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GI Fellowship Program

Alumni

2025
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Carlos Bertran Rodriguez, MD	Advent Health	Orlando, FL	Advanced Fellowship
Sonya Bhaskar, MD	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	IBD Faculty/Academics
Melanie Cabezas, MD	Duke University	Durham, NC	Advanced Fellowship
Kevin Shah, MD	Gastroenterology Physician at Lee Health	St. Petersburg, FL	General GI

2024
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Brian Black, MD	Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital	Vero Beach, FL	General GI
Lisa Plafsky, MD	United Medical Doctors (UMD)	La Jolla, CA	General GI
Krishen Patel, MD	Advent Health Carrollwood	Tampa, FL	General GI
Kristen Marcet Tessiatore, MD	James A. Haley VA	Tampa, FL	General GI

2023
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Abid Javed, MD	Lee Health	Ft. Myers, FL	General GI
Saritza Mendoza, MD	Gastro Florida	Palm Harbor	General GI
Sabrina Prabakaran, MD	Advent Health Medical Group	Tampa, FL	General GI
Samuel Slone, MD	University of South Florida Faculty	Tampa, FL	General GI

2022
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Brian Frank, MD	Gastroenterology Physician at Associates in Digestive Health	Fort Myers, FL	General GI
Keshav Kukreja, MD	Gastroenterology Physician at Gastro Florida	St. Petersburg, FL	General GI
Harsh Patel, MD	Gastroenterology Physician at Gastro Florida	St. Petersburg, FL	General GI
Shreya Narayanan, MD	Gastroenterology Attending Physician at USF/James A Haley VA Hospital	Tampa, FL	General GI

2021
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
William Mansour, MD	Private Practice	Savannah, GA	General GI
Lauren Pointer, MD	Touro Hospital	New Orleans, LA	General GI
Fabiola Rios De Choudens, MD	Private Practice in hospital	Puerto Rico	General GI
Ashok Shiani, MD	Private Practice	Palm Harbor, FL	General GI

2020
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Jade Edwards, MD	Cascade Gastroenterology	Bend, OR	General GI
Shruti Mony, MD	Johns Hopkins Hospital Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship	Baltimore, MD	Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Sajiv Sethi, MD	Honor Health Hospital	Scottsdale, AZ	General GI
Arush Singh, MD	Riverside Medical Group	Secaucus, NJ	General GI

2019
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Ali Abbas, MD	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship-Brigham and Women's GI- Bariatric Endoscopy
Nadia Bozanich, MD	Advocate Medical Group-South Suburban Hospital	Hazel Crest, Il	General GI and Esophagael Disease
Ashley Davis-Yadley, MD	Intercostal Medical Group	Sarasota, FL	General GI and Motility
Rupal Patel, MD	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

2018
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Wojciech Blonski, MD	James A. Haley VA Hospital	Tampa, FL	General GI
Jason Colizzo, MD	James A. Haley VA Hospital	Tampa, FL	General GI
Jonathan Hilal, MD	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship-GI Associates, LLC - Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Brijesh Patel, MD	James A. Haley VA Hospital	Tampa, FL	Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2017
Name	Current Position	Location	Focus
Parth Joshi, MD	Gastro Florida	Palm Harbor, FL	General GI
Miguel Lalama, MD	Owensboro Health Medical Group	Owensboro, KY	Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship-GI Associates, LLC - Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Seth Lipka, MD	Omni Healthcare	Melbourne, FL	General GI & Esophagael Disease
Roshanak Rabbanifard, MD	James A. Haley VA Hospital	Tampa, FL	General GI