Class of 2019
Tamara Copeland, MD
Home Town: Fruit Heights, UT
Medical Interests: Comprehensive medicine, preventive care, and working with the underserved population
Personal Interests: Scuba diving, hiking, traveling, gardening, and reading
Future plans: Practicing community medicine, working in a hospital, urgent/emergent care. Dr. Copeland also plans to get a puppy!
Practice preference: Hospital Inpatient/Outpatient
Sean Ewing, MD
Home Town: Frankenmuth, MI
Medical Interests: Full spectrum family medicine, pediatrics, and inpatient medicine
Personal Interests: Baseball - Detroit Tigers, football, hiking, camping, traveling, and spending time with family
Future plans: Primary care medicine
Practice preference: Open to any future practice possibilities
Alexander Facista, MD
Home Town: Phoenix, AZ
Medical Interests: Diabetes, GI health, and diet
Personal Interests: Spending time with family, the study of ethics, theology, and Christian history
Future plans: Full spectrum family medicine including underserved populations
Practice preference: Inpatient and outpatient practice
George Fritch, MD
Home Town: Linton, IN
Clinical Interests: Full scope family practice including inpatient and outpatient care of all age groups, obstetrics, women's health, office-based procedures, sports medicine, and service medicine
Personal Interests: I recently celebrated my one year wedding anniversary with my wife, Julia, and we welcomed our first child, a daughter named Hazel, at the end of March 2018. I also enjoy golf, tennis, cooking, traveling, watching sports, and spending time with friends and family.
Why I Chose Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency: I wanted a community-based unopposed residency. After searching the Midwest for such programs, I was impressed with the opportunities available at Union Hospital. Having gone to school at IUSM, I had the opportunity to work with many preceptors who were graduates of the program and I was consistently impressed by the broad knowledge bases and scopes of practice each of them had. I knew that Union could and would provide many opportunities for me to develop into the type of physician that I wanted to be and serve a community in many different ways. Since coming here, I have never regretted my decision and am grateful for the medical training that I have received.
Darcy Lash, MD
Home Town: East Chicago, IN
Clinical Interests: Hospital medicine, rural medicine, diabetes, clinical trial research
Personal Interests: Sports including -- volleyball, softball, snowboarding, and horseback riding. Animal rescue work is also an important personal interest!
Why I Chose Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency: I felt like the program was directly in link with my goals for residency. Union appeared to have everything I was looking for and more. It sounds strange but it was a feeling I got like...it just fit.
Joshua Slep, MD
Home Town: East Hartford, CT
Clinical Interests: I enjoy inpatient medicine, critical care medicine, and emergency medicine. I also enjoy doing inpatient procedures. I enjoy performing Point-of-Care Ultrasound and apply those skills in the emergency and inpatient setting. I have a strong interest in helping to promote bedside ultrasound techniques and interpretation to clinicians as another adjunct to our clinical knowledge.
Personal Interests: I enjoy everything from reading to gaming, hiking, cooking, and gardening. I stay active with boxing and Jiujitsu and like to watch some UFC (and shovel hot wings into my face) when I get the chance.
Why I Chose Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency: Union Hospital is a great learning environment with great people and staff. The program is very open to everyone's interests and actively helps to get the knowledge and experience in those areas they desire. In the end, we are one big wonderfully dysfunctional family and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Amanda Williams, MD
Home Town: Columbus, IN
Clinical Interests: I am interested in preventative medicine and community health and education. I am also passionate about broad-spectrum rural family medicine.
Personal Interests: Piano -- listening, playing & teaching; auto racing; family time; ice hockey; and serving the needs of my cats!
Why I Chose Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency: I chose Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency because I had worked with the residents while doing 3rd and 4th year rotations in medical school at Indiana University. I immediately felt the family connections the residents had here and the closeness they had with their faculty. I knew I wanted to be a part of that.
Class of 2018
Andre Anderson, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Medical Interests: Sports medicine, primary care, procedures, and minor surgery
Personal Interests: The Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, movies, eating free food (lol), and working out
Future plans: Professional sports team doctor
Practice preference: Hospital or private clinic
Jonathan Dario, MD
Medical School: University of the East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center
Medical Interests: Primary care, preventive medicine, and emergency medicine
Personal Interests: Travel, running, guitar, trying new restaurants/foods
Future plans: Primary care physician practice
Practice preference: Hospital or group practice
Angela Hatfield, MD
Medical School: Indiana University - Terre Haute
Medical Interests: Full spectrum rural primary care and office procedures. I also enjoy teaching students.
Personal Interests: Family time, community involvement, and hobbies including music, baking, cross-stitch, reading, and teaching myself to knit!
Future plans: Provide comprehensive care to a rural community in Indiana
Practice preference: Small group or clinic setting
Amy Laib, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Medical Interests: Women's health; International medicine
Personal Interests: Reading, traveling, cooking, and enjoying nature
Future plans: Primary care medicine and international medicine
Practice preference: Open to a variety of opportunities
Jansen Mallari, MD
Medical School: University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Medical Interests: Rural family medicine, critical care & emergency medicine, procedures, and preventive care
Personal Interests: Hiking, badminton, tennis, swimming, wakeboarding, drawing/painting, music, and food!
Future plans: To create a community program that promotes health and wellness, to get involved with social entrepreneurship, and to spearhead medical missions in impoverished communities in the Phillipines
Practice preference: Hospitalist; private practice in a rural setting
Kenneth "Rex" Reece, MD
Medical School: St. George's University
Medical Interests: Sports medicine, emergency medicine, and procedures
Personal Interests: Football, basketball, folk style wrestling, hiking, and spending time with my family
Future plans: Possible sports medicine or emergency medicine fellowship
Practice preference: Private practice
Christopher Walker, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Medical Interests: Full spectrum family medicine, sports medicine, and procedures
Personal Interests: Traveling, soccer/sports, golfing, bocce ball, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, and spending time with family
Future plans: I plan to either pursue a fellowship in sports medicine or begin working in the outpatient setting
Practice preference: Solo or group practice
Class of 2017
Danielle Cundiff, DO
Medical School: Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine - Pikeville.
Danny Isawi, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Christopher Fitzsimmons, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Elias Khalaf, MD
Medical School: University of Allepo
Patrick Titzer, MD
Medical School: Indiana University - Terre Haute
Tony Tran, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Laura Watt, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois - Rockford
Class of 2016
Danyelle Aber, MD
Medical School: American University of Antigua
Fellowship: Emergency Medicine Fellowship - Fort Wayne, IN
Gregory Andonian, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Thomas Baker, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Neil Martin, MD
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Eric Pickrell, MD
Medical School: St. George's University
Fellowship: Sports Medicine Fellowship - Toledo, OH
Jon Thompson, MD
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Manju Thothala, MD
Medical School: Sri Siddhartha Medical College
Class of 2015
Jose Guzman, MD
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Muhammad Khan, MD
Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, Pakistan
Nataliya Kubasova, MD
Medical School: Belarusian Starte Medical University
Rabina Rai, MD
Medical School: Ross Medical University
Zaheeruddin Syed, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Adam J. Henson, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois - Rockford
Nancy Breitweiser, MD
Medical School: Indiana University
Class of 2014
Jatin Rana, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Kelly Ramsey, MD
Medical School: University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine
Janaki Narravula, MD
Medical School: Narayana Medical College (India)
Joshua Hastie, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Musa Abdalla, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Eric Guenther, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Georgia Campus
Jessica Cosentino, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Class of 2013
Aziz Abed, MD
Medical School: St. George's University
Naveen Kumar Reddy Bondalapati, MD
Medical School: Narayana Medical College
Jesse Clark, DO
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mahesh Sreedasyam, MD
Medical School: Osmania Medical College
Joseph Yamamoto, MD
Medical School: University of Santo Tomas