Faculty & Staff

Program Leadership

Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS, SFHM, FAHA

Professor, Harry H. Mansbach Chair of Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Elias S. Siraj, MD, FACP, FACE, FACP, FACE

Professor, Chief, Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Department of Medicine

757-446-5291

David C. Lieb, MD, FACE, FACP

Professor, Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship
Department of Medicine

757-446-5908

Chinelo C. Okigbo, MD, Ph.D., MPH

Assistant Professor, Associate Research Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Radwa Osman, MD

Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship
Department of Medicine

757-446-5908

Henri K. Parson, Ph.D., CCRC, ACRP-PM

Associate Professor, Associate Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship
Department of Medicine

757-446-7933

Manasi S. Shah, MD

Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Alastair K. Thomson, MD

Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship
Department of Medicine

757-446-5908

General Internal Medicine

Timothy S. Pike, DO, M.B.A., FACP, CPE, M.B.A., FACP, CPE

Assistant Professor, Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS, SFHM, FAHA

Professor, Harry H. Mansbach Chair of Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Emily R. Cunningham, MD

Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Madeeha I. Deo, MD

Assistant Professor, Medical Director - Sentara-EVMS Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Mark C. Flemmer, MD

Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

A. Brooke Hooper, MD

Associate Professor, Assistant Vice Dean, Clinical Education
Doctor of Medicine, MD
hooperab@odu.edu
757-446-8920

Jody P. King, MD, FACP

Associate Professor, Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Department of Medicine
kingjp@odu.edu
757-446-8920

Alvin M. Maliakal, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Sami G. Tahhan, MD

Professor, EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Sarah N. Al Allawi, MD, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Osama Alshakhatreh, MD

Chief Resident
General Internal Medicine

757-446-8920

Carsten M. Kirby, DO

Chief Resident
General Internal Medicine

757-446-8920

Reece Q Hoerle, MD

Chief Resident
General Internal Medicine

757-446-8920

LaConda G. Fanning, PsyD, RN, LPC, LSATP

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
fanninlg@odu.edu
757-446-6190

Geriatrics and Palliative Care

M.C. Galicia-Castillo, MD, M.S. Ed., CMD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM

Professor, Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-7040

Bahar Niknejad, MD

Assistant Professor, Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Department of Medicine

757-446-5100

Madeline L. Dunstan, MS

Associate Director of Education, Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Department of Medicine: Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

757-446-7040

Mily J. Kannarkat, MD, FACP

Associate Professor, Assistant Vice Dean, Pre-Clinical Education
Department of Medicine
kannarmj@evms.edu
757.446.7040

Hamid R. Okhravi, MD

Professor, Director, Comprehensive Memory Center, Co-Director, Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute for Integrated NeuroHealth
Department of Medicine: Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
okhravhr@odu.edu
757-446-5100

Kelly A. Thomson, MD

Assistant Professor, Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Department of Medicine
thomsoka@odu.edu
757-446-7040

Rheumatology

Seth M. Berney, MD

Professor, Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Aditi M. Patel, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Ruhani P. Desai, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine: Rheumatology

757-446-8920

Hospital Medicine

B. Mitchell Goodman, MD

Associate Professor, Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Mark C. Flemmer, MD

Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Roy A. Flemmer, MD

Assistant Professor, Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Department of Medicine

757-446-7934

Waleed Kassabo, MD, MBA, MBA

Assistant Professor, Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Medicine

757-446-8910

Aaron E. Mills, DO, FACP

Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Saad Mussarat, MD, MBBS

Assistant Professor, Director of Medicine Grand Rounds
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Sara A. Serji, DO

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine: Hospitalists Program

757.446.8910

Sami G. Tahhan, MD

Professor, EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Zahra Tasneem, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
TasneeZ@odu.edu
757-446-8922

Iuliia Kovalenko, MD

Assistant Professor, of Director Research
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Matthew L. Slief, MD

Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director, Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Fang Fang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Research and Infrastructure Service Enterprise (RISE)
fangf@odu.edu
757-446-7050

Fnu Arti, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
farti@odu.edu
757-446-8920

Infectious Diseases

Catherine F. Derber, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Professor, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine

757-446-8999

Cayleigh M. Blumrick, MD

Assistant Professor, Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Department of Medicine

757-446-8999

Joseph M. DeBiase, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-8999

Mariam Agladze, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-8999

Ronald W. Flenner, MD

Vice Dean, Academic Affairs
Doctor of Medicine, MD
flennerw@odu.edu
757-446-5829

Edward C. Oldfield, MD

Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-8999

Christian D. Weaver, MD

Assistant Professor, Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital - EVMS
Department of Medicine

757-446-8999

Nephrology and Hypertension Faculty

Varun Malhotra , MD

Assistant Professor, Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Department of Medicine

Cardiology

Raymond L. Benza, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology, Professor
Department of Medicine

Gastroenterology

David A. Johnson, MD, MACG, FASGE, MACP

Professor, Division Chief, Gastroenterology
Internal Medicine

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Elizabeth K. Batchelor, MD, MME

Assistant Professor, Interim Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Department of Medicine

757-446-8920

Joshua M. Sill, MD, FACP, FCCP

Professor, Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program
Department of Medicine

757-446-5758

Amanda G. Cecchini, DO

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-5758

Sleep Medicine

Nathaniel T. Gordon, MD

Assistant Professor, Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine

757-446-5908

Nancy D. Morewitz, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

757-446-5908

Hematology and Oncology

Milton L. Brown, MD, Ph.D., FNAI

Professor, Vice Dean of Research
Department of Medicine
BrownML@odu.edu
757-446-8480

Administrative Staff

Scott L. Griffin

Chief Administrator
Department of Medicine
griffisl@odu.edu
757-446-5253

Elisciana Rodriguez

Finance Administrator
Department of Medicine

757-446-7357

Brooke Taylor

Director of Nursing
Department of Medicine

757-446-8922

Cindy Santana Perez

Administrative Support Specialist
Department of Medicine
csantana@odu.edu
757-446-7065

Vonyeh Holloman

Office Coordinator
Department of Medicine

757-446-8930

Atiq Bhatti

Research Manager

abhatti@odu.edu
757-446-8930

Pamela R. Clemons

Residency Specialist, Internal Medicine Residency
Department of Medicine
clemonpr@odu.edu

Amber N. Hamel

Residency Specialist, Internal Medicine Residency
Department of Medicine
hamelan@odu.edu

Kim M. Barker

Practice Manager, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
barkerkm@odu.edu
757-446-5908

Valerie A. McDonald, MBA

Practice Manager, General Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
mcdonava@odu.edu
757-446-8963

Ella Bray

Office Coordinator, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
brayeg@odu.edu
757-446-5291

Natalie R. Gray

Fellowship Program Specialist, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
graynr@odu.edu
757-446-5910

Kayla D. Jones

Fellowship Program Specialist, Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
joneskd@odu.edu
757-446-8912

Nabeel Akram

Administrator, Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute for Integrated NeuroHealth
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

757-446-8470

Betty E. Virok

Research Program Manager, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine
virokeb@odu.edu
757-446-5670

Melody W. Johnson, DHSc, MPH

Residency/Fellowship Specialist, Geriatric Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine
johnsomw@odu.edu
757-446-5864

Mirna Valenzuela

Fellowship Program Specialist, Pulmonary and Critical Care, and Nephrology
Department of Medicine
valenzmm@odu.edu
757-446-0375

Breanna Askew, MPA

Fellowship Program Specialist, Cardiology
Department of Medicine
bxaskew4@sentara.com
757-388-8375

Community Faculty

David H. Adler, MD
Thomas A. Alberico, MD
Burton F. Alexander III, MD
Ramin Alimard, MD
Anthony T. Amabile, MD
Kathleen G. C. Anderson, MD
Malik A. Anjum, MBBS
Glen M. Arluk, MD
Anirudh Aron, MD
Eli Arusi, MD
Daniel R.M. Atienza, MD
Otarod Bahrani, MD
Mary S. Baker, MD
Matthew F. Baker, MD
Nina Balanchivadze, MD
Aaron P. Balinski, MD
David A. Baran, MD
Vance C. Barksdale, MD
Ikshvanku A. Barot, MD
Nishidh A. Barot, MD
Raymond L. Benza, MD
Matthew D. Bernens, MD
Robert C. Bernstein, MD
Mohit Bhasin, MD
Michael A. Boatwright, DO
Michael E. Bohan, MD
Brian N. Bowes, MD
Amanda L. Boyd, MD
Whitney D. Brooks, MD
Susan M. Brown, MD
John E. Brush Jr., MD
Ashesh N. Buch, MBChB, MD(res)
Joel T. Bundy, MD
Michael W. Burns Jr., DO
Michael R. Cannon, MD
Carolina M. Casellini, MD
Harish R. Chandra, MBBS, MPH
David Z. Chang, MD, PhD
Tania Chao, MD
Abdul W. Chaudhry, MD
Ian A. Chen, MD
Julie M. Chen, MD
Sarah E. Chen, DO
Yu Chen, DO
Julia H. Cheringal, DO
Allen A. Ciuffo, MD
Jeffrey B. Cole, MD
Varea H. Costello, DO, MPH
Sean F. Cowley, DO
Anant S. Damle, MD
Snehal A. Damle, MD
H. Edward Davidson, PharmD
W. Grant Day, MD
Taylor T. DesRosiers, MD
Brinda M. Dixit, MD
Farhod Djuraev, MD
Sunita Dodani, MBBS, PhD
Michael M. Dore, MD
Brian A. Dummett, MD
Simanta Dutta, MBBS
John R. Dye, MD, PhD
Michael S. Eggert, MD
Sherif O. El-Mahdy, MBChB
Amber B. Feinman, DO
Ashley Filo, MD
Mark T. Fleming, MD
Timothy S. Fusiak, DO
Margaret M. Gaglione, MD
Maia Gakhokidze, MD
Sam W. Gao, MD
Edward R. George, MD
Andrew N. Githaiga, MBChB
Norman R. Goldin, MD
Maruthi V. Gottimukkala, MBBS
Ranjit K. Goudar, MD
Ian A. Grasso, MD
Joseph C. Gresens, MD
Barton C. Gumpert, MD
Bhavdeep K. Gupta, MD
Anke Hacker, MD
Amir Hajimomenian, MD
Mosta G. Haque, MD
David M. Harlan, MD
H. Courtenay Harrison Jr., MD
Reid C. Harrison, MD
Amie L. Harvey, MD
Pedro D. Hasas, MD
Meredith A. Hays, DO, MPH
Lauren A. Hensley, DO
John M. Herre, MD
Thomas R. Hicks, MD
Michael H. Hooper, MD
Kelvin Hornbuckle, MD
Sue B. Hudson, MD
Lindsey N. Hunt, MD
Usama T. Hussein, MD
Melhem A. Imad, MD
Kavita D. Imrit-Thomas, DO
Nadeem Inayet, MBBS
Harish V. Iyer, MBBS
Venkat R. Iyer, MD
Kirn Jain, MD
David A. Johnson, MD
W. Rainey Johnson, MD
Glenn C. Jones, MD
Christie A. Joya, DO
Sarah E. Joyner, MD
Ramanaiah Kakani, MD
Madhukar Kaloji, MD
Harry L. Kanter, MD
Michael J. Kavanaugh, MD
Lloyd J. Kellam III, MD
John F. Kessler, MD
Erich L. Kiehl, MD
Craig S. Koenig, MD
Luke C. Kohan, MD
Elisabeth G.M. Kramer, MD
Kristina R.B. Kratovil, MD
Scott Kruger, MD
Pallavi R. Kuppireddy, MBBS
James C. La Rocque, MD
Jonathan J. Labbe, MD
Lea S. Laplace, MD
Peter B. Laplace, MD
Catherine I. Larned, MD
John P. Laurenzano, MD
Paul M. Lavigne, MD
J. Mark Lawson, MD
Lisa J.M. Lawson, MD
Albert H. Lee, MD
Donna Lee, MD
Edwin Jin Su Lee, MD
Michael E. Lee, MD
Steven V. Lewinski, MD
Ying Li, MB
Roger W. Lidman, MD
Edward L. Lilly, MD
Andrew H. Lin, MD, MBA
Patrick Lindsay, MBBS
Charles F. Lovell Jr., MD
Petra S. Lynch, MD
Sandeep Magoon, MBBS
Anshu Mahajan, MD
Arpana P. Mahalingashetty, MD
Charu Maheshwary, MD
Varun Malhotra, MBBS
Pramod R. Malik, MBBS
Partha Manchikalapudi, MBBS
Trent D. Martin, MD
Priya Mathur, MD
Ikechukwu V. Mbonu, MD
Thomas R. McCune, MD
Glenn R. McDermott, MD
Peter Z. McIntyre, MD
Ronald S. McKechnie, MD
Jerry A. McQuain, DO
Angela M. Mercer, MD
Andrew H.F. Miller, DO
Edward C. Miller, MD
James R. Miller, MD
Julius S. Miller, MD
Scott A. Miller, MD
Maxim V. Mirovski, MD
John B. Moore, MD
Dwayne A. Morris, MD
Gary B. Moss, MD
Daniel P. Mulcrone, MD
Elza Mylona, PhD, MBA
Kusuma K. Nanduri, MBBS
Daniel A. Neumann, MD
Keith H. Newby Sr., MD
Vanessa Obas, MD
Sean S. Oenick, DO
Wayne D. Old, MD
Edward C. Oldfield IV, MD
David S. Oliver, DO
Meredith L. Olsen, MD
Timothy R. Ori Jr., MD
Julianne S. Orlowski, DO
Dipan H. Oza, MD, MPH
Marie V. Ozanne, PhD
Camelia Pana, MD
Gunadhar Panigrahi, MBBS
Parth J. Parekh, MD
Hyun Jun (Robert) Park, MD, PhD
Austin L. Parker, MD
John P. Parker, MD
Amit D. Patel, MD
Anil N. Patel, MBBS
Haresh D. Patel, MD, MPH
Hemal D. Patel, MD
Ronak R. Patel, MBBS
Vandana A. Patel, MBBS
Vishwas J. Patel, MBBS
Steven J. Patrick, DO
Robert B. Patton, MBChB
Michelle M. Perello, DO
Ian Persaud, MD, MPH
Timothy C. Petersen, MD
Jacob E. Peterson, MD
Alicia K. Philippou, MD
Richard A. Plasse, DO
Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH
Christina W. Prillaman, MD
Xian Qiao, MD
Anthony J. Quaranta, MD
Ehsan Rajabirostami, MD
Jason M. Rashkin, MD
Rollin R. Reeder, MD
Doris M. Rice, MD
Paul A. Ricketts, MD
Suresh K. Rijhwani, MBBS
Tara R. Ring, DO
Ignacio Ripoll, MD
Scott A. Robertson, MD
George Albert A. Rodriguez, MD
David E. Rosenberg, MD
Michael J. Roth, MD
Harlan C. Rust, MD
Michael J. Ryan, MD
Hessamaldin Sadatsafavi, PhD
Hooman Sadr, MD
Sudip K. Saha, MD
Jonathan M. Sardina, DO
Evan A. Schwartz, MD
Victoria M. Scicluna, MD
Stephen E. Scranton, MD
Sanjay G. Shah, MBBS
Kanishk D. Sharma, MBBS
Nathaniel C. Sherwood, DO
Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD
Humaira A. Siddiqi, MBBS
John H. Smith Jr., MD
Parimal J. Soni, MBBS
Seraphine A. Soosaimanickam, MBBS
James J. Stark, MD
Ronald A. Stine, MD
David H. Stockwell, MD
Neil M. Sullivan, MD
Matthew R. Summers, MD
Anne E. Sumner, MD
Ke Sun, MD
Ariana K. Tabing, MD, MBA
Leyla Tafreshi Sahibzada, MD
Deepak R. Talreja, MD
Valiant D. Tan, MD
Syed Ismail M. Thiwan, MBBS
Ligeng Tian, MD, PhD
Alan H. Tieu, MD
Aileen V. Tiro, DO
Angela J. Toepp, MS, PhD
Giorgi Tserediani, MD
Zackary J. Tushak, DO
Rishik Vashisht, MBBS
Manik Veer, MD
Sarah M. Verga, DO
Etta J. Vinik, MA Ed
Bruce D. Waldholtz, MD
Patty T. Wang, MD
Matthew F. Welles, MD
Jonas P. Wiltz, MD
Ian Woollett, MD
F. Taylor Wootton III, MD
Jedrzej M. Wykretowicz, MD, PhD
Jamila S. Wynter, MD
Daren Yang, DO
Amin A. Yehya, MD
Denis Yusupov, MD
Angelina Zhyvotovska, MD
Leah M. Zuniega, MD

Patrick G. Haggerty, MD
Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor Emeritus

Robert M. Palmer, MD, MPH
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Professor Emeritus

Thomas J. Manser, MD
General Internal Medicine
Professor Emeritus