Match Day 2021: The Department of Medicine is proud to welcome 55 incoming residents

The Department of Medicine is thrilled to introduce the incoming 2021-2022 J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency program interns. Match Day is the culmination of our annual recruitment season and celebrates a defining moment in these young physicians’ careers. This rising class of 55 candidates will begin their residencies this July.

They include:

• 44 categorical track
• Two combined internal medicine/psychiatry track
• Eight primary care track
• One Cardiology research track

This year, we received more than 5,000 applications for approximately 500 interview spots to recruit a class of highly talented trainees. Our incoming class represents 32 medical schools from across the country, with 5 candidates from Emory University School of Medicine. Eleven incoming interns are from groups traditionally underrepresented in medicine. See below for the full match list:

Categorical Track

• Maaz Ahmed, Emory University School of Medicine
• Moneba Anees, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
• Daniel Barboto, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Kristina Bortfeld, New York Medical College
• William Britt, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• Peter Butler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
• Eric Caliendo, Weill Cornell Medicine
• Madison Canning, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• Alyssa Cruse, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
• Lilas Dagher, Universite Saint-Joseph, Lebanon
• Miko DeBruyn, Emory University School of Medicine
• Kevin Do, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
• David Dorcius, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
• Anamaria Dragan, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Wendy Du, Baylor College of Medicine
• Chidiebele Enunwa, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Yokabed Ermias, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
• Irtiqa Fazili, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
• Jemi Galani, Duke University School of Medicine
• Aaron Gillet, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Jared Gloria, Duke University School of Medicine
• Stephen Haff, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
• Catherine Hanna, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
• Jingwen Huang, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
• Aaron Issac, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Jonathan Keyes, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Stephen Kimura, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Rachel Koch, Emory University School of Medicine
• Dylan Koundakjian, University of Vermont College of Medicine
• Maya Krasnow, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
• Tyler Kristoff, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Steven Lewis, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• Monica Li, Baylor College of Medicine
• Isabel Lopez, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine
• Zachary Owens, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• James Pennoyer, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• Tucker Pope, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
• Alexander Pressman, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Youssef Saklawi, American University of Beirut
• Aaron Shepherd, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
• Daniel Skaf, Weill Cornell Medicine
• Kiara Smith, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
• Michael Vavuranakis, University of Patras, Greece
• Suyu Zhang, New York Medical College

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Track

• Catherine Bennett, Emory University School of Medicine
• Abigail Clark, Duke University School of Medicine

Primary Care Track

• Kylie Anthony, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Mackenzie Garcia, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Michelle Lee, University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Danielle Llanos, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• John Menchaca, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
• Daniel Resnick, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Christina Rudolph, Emory University School of Medicine
• Bisrat Woldemichael, University of California Davis School of Medicine

Research Track

• Alexander Razavi, Tulane University School of Medicine

We look forward to welcoming our new residents to the Emory family and supporting them to become the next generation of health care leaders. Over the course of their training, they will be exposed to a comprehensive, innovative medical curriculum that reflects the Emory University School of Medicine’s tripartite mission of education, research, and clinical care. Congratulations to our incoming residents!

Match Day 2021 Coverage

To view all Match Day coverage, visit the Department of Medicine’s Match Day website and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Please tag @EmoryDeptofMed in any Match Day related content on social media and use the #EmoryIMMatch, #EmoryMatchDay, and #MatchDay21 hashtags.

Internal Medicine Residency Program Congratulates the School of Medicine Class of 2021