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The University of Cincinnati Emergency Medicine Residency matches 12 residents each year for a total of 48 residents at a time. We pride ourselves on a diverse group of people from around the United States who share the common goal of becoming leaders in the emergency medicine community.


ALUMNI: More than half our graduates in the past 32 years have taken academic positions upon completion of residency training. Here is a list of recent alumni and their first position immediately following residency.

Class of 2009
Benjamin S Bassin, MD		Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan


Rhonda S Cadena, MD, MS		Neurovascular Emergencies and Critical Care Fellow, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Member, Greater Cincinnati-Northern KY Stroke Team


Brent E Gottesman, MD		Assistant Professor, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York


Laura E Heitsch, MD		Neurovascular Emergencies and Research Fellow, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Member, Greater Cincinnati-Northern KY Stroke Team


Kathleen Hosmer, MD		Attending Physician St. John Hospital and Medical Center Detroit, Michigan


Kris tiana R Kaufmann, MD		International Medicine Fellow, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois


Seth S Krupp,		Assistant Professor, Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan


April M Shackleford, MD		Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia


Kurt A Smith, MD		Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee


Matt J Valento, MD		Toxicology Fellow, Toxikon Consortium, UIC-Cook County Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois


Chris B Willoughby, MD		Cardiovascular Fellow, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Class of 2008
Andrew S Butler, MD		Attending physician, The Medical Center Group, St. Luke's Community Medical Center, The Woodlands, Texas.


Damon Carbonaro, MD		Fellow of undersea and hyperbaric medicine, Clinical instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, at the University of California San Diego at the Hillcrest and Thornton Medical Centers.


Ryan Chuang, MD		Toxicology, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center at the University of Colorado, in Denver.


Benjamin Donham, MD		United States Army Special Operations, home base of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.


Erin Grise, MD		Fellow in neurovascular emergencies and critical care, assistant professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, the University of Cincinnati.


Jeffrey Holmes, MD		Clinical instructor and attending physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, in Portland, Maine.


Brett Jones, MD, PhD		Attending physician, Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona.


Jason T McMullan, MD		EMS fellow with the Special Operations Institute, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine of the University of Cincinnati.


Michael D Nauss, MD		Assistant professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Attending Physician, The Christ Hospital.


Ali S Raja, MD, MBA		Clinical instructor at the Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.


Paul M Sheehan, MD, MPH		Attending physician, TeamHealth, Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Class of 2007
Jordan B Bonomo, MD		Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine; Fellow, Neurovascular Emergencies; Member, Greater Cincinnati-Northern KY Stroke Team


John W Campbell III, MD		Assistant Professor Director, 4th Year Medical Student Education


Brian M Fuller, MD		Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Division of Emergency Medicine Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis


Carolyn K Holland, MD, MEd		Assistant Professor; Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center


Sven E Inda, MD		Graduate


William A Knight IV, MD		Assistant Professor Member, Greater Cincinnati-Northern KY Stroke Team


Christopher N Miller, MD, MS		Assistant Professor Associate Medical Director, University Hospital Center for Emergency Care Director, EM Simulation Education Program


Nathan J White, MD		Graduate


Lisa L Willacker, MD		Assistant Professor

Class of 2006
Opeolu M Adeoye, MD		Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine Member, Greater Cincinnati-Northern KY Stroke Team


Daniel J Baker, MD		Harlem Medical Center Physician New York, NY


Fred Cirillo, MD		Kaiser Permanente Clinical Physician Portland, Oregon


Joseph S Colla, MD		Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Advocate Christ Medical Center Chicago, Il


Daniel A Handel, MD, MPH		Research Fellowship Oregon Health & Science University Vancouver, WA


Rachel May, MD		California Emergency Physicians Clinical Physician San Luis Obispo, CA


Sharon Meieran, MD, JD		Preventive Medicine Residency Emergency Medicine Fellow Oregon Health & Science University


Theodore (Ted) L Spangler, MD		Mercy Medical Center Clinical Physician North Canton OH


Annette L Williams, MD		Wilford Hall Medical Center Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Lackland AFB San Antonio, TX


Justin B Williams, MD		Brooks Army Medical Center Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine San Antonio TX

Class of 2005
Shawn Baichoo, MD		Clinician, Greater Texas Emergency Consultants, Houston TX


Libby Crenshaw, MD		Clinical Instructor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston--Memorial Hermann Hospital


David Gordon, MD		Assistant Professor, Duke University, Durham NC


Autumn Graham, MD		Assistant Professor, Washington Hospital Medical Center, Washington DC


Kevin J Joseph, MD		Assistant Professor Medical Director, West Chester Emergency Department


Daniel M Lindberg, MD		Attending, Brigham and Women's hospital


Sam Luber, MD, MPH		Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas TX


Sarah Ronan-Bentle, MD, MS		Assistant Professor Associate Residency Director


Taher Vohra, MD		Clinician, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

Class of 2004
Keith Borg, MD, PhD		Assistant Professor, Emory University, Atlanta GA


Greg Hall, MD		Clinician, Mercy Fairfield Hospital, Fairfield OH


William R Hinckley, MD		Assistant Professor Medical Director and Flight Physician, Air Care


Jim Horn, MD		Clinician, Mercy Fairfield Hospital, Fairfield OH


Marek Ma, MD		Neuroscience Graduate Program (PhD studies) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA


Mary Claire Murphy, MD		Clinician, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton MA


Michael Schmidt, MD		Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago IL


Brian A Stettler, MD		Assistant Professor Residency Director


Arvind Venkat, MD		Attending Physician Resident Research Director West Penn Allegheny Health System


Steven Werdehoff, MD		Clinician, Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Al

Class of 2003
John M Deledda, MD		Assistant Professor Director of Clinical Operations, Center for Emergency Care, University Hospital Chief of Staff-Elect, University Hospital


Kenneth Domuczicz, MD		Clinician, Seton Healthcare Network, Austin TX


Rosemarie Fernandez, MD		Assistant Professor, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit MI


Nicole Flores, MD		Clinician, Seton Healthcare Network, Austin TX


Jin H Han,		Cardiovascular Research Felowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati


JoAnne McDonough, MD		Clinician, Vanguard Medical/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH


Susan Scanlon, MD		Assistant Professor, Regions Hospital, Minneapolis MN


Jon Schrock, MD		Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve/MetroHealth Medical Center Cleveland OH


David Sternfeld, MD		Clinician, Valley Medical Center, Renton WA

Class of 2002
David Bullard, MD		Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH


Anthony France, MD		Clinician, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood KY


Lucy Gibney, MD		Clinician, Chesapeake General Hospital, Chesapeake VA


David S Grundy,		Clinician/Educator, Vanguard Medical, University of Cincinnati


Michael S Lyons, MD		Assistant Professor Director, Early Intervention HIV Program


Peter Panagos, MD		Fellowship, Neurovascular Emergencies University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH Assistant Professor Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital Providence RI


Michael Schwartz, MD		Fellowship, Medical Toxicology Grady Health System/ Centers for Disease Control Atlanta GA


Steven Stephanides, MD		Clinician, Vanguard Medical/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH


Joe Suyama, MD		Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA


Jason Thurman, MD		Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Univerity, Nashville, TN

Class of 2001
Andra L Blomkalns, MD		Associate Professor and Vice Chair – Academic Affairs Director of CME, EMCREG-International


Chad Byars, MD		Clinician, Clinton Memorial Hospital, Wilmington OH


Sean P Collins, MD, MSc		Assistant Professor


Bradley Elias, MD		Assistant Professor, Robert Wood Johnson University, New Brunswick NJ


Marleen Cousins Johnson, MD		Clinician, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood KY


Timothy Kaufman, MD		Clinician, Covenant Health Systems, Saginaw MI


Raymond Moreno, MD		Assistant Professor, Assistant Residency Director Oregon Health Sciences University Portland OR


R. George Shaw, MD, PhD		Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH


Scott Welden, MD		Clinician, Brown County Hospital, Georgetown OH


Michael J Willing, MD, MBA		Assistant Professor Associate Medical Director, Jewish Hospital Emergency Department

Class of 2000
David Cohen, MD		Clinician, Clinton Memorial Hospital, Wilmington OH


Karl Kaufmann, MD		Clinician, Valley Medical Center, Renton WA


Jin Kim, MD		Clinician, Southwest Memorial Hospital, Houston TX


Joshua Kosowsky, MD		Assistant Professor Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Boston MA


Sandip Kothari, MD		Clinician, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood KY


Belinda Marcus, MD		Assistant Professor, Emory University, Atlanta GA


Patsy McNeil, MD		Assistant Professor, Washington Hospital Center Washington DC


Cecile Silvestre, MD		Clinician, Vanguard Medical/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH


Matthew Sztjankrycer, MD, PhD		Fellowship, Medical Toxicology University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH Assistant Professor Mayo Clinic


Keith Tofte, MD		Clinician, Vanguard Medical/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

Alumni Classes

Class of 2009

Class of 2008

Class of 2007

Class of 2006

Class of 2005

Class of 2004

Class of 2003

Class of 2002

Class of 2001

Class of 2000