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Our graduates and WashU Medicine family have made and continue to make significant impacts locally, nationally and globally. Their contributions to the medical field and their commitment to healing and discovery have left an indelible mark on our community and the world at large. From the breakthroughs of today to the leaders of tomorrow, WashU Medicine is changing medicine for good.
21
Surgery
20
Internal Medicine /
Primary Care
12
Anesthesiology
11
Pediatrics
For the Class of 2024 at WashU Medicine, March 15 was an unforgettable day of celebrating accomplishments, as graduating medical students learned where they would train for residency. This year’s graduates began their professional journeys not only during the COVID-19 pandemic but with the launch of the Gateway Curriculum, which emphasizes early clinical immersion and a holistic view of patients and the profession.
Alabama
University of Alabama Medical Center – Birmingham
| Obstetrics Gynecology | Carly Duncan |
California
California Pacific Medical Center
| Opthalmology | Rebecca Lin |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
| Internal Medicine | Ruohan Gao |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-Los Angeles
| Urology | Julie Solomon |
Los Robles Health System
| Anesthesiology | Mackenzie Geisman |
University of California – Davis Medical Center
| Anesthesiology | Caden Horgan |
UCLA Medical Center
| Radiology Diagnostic | Garrett Camps |
UCLA Stein Eye Institute
| Opthalmology | Lydia Zhong |
University of California- San Francisco
| Internal Medicine | Miguel San Miguel Benavides |
| Medicine Primary | E’lysse Santana |
| Pediatrics | Cassidy Tran |
Colorado
University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Anesthesiology | Alex Hanson Renee Wu |
Connecticut
Yale New Haven Hospital
| Medicine Primary | Amal Taylor |
| Radiology Diagnostic | Aravinda Ganapathy |
Florida
Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
| Dermatology | Jordan Phillipps |
University of Miami / Jackson Health System
| Anesthesiology | Barrett Dryden |
| Neurology | Eve Moll |
Illinois
Northwestern McGaw Medical Center/Lurie Children’s Hospital
| Pediatrics | Jeffrey Hansen Arohi Saxena |
Northwestern McGaw / NMH/VA
| Internal Medicine | Yupeng Liu Zachary Neronha |
University of Chicago Medical Center
| Anesthesiology | Adam Koenig |
| Emergency Medicine | Emily Terian |
| Internal Medicine/MD Scientist | Zachary Beller |
Indiana
Indiana University School of Medicine
| Dermatology | Ruple Jairath |
| General Surgery | Melinda Staub |
| Medicine Pediatrics | Keshav Jayaraman |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Elijah Farrales |
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Hospital
| Internal Medicine | Christopher Yoon |
| Psychiatry | Derek Barisas |
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
| Internal Medicine | Erika Schneider-Smith |
Boston Children’s Hospital
| Child Neurology | Christina Su |
Massachusetts General Hospital
| Pathology | Jared Elenbaas |
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women’s Hospital
| Radiation Oncology | Jacob Hogan Alice Silberstein |
Michigan
University of Michigan Hospitals Ann Arbor
| General Surgery | Ashley Huggins |
Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
| Anesthesiology | Andrew Benckendorf Amanda Li |
| General Surgery | Jenna Brambora Paighton Miller |
| Internal Medicine | Nicholas Griffith Kristine Huang James Moore Justin Parmely |
| Internal Medicine/PSTP | Kevin Tamadonfar David Zhang |
| Neurological Surgery | Joshua Koleske |
| Neurology | Jared Garland |
| Obstetrics Gynecology | Drishti Sinha Sarah Van Son |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Sarah Romans |
| Pathology | Jennifer Bentz |
| Radiation Oncology | Varintra Lander |
| Radiology Diagnostic | David Chen Favour Garuba Michael Olufawo |
| Surgery (Preliminary) | Brooke Higgins |
Children’s Mercy Hospital
| Pediatrics | Joshua Greene |
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
| Pediatrics | Joshua McPhie |
New Jersey
Virtua
| Internal Medicine | Jayson Cruz |
New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-Mount Sinai Hospital
| General Surgery/Scientist | Lindsey Steinberg |
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center
| Anesthesiology | Grace Huang Christopher Wang |
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia & Cornell
| Otolaryngology | Kwasi Enin |
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
| Internal Medicine | Hannah Truong |
North Carolina
Duke University Medical Center
| Internal Medicine | Larissa Lushniak |
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
| Obstetrics Gynecology | Evaline Xie |
Ohio
Case Western/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Ian Marigi |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
| Pediatrics | Karina Smiley |
Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Caellagh Catley |
Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pediatrics | Frances Avila-Soto Jessica D’Addabbo |
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
| Emergency Medicine | Justin Yu |
| General Surgery | Vikram Pothuri |
| Internal Medicine | Elizabeth Cordell |
| Plastic Surgery (Integrated) | Kaamya Varagur |
| Radiology Diagnostic | Tzvia Pinkhasov |
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
| Otolaryngology | Sabrina Goyal |
Rhode Island
Brown University / Butler Hospital
| Psychiatry | Hana Hajda |
Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital
| Emergency Medicine | Marina Perez-Plazola |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Emma Landes |
South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina
| Radiology Diagnostic | Wyatt Rumrill |
Tennessee
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
| General Surgery | Jonathan Fox |
Texas
Baylor College of Medicine / Cullen Eye Institute
| Ophthalmology | Beau Sylvester |
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
| Anesthesiology | James Wondra II |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
| Pediatrics | Rowan Gannon |
Utah
University of Utah Health
| Internal Medicine | Jackson Burton |
| Obstetrics Gynecology | Mackenzie Lemieux |
Washington
University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals
| Child Neurology | Rachel Butler |
| Dermatology | Nora Alexander |
| Emergency Medicine | Karlee De Monnin Matthew Joseph |
| Pediatrics/Health Equity | Shireen Roy |
| Plastic Surgery (Integrated) | Evan Marsh |
| Psychiatry/Research | Suelynn Ren |
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
| Pediatrics | Ann Iverson |
Published in the Autumn 2024 issue