MD/PhD Program »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

The structured MD/PhD Program was established in 2000. Our alumni are now pursuing rewarding careers in biomedical research and academic medicine.

Our program graduates have been highly successful with finding employment following residency and fellowship in the institution or city of their choice. Take a look at where our graduates come from and where they go.

2025 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs
Dr. Brandee Goo

Emory University Hospital

  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

2024 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs
Dr. Saadia Hasan

Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA

 Neuropathology
Dr. Jacob Kumro

Kresge Pre-Residency Research Fellowship
Detroit, MI

 Opthalmology
Dr. Ellie Mannon   

Duke University Medical Center   
Durham, NC                                                        

 General Surgery
Dr. Rebecca Robinson

University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK

 Opthalmology

2023 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs
Dr. Clare Cooper Edwards                  

University of Colorado School of Medicine       
Aurora, Colorado                                                         

 Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Wonjo Jang

Brigham & Women's Hospital 
Boston, Massachusetts

 Neurology

2022 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs
Dr. Martin Halicek                   

Emory University School of Medicine       
Atlanta, Georgia                                                          

 Diagnostic Radiology / Research Pathway
Dr. John Klement

Stanford Health Care
Stanford, California

 Internal Medicine
Dr. Rodney Littlejohn Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 Pediatrics
Dr. Najeah Okashah Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

 Psychiatry / Research Pathway
Dr. Samantha Spellicy Duke University Medical Center,

Durham, North Carolina

 Neurological Surgery
Dr. Lynn Tran   Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

 Urology
Dr. Paul Tran   Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut		 Internal Medicine /Physician-Scientist Research Pathway

 

2021 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs
Dr. Kristen Ates
                                                    

University of Florida College of Medicine  
Gainesville, FL                                                                

University of Florida

Medicine - Preliminary

                                                                                             

Ophthalmology
Dr. Alec Davila
                                                   

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

 Internal Medicine
                                                                     

 

 

 

2020 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Aaron Fan

University Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, AL                      

 Pediatrics                                              
Dr. Irene Falk

UC Davis Med Center
Sacramento, CA

 Neurological Surgery
Dr. Harrison Grace
    
Dr. Kevin Lindsay
 St Joseph Hospital SCL Health
Denver, CO		 Surgery-Preliminary         
Dr. Lauren Prusinski

 Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA		 Medicine-Preliminary
Dr. Merry Ma
 Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA		 Urology-Preliminary

2019 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Bianca Islam                         
   		 Case Western University                               
Cleveland, OH                                                       

 Internal Medicine/PSTP Track                                    
Dr. Jason Lee

 University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, KS		 Otolaryngology
Dr. Mason Webb
 Mayo Clinic School of »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Medical Education
Rochester, MN

 Internal Medicine/PSTP Track
Dr. Phil Yao

Redmon Regional Medical Center
Rome, Georgia

UC San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, CA

Medicine-Preliminary


Anesthesiology

2018 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Joseph Burch             

Carolinas Medical Center                           
Charlotte, NC

 Internal Medicine                                       
Dr. Trevor Hardigan

 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY		 Neurological Surgery

2017 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Miranda Hayworth            

 University of Texas Medical Branch                           
Galveston, TX 

 Neurological Surgery                                                 
Dr. Jonathan Heimlich 

 Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

 Internal Medicine

2016 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Erin Scott               

 University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

 Obstetric & Gynecology                       
Dr. Quaovi Sodji

 Stanford University
Stanford, CA

 Radiation Oncology

2015 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Samual Quaynor      Weiss Memorial Hospital                            
Chicago, IL		 Neuroscience         

2014 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Melinda Beavers 

 Charlotte Medical Center                       
Charlotte, NC		 Pediatrics                                           

2013 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Preethi Ganapathy   

»Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ                                        
Augusta, GA    

The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Medicine- Preliminary                             

Ophthalmology                                
Dr. Jessica O'Neal

 Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta, GA		 General Surgery
Dr. Shubin Shahab

 Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA		 Pediatrics

2012 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Rusty Johnson       

 »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ                                      
Augusta, GA		 Internal Medicine                             

2011 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Matt Collins             

 Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA

 Internal Medicine                               
Dr. Mark Merkley

 University of Rochester/Strong Memorial
Rochester, NY

 Otolaryngology/Research
Dr. Kim Rathbun

 »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ
Augusta, GA

 Emergency Medicine
Dr. Amy Walthour

 University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Chattanooga, TN		 Family Medicine

2010 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Elizabeth Richter      

 Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

 Surgery-Preliminary & Ophthalmology
Dr. Alexis Simpkins

»Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ
Augusta, GA

John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Medicine-Preliminary

Neurology
Dr. Michelle Sykes University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

 Pediatrics

2009 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Hillary Irons

 Michigan State University                           
East Lansing, MI

 Emergency Medicine              
Dr. Mark Witcher

 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston Salem, NC		 Neurosurgery

2008 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Jason Burnette            »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ  
Augusta, GA

 Urology                                                      
Dr. Michael Clark »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ
Augusta, GA

 Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Karenne Fru Greenville Hospital System/University of South Carolina
Greenville, SC

 Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Robert Lober

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

 Neurological Surgery
Dr. Joseph Poole Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA		 Internal Medicine & Research

2007 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. April E. Welborn

 Emory University School of Medicine           
Atlanta, GA		 Internal Medicine & Research

2006 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Xinyu "Danial" Li                         University of Miami                                                                                     
Miami, FL          		 Neurology                                                                  
Dr. Elizabeth Loomis University Hospital
Jackson, MS		 Anesthesiology

2005 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Amy W. Amara                    University of Alabama                                                               
Birmingham, AL

 Neurology                                                     
Dr. Chadwick Hales Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

 Neurology
Dr. Brent T. Steadman

Carolina Medical Center
Charlotte, NC

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston Salem, NC

Internal Medicine

Radiology

2004 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Danial Karolyi          Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

 Radiology
Dr. Theodore Johnson

»Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ
Augusta, GA

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH

 Pediatrics


Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
Dr. Robert L. Seymour

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

Pathology


Post-doctoral fellow

2003 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Vikram B. Reddy                       Yale University                                                                                       
New Haven, CT

 Vascular Surgery
Dr. Deedee K. Smart

National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Radiation Oncology Branch, National Institute of Cancer
Bethesda, MC

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Radiology Oncology

Residency: Radiation Oncology

2002 MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. Krishna G. Patel              

University of North Carolina                                           
Durham, NC

University of California
Davis, CA

Otolaryngology


Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

2001MD/PhD »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵs

 
Dr. David Woodrum    Mayo Clinic                                                    
Rochester, MN		 Radiology                                      

 

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