Residents
PGY-3 Med/PEDS
Name: Vishnu Garla
Hometown: Visakhapatnam, India
Undergraduate: MBSS
Medical School: JJMMC
Personal Interests: Wildlife photography, reading
Future Goals: To be a good clinician
PGY-3
Name: Mohammed Al-Ourani
Hometown: Jordan, Amman
Medical School: University of Cairo - Egypt
Personal Interests: Reading
Future Goals: Master Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care
Name: Nichelle Graham
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University, B.S in Biology, M.A. in Biology
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Running, Starbucks
Future Goals: I plan to practice as a hospitalist after residency
Name: Yohana Greges
Hometown: Egypt
Undergraduate: Cairo University, Egypt
Medical School: Cairo University, Egypt
Personal Interests: reading, traveling
Future Goals: Primary Care
Name: Marc Hettlinger - Chief Resident
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: West Virginia University
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: spending time with family/friends, exercise, golfing, traveling
Future Goals: General practice in a group setting in Huntington area, or potentially pursuing a fellowship
Name: Samia Yaqub Kanooz
Hometown: Pakistan
Undergraduate: Lahore College for Women
Medical School: Fatima Jinnah Medical College
Personal Interests: Reading, listening to music
Future Goals: To practice Medicine/Pediatrics
Name: Randy Kinnard
Hometown: Culloden, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University, B.S. Molecular Biology/Physiology
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Golf, cars
Future Goals: Practice as a hospitalist
Name: Adam Maghrabi
Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Undergraduate: Alfateh University
Medical School: Alfateh University
Personal Interests: Spending time with my family, watching movies
Future Goals: Endocrinology fellowship
Name: Arun Manoharan
Hometown: Big Stone Gap, VA
Undergraduate:
Medical School: SRMC and RI
Personal Interests:
Future Goals: Undecided
Name: Yanal Masannat
Hometown: Amman-Jordan
Undergraduate:
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Personal Interests: Music, Travel
Future Goals: Endocrinology fellowship
Name: Eyad Nazer - Chief Resident
Hometown: Beckley, WV
Undergraduate: West Virginia University, B.S. in Biology
Medical School: Saint Matthews University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman, B.W.I
Personal Interests: Traveling, sports, reading, boating, spending time with family
Future Goals: Pursue Fellowship
Name: Suraj Shah
Hometown: Rajkot (Gujarat) India
Undergraduate: Rajkot, India
Medical School: Govt. Medical College, Bhavnagar (India)
Personal Interests: Reading and playing tennis
Future Goals: Provide patients with optimal care
PGY-2 Med/Peds
Name: Mari Huff
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Carson-Newman College
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Soccer and pottery
Future Goals: I would like to become either an intensivist or hospitalist
Name: Andrea Lauffer
Hometown: Hurricane, WV
Undergraduate: B.S. Biology Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: working with my church youth group, reading, music, running/jogging, spending time with family/friends, traveling, cooking, and cookbook collecting
Future Goals: Primary Care Medicine
PGY-2
Name: Hani Alkhankan
Hometown: Homs, Syria
Undergraduatel: King Abdul Aziz School, Buraidah, Saudia Arabia
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine
Personal Interests: Soccer, swimming, driving, travel, and video games
Future Goals: Undecided
Name: Mohamed Alsharedi
Hometown: Tripoli, Libya
Undergraduate: Al Fateh University
Medical School: Al Fateh University-Faculty of Medicine
Personal Interests: Swimming, traveling, and watching movies in the theaters
Future Goals: Hem/Onc fellowship
Name: Eric Carter
Hometown: Delbarton, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Personal Interests: Church, music, computers/technology, golf, baseball
Future Goals: Cardiology
Name: James Doub
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate: Miami University
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests:
Future Goals:
Name: David Francke
Hometown: Charleston, WV
Undergraduate: Virginia Tech
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Family, friends, guitar, basketball
Future Goals: to help provide excellent medical care to my patients
Name: Rita Hawarny
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Exercising, traveling, shopping
Future Goals: Undecided
Name: Abdel-rahman Lataifeh
Hometown: Jordan
Undergraduate: Manarah S.S.
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Personal Interests: Family, soccer (Manchester, United)
Future Goals: not determined yet
Name: Jaime Lynn Meeks
Hometown: Winfield, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University, B.S. in Chemistry
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Family, friends, live music, sports
Future Goals: Hope to stay in WV and practice general Internal Medicine or work as a hospitalist
Name: Ryan Morrison
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University, Biology
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Ping pong, guitar, soccer, cage fighting
Future Goals: not decided
Name: James Perry
Hometown: Barboursville, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Personal Interests: hunting, fishing, lifting weights
Future Goals: Internal Medicine
Name: Getachew Zeleke
Hometown: Ethiopia
Undergraduate: Jimma University
Medical School:
Personal Interests: swimming, travel
Future Goals: undecided fellowship
PGY-1 Med/Peds
Name: Lisa Delluomo
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate: James Madison University
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Personal Interests: Reading, piano, traveling, my dog
Future Goals: Private practice or hospitalist
Name: Ashley Jessie
Hometown: Edmonton, KY
Undergraduate: Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Fishing, camping, carpentry, and crocheting
Future Goals: Hospitalist or academic medicine
PGY-1
Name: Tilahun Worku Belay
Hometown: Dangila, Ethiopia
Medical School: Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia
Personal Interests: Swimming
Future Goals:
Name: Yousof Elgaried
Hometown: Libya
Medical School: University of Al Fateh, Libya
Personal Interests: Reading, travel, tennis, cooking
Future Goals: Endocrinology Fellowship
Name: Neha Goyal
Hometown: New Delhi, India
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, India
Personal Interests: Painting, photography, traveling
Future Goals: (1) to be happy and satisfied with whatever I do and make my family proud (2) travel and learn about different cultures
Name: Yousef Ahmad Hattab
Hometown: Palestine
Undergraduate: Manarat School
Medical School: Annajah National University, Nablus, Palestine
Personal Interests: Swimming, playing chess
Future Goals: Pulmonary/Critical Care specialist
Name: John Isaak
Hometown: Cairo, Egypt
Medical School: Ain Shams University, Egypt
Personal Interests: Swimming, table tennis, travilng around the world, cars
Future Goals: Interventional Cardiologist
Name: Majd Kanbour
Hometown: Allepo, Syria
Medical School: University of Aleppo, College of Medicine
Personal Interests: Soccer, politics, watching movies
Future Goals:
Name: Mahshid Mohseni
Hometown: Iran
Medical School: Isfehan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Personal Interests:
Future Goals: Undecided
Name: Shelly Nickels
Hometown: Houston, TX
Undergraduate: Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Cooking, travel, trivia
Future Goals: Hospitalist
Name: Senait Ghebretensae Teklehaimanot
Hometown: Asmara, Eritrea
Medical School: Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia
Personal Interests: Sports, reading, movies
Future Goals: Hospitalist
Name: Shirley Tetteh
Hometown: Ghana, Accra
Medical School: University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Personal Interests: Reading and spending time with family
Future Goals: Undecided
PGY-1 (Preliminary Residents)
Name: Jessica Burgy
Hometown: Beckley, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests:
Future Goals: Dermatology residency at MCG in Augusta, GA
Name: Joel Grow
Hometown: Hollister, CA
Undergraduate: University of Utah
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Spending time with wife and 4 year old daughter, golf, baseball
Future Goals: Radiation Oncology at University of Arizona
Name: Adam Sweeney
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Archery, beer brewing, grilling, astronomy
Future Goals: I will be going to Wake Forest next year to pursue a residency in diagnostic radiology
Name: Skyler "Dale" Tribble
Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Undergraduate: West Virginia University
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Spending time with family and friends
Future Goals: Undecided
Recent Alumni
Name: Jay Lakhani
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Transylvania University, BA Mathematics
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Tennis, reading, church involvement
Future Goals: Undecided, missions work
Name: Elizabeth Saunders
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Home repairs, camping, skiing, boating
Future Goals: Undecided at this time
Name: Chris Adams
Hometown: Ashland, KY
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Sports, cars, outdoors
Future Goals: Interventional cardiology
Name: Klaled B. Ali
Hometown: BenGhazi, Libya
Undergraduate: Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University
Personal Interests: traveling
Future Goals: Oncology researcher
Name: Farah Al Khitan
Hometown: Amman
Undergraduate: N/A
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Personal Interests: sports
Future Goals: Cardiology Fellowship
Name: Kifle Gebregzabhere
Hometown: Dekemhare
Undergraduate: Ethiopia
Medical School: Medical Faculty of Addis Abeba University
Personal Interests: Tennis
Future Goals: I have a plan to do fellowship, but have not decided the field
Name: Sreevani Gollamudi
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Undergraduate: St. Ann’s College
Medical School: Rarigaraya Medical College
Personal Interests: tennis, piano, golf
Future Goals: Endocrinology
Name: Yazan Haddadin
Hometown: Ammon, Jordan
Undergraduate:
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Personal Interests:
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Name: Obaeda Harfoush
Hometown:
Undergraduate:
Medical School:
Personal Interests:
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Name: Tamer Hassan
Hometown: Jordan
Undergraduate: None
Medical School: University of Aleppo
Personal Interests: Swimming, chess, social networking
Future Goals: be a husband and father for a small and happy family, be a good teacher through working as an attending has the ability to teach the residents and the medical students something for their future career, and be able to balance between my social and marital life from one side and my life in the medical field from the other side
Name: Rob Hayes
Hometown: Wurtland, KY
Undergraduate: Marshall University, BS in Chemistry
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Spending time with family
Future Goals: Hospitalist, Academic Medicine
Name: Shawn Maynard
Hometown: Salt Rock, WV
Undergraduate: WVU - BS Biology
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean SOM
Personal Interests: Golf, College Sports
Future Goals: Hospitalist at St. Mary's Medical Center
Name: Ghada Mesleh
Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Undergraduate: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Personal Interests: Reading and traveling
Future Goals: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Name: Padma Venkatraman
Hometown: Bangalore, India
Undergraduate: Bangalore Medical College, India
Medical School: Bangalore Medical College, India
Personal Interests:
Future Goals: Fellowship in Internal Medicine Subspecialty
Name: William “Skip” Nitardy
Hometown: Hurricane, WV
Undergraduate: Marshall University
Medical School: Marshall University
Personal Interests: Soccer, Marshall Sports, golf, auto racing
Future Goals: Hospital Medicine
Name: Ihtisham Choudhry
Hometown: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Undergraduate: Pakistan International School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Medical School: King Edward Medical College Lahore, Pakistan
Personal Interests: Literature, history, cars, and sports
Future Goals: Cardiology/Interventional Cardiology
Name: Yousef Hadi Darrat
Hometown: Tripoli, Libya
Undergraduate: Al-Fateh University
Medical School: Al-Fateh University-Medical School-Libya
Personal Interests: Travel, soccer
Future Goals: Cardiology, Research
Name: Ashu Dhanjal
Hometown: Delhi, India
Undergraduate: N/A
Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi
Personal Interests: Reading literature and fiction, shopping, visiting places of natural beauty
Future Goals: Cardiology Fellowship
Name: Jeremie Hays
Hometown: Gray Hawk Kentucky
Undergraduate: Kentucky State University
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Personal Interests: Aside from Medicine, I enjoy all things outdoors and farm work
Future Goals: Hospitalist job with hopes to ultimately return to my hometown
Name: M. Eyad Karzoun
Hometown: Aleppo, Syria
Undergraduate: University of Aleppo
Medical School: University of Aleppo, Faculty of Medicine
Personal Interests: Soccer, Basketball, computers, and movies
Future Goals: Pulmonary/Critical Care
Name: Reem Kheetan
Hometown: Jordan
Undergraduate: University of Jordan
Medical School: University of Jordan
Personal Interests: Resting, outdoor activities
Future Goals: Taking Kim and Angela (friends) to Jordan
Name: Tae Hoon Lee
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Undergraduate: Seoul National University, South Korea
Medical School: Seoul National University, South Korea
Personal Interests: Piano, travel
Future Goals: Researcher in Gastroenterology
Name: Shabbir Matcheswalla
Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Undergraduate: Virginia Tech University
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Golf, tennis, skiing
Future Goals: To beat Guitar Hero on “hard” mode
Name: Samer Nakkar
Hometown: Hama, Syria
Undergraduate: Al Kindi School in Aleppo, Syria
Medical School: Aleppo University, Aleppo Syria
Personal Interests: Swimming, reading
Future Goals: Hem/Onc or hospitalists
Name: Minty Shah
Hometown: Gujarat, India
Undergraduate: N/A
Medical School: P.D.U. Medical College, Gujarat
Personal Interests: Creative writing, Gardening, Traveling
Future Goals: To be able to serve the community through the field of medicine.
Name: Sami Tammo
Hometown: Aleppo, Syria
Undergraduate:
Medical School: University of Aleppo
Personal Interests: YMCA, travelling, shopping
Future Goals: to be an attending in an academic teaching program
Name: Mohammed M Abdu
Hometown: Ethiopia
Medical School: Addis Ababa University Medical Faculty
Name: Mohammed Ahmad
Hometown: Jordan
Undergraduate: N/A
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Personal Interests: Sports, geography, and history
Future Goals: Hospital Medicine
Name: Samuel Bairu
Hometown: Asmara, Eritrea
Undergraduate: Addis Araba University
Medical School: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Personal Interests:
Future Goals: Infectious Disease
Name: Abdrhman Hamo
Hometown: Hama, Syria
Undergraduate: Aleppo University School of Medicine
Medical School:
Personal Interests: soccer, tennis, cooking, and spending time with family
Future Goals: Fellowship training in Cardiovascular Medicine.
Name: Saif Arsan Mashaqi
Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Undergraduate: University of Jordan School of Medicine.
Medical School: University of Jordan School of Medicine.
Personal Interests: Swimming, Cooking.
Future Goals: Pulmonary Fellowship, Marshall University School of Medicine
Name: Toni Orlino Pacioles
Hometown: Davao City, Philippines
Undergraduate: University of the Philippines-Manila
Medical School: University of the Philippines-Manila
Personal Interests: Tennis
Future Goals: Geriatrics
Name: Maria Parong
Hometown: Philippines
Undergraduate: University of the Philippines
Medical School: St Louis University
Personal Interests: reading, sight seeing
Future Goals: Hospitalist
Name: Eva Patton-Tackett
Home: Olive Hill, KY
Undergraduate: Georgetown, KY
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Personal Interests: Spending time with son Tabor and husband
Future goals: Academic Medicine
Name: Jay Singh
Hometown: Beckley, WV
Undergraduate: West Virginia University
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Personal Interests: Tennis, football
Future Goals: Hospitalist- Charlotte, NC
Name: Abay Taddesse
Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Undergraduate:
Medical School: Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (now Jimma University)
Personal Interests: Research & Academics
Future Goals: To be a successful Endocrinologist
Name: Jennifer Fay True
Hometown: Owenton, KY
Undergraduate: Georgetown College
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Personal Interests: Reading, playing the piano, knife collecting
Future Goals: