Match Day 2026: Yale Department of Internal Medicine Announces New Residents

The Yale Department of Internal Medicine announces its newest incoming class of residents for Match Day 2026:

Internal Medicine

• Mohammed Abusafia, Al Quds University

• Ayesha Aijaz, Alluri Sitaram Raju Academy of Medical Sciences

• Demi Ajao, State University of New York Upstate Medical University

• Merve Akyol, Koç Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

• Michaella Alexandrou, University of Athens

• Olivia Belliveau, Yale School of Medicine

• Nayda Bidikian, American University of Beirut

• Gabrielle Brite, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

• Cole Cassady, Yale School of Medicine

• Svea Cheng, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• Priscilla Cruz, Washington University School of Medicine

• Brian Dineen, Washington University School of Medicine

• Livia Frost, Baylor College of Medicine

• Julia Gillette, The Warren Alpert Medical School

• Amna Jamali, Aga Khan Medical College

• Daniel Johnson, Pritzker School of Medicine

• Laibah Khan, King Edward Medical College

• Sarah Krumholz, Robert Larner College of Medicine

• Julia Levin, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• Marc Machaalani, Lebanese University

• Katrine Madsen, Yale School of Medicine

• Shawn Meepagala, Howard University College of Medicine

• Isabella Mella Bonilla, La Universidad Iberoamericana

• John Ostrowski, Medical College of Georgia

• Zeynep Irem Ozay, Gazi Üniversitesi

• Paola Pastena, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

• Omar Qureshi, Yale School of Medicine

• Valentina Restrepo Espinosa, Universidad del Norte

• Moises Salgado de la Mora, Universidad de Guadalajara

• Thomas Scott, University of Virginia School of Medicine

• Darshi Shah, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

• Diego Sialer, Weill Cornell Medicine

• Manraj Sra, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

• Noor Taweh, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• Elena Wernecke, Medical College of Georgia

• Pourya Yarahmadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

• Ziad Zalaquett, Université Saint-Joseph

• Joseph Johnathan Zhiwei Zhao, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Physician-Scientist

• Wolfgang Beckabir, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

• Nicolas Blobel, Weill Cornell Medicine

• Joseph Brancale, Yale School of Medicine

• Pierce Hadley, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

• Luise Hassler, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin

• Fatma Naz Cemre Kalayci, Hacettepe Universites

• Julia Phan, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School

• Matthew Sipple, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Preliminary Medicine

• Christine Hodelin, Yale School of Medicine

• Suyeon Hong, Yale School of Medicine

Preliminary Neurology

• Sam Craft, Yale School of Medicine

• Akanksha Dave, University of Florida College of Medicine

• Selin Isguven Billmyer, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

• Taimur Kouser, Stanford University School of Medicine

• Allison LeHanka, Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Juliet Manu, New York Medical College

• Eleanor Parker, University of Massachusetts Medical School

• Robert Rosencrans, University of Alabama School of Medicine

• Christine Ryan, University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine

• Adrian Safa, Humanitas University Medical School

• Julia Tetreault, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

• Aditya Vaidyam, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

• Leonardo Zumerkorn Pipek, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Preliminary Ophthalmology

• Brandon Chou, University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine

• Addiskidan Hundito, Yale School of Medicine

• Christina Jayaraj, Yale School of Medicine

• Maximilian Kong, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

• Leena Surapaneni, Yale School of Medicine

Primary Care Track

• Elizabeth Abrams, Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Saad Ahmed, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Bezawit Bekele, Addis Ababa University
• Brock Carter, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at Oklahoma City
• Vitor de Oliveira, New York Medical College
• Jordan Dean, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Annisa Elbedour, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Huzyfa Fazili, Tufts University School of Medicine
• Elena Gupta, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
• Rooman Loper, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
• Megan McNamara, Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
• Ryan Nasser, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
• Ihtisham Qayum, Khyber Medical College
• Julia Quinn, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Emily Robertson, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Noam Savion, Sackler School of Medicine

HIV Track

• Tanat Chinbunchorn, Srinakharinwirot University
• Hamaiyal Sana, Bolan Medical College

• Amita Bollapragada, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

• Pedro Choque, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

• Molly Lavaud, Emory University School of Medicine

• Kathleen Mulligan, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

The Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine is among the nation's premier departments, bringing together an elite cadre of clinicians, investigators, educators, and staff in one of the world's top medical schools. To learn more, visit Internal Medicine.