Alumni

Since 1981, the University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine residency has graduated over 400 physicians who serve nationwide in academic and community settings.  Leadership positions currently held by our graduates include: 

• Three Chief Medical Officers (Northwestern, University of Arizona/Maricopa, Emory)
• One current and one immediate past School of Medicine Deans (Albany, Tennessee-Chattanooga)
• Recent two SAEM Leadership Awardees and previous recipients of all major SAEM and ACEP awards
• 19 current or former EM Academic Department Chairs (more than any other US EM unit)
• Editors of 2 of 3 major EM texts, two highest impact EM journals, and the highest impact EMS journal
• One U.S .House of Representatives Member
• Many Recipients of ACEP Research, Education, and EMS awards, and SAEM Leadership and Hal Jayne/Academic Excellence Awards
• One health services company CEO

Class of 2022

Jennifer Ahn	Alexandria, VA
Jeffrey Amoako	Largo, MD
John Bambeck	Waco, TX
Samuel Frankel	Everett, WA
Nicholas George	Pittsburgh, PA
Zachary Grossbaum	Englewood, NJ
Michael Howell	Reno, NV
Luke Huber	Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas Keown	Vallejo, CA
Alexandra Lawler	Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Schloss	Pittsburgh, PA
Alex Siegel	Lancaster, PA
Jonathan Tam	Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas Woltemate	Newark, DE
Ouwen Yang	Alexandria, VA
Harmony Yourish	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2021

Chika Agi	Pittsburgh, PA
Emily Amendola	Pittsburgh, PA
Katrina Augustin	Atlanta, GA
Ian Brasted	Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Buhr	Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Bux	Altoona, PA
Gregory Felock	Camden, NJ
Brian Killeen	Pittsburgh, PA
Paul Kim	Pittsburgh, PA
Kelvin Kwofie	Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Larsen	Pittsburgh, PA
Amy Zeigler	Harrisburg, PA
William Trautman	Pittsburgh, PA
Matthew Varley	Pittsburgh, PA
Nicholas von Foerster	Pittsburgh, PA
Samuel York	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2020

David Barton	Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Cipullo	Columbia, SC
Michael Duhaime	Pittsburgh, PA
David Eichenberger	Indianapolis, IN
Eussra El-Magbri	Alexandria, VA
Jason Ferderber	Pittsburgh, PA
John Hillenkamp	Savannah, GA
Dominic Iorio	Alexandria, VA
Karl Koivisto	St. Cloud, MN
Nicholas LaFountain	Akron, OH
Brian Malley	Pittsburgh, PA
Carin Malley	Pittsburgh, PA
Nathan Marcinkowski	Lafayette, IN
Justin Putnam	York, PA
Jordan Singer	Pittsburgh, PA
James Van Meerbeke	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2019

Matthew Charek	Pittsburgh, PA
Meghan Christie	Washington, PA
Nathan Davis	Pittsburgh, PA
Arjamon Deb	Pittsburgh, PA
Katherine German	Pittsburgh, PA
Zachary Hahn	Pittsburgh, PA
Alexander Huh	Seattle, WA
Ryan Jennings	Altoona, PA
Ian Jester	Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Kowalsky	Boston, MA
Rachael Westover	Pittsburgh, PA
Zach Louderback	Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Micciche	Pittsburgh, PA
Alex Reichmeider	Norfolk, VA
Timothy Satty	Pittsburgh, PA
Lauren Trembley	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2018

Robert Brickley	Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Catherine	State College, PA
James Fitzgibbon	Cleveland, OH
Mary Gallo	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Joseph Giles	Washington, PA
Mohamed Hagahmed	San Antonio, TX
Paikin Leung	Scottsdale, AZ
Peter McCann	Pittsburgh, PA
Brendan McDaniel	Wichita, KS
Stephen Mohney	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Julia Morley	Pittsburgh, PA
Brandon Nunnally	Richmond, VA
Shirley Shao	Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Victory	Pittsburgh, PA
Keith Willner	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Erica Zyznewsky	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2017

Carson Adams	Harrisburg, PA
Emily Brant	Pittsburgh, PA
Anthony Brewer	Canton, OH
Alexandra Castro	Pittsburgh, PA
Sarah Dobrzynski	Rochester, NY
Katie Dolan	Pittsburgh, PA
Nicholas Furlani	Greensburg, PA
Kristen Gruenther	Greensburg, PA
Amy Jones	Pittsburgh, PA
Ashley Kilp	Beaver, PA
Ryan Marino	Pittsburgh, PA
Ross McCormack	Pittsburgh, PA
Vishnu Patel	Greensburg, PA
Thomas Segerson	Houston, TX
Alexander Sidlak	Houston, TX
Justin Talarico	Fort Worth, TX

Class of 2016

Lauren Beuke	Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Brubaker	Silver Spring, MD
Jeffrey Fei	Pittsburgh, PA
Nicholas Goodmanson	Pittsburgh, PA
Lauren Graham	Pittsburgh, PA
Justin Huggins	Philadelphia, PA
Branden Kowal	Lake Forest, IL
Brian Marcks	Boston, MA
Katelyn Moretti	Pittsburgh, PA
Kimberly Paccione-Fox	Philadelphia, PA
Alanna Peterson	Pittsburgh, PA
Jacqueline Roth	Pittsburgh, PA
Radley Short	Myrtle Beach, SC
Jeffrey Shuster	Vancouver, WA
Justin Tennyson	Minneapolis, MN
David Weinberg	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2015

James Beierle	Pittsburgh, PA
James Boulden	Pittsburgh, PA
Katherine Fitzpatrick	Rochester, NY
Brian Fung	Detroit, MI
Elizabeth Iannone	Pittsburgh, PA
Ryan Jordanhazy	Winston-Salem, NC
Jacob Kleinman	Pittsburgh, PA
Nicholas LaRochelle	Concord, NH
Kevin Leonard	Pittsburgh, PA
Anthony Pfeiffer	Sioux Falls, SD
William Scheels	Minneapolis, MN
Zea Schultz-LaRochelle	Concord, NH
Joshua Shulman	Pittsburgh, PA
Trent Tennyson	Pittsburgh, PA
Leonard Weiss	Pittsburgh, PA
Kathryn Wieferich	Richmond, VA

Class of 2014

Claire Broton	Indianapolis, IN
Brian Cone	Chicago, IL
Mark Conroy	Columbus, OH
Scotty Crim
Jerry Escajeda	Pittsburgh, PA
Deanna Ford	Pittsburgh, PA
Ryan Gerrity	Pittsburgh, PA
Jacob Gerstman	Atlanta, GA
Evan Grosjean
Jonathan Koehler	Chicago, IL
Sean Lee
Dave Markel
Todd Phillips	Fort Worth, TX
Ross Skizycki	Milwaukee, WI
Matt Staum	Pittsburgh, PA
Lauren Wendell	Portland, ME

Class of 2013

Brett Beel	Fresno, CA
Kasia Bundrya	Pittsburgh, PA
Zak Davis	Pittsburgh, PA
Chris Drummond	Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Farkas	Pittsburgh, PA
Jordan Guffin	Missoula, MT
Darren Huffman	Buffalo, NY
Neal Madhani	Houston, TX
Anand Pattani	Chicago, IL
David Prigge	Takoma, WA
Michael Reily	Boston, MA
Seth Ritter	Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Russell	Houston, TX
Lindsey Tillack	Albany, NY
Bo Wang	Houston, TX
Joseph Yanta	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2012

Matthew Armstrong	Las Vegas, NV
Deborah Brooks	Pittsburgh, PA
Melani Cheers	Pittsburgh, PA
Kate Farrell	Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Hilton	Pittsburgh, PA
David Jones	Portland, OR
Mark Lawery	Pittsburgh, PA
Barry Mitchell	Morgantown, WV
Mary (Casey) Murphy	Pittsburgh, PA
Jessica Nassar	Pittsburgh, PA
Drew Peterson	Kailua, HI
Heather Prunty	Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Pugh	Buffalo, NY
Gigi Stoler	Phoenix, AZ
Laura Thompson	Columbus, OH
Greg Weingart	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2011

Shayla Cammarata	Pittsburgh, PA
Stephanie Chan	Las Vegas, NV
Jennifer Dorfman	Charlottesville, VA
Alexander Feuchter	Albuquerque, NM
Rebecca Fox	Albuquerque, NM
Adam Frisch	Albany, NY
David Gerber	Salt Lake City, UT
Jennifer Hickey	Pittsburgh, PA
Jamie Jordan	Los Angeles, CA
Andrew King	Pittsburgh, PA
Audrey McCandless	Pittsburgh, PA
Sarah Parker	Spokane, WA
John Peoples	Pittsburgh, PA
Kevin Semelrath	San Antonio, TX
Amy Talley	Pittsburgh, PA
Clare Wallner	Portland, OR

Class of 2010

Brad Bissell	Pittsburgh, PA
Aaron Brown	Pittsburgh, PA
Micha Campbell	Pittsburgh, PA
Jestin Charlson	Erie, PA
Michael Gerber	Minneapolis, MN
Nate Gilmore	Salt Lake City, UT
Angus Jameson	New York, NY
Bobby Kaliappan	Phoenix, AZ
Mike McGrath	Columbus, OH
Becky McNutt	Pittsburgh, PA
Linda Morrison	Portland, OR
Bryn Mumma	Sacramento, CA
Pete Protell	Pittsburgh, PA
Matt Rivenburgh	New Orleans, LA
John Sangl	Conneaut Lake, PA
Matt Wheeler	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2009

Mike Abesamis	Pittsburgh, PA
Peter Adler	North Carolina
Amy Betz	Washington
Jason Biggs	Pittsburgh, PA
Jess Boyer	North Carolina
Brianna Garrett	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Meidad Goldman	Asheville, NC
David Jang	New York, NY
Regan Ladenburger	Pittsburgh, PA
Matt Larsen
Alan Lo	Alexandria, VA
J.Shane O'Shura	Charlotte, NC
Dave Shellenbarger	Sharon, PA
Leo Shum	California
Ramzi Sidani	Pittsburgh, PA
Adam Tobias	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2008

Eliot Cannon	Abingdon, VA
Susan Caslow	Claridge, PA
Maria Guyette	Pittsburgh, PA
David Hirsch	Andover, MA
Plomarz Irani	Santa Clara, CA
Tom Kehrl	York, PA
Alex Mangili	Portland, OR
Chris Martin-Gill	Pittsburgh, PA
Beth Peterson	Pittsburgh, PA
Stacy Reynolds	Charlotte, NC
Bob Sanders	Kailua, HI
Anna Schwartz	Pittsburgh, PA
Mike Seftchick	California
Renee Theisen	California
Allyson Whyte	Asheville, NC
Bryan Yurek	Latrobe, PA

Class of 2007

Rick Bounds	Newark, DE
Christopher Cole	Pittsburgh, PA
Ben Cornett	Meridian, ID
Brian D'Cruz	Arlington, VA
Jeff Feden	Providence, RI
Rich Greiner	Guliford, CT
Brad Johnston
Libby Kelly	Winston-Salem, NC
Chris Knutsen	Syracuse, NY
Amanda Lovallo	Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Lynch	Pittsburgh, PA
Dan Pauze	Albany, NY
Pete Simon	Pittsburgh, PA
Dan Snediker	Long Island, NY

Class of 2006

Alison Abiri	Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Andrus	Portland, OR
Todd Chassee	East Grand Rapids, MI
Noam Gilboa	Pittsburgh, PA
Jonathan Kelly	Philadelphia, PA
Michael Mahoney	Pittsburgh, PA
James McShane	Durham, NC
Tracy Moore	Wexford, PA
Marc-David Munk	Pittsburgh, PA
Denise Routhier	Columbia, SC
Raul Ruiz	Palm Desert, CA
Gwendolyn Schillo	Pittsburgh, PA
Gabe Simon	Baltimore, MD
Brian Suffoletto	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2005

Todd Bethel	Naples, FL
Matthew Bonner	Rutherfordton, NC
Aaron Daggy	Sayre, PA
Carrie Dunn	Sanibel, FL
Gautam Khandelwal	Apex, NC
John Kim
Christopher Lai	Irvine, CA
Jeff Laoang	Fort Myers, FL
Rebecca Lipscomb	Virginia Beach, VA
William Northington	Baltimore, MD
Sanjay Premakumar	Durham, NC
Jon Rittenberger	Pittsburgh, PA
Doug Vogel	Salt Lake City, UT
Adam Yates	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2004

Kelly Close	Weirton, WV
Jeff Gaines	Barrington, RI
Frank Guyette	Pittsburgh, PA
Nathan Heaps	Phoenix, AZ
Fran Kratz	Columbia, PA
Bruce Lo	Norfolk, VA
Kevin Mackey	Elk Grove, CA
Jake O'Shea	Smithfield, VA
Tony Pizon	Pittsburgh, PA
Stephen Quinn	Smithfield, VA
Seth Roberts	Richmond, VA
Tom Tobin	Spokane, WA
Darren West	Phoenix, AZ

Class of 2003

Kristen Carey	Pittsburgh, PA
Jason Cillo	Richmond, VA
Chris Davison	Norwalk, CT
Ankur Doshi	Pittsburgh, PA
Seth Hawkins	Morganton, NC
Julie Krell	Aurora, CO
Matt McCoy	Longview, WA
Bradley Peterson
Eduardo Piqueras	Cary, NC
Doug Rockacy	Pittsburgh, PA
Trevor Tredennick	Longview, WA
John Whiteford	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 2002

Melissa Azer	Boulder, CO
Gusty Colangelo	Boston, MA
Ralph Falbo	Pittsburgh, PA
Craig Frater	Raleigh, NC
Elizabeth Gilman	Livingston, NJ
Steve Goodfriend	Jacksonville, FL
Ian Greenwald	Chapel Hill, NC
Jmes Hunderup	Austin, TX
William Jjackson	Boston, MA
Eric Jensen	Medford, OR
Heather Walker	Greensburg, PA
Jackie Weaver

Class of 2001

Michael Dailey	Delmar, NY
Christopher Fore	Concord, NH
Cary Keller	Tucson, AZ
David Mooradin	Annapolis, MD
David Newman	New York, NY
Charissa Pacella	Pittsburgh, PA
Matthew Russell	Mount Vernon, WA
Mark Simon	Fairbanks, AK
Douglas Smith	Philadelphia, PA
Alison Spear	West Coxsackie, NY
Lori Whelan	Tulsa, OK

Class of 2000

Ross Berkeley	Las Vegas, NV
Daniel Brooks	Phoenix, AZ
Christopher Clarkson	Greensburg, PA
Michele Dorfsman	Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Frank	Wexford, PA
Michael Garfinkel	Pittsburgh, PA
Ian Leber	Livingston, NJ
Esson Lin	New York, NY
Katerina Parmele	Edgewater, MD
Paul Phrampus	Pittsburgh, PA
Mark Rausch	Henrico, VA
Thomes Sorensen	Reno, NV

Class of 1999

R. Brett Atchley	Athens, GA
Thomas Dietrich
Kevin Friend	Pittsburgh, PA
Erik Holt	Pittsburgh, PA
Po Huang	Boise, ID
David Istvan	Englewood, NJ
Walter Kantor	LaFayette, NY
Robert Spence	Palmar, MA
Timothy Sullivan	Sherrills Ford, NC
Mary Valvano	Amherst, NH
Richard Wadas	Mars, PA
Debra Weinstein	Santa Maria, CA

Class of 1998

Todd Allen	Salt Lake City, UT
Brent Asplin	Rochester, MN
Jane Burke	Hollis, NH
S. Bryan Durham
Scott Harrington	Pittsburgh, PA
Paul Ishimine	San Diego, CA
Ronald Leckey	Pittsburgh, PA
Hartwell Lin	Concord, CA
Christopher Lipinski	Phoenix, AZ
Gary Pollock	Oakdale, PA
Kristine Reid	Bedford, NH
Nick Schwartz	New York, NY
Jerry Taylor	Concord, NC

Class of 1997

Jane Brice	Chapel Hill, NC
John Cole	Pittsburgh, PA
Devon Davis
Lenny Frank	Woodinville, WA
Pam Houri	North Palm City, FL
Carol Ann Killian	Briarcliff Manor, NY
Ted Edward Kimball	Salt Lake City, UT
Sharlene Miner	Draper, UT
Amy Robins	Isle of Palms, SC
Ken Ryan
Paul Sullivan	Aurora, CO
Scott Tadler	North Salt Lake City, UT

Class of 1996

Michael Baumann	Falmouth, ME
Clifton Callaway	Pittsburgh, PA
Rebecca Gelber	Incline Village, NV
Deepi Goyal	Rochester, MN
Myles Greenberg	Salt Lake City, UT
Donna Harrison	Canton, OH
Micelle Haydel	New Orleans, LA
Rebecca Humes
Scott Jolley	Salt Lake City, UT
Thoma Pangburn	Pittsburgh, PA
Ritu Sahni	Lake Oswego, OR
Mark Scheatzle	Pittsburgh, PA
Owen Traynor	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 1995

Jay Brunswick	Klamath Falls, OR
John Burton	Roanoke, VA
Dean Johnson	Parkton, MD
Richard Kaplan	Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Kocurek	Arlington, TX
Richard Maenza	Beaver, PA
Mark Mass	Lake Forest, IL
Linda Smith	Anchorage, AK
Eric Swanson	Salt Lake City, UT
Lee Woodard	Chesapeake, VA

Class of 1994

Asher Brand	Charlottesville, VA
Linda Carpenter
David Fosnocht	Charlottesville, VA
Eddie Iorg	Salt Lake City, UT
Christopher Kapsner	Minneapolis, MN
James Kelley	Scottsdale, AZ
R. Todd Kiskaddon	Asheville, NC
Thomas Martin	Pittsburgh, PA
Charles Stengel	Middletown, RI
Michael Sullivan	Bellingham, WA
Linda Wenig (Carpenter)

Class of 1993

John Fata	Lansing, MI
Michael Gibbs	Charlotte, NC
William Jenkins	Delmont, PA
Laurence Katz	Chapel Hill, NC
Joanne Kuntz	Hartford, CT
Robert Neumar	Philadelphia, PA
Louis Profeta	Indianapolis, IN

Class of 1992

Kip Benko	Pittsburgh, PA
Theodore Delbridge	Greenville, NC
Allan Doctor	Saint Louis, MO
Thomas Fowlkes	Robinsonville, MS
Richard Jackson	Dallas, TX
Bern Shen	San Jose, CA
Kevin Ward	Richmond, VA
Elizabeth Wulfort-Honingford

Class of 1991

James Adams	Chicago, IL
William Angelos	Cincinnati, OH
Alan Hodgdon	Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Maha Jr	Pittsburgh, PA
James McCabe	Philadelphia, PA
Vincent Mosesso Jr	Pittsburgh, PA
John Murray	Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Sucov	Providence, RI

Class of 1990

Jody Gerad	Richmond, VA
Kevin Hutton	San Diego, CA
Kaveh Ilkhanipour	Pittsburgh, PA
John Lorei	Kansas City, MO
Bruce MacLeod	Pittsburgh, PA
David Seaberg	Chattanooga, TN
David Thompson	Chicago, IL
Michael Turturro	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 1989

Keith Harpe	Greenville, NC
Paul Hogya	Cincinnati, OH
Stanley Janasiewicz	Jacksonville, FL
David Jerrad	Baltimore, MD
Tom Kearns	Uniontown, PA
Mitch McCandlish	Pittsburgh, PA
Kevin Scruggs	Baltimore, MD
Rade Vukmir	Pittsburgh, PA

 

Class of 1988

Susan Dunmire	Pittsburgh, PA
James Melton	Tampa, FL
Michael Plewa	Toledo, OH
John Reed	Fayetteville, NC
Christopher White	San Francisco, CA
Donald Yealy	Pittsburgh, PA

Class of 1987

John Galdun	Knoxville, TN
Robert Lasek	Harrisburg, PA
Joe Peterson
Vincent Verdile	Albany, NY
Kenneth Williams	Worchester, MA
Robert Wolford	Cleveland, OH

Class of 1986

Thomas Campbell	Pittsburgh, PA
Roger Goebel	Uniontown, PA
Kevin O'Toole	Pittsburgh, PA
Steven Pasternak	Roanoke, VA
Michael Schuster	Columbus, OH
Steven White	Nashville, TN

 

Class of 1985

John Duda	Morehead City, NC
David Ellis	Buffalo, NY
Bob Franzino	Greensburg, PA
Ronald Roth	Pittsburgh, PA
R. Bruce Watson

Class of 1984

W. Marc Barnett	Alexandria, VA
Adrian D'Amico	Pittsburgh, PA
James Hawkins	Pittsburgh, PA
Sean McGuire	Pittsburgh, PA
Tom Vollmer	Danville, PA
Robert Whipkey	Pittsburgh, PA