About Us
First-Year Residents
Dan Arnold, MD
Hometown: Fort Wright, KY
Undergrad: University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Sports of all sorts (especially the Cincinnati Bengals), listening to awesome music, finding every dining buffet this city has to offer, reading the same books over and over
Future Goals in Medicine: Leaning toward general pediatrics but open to specializing
Caleb Buege, MD
Hometown: Shepherdsville, KY
Undergrad: Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green, KY
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Spending time with wife/family/friends, home improvement, woodworking, movies, walking my dog (Bonnie the weimaraner)
Future Goals in Medicine: Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
Bethany Carnes, MD
Hometown: Brentwood, TN
Undergrad: Centre College | Danville, KY
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Spending time with family/friends, traveling, cooking/eating out, playing with my dog, hiking/camping with my husband
Future Goals in Medicine: Possibly outpatient pediatrics
Heath Cates, M.D.
Hometown: Calvert City, KY
Undergrad: Murray State University | Murray, KY
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Church activities, spending time with my wife/family/friends, playing music (bass guitar, some keyboard), singing, running, trying out new foods/restaurants, traveling, woodworking.
Future Goals in Medicine: Currently, I plan to join a general pediatrics practice near my hometown of Murray, KY. I am hoping to participate in medical education in this practice, as they currently host students from UKSOM and Pikeville COM.
Marshall Criswell, MD
Hometown: Delphi, IN
Undergrad: Purdue University | West Lafayette, INI
Medical School: Indiana University | Indianapolis, IN
Personal Interests: The Chicago Cubs, Indianapolis Colts, pizza, and my wife, Alicia; but not necessarily in that order. I am currently attempting to learn Spanish and look forward to traveling abroad.
Future Goals in Medicine: Primary care pediatrics with emphasis on preventive care and parent education.
Neil Desai, MD
Hometown: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Undergrad: University of Toronto | Toronto, ON, Canada
Medical School: University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland
Personal Interests: Reading, cycling, snowboarding
Future Goals in Medicine: Undecided
Leslie Favier, MD
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Undergrad: University of Missouri | Kansas City, MO
Medical School: University of Missouri | Kansas City, MO
Personal Interests: Spending time with family, friends and my golden retriever, traveling and running.
Future Goals in Medicine: Possibly Gen Peds vs Rheumatology vs Endocrine. I would also love to get involved with International Medicine.
Becca Hart, MD
Hometown: New Albany, IN
Undergrad: Indiana University | Bloomington, IN (Go Hoosiers!)
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Spending time with family and friends, traveling, IU basketball, playing the violin, reading, cooking, and trying new and exciting restaurants!
Future Goals in Medicine: Undecided, though interested in primary care
Kevin Havlin, MD
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Undergrad: Xavier University | Cincinnati, OH
Medical School: Wright State University | Dayton, OH
Personal Interests: Spending time with my wife and son (usually us acting like fools trying to get him to smile at us), hanging out with friends and family, Cincinnati Reds baseball, golf, cooking, and fostering a recently developed love/hate relationship with running.
Future Goals in Medicine: I would like to go into pediatric cardiologyand eventually practice in an academic setting to stay involved with medical student, resident and fellowship training.
Sheridan Langford, MD
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Undergrad: Texas A&M University | College Station, TX
Medical School: University of Texas | San Antonio, TX
Personal Interests: Cooking, baking, traveling, reading, arts and crafts, old movies, spending time with my sweet husband.
Future Goals in Medicine: Learning to be a great pediatrician and working in an underserved community domestically or abroad
Kate Livesay, MD
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergrad: Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN
Medical School: University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY
Personal Interests: Running, baking, traveling, singing, softball
Future Goals in Medicine: Undecided
Carly Lyons, MD
Hometown: Akron, OH and Ennis, TX
Undergrad: Texas A&M University | College Station, TX
Medical School: Texas A&M University | College Station, TX
Personal Interests: Scrapbooking, crafting, home décor, walking my 2 dogs, cooking, traveling
Future Goals in Medicine: At this point, either general pediatrics or endocrine
Melanie Maerten, MD
Hometown: Zechin, Germany
Medical School: Charite-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin | Berlin, Germany
Personal Interests: Spending time with family and friends, going to the movies, traveling
Future Goals in Medicine: I'm undetermined at this point but am interested in general pediatrics. My goal for now is to experience as much as possible during residency and go from there.
Marian Morris, MD
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame | South Bend, IN
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Reading, cooking, gardening, home renovation
Future Goals in Medicine: Undetermined at this point, possible general pediatrics
Bill Myers, MD
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Medical School: University of Toledo | Toledo, OH
Personal Interests: Spending time with my new wife, Katie, and our two dogs, Lucy and Brody; traveling; working out; reading about current events; and sports, particularly Ohio State
Future Goals in Medicine: To pursue a fellowship in emergency medicine or critical care
Wilson Reinke, MD
Hometown: Glencoe, KY
Undergrad: Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green, KY
Medical School: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Personal Interests: Running, reading, watching good (and bad) movies, updating my new home, working on classic American muscle cars, Cincinnati Reds baseball, spending time with my incredible wife and preparing for our new baby
Future Goals in Medicine: I'm still undecided for now, but I'm leaning toward either Emergency Medicine or Critical Care
Ryan Skeens, MD
Hometown: Huntington, WV
Undergrad: Marshall University | Huntington, WV
Medical School: Marshall University | Huntington, WV
Personal Interests: Spending time with my husband and our awesome dog, Colt (the most adorable Goldendoodle), trying new restaurants, going to Cincinnati Reds and Indianapolis Colts games, working with teenage youth at our church
Future Goals in Medicine: Most likely a fellowship in NICU or PICU
Anthony Smith, DO
Hometown: Leitchfield, KY
Undergrad: University of Louisville | Louisville, KY
Medical School: University of Pikeville | Pikeville, KY
Personal Interests: Spending time with my wife, hunting, raising and riding horses, farming, golf, and most anything else outdoors
Future Goals in Medicine: Returning to my hometown to practice general pediatrics; community awareness and preventive medicine
Patricia Subnaik, DO
Undergrad: Jacksonville University | Jacksonville, FL
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University | Davie, FL
Personal Interests: Cooking, music, reading, kayaking
Future Goals in Medicine: Study abroad to deliver health care
Kathirene Wilcoxen, MD
Hometown: Peoria, IL
Undergrad: Illinois Central College | East Peoria, IL
Undergrad: Bradley University | Peoria, IL
Medical School: Chicago Medical School | North Chicago, IL
Personal Interests: Ballroom dancing, running, lifting weights, quilting
Future Goals in Medicine: Undetermined. Either general pediatrics or intensive care.
Jing-Jing Zhou, MD
Hometown: Austin, TX
Undergrad: University of Texas | Austin, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston, TX
Personal Interests: Playing with my dog, singing, traveling, watching Hulu, spending time with family and friends, photography, arts and crafts
Future Goals in Medicine: Either being an outpatient general practitioner or or pursuing a subspecialty, would like to be able to do medical trips abroad
