matthew W. Wright, MD FACP
British Columbia
Anurag Markanday, MBBS FACP
California Northern
Gerardo S. Galang, MD FACP
David Law, MD FACP
Nidhi Rohatgi, MD FACP
Scott J. Selinger, MD FACP
California Southern 1
Jeffery Lee, MD FACP
Andrew S. Young, DO FACP
California Southern 2
Tin T. Aung, MBBS FACP
Philomena J. Cho, MD FACP
Te-ie I. Lee, MD FACP
Ali Motabar, MD FACP
Chile
Max Andresen, MD FACP
Michel A. Baro, MD FACP
Colorado
Mary Elizabeth Anderson, MD FACP
David J. Mohlman, DO FACP
Douglas S. Webster, MD FACP
Connecticut
Todd Cassese, MD FACP
Jaclyn Cox, DO FACP
Bidur Dhakal, MD FACP
Diana L. Sewell, MD FACP
Delaware
Neelambari B. Kerkar, MD FACP
Jason E. Nace, MD FACP
District of Columbia
Cielito M. Aguinaldo, MD FACP
Ricardo Correa, MD FACP
Seth A. Krevat, MD FACP
Meena Raj, MD FACP
Brandon G. Smaglo, MD FACP
Florida
Abdulla A. Damluji, MD MPH FACP
Harelle C. Duncan, MD FACP
Jennifer G. Foster, MD FACP
Roopa Ganga, MBBS FACP
Fernando J. Manalac Jr, MD FACP
Lynsey A. Seim, MD FACP
Andy Somesan, MD FACP
Mairaj Uddin, MD FACP
Georgia
Nicolas Bakinde, MD FACP
Thaddeus Y. Carson, MD FACP
Charles P. McCormick, MD MPH FACP
L. Kevin Nash, MD FACP
Nidhip A. Patel, DO FACP
Gulf
Mohamed S. Sadek, MBBS FACP
Khurram A. Siddiqui, MBBS FACP
Idaho
Robert A. McKie, MD FACP
Illinois Northern
Aristides P. Assimacopoulos, MD FACP
William J. Cotter, MD FACP
Patricia A. Graham, MD FACP
Shweta Gupta, MBBS FACP
Jerry A. Krishnan, MD PhD FACP
Dheeraj Mahajan, MD FACP
Brian P. Ragona, MD FACP
Sunita N. Singh, MD FACP
Illinois Southern
Kathy M. Bottum, MD FACP
Meghna Desai, MBBS FACP
Martha L. Hlafka, MD FACP
Cortney N. Joneikis, MD FACP
Joanna R. Rea, MD FACP
Laura Y. Salazar, MD FACP
Udit Verma, MD FACP
Indiana
Udit Verma, MD FACP
Edmond A. Bendaly, MD FACP
Leny Philip, MBBS FACP
Niranjan Babu C. Thothala, MBBS FACP
India
Dinesh Khullar, MD FACP
Krishna Kumar, MD FACP
Vinod Mittal, MD FACP
Japan
Yusaku Kajihara, MD FACP
Kansas
Manuel L. Caga-Anan, MD FACP
Kevin A. Heath, MD FACP
Bradley W. Marples, MD FACP
Louisiana
Constance M. Gistand, MD FACP
Massachusetts
William C. Aird MD
Sheila F. Mitsuma, MD FACP
J. Peter Oettgen, MD FACP
Sajid Y. Saraf, MD FACP
Suetta M. Tenney, MD FACP
Maryland
Michael C. Albert, MD FACP
Romsai T. Boonyasai, MD FACP
Richard E. Chaisson, MD FACP
Wilbur H. Chen, MD FACP
John O. Clarke, MD FACP
Deidra Crews, MD FACP
David M. Cromwell, MD FACP
Matthew Decamp, MD,PhD FACP
Jeffrey C. Fink, MD FACP
Luis F. Gimenez, MD FACP
Christopher J. Hoffmann, MD FACP
Azra Hussaini, MBBS FACP
Christopher Koh, MD FACP
Maryland - continued
Peter M. Kuehl, MD FACP
Danny E. Lee, MD FACP
Alice Lee, MD FACP
Brent Bruce MacDonald, MD FACP
Afroze Muneer, MBBS FACP
Timothy M. Niessen, MD FACP
Philip Nivatpumin, MD FACP
Ada U. Offurum, MD FACP
Albert J. Polito, MD FACP
Stuart C. Ray, MD FACP
Anuradha D. Reddy, MD FACP
Stuart D. Russell, MD FACP
Paul G. Saleeb, MD FACP
Stephen M. Sozio, MD FACP
David J. Tardio, MD FACP
Lizy B .Thomas, MBBS FACP
Robert J. Wityk, MD FACP
Mexico
Rosalia Garcia Pena, MD FACP
Aida D Ortega Ortega, MD FACP
Michigan
Jayne E. Courts, MD FACP
Samuel R. DeNardo, MD FACP
Sharon P. Deskins, MD FACP
Ruaa Elteriefi, MD FACP
Sujay Madduri, MD FACP
Minnesota
John Charles O’Horo, MD FACP
Michael S. VanScoy, MD FACP
Missouri
Sivakumar Ardhanari, MD FACP
Angela L. Brown, MD FACP
Fred R. Buckhold, III MD FACP
Montana
David Jinich, MD FACP
Nebraska
Henry T. Lynch, MD FACP
Howard L. Mitchell, MD FACP
New Hampshire
Maireni R. Cruz, MD FACP
New Jersey Northern
Robert D. Zenenberg, DO FACP
New Jersey Southern
Randi R. Protter, MD FACP
Stefani A. Russo, MD FACP
New Mexico
Eva Angeli, MD FACP
New York - Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
Ilya Blokh, MD FACP
Benjamin Galen, MD FACP
Ofek Hai, DO FACP
Haseeb Ilias Basha, MD FACP
New York - Upstate
Karan Singh Alag, MD FACP
Sylvia W. Park, MD FACP
Sivaharsha Yedlapati, MD FACP
Nevada
Georgiana Mae Duxbury, MD FACP
North Carolina
Ashfaq Ahsanuddin, MD FACP
Andrew W. Buzan, MD FACP
Muhammad Khyzar Hayat Syed, MD FACP
Chaudry Nasir Majeed, MBBS FACP
Ohio
Adam A. Fershko, MD FACP
Munir P. Shah, MD FACP
Oklahoma
Krishna M. Baradhi, MBBS FACP
David C. Kendrick, MD FACP
Ontario
Masoud Mahdavian, MD FACP
Oregon
Maureen C. Nash, MD FACP
Elizabeth SM Sazie, MD FACP
Thomas M. Steele, MD FACP
Other Countries
Md Badrul Alam Mondal, MD FACP - Bangladesh
Jose Amado Tineo, MD FACP - Peru
BG Sk Ruhul Amin, MBBS FACP - Bangladesh
Md Rashedul Islam, MBBS FACP - Bangladesh
Soccoh A. Kabia, MD FACP – Sierra Leone
Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, MD FACP – Sri Lanka
Alaa Abdelaziz Sabry, MBBCH,MD FACP - Egypt
Pennsylvania Eastern
Jennifer L. DeLutis, MD FACP
Christian Espana Schmidt, MD FACP
Alyssa L. Moyer, MD FACP
Gretchen A. Perilli, MD FACP
Roman A. Tuma, MD FACP
Joseph Joe Lukose Vadakara, MBBS FACP
Pennsylania Southeastern
Daniel E. Soffer, MD FACP
Pennsylvania Western
Gregory M. Bump, MD FACP
Edward Chu, MD FACP
Nancy E. Davidson, MD FACP
Anastasios Kapetanos, MD FACP
Seah Lim, MD PhD FACP
Harry S. Sahi, MD FACP
Sarah Anne Tilstra, MD FACP
Puerto Rico
Yussef Galib, MD FACP
Rhode Island
Kimberly S. Babb, MD FACP
Bethany J. Gentilesco, MD FACP
South Dakota
Basanta Pathak, MD FACP
Tennessee
Karen C. Bloch, MD FACP
Dharmesh Patel, MD FACP
Mihir H. Patel, MD FACP
Sarah H. See, MD FACP
Kenneth Trzil, MD FACP
Texas Northern
Blake R. Barker, MD FACP
Mai F. Sharaf, MD, FACP
Abey K. Thomas, MD FACP
James W. Walton, DO FACP
Texas Southern
James W. Walton, DO FACP
United States Air Force
Kevin J. Goist, MD FACP
United States Army
MAJ Anthony J. Oliva, Jr, MD MC FACP
CPT Nathan T. Jacqua, MD MC FACP
MAJ LaKeesha L. Lockett-Burr, DO MC FACP
MAJ Joshua S. Puhr, MD FACP
United States Navy
LT Andrew M. Kellermann, DO FACP
Utah
Kencee K. Graves, MD FACP
Virginia
Ronald J. Distajo, MD FACP
Shahab M. Ehtesham, MD FACP
Sajid Melvin George, MBBS FACP
Thomas Avery Gibbs, MD FACP
Ann Mecherikunnel, MD FACP
Andrea Morgan-Bedasse, MBBS FACP
John S. Prince, Jr MD FACP
Sima Shukla, MD FACP
Jonathan G. Stine FACP
Daniel W. Woodford, MD FACP
Firew Mekonnen Wubiee, MD FACP
Washington
Jumee Barooah, MD FACP
Kara J. Mitchell, MD FACP
Jennifer J. Wright, MD FACP
West Virginia
Shanthi Manivannan, MBBS FACP
Chandler H. Park, MD FACP
Mary Davidson Warden, MD FACP
Wisconsin
Alex C. Canda, MD FACP
Ayanava Majumdar, MD FACP
Jeffrey C. Whittle, MD FACP