Faculty

Kellee Oller, MD, FACP

Program Director
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine Residency

doim-residency@usf.edu

Associate Program Directors

Sarah Burbank, MD

Sarah Burbank, MD

USF
Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD

Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD

USF
Associate Professor
Hospital Medicine
Jeffrey Cummings, MD

Jeffrey Cummings, MD

James A Haley VA
Assistant Professor
Primary Care
Nikesh Kapadia, MD

Nikesh Kapadia, MD

Assistant Professor
Tampa General Hospital
Hospitalist

nrkapadi@usf.edu
Candice Mateja, DO

Candice Mateja, DO

USF
Professor
Hospital Medicine
Holly O'Brien, MD

Holly O'Brien, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
Hospital Medicine
Harold Paul, MD

Harold Paul, MD

James A Haley VA
Assistant Professor
Anna Shah, MD

Anna Shah, MD

USF
Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Core Faculty

Erika Abel, MD

Erika Abel, MD

USF
Associate Professor
Program Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Jennifer Caputo-Seidler, MD

Jennifer Caputo-Seidler, MD

USF
Assistant Professor
Hospital Medicine
Charles Edwards, MD

Charles Edwards, MD

USF
Associate Professor
Hospital Medicine
Aditya Grover, MD

Aditya Grover, MD

USF
Assistant Professor
Hospital Medicine
Shanu Gupta, MD, FACP

Shanu Gupta, MD, FACP

USF
Associate Professor
Hospital Medicine
Deborah Humphrey, DO

Deborah Humphrey, DO

USF
Associate Professor
Hospital Medicine
Robert Ledford, MD

Robert Ledford, MD

USF
Associate Professor
Hospital Medicine
Joe Lezama, MD

Joe Lezama, MD

James A Haley VA
Professor
Elizabeth Melzer, MD

Elizabeth Melzer, MD

James A Haley VA
Kevin O'Brien, MD

Kevin O'Brien, MD

USF
Professor
General Internal Medicine
Elimarys Perez-Colon, MD

Elimarys Perez-Colon, MD

USF
Associate Professor
Hospital Medicine
Daniel Poetter, MD

Daniel Poetter, MD

James A Haley VA
Brianna Valdes, MD

Brianna Valdes, MD

USF
Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
Brian Zilka, MD

Brian Zilka, MD

James A Haley VA

Teaching Award Recipients

2026

Candice Mateja, DO (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

Robert Ledford, MD (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Harold Paul, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Holly O’Brien, MD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Sumeeta Rao-Mazzarolo, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

2025

Seongseok Yun, MD, PhD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Nikesh Kapadia, MD (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Jeffrey Kooper, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Priya Satish, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Alexander Reiss, MD (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

2024

Mark Ledbetter, MD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Candice Mateja, DO (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Katherine Robinson, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Sumeeta Mazzaralo, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Kevin O'Brien, MD (Carol & Frank Morsani Center Faculty Award)

Adam Schwartz, MD (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

2023

Brandon Blue, MD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Nikesh Kapadia, MD (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Vanessa Ohleyer, DO (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Leyla Aponte, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Shanu Gupta, MD (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

2022

Timothy Hembree, DO, PhD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Jennifer Caputo-Seidler, MD (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Charlotte O'Leary, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Mitchell Popovetsky, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Candice Mateja, DO (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

2021

Misbahuddin Syed, MD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Candice Mateja, DO (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Elizabeth Melzer, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Leyla Aponte, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Shanu Gupta, MD (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

2020

Timothy Hembree, DO, PhD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Robert Ledford, MD (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Daniel Poetter, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Lucy Guerra, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Candice Mateja, DO (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)

2019

Asha Ramsakal, DO (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute Faculty Award)

Candice Mateja, DO (Tampa General Hospital Faculty Award)

Jeffrey Kooper, MD (James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital Faculty Award)

Asa Oxner, MD (James A. Hospital Veteran's Hospital Outpatient Clinic Faculty Award)

Kellee Oller, MD (Roy H. Behnke MD Residents' Faculty Award)