UofL residents complete another successful fellowship match

Trend of near perfection in fellowship matches continues with the Class of 2016.
UofL residents complete another successful fellowship match

Many members of the of the UofL Internal Medicine Residency Program seeking fellowship appointments were matched successfully for the 2016-2017 academic year.


Several members of the University of Louisville Internal Medicine Residency Program seeking fellowship appointments following their graduation in 2016 were recently matched successfully, including three who will continue their training at UofL.

"I am extremely proud of our residents," Dr. Jennifer Koch, director of the UofL Internal Medicine Residency Program said. "I know the hard work and dedication – hours and hours of research, scholarship, and clinical effort – it takes for them to be successful in this endeavor. I have no doubt that they will represent our residency program extremely well in their roles as fellows."

Over the past four years, nearly all of the program's internal medicine residents have successfully matched into their choice of fellowship.

"Our trainees are pursuing further training at great programs all over the country," Dr. Jesse Roman, Chairman of the UofL Department of Medicine said. "This speaks to the high quality of the education provided by our faculty and the top notch experiences they participate in during their residency training. The training provided at UofL to our up-and-coming physicians is second to none."

Those from The University of Louisville who matched for 2016-2017 include:

Doctor
Specialty
Institution

Robert Burkes

Dmitry Familtsev

Zeeshan Hussain

Andrew Lally

Kimberly Leake

Amanda Lewis

Chirag Patel

Alison Smith

Gregg Wendorf

Pulmonary/Critical Care

Cardiology

Cardiology

Palliative Medicine

Palliative Medicine

Allergy/Immunology

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

University of Arizona

Loyola University Chicago

University of Louisville

University of Louisville

University of Iowa

University of Texas-San Antonio

East Tennessee State University

University of Louisville