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2020 WSUSOM Residency Program Graduates’ Career Plans Carter Battista Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Fellowship, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI Erik Diaz Anesthesiology A-4 Anesthesia, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, MI Elliot Harmon Anesthesiology Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Brandon Jarvis Anesthesiology Private Practice in Southeast MI Lauren Jindia Anesthesiology Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship, Tampa, FL Samir Patel Anesthesiology Private Practice, Doctors’ Hospital, Columbus, OH Malini Velamati Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin Thomas Chu Dermatology Undecided Fatima Fahs Dermatology Hamzavi Dermatology, Clinton Township, MI Taryn Huizenga Dermatology Private Practice, New York, NY Gregory Messenger Dermatology Private Practice, East Lansing, MI Cynthia Nicholson Dermatology Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship, University of Minnesota Hassan Baiz Family Medicine Undecided Cortney Cole Family Medicine Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship (2021) Michael Duarte Family Medicine Values Medicine Fellowship, Oak Street Health, Chicago, IL Philip Riley Family Medicine Allegiance Health Clinic, Jackson, MI Zeeshan Sharif Family Medicine Undecided Rehana Siddiqui Family Medicine Undecided Reina Badran Internal Medicine PCP, Ascension Medical Group, Saginaw, MI Shubhkarman Dhillon Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Tulsa, OK Brandon Dmytruk Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Parkview Medical Center, Pueblo, CO Ankita Gandhi Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Avera McKennan, Sioux Falls, SD Anubhav Jain Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Ascension Genesys, Grand Blanc, MI Daymon Peterson Internal Medicine Emergency Medicine Fellowship, N Mississippi Medical, Tupelo, MS Vera Pochtarev Internal Medicine Locum Tenets, Southern District Neeharika Ralh Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Tulsa, OK Tanaz Salimnia Internal Medicine Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI Mulham Shikh Hamdon Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Covenant Health, Saginaw, MI Joseph Zebelian Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Petoskey, MI Frank Chen Otolaryngology Private practice, Washington, DC/Maryland area Thai-Duong Cung Otolaryngology Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY Catherine Mae Geller Otolaryngology Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship, University of Texas Houmehr Hojjat Otolaryngology Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, CA Keith Pennycook Transitional Year Dermatology Research Fellowship, PCOM, Roswell, GA Kevin Pennycook Transitional Year Dermatology Residency, PCOM, Roswell, GA Brendan Tamm Transitional Year Ophthalmology Residency, George Washington University, Washington DC Gordon Wu Transitional Year Anesthesiology Residency, NYU School of Medicine, NY Sunil Reddy Urology Minimally Invasive/Endourology Fellowship, Global Robotics Institute, FL Rohith Arcot Urology Society of Urology Oncology Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC .

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