Meet the 2013-2014 Fellows and Integrated Residents in the UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care

Three-Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident

Mark Joseph (PGY 8)

M.D., University of Oklahoma

Surgery Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

6-Year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents

Staci Beamer (PGY 5)

M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thurston Bauer (PGY 4)

M.D., University of Arkansas

Kristen Sell (PGY 3)

M.D., University of Michigan

Timothy Brand (PGY 2)

M.D., Medical University of South Carolina

Thaniyyah Sakeenah Ahmad (PGY 1)

M.D. Wake Forest School of Medicine

Vascular Surgery Integrated Residents

Jordan Genut (PGY 5)

MD: University of Maryland

Jason Crowner (PGY 4)

MD: Southern Illinois University, Springfield

Vascular Interventional Radiology Fellows

Eric McLoney, MD

Gerry Berry, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Fellows

Interventional Cardiology

Jigar Patel, MD

Fellowship: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Residency: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Medical School: St. Matthew’s University school of Medicine

Ruihai Zhou, MD

Fellowship: UNC School of Medicine

Residency: Yale University – Greenwich Hospital

Graduate School: M.S., Pharmacology, Shandong University

Medical School: Binzhou Medical College

Electrophysiology

Prabhat Kumar, MD

Heart Failure

Lisa Rose-Jones, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: University of Virginia

Cardiovascular Disease – PGY 6

Jillian Foley, MD

Residency: Northwestern University

Medical School: Loyola University

Zoe Orecki, MD

Residency: John Hopkins University

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University

David Plitt, MD

Residency: University of Virginia

Medical School: Penn State University

Nicole Tran, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: University of Oklahoma

Cardiovascular Disease – PGY 5

Matthew Baker, MD

Residency: Brown University

Medical School: University Pittsburgh

Weeranun Bode, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: Srinakharinwirot University – Bangkok, Thailand

Andrew DeWolfe, MD

Residency: University of Miami

Medical School: University of Miami

Paul Johnson, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Jack Kuritzky, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: University of Rochester

Anton Lishmanov, MD

Residency: University of Missouri

Medical School: Siberian State Medical University

Thomas O’Neil, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: University of Virginia

John Rommel, MD

Residency: University of North Carolina

Medical School: Brown University

Cardiovascular Disease – PGY 4

Christopher End, MD

Residency: University of Maryland

Medical School: UNC School of Medicine

Lucius Howell, MD

Residency: Tulane University School of Medicine

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Sunil Iyer, MD

Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Angela Kloepfer, MD

Residency: University of Colorado, Boulder

Medical School: University of Colorado, Boulder

Yan Liu, MD

Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Austin Residency Programs

Medical School: Harbin Medical University

Dwijesh Patel, MD

Residency: UNC School of Medicine

Medical School: UNC School of Medicine