Academic Clinician-Educator Scholars (ACES) Fellowship
Past Fellows
| Graduated Fellows | Year | Current Location |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Metzinger, MD | 2025 | Physician at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Justin Wang, MD | 2025 | Northshore University Hospital |
| Ashley Youngs, MD | 2025 | Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center |
| Leah Koenig, MD | 2024 | UPMC and VA Pittsburgh |
| Lauren Navitsky, MD | 2024 | UPMC |
| Jordan See, MD | 2024 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Dylan Yang, MD | 2024 | University of Chicago |
| Hannah Abumusa, MD, MS | 2023 | Hackensack Meridian University Medical Center |
| Anita Ganti, MD, MS | 2023 | New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Katie Gavinski, MD, MPH | 2023 | Medical College of Wisconsin / VA Milwaukee Healthcare System |
| Kathryn Leyens, MD, MS | 2023 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Milad Memari, MD, MSEd, MS | 2023 | University of Virginia |
| Anjali Das, MD | 2022 | Providence Portland Medical Center |
| Rebecca Green, MD | 2022 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Rebeca Ortiz-Worthington, MD | 2022 | University of Chicago School of Medicine |
| Dheepa Sekar, MD | 2022 | Emory University School of Medicine |
| Maryam Zamanian, MD | 2022 | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Sara Spinella, MD, MS | 2021 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
| Michael Simonson, MD, MS | 2021 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Diana Samberg, MD, MS | 2021 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Eduardo Mulanovich, MD, MS | 2021 | UT Southwestern School of Medicine |
| Allie Dakroub, MD, MS | 2020 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Andrew Klein, MD, MS | 2020 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Jillian Kyle, MD, MS | 2020 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Marina Mutter, MD, MS | 2020 | University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Jennifer Rodriguez, MD, MS | 2020 | Santa Clara Medical Center, Stanford School of Medicine |
| Emmanuelle Benkoski Yecies, MD, MS | 2020 | VA Palo Alto Healthcare System |
| Molly Fisher, MD, MS | 2019 | Allegheny Health Network |
| Iman Hassan, MD, MS | 2019 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Brianna Rossiter, MD, MS | 2019 | VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
| Jill Allenbaugh, MD, MS | 2018 | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University |
| Eliana Bonifacino, MD, MS | 2018 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Andrea Carter, MD, MS | 2018 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Elizabeth Eden, MD, MS | 2018 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center |
| Amy Farkas, MD, MS | 2018 | Medical College of Wisconsin/ VA Milwaukee Healthcare System |
| Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS | 2018 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Rachel Vanderberg, MD, MS | 2018 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Sarah Merriam, MD, MS | 2017 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
| Swati Shroff, MD, MS | 2017 | Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University |
| John Szymusiak, MD, MS | 2017 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh |
| Eloho Ufomata, MD, MS | 2017 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Elena Lebduska, MD, MS | 2016 | University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Rani Nandiwada, MD, MS | 2016 | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine |
| Jennifer Rusiecki, MD, MS | 2016 | Pritzker School of Medicine at University of Chicago |
| Brielle Spataro, MD, MS | 2016 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
ACES Alumni: 1983-2015
| Graduated Fellows | Year | Current Location |
|---|---|---|
| Maggie Benson, MD, MS | 2015 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Amar Kohli, MD, MS | 2015 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Alexandra Mieczkowski, MD, MS | 2015 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Anna Donovan, MD, MS | 2014 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Holly Thomas, MD, MS | 2014 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Jen Corbelli, MD, MS | 2013 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Adam Sawatsky MD, MS | 2013 | Mayo Clinic |
| Jed Gonzalo MD, MS | 2012 | Penn State College of Medicine |
| Brian Heist MD, MS | 2012 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| John Ragsdale MD, MS | 2012 | University of Kentucky School of Medicine |
| Sarah Tilstra MD, MS | 2012 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Briar Duffy MD, MS | 2011 | University of Minnesota School of Medicine |
| Anu Munshi MD, MS | 2011 | Moorestown, NJ |
| Scott Herrle MD, MS | 2009 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
| Caroline Lin MD, MS | 2009 | Kaiser-Permanente, San Diego, CA |
| Alyssa Majesko MD, MS | 2009 | |
| Haruka Torok MD, MS | 2009 | Bayview Medical Center Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
| Rachel Bonnema MD, MS | 2008 | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Reed Van Deusen MD, MS | 2008 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Elizabeth Weinstein, MD, MS | 2008 | Case-Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Wendy Anderson, MD, MS | 2007 | University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine |
| Sonya Borrero, MD, MS | 2007 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Michael Gaglia, MD, MS | 2007 | University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center |
| Cheryl Lynch, MD, MS | 2007 | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC |
| Abby Spencer, MD, MS | 2007 | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
| Natalia Morone, MD, MS | 2006 | Boston Medical Center |
| Alda Maria Gonzaga, MD, MS | 2006 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Carla Spagnoletti, MD, MS | 2006 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Teddy Wu, MD, MS | 2006 | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine |
| Megan McNamara MD, MSc | 2005 | Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Case Western University School of Medicine |
| Mandy Garber, MD, MPH, MSc | 2004 | VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
| Rachel Hess, MD, MSc | 2004 | University of Utah School of Medicine |
| Harish Jasti, MD, MSc | 2004 | Icahn School of Medicine |
| John Lopez, MD | 2004 | Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Rebecca Drayer, MD, MSc | 2003 | Canandaigua VA Medical Center |
| Shawn Fultz, MD, MPH, JD | 2003 | FDA Center for Tobacco Products |
| Nancy Connolly, MD, MPH | 2002 | Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA |
| Janine Frank, MD | 2002 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Bizath Taqui, MD | 2002 | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University |
| Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MD | 2001 | VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System UCLA School of Medicine |
| Russ Kolarik, MD, MS | 2001 | University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville |
| Eric Mortensen, MD, MSc | 2001 | University of Connecticut |
| Raquel Buranosky, MD, MPH | 2000 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Hyasmine Charles, MD | 2000 | Lancaster, PA |
| Adam Gordon, MD, MPH | 2000 | University of Utah School of Medicine VA Salt Lake City Health Care System |
| James Stahl, MD, CM, MPH | 2000 | Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine |
| Jeong Oh, MD, MPH | 1998 | Anderson Cancer Center, Univ. of Texas, Houston, TX |
| Jaye Hefner, MD, PhD | 1997 | Harvard Medical School |
| Judith Plowman, MD | 1997 | VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
| Thomas O’Toole, MD | 1996 | Providence VA Medical Center Brown University, Providence, RI |
| Maria Wahrenberger, MD | 1996 | Pittsburgh |
| Gary Fischer, MD, MPH | 1995 | University of Pittsburgh |
| David Nace, MD, MPH | 1995 | University of Pittsburgh |
| Mary Colburn, MD, MPH | 1994 | West Palm Beach, FL |
| Kenneth Gilbert, MD | 1994 | Sculich School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Tamara Price, MD | 1994 | Moon Township, PA |
| Peter Ubel, MD | 1994 | Duke University |
| Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH | 1993 | North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System |
| Michelle Rossi, MD, MPH | 1993 | University of Pittsburgh |
| Sean Muldoon, MD, MPH | 1992 | Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, KY |
| Adele Towers, MD, MPH | 1992 | University of Pittsburgh |
| Barbara Weber, MD, MPH | 1992 | Webster, NY |
| Manuel Arbo, MD, MPH | 1991 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Peggy Hasley, MD, MHSC | 1991 | University of Pittsburgh |
| D. Scott Miller, MD, MA | 1990 | University of Pittsburgh |
| David Shulkin, MD | 1990 | University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics |
| Jose Cariaga, MD | 1989 | James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL |
| Joseph Francis, MD, MPH | 1989 | Department of Veterans Affairs National Office, Washington, DC |
| Eric Bass, MD, MPH | 1987 | Johns Hopkins University Society of General Internal Medicine |
| Anne Newman, MD, MPH | 1987 | University of Pittsburgh |
| Michael Hodgson, MD, MPH | 1985 | Department of Veterans Affairs National Office, Washington, DC |
| Judith Black, MD, MHA | 1983 | Primary Care and Geriatrics, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Donald Fetterolf, MD, MBA | 1983 | Fetterolf Healthcare Consulting |
| Susan Hunt, MD | 1983 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
For more information, please contact:
Lisa J. Volpe
Clinical Research Program Administrator
volpelj2@upmc.edu