Alumni Newsletter
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Class of 2023
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Alexander D'Angelo, MD
Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Justin Dumont, DO
Pain Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Jonathan Finney, MD
Pain Fellowship, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
Geoffrey Henderson, MD
Spinal Cord Injry Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Mark Linsenmeyer, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Brittni Micham, MD
Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship, Stanford, Stanford, CA
Alyssa Neph, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship, UC Davis, Davis, CA
Michael O'Connell, DO
Pain Fellowship, Allegheny General, Pittsburgh, PA
Marissa Pavlinich, MD
Pain Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Class of 2018
Kadir Carruthers, MD
Physiatrist, Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnostics, Tampa, FL
Matthew Drakeley, MD
Pain Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Stephanie Ferimer, MD
Pediatric Rehabilitation Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
John Frampton, MD
Physician, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Jeffrey Kandt, MD
Pain Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Emily Robbins, DO
Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship, UT Medical School Houston, Houston, TX
Matthew Santa Barbara, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago, IL
Stephen Schaaf, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Mary Schmidt, DO
Physiatrist, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Anne Tita, MD
Physiatrist, Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Class of 2017
Tina Chen, MD
Physiatrist, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL
Mark Fisher, MD
Pediatric Rehabilitation Fellowship, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Kirsten Gage, MD
Physician, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA
Tracey Knippel, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship, Evergreen, Augusta, ME
Adam Lewno, DO
Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
David Mills, MD
Pain Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Abhishek Patel, DO
Pain Management Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Melissa Roscher, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Adam Susmarski, DO
Sports Medicine Fellowship, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Victoria Treadway, MD
Private Practice Physiatrist, Mercy West Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Class of 2016
Shaun Darrah, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of PMR, University of Pittsburgh Medical Director, PM&R at UPMC Passavant, Pittsburgh, PA
Corey Hickey, DO
Medical Director, Trauma Rehabilitation at UPMC Hamot Rehabilitation Program Director, Healthsouth Erie, Erie, PA
David Itskevich, DO
Pain Medicine Fellowship, UPMC Dept. of Anesthesia, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Kryger, MD
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship, UPMC Dept. of PM&R Pittsburgh, PA
Mary Matsumoto, MD
Amputation Rehabilitation Fellowship, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
Gerald Nora, MD
Attending Physician, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute of Columbia St. Mary's, Milwaukee, WI
Shanti Pinto, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship, UPMC Dept. of PM&R, Pittsburgh, PA
Brady Wahlberg, DO
Sports & Spine Fellowship, OSS health, York, PA
Herbie Yung, MD
Pain Medicine Fellowship, UCLA-WLA VA, Los Angeles, CA
Class of 2015
Valerie Brooke, MD
Private Practice: Inpatient Rehab Unit Director, Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center, Yakima, WA
Neilly Buckalew, MD
Private Practice: Researcher and Physiatrist, Post Falls, ID
Marzena Buzanowska, MD
Fellowship: Spine and Sports Musculoskeletal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Yevgeny Dvorkin-Winigner, MD
Fellowship: Cancer Rehab, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Tulasi Gude, MD
Private Practice: Physician, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Hagerty, DO
Fellowship: Sports and Spine, OSS Health, York, PA
Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Adrienne Jordan, DO
Private Practice: Physician, Wellstar Health System, Marietta, GA
Mary Beth Miller Phillips, MD
Fellowship: Brain Injury Medicine, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Jessica Zeibarth, DO
Private Practice: General Physiatrist, Twin Falls, ID
Class of 2014
Jessica Berry, MD
Fellowship: Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Justin Berthold, DO
Private Practice: Rehabilitation Physicians of Pittsburgh, Forest Hills, PA
Patricia Bornhorst, DO
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, Geisinger Med. Orthopedics, Danville, PA
Thomas Burnett, MD
Private Practice: Legacy Medical Center, McMurray, PA
James Crownover, MD
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Robert Donlan, DO
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Lisa Huynh, MD
Fellowship: Interventional Spine, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA
Natasa Miljkovic, MD
Academic Practice: Dept. PM&R, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Erin Murdock, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Beth Stepanczuk, MD
Academic Practice: Dept. of PM&R, University of Pittsburgh, Pgh, PA
Nicholas Weber, DO
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD