Nephrology Alumni - Penn Medicine

Recent graduates, where are they now?

Graduation Year 2024

Zachary Appelbaum, MD
Assistant Professor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Kristi Dodbiba, DO
Nephrologist, Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA
Sebastian (Sea Bass) Franco, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Patricia Noguiera De Sa, MD
Transplant Fellow, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Kristen Tillquist, MD
Assistant Professor, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
Stephanie Wirtshafter, DO
Nephrologist, Delaware Valley Nephrology Associates
Asheen Zariat, MD
Nephrologist, Center for Kidney Care, Lumberton, NJ

Christopher Canfield, DO
Nephrologist, Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Hryzak, DO
Nephrologist, Nephrology Associates of Northeast Jacksonville, Saint Augustine, FL
Arun Janakiraman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC and Staff Physician, Washington, DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Valerie Nwanji, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
Nitpriya Paliwal, MD
Nephrologist, St. George Kidney Care, St. George, UT
Jinwook Park, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Shilpi Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Rachel Shulman, MD
Post-Doc Research Fellow, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Jugal Thakur, MD
Nephrologist, Renal Care Associates, Bloomington, IL

Liann Abu Salman, MD
Nephrologist, Nephrology Associates, Lewes, DE
Aman Deep, MD
Nephrologist, Renal Care Consultants, Medford, OR
Faisal Janjua, MD
Critical Care Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY
Devin Kearney, MD
Hospitalist/Intensivist, Stanton Territorial Hospital, Yellowknife, Norwest Territories, Canada
Meghan Lacovara, MD
Private Practice Group, University Renal and Hypertension Consultants, Newark, NJ
Sindhura Talluri, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Vikas Vujjini, MD
Nephrology Associates, PA, Little Rock, AR
Chien-Wen Yang
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Queensland and Nephrologist, Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson, LA

Sarah Ahmad, MD
Junior Attending, Center for Kidney Care, Hainesport, NJ
Ira Blau, MD
Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Linda Lavenburg, DO
Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pittsburgh and Clinical Instructor at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Devin McKelvey, MD
Clinical & Interventional Nephrologist, Delaware Valley Nephrology, Chestnut Hill, PA
Mital Shah, MD
Assistant Professor, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Ryan Spiardi, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Vinay Srinivasan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ

Neil Agarwal, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Maryland, Division of Nephrology, Baltimore, MD
Kevin Fay, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Rachel Hilburg, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bader Kfoury, MD
Nephrologist, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette LA
Mansur Pathan, MD
Nephrologist, Findlay Kidney and Hypertension Center, Findlay, OH
Natalia Plotskaya, MD
Nephrology & Internal Medicine, Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, NJ
Ghazal Quinn, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Sean Verma, MD
Nephrologist, Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Philadelphia, PA

Solomon Dawson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant PD for IM residency, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
Samantha Gelfand, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Palliative Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Christos Kallis, MD
Transplant Nephrologist, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Meaghan Roche, MD
Senior Staff Physician, Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI
Toltaku Thomas, MD
Nephrologist, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Christina Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Tiffany Wong, MD
Nephrologist, Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, HI

Blaise Abramovitz, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Anushya Jeyabalan, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Shivam Joshi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Anubhav Kumar, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Jia Ng, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
Vishnu Potluri, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Ankur Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown University Hospital, Providence, RI

Behdad Besharatian, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Margaret Duffy, MD
Private practice, Valley Kidney Specialists, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA
Ramnika Gumber, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Joseph Messana, MD
Critical Care Physician, St. Frances Hospital, Roslyn, NY
Nathaniel Reisinger, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Akash Sethi, DO
Private practice, Delaware Valley Nephrology & Hypertension Associates, Philadelphia, PA
Stephen Yang, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY

Jehan Bahrainwala, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Muriel Ghosn, MD
Staff Physician in the Nephrology department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi

Yaakov Liss, MD
Private practice, Care Mount Medical Group, New York, NY
Sarah Schrauben, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Jonathan Suarez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Renal Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA