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The Internal Medicine Residency Program is administered by the program director and the assistant program directors, with the assistance of the subspecialty division directors and three fourth-year chief medical residents.

More than 150 physicians are involved as committed faculty (hospital-based or geographic full-time) for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Of the 700 physicians in the department, approximately one-half are general internists.

Many of our faculty also hold faculty appointments at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine or the University of Michigan Medical School.

Program Leadership
	Aimee Espinosa, MD, FACP Program Director Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak	Paul Chittick, MD Interim Chairman, Infectious Diseases & International Medicine Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Fellowship: Wake Forest University
	Ovidiu Niculescu, MD, FACP Associate Program Director Medical School: University of Medicine & Pharmacy - Carol Davila Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak	Sandor Shoichet, MD, FACP Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Northwestern University
	Alexandra Halalau, MD, FACP Associate Program Director for Resident Research Medical School: University of Medicine & Pharmacy - Carol Davila Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak	Sara Aguinaga, MD Associate Program Director for Quality and Safety Medical School: Central Michigan University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
	Nicholas Maddens, MD Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak	Francisco R Davila Grijalva, MD, FACP Transitional Year Program Director Medical School: Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
	Maham Siddiqi, MD Co-Clerkship Director, OUWB School of Medicine Medical School: Aga Khan University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak	Dillon Karmo, MD Co-Clerkship Director, OUWB School of Medicine Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
	Florian Bukovec, MD Fourth-Year Clerkship Director Medical School: Medical University of Vienna Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Section Heads
	Paul Bozyk, MD Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Wayne State University Fellowship: University of Michigan, Pulmonary & Critical Care	Michael Brennan, DO Endocrinology Medical School: Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: Beaumont Hospital Fellowship, Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism: Henry Ford Hospital
	Lisa Cohen, MD Nephrology Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital	Simon Dixon, MD, FACC Chair, Cardiovascular Medicine Medical School: University of Auckland Faculty Residency: Auckland Hospital Fellowship: Auckland Hospital - New Zealand, Cardiology Greenlane Hospital, Interventional Cardiology Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Interventional Cardiology
	Ali Farhat, MD Hospitalist Medicine Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak	Khaled Imam, MD, CMD Geriatrics Medical School: Damascus University Residency: Wayne State University Fellowship: University of Michigan, Geriatric Medicine Wayne State University, Endocrinology & Metabolism
	Ishmael Jaiyesimi, DO, FACP Chair, Medical Oncology Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Fellowship: MD Anderson, Hematology/Oncology	Laith Jamil, MD FASGE, FACG, AGAF Gastroenterology & Hepatology Medical School: Baghdad University College of Medicine Residency: Michigan State University Hurley Medical Center Campus Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Hepatology and Liver Transplant Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Gastroenterology Mayo Clinic, Advanced Endoscopy
	Joseph Skender, MD, FACR Rheumatology Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital - Rheumatology	Carl B Lauter, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FAAAAI Allergy & Immunology Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Wayne State University University of Pennsylvania Fellowship: Wayne State University, Infectious Disease Henry Ford Hospital, Allergy & Immunology
	Daniel Menkes, MD, FAAN Chair, Neurology Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine Residency: MetroWest Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital	Wendy Miller, MD, MPH, FACP Nutrition & Preventive Services Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Clinic Faculty
	Lynda C. Misra, DO, M.Ed Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Chief Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal	Rimma Polevoy-Davis, MD Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit Chief Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
	Sarah Hartkop, MD Medical School: Wayne State University Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Chief Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal	Lauren Reinhold, DO Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Hospitalist Faculty

Ramona Berghea, MD
Medical School: Iuliu Hacieganu University
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Tucker Billups, DO
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Brett Holmes, DO
Medical School: Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Pradeep Kaminoulu, MD
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Arati Kelekar, MD, FACP
Medical School: Goa Medical College
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Tawhida Khatoon, MD
Medical School: University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Sinai Hospital of Detroit

Dilip Khanal, MD
Medical School: Tribhuvan University
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Nicole Marijanovich, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Justine Nasr, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Mamon Tahhan, MD
Medical School: Tishreen University
Residency: Providence-Providence Park Hospital

Justin Skrzynski, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
	Abdulgadir Adam, MD Medical School: University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine Residency: Detroit Medical Center Fellowship, Sleep Medicine: Detroit Medical Center Fellowship, Pulmonary/Critical Care Med: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Detroit Medical Center	Enrique Calvo-Ayala, MD Medical School: Universidad Nacional De Colombia Residency: Henry Ford Hospital Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
	Christopher Dado, MD Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine Residency: University of Vermont Medical Center Fellowship: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University	Bhavinkumar Dalal, MBBS, MD, DNB, FCCP Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Medical School: N.H.L. Municipal Medical College Gujarat University Residency: Wayne State University, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Detroit Medical Center
	Sanjay Dogra, MD Medical School: Government Medical College, India Residency: Harlem Hospital Center Fellowship, Critical Care: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Hospitals Fellowship, Pulmonary: Harlem Hospital Center	Daniel Keena, MD Medical School: Wayne State University University Residency: University of Michigan Fellowship: University of Michigan, Pulmonary & Critical Care
	Giovi Grasso-Knight, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Internship: University of Cincinnati Residency: Carolinas Medical Center	Girish Balachandran Nair, MD, FACP Medical School: Kerala University Medical College Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Fellowship: Winthrop-University Hospital
	Nader Mina, MD Medical School: University of Cairo Residency: Wayne State University University Fellowship: Wayne State University University, Pulmonary & Critical Care Wayne State University University, Sleep Medicine	Vishal Patel, MD Medical School: Pramukhswami Medical College Residency: New York Methodist Hospital Fellowship: New York Methodist Hospital, Pulmonary & Critical Care University of Pennsylvania – Penn Medicine, Sleep Medicine

Subspecialty Faculty

Joseph Anderson, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology Faculty
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital

Judith Bateman, MD
Rheumatology Faculty
Medical School: The School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center
Residency: Beaumont Hospital
Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital

Stephanie Biedny, DO
Geriatric Faculty
Medical School: Lake Erie
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: St. John Macomb
Oakland Hospital - Oakland Center
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, Geriatric Medicine

Michael Cannon, MD
Gastroenterology Faculty
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: University of Michigan
Fellowship: University of Michigan

Christopher Carpenter, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Stephan Sharf Interim Dean, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Medical School: University of Michigan Hospitals
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins, Infectious Diseases

Carmen Demarco, MD
Infectious Disease Faculty
Medical School: Carol Davila University
Residency: Wayne State University
Fellowship: Wayne State University

Michael Duffy, MD
Gastroenterology Faculty
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Residency: University of Connecticut Health Center
Fellowship: University of Connecticut, Gastroenterology
Yale University, Hepatology

Jonathan Fellows, DO
Neurology Faculty
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Beaumont - Farmington Hills (Neurology)

Michael Gallagher, MD
Cardiology Faculty
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residency: Spectrum Health/Michigan State University
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

James Goldstein, MD
Cardiology Faculty
Medical School: University of Chicago
Residency: Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital
Fellowship: University of California - San Francisco, Cardiology

Ivan Hanson, MD
Cardiology Faculty
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Paul Johnson, MD
Infectious Diseases Faculty
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Infectious Diseases

Neil Levitt, MD
Rheumatology Faculty
Medical School: University of Michigan
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Saima Mansuri, MD
Nephrology Faculty
Medical School: Sardar Patel University
Residency: Sinai-Grace Hospital
Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

Brian Muckey, MD
Geriatric Faculty
Medical School:Wayne State University
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Mohammad Muhsin Chisti, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology Faculty
Medical School: Kashmir University Government Medical College
Residency: University of Buffalo Affiliated Hospitals
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital

Martin Pevzner, MD
Rheumatology Faculty
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital

Matthew Sims, MD, PhD
Director, Infectious Diseases Research
Medical School: Stony Brook University
Residency: Stony Brook University Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Rochester, Infectious Diseases

John Szela, MD
Infectious Diseases Faculty
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital
Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital

Internal Medicine Residency, Royal Oak

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Meet our Core Faculty

Program Leadership

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