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General Internal Medicine

Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin General Internal Medicine Hospitalist Team

Faculty

Lolia Abibo, MD

Assistant Professor; Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Pediatrics; Global Health Pathway Advisor, Pediatrics

Pramod Acharya, MD

Assistant Professor; 4SW & Readmissions Unit Medical Director

Babajide Adio, DO, FACOI

Assistant Professor

Mohamed Agab, MBBS

Assistant Professor

Muhammad Ahmad, MBBS, MS

Assistant Professor

Rizwan Ahmed, DO, MS

Assistant Professor

Sohail Alikhan, DO

Assistant Professor

Stephanie Analytis, MD

Assistant Professor

Carrie A. Alme, MD

Associate Professor

Mandeep Babbra, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Rabin Banjade, MBBS

Assistant Professor

Sanjay Bhandari, MD

Associate Professor

Ryan Blenker, MD

Assistant Professor

Jared Bishop, DO

Assistant Professor

Nupur Brahmbhatt, MD

Assistant Professor

Valerie Carter, MD

Assistant Professor

Leah Cotter, DO

Assistant Professor

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Max Cruz, MD

Assistant Professor

Mohan S. Dhariwal, DO, PhD

Associate Professor

Sara M. Dunbar, DO

Associate Professor; Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency; Section of Hospital Associate Chief

Osama Elkhider, MD

Assistant Professor

Aquila Fathima, MD

Assistant Professor

Mathew Francis, MD

Assistant Professor

Luis Galindez-Lopez, MD

Assistant Professor

Rudra Ghimire, MD

Assistant Professor

Muhammad Hammad, MD

Assistant Professor

Tristram C. Hill, MD

Assistant Professor; Observation Medicine Director

Qirat Jawed, MD

Assistant Professor

Trisha Jethwa, MD

Instructor

Pinky Jha, MD, MPH, FACP

Associate Professor

David Johnson, DO

Assistant Professor

Reshmi Joseph, MD

Assistant Professor

Balpreet Kaur, MD

Assistant Professor

Nabeel Khan, MD

Assistant Professor; Cardiology Medicine Research Fellow

Shaheena Khan, MD

Assistant Professor

Armen Kishmiryan, MD

Assistant Professor

Kory Koerner, MD

Associate Professor

Julie M. Kolinski, MD

Associate Professor

Nicole Lao, MD

Assistant Professor

Douglas Levine, MD

Assistant Professor

Natalya Libo, DO

Assistant Professor

Tracey H. Liljestrom, MD

Assistant Professor

Devin M. Madenberg, DO

Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum; Director of Procedure Team Elective, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Raeva Malik, MD

Assistant Professor

Rakesh Marreddy, DO

Assistant Professor

Emily Mattoon, MD

Assistant Professor

James J. McCarthy, MD

Associate Director for the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Acting Internship; Co-Director of Respiratory Block; Core Faculty Member, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program

Chelsea McElroy, DO

Assistant Professor

Jawairia Sahar Mirza, MD

Assistant Professor

Joshua Morris, MD

Assistant Professor

Andrew Murphy, MD

Assistant Professor

Kavita V. Naik, MD

Assistant Professor; Logistics/Inpatient Flow Medical Director; M4 Hospitalist Sub-Internship Director

Kyle Olson, MD

Assistant Professor

Emre Ozcekirdek, MD

Assistant Professor

Hari Paudel, MD

Associate Professor

Prasun Pudasainee, MBBS, MD

Assistant Professor

Joseph R. Puetz, MD

Assistant Professor; Director of Intern Simulation Workshop; 9NT & Early Discharge/CCR’s Unit Medical Director

Bimatshu Pyakuryal, MD

Assistant Professor

Brian W. Quinn, MD

Assistant Professor; Director of Quality Improvement (Hospital Medicine), Acute Care Services (Senior Medical Director)

Sushma Raju, MD

Assistant Professor; Director of Recruitment and Retention; Unit Clinical Director

Abhijai Singh, MD

Assistant Professor; 4NE & HCAHPS Unit Medical Director

Sanjay Singh, MD

Assistant Professor

Alisha Sharma, MD

Assistant Professor

Barbara A. Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM

Professor of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery; Interim Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine; Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine; Chief of Staff, Froedtert Hospital

Janessa Snippen, MD

Assistant Professor

Sheila Swartz, MD

Associate Professor; Associate Director, Bedside Procedure Service

Roshan Thapa, MD

Assistant Professor

Bipin Thapa, MD, MS, FACP

Assistant Dean, Professor

Heather Toth, MD

Professor

Corrado Ugolini, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Narendra Veerapaneni, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Melissa Weekes, MBBS, MD

Assistant Professor

Antoni Wojtkowski, MD

Assistant Professor

Jing Xu, MD

Assistant Professor

Fahad Zafar, MD

Assistant Professor

Shannon Zalewski, MD

Assistant Professor

Qishuo (Alex) Zhang, MD

Assistant Professor

Chi Zheng, MD

Associate Professor

Advanced Practice Providers

Abby Baneck, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Joseph Baron, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Kriti Behl, AGACNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Andrea Bequest, PA-C, MPAS

Physician Assistant; APP Lead for Hospitalist Recruitment, Onboarding and Education

Marissa Block, PA

Physician Assistant

Crystal Byington, NP

Nurse Practitioner, APP Lead for Observation Unit

Lauren Claxton, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Kasia Czajkowska-Baciak, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Rachel Dallman, PA

Physician Assistant

Claire DeLonge, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Kellyn J. Doerge, PA-C

Emily Dunn, PA

Physician Assistant

Bekzod Eshtemirov, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Jacob Evans, PA

Angela Gill, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Paige Gioia, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Daniel Heimerl, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Tess Ilardi, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Ehab Innab, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Morgan Irwin, PA

Physician Assistant

Lanie Johnson, MSPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Alyx Kerska, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Robin Koopmeiners, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Jackie Kroner, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Gina LaWall, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Melissa Margolis, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Jennifer Massaro, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Jessica Brunner, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Savannah Mathe, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Kayla Minix, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Shanna Mogden, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Jacqueline J. Morgan, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Marcia Mueller, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Tiffany Mundt, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Brianna L W Nigro, ACNP-BC

APP Inpatient 2

Erica Oren, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Kristina A. Phillips, MSN, APNP, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner

Tina Porchia, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Elizabeth R. Procknow Gabriel, PA-C

APP Inpatient 2

Manfred Ratz, RN

Registered Nurse

Molly J. Robischon, PA-C, MPAS

APP Lead Inpatient 2

Kendra Vincent, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Danielle Sidjanin-Maier, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Maria A. Smith, PA-C

APP Inpatient 2

Heather Steppe, AGACNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Courtney Strom, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Haley Taylor, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Rachel Uebersohn, PA-C, MPAS

Physician Assistant

Emily Vallo, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Anne Wenzlick, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Rachel West, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

April Yang, APNP, FNP-BC, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner

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