The Department of Medicine is thrilled to introduce the incoming 2023-2024 J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency program interns! 

This rising class of 56 candidates will join us to begin their residencies this July. Match Day is an exciting day in the careers of young physicians, and it represents the culmination of their hard work over four or more years of medical school training. This year, we received more than 4,700 applications for 468 interview spots to recruit a class of highly talented trainees. Our incoming class represents 34 medical schools from 14 states nationwide and Washington, D.C, with two international candidates and nine candidates from Emory University School of Medicine. Among these trainees, 15 incoming interns are from groups traditionally underrepresented in medicine.

2023-2024 J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency program interns:

Categorical Track

• Veena Agusala, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
• Sumaiya Alam, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
• Idris Ali Amghaiab, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• David Annakie, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
• Tivona Batieste, Tulane University School of Medicine
• William Breaux, Meharry Medical College
• Elias Castro, Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Ashleigh Chuah, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
• Ishwar Chuckaree, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
• Brandon Davis, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• Michael DeBakey, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Christian Devlin, Emory University School of Medicine
• Ruth Dunn, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
• Hassan Fakhoury, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Apoorva Gangavelli, Emory University School of Medicine
• Betelhme Gebre, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
• Hayalneh Gessessew, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
• Sydney Habert, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
• Rand Ibrahim, American University of Beirut
• Larisa Kamga, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Ryanne Lehenaff, University of Florida College of Medicine
• Giancarlo Licitra, Emory University School of Medicine
• Justin Liu, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
• Tarun Mallipeddi, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
• Daniel Mathew, Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
• Marcus Moses, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Mohamed Munye, Emory University School of Medicine
• Martin Osorio Nader, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Krishna Patel, University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Laura Pax, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
• Mary Pelling, Emory University School of Medicine
• Gary Price, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
• Petra Rantanen, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Keerthi Reddy, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Daniel Rzewnicki, Emory University School of Medicine
• Hady Samaha, Universite Saint-Joseph
• Panagiotis Sarris-Michopoulos, University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine
• Trevor Sterling, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
• Alexius Stevenson, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
• Kathryn Thompson, University of Florida College of Medicine
• Nancy Wareing, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Nora Wartan, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• Travis Wilson, Emory University School of Medicine
• Stephanie Wyman, Emory University School of Medicine

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Track

• Tahj Blow, Weill Cornell Medicine
• Kaleel Hatten, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Primary Care Track

• Dhikshitha Balaji, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Ryan Deutsch, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
• Priscilla Kim, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Russell King, Mercer University School of Medicine
• Benjamin Kofoed, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Luisa Nilan, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Kathryn Sharma, Emory University School of Medicine
• Joseph Vaughan, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans

Research Track

• Martin Johnson, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
• Anita Kaw, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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 2023 Coverage

To view all virtual Match Day coverage, visit the Department of Medicine’s Match Day website!

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