Faculty | Internal Medicine Residency | Medstar Washington Hospital Center | MedStar Health

MedStar Washington Hospital Center's Department of Medicine employs more than 100 full-time physicians who also serve as faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. These faculty members are skilled and experienced clinicians who have chosen to teach residents and fellows as a large part of their daily activities.

  • Cardiology

    Nana Afari-Armah, MD

    Brian Baturin, MD

    Itshac Ben-Dor, MD

    Nelson Bernardo, MD

    Joaquin Crespo-Meijas, MD

    Zayd Eldadah, MD

    Vaani Garg, MD

    Richa Gupta, MD

    Cyrus Hadadi, MD

    Mark Hofmeyer, MD

    Christy Kaiser, MD

    Benjamin Kenigsberg, MD

    Preetham Kumar, MD

    Phillip Lam, MD

    Diego Medvedofsky, MD

    Ricardo Nieves, MD

    Alexander Papolos, MD

    Miguel Pinilla Vera, MD

    Lowell Satler, MD

    Manish Shah, MD

    Farooq Sheikh, MD

    Narayana Singam, MD

    Margaret Stevenson, MD

    Allen Taylor, MD -Department Chair

    Tania Vora, MD

    Anam Waheed, MD

    Syed Waqas Haider, MD

    Gaby Weissman, MD - Fellowship Program Director

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


  • Endocrinology

    Neelam Baral, MD

    Kenneth Burman, MD

    Priya Kundra, MD

    Meeta Sharma, MD , Section Director

    Susmeeta Sharma, MD

    Leila Shobab, MD

    Jason Wexler, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


  • Gastroenterology

    Ghassan Alzayer, MD

    Nikiya Asamoah, MD

    Samer Charbel, MD

    Victor Ciofoaia, MD

    Alireza Meighani, MD

    Stanley Pietrak, MD

    I.David Shocket, MD , Section Director

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


  • General Medicine

    Godwin Darko, MD , Section Director

    Ronald Distajo, MD

    Ahmar Hashmi, MD

    Laurel Mueller, DO

    Arrel Olano, MD

    Nnenna Oluigbo, MD

    Sailaja Pindiprolu, MD, Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Deborah Topol, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Jennifer Tran, MD


  • Geriatrics

    Austin Armstrong, MD

    Eric De Jonge, MD, Section Director

    Guy Vin Chang, MD



  • Hematology/Oncology

    Ami Chitalia, MD

    Christopher Gallagher, MD, Section Director

    Salem Kim, MD

    Hira Latif, MD

    Kamyar Nader, MD

    George Philips, MD

    Suthee Rapisuwon, MD

    Aarthi Shenoy, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Hedy Smith, MD

    Anteneh Tesfaye, MD

    Kristen Whitaker, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes



  • Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine

    Aparna Desai, MD

    Hunter Groninger, MD, Section Director

    Kristen McElreath, MD

    Clint Pettit, MD

    Michael Pottash, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Anirudh Rao, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


  • Hospitalist Medicine

    Eshon Aligholizadeh, MD

    Tamara Augustin, MD

    Victor Baez Martinez, MD

    Manish Bastakoti, MD

    Marilyne Cadieux, DO

    Naveed Choudry, MD

    Meghan Connelly, MD

    Farah Da'as, MD

    Toluwalashe Davies, MD

    Lini Edwin, MD

    David Fink, MD

    Lea Fisher, MD

    Christopher Gibson, MD

    Shameem Huq, MD

    Osarimabo Imoisili, MD

    Ana Kavtaradze, MD

    Rajkiran Khattra, MD

    Rahel Kebede, MD

    Maryam Khavandi, MD

    Mark Kotlarewsky, MD

    Shaunak Kulkarni, MD, Associate Program Director Clinician Educator Track 

    Benjamin Kurth, MD

    Lingling Liu, MD

    Amanda Magee, DO, Section Director

    Christina Maguire, MD

    Lokesh Manjani, MD

    Roselyn Manus, MD

    Prasun Mishra, MD

    Saad Mohammad, MD

    Georges Mora, MD

    Soumya Narayan, MD

    Jenesha Narayanan, MD

    Waseem Nosair, MD

    Iseri Obadaseraye, MD

    Erick Oran, MD

    Dan Park, MD

    Pradeep Paul, MD

    Joseph Pawlowski, MD

    Raphael Pristoop, MD

    Corica Rodgers, MD

    Azhar Shamas, MD

    Christine Shanahan, MD

    Scott Shepperd, MD

    Junhui Song, MD

    Tanuj Sood, MD

    Shreenivas Sreenivasan, MD

    Shannon Stegall, MD

    Tad Umali, MD

    Arathy Vamadevan, MD

    Daniel Wallach, MD

    Abubakari Welle, MD


  • Infectious Diseases

    Saumil Doshi, MD, Fellowship Program Director

    Hosein Kafimosavi, DO

    Adam Klein, DO

    Leon Lai, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Sheena Ramdeen, MD

    Christian Woods, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Glenn Wortmann, MD, Section Director

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


  • Nephrology

    Kevin Abbott, MD

    Anum Bilal, MD

    Michael Sherman, DO

    Lonnie Thach, MD

    Judith Veis, MD, Section Director

  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

    Eric Ahlstrom, MD

    Chee Chan, MD

    Brian Cuneo, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    Aaaron Holley, MD

    Anantha Mallia, MD, Program Director POCUS, Associate Program Director Critical Care Fellowship

    Emil Oweis, MD, Associate Program Director Simulation Training

    Darling A. Ruiz Cerrato, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

    John Sherner, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine

    Andrew Shorr, MD, Section Director

    Jessica Wang Memoli, MD, Associate Program Director Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship 

    Christian Woods, MD, Program Director Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


  • Rheumatology

    Elena Ciofoaia, MD

    Florina Constantinescu, MD, Section Director

    Akrithi Garren, MD

    Fellowship Training program: Yes


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