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2021-2022
FIRST POST-RESIDENCY PLACEMENT

Ben Daggett, M.D.
Forensic Pathology Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Alison Burkett, M.D.

Neurology Resident
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Qing Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
22-23 Molecular Genetic Pathology Baylor/23-24 Hemepath MD Anderson
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Oraine Snaith, M.D.

Hematopathology Fellow
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Denis Noubouossie, M.D., Ph.D.
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellow
North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Mohammed Sait, M.D.

Forensic Fellow
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Raima Memon, M.D.
22-23 SP Fellowship at Mayo Clinic/ 23-24 GI Path fellow Emory
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Eric Ollila, M.D.
22-23 SurgPath Fellow/23-24 GI Path
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alta, CA

Fei Fei, M.D.

Hematopathology and Molecular Genetics Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alta, CA

Abrar Alghamdi, M.D.

Cytology Fellowship
University of California- Irvine
Irvine, CA

Razan Baloush, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Rana Aldrees, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellow
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Mohammed Rigi, M.D.
Ophthalmic Pathology Fellow
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Christine Pesoli, M.D.
Breast/GYN Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

David Figge, M.D., Ph.D.
TM Instructor/Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Mariam Youssef, M.D.
Surgical Pathology Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Taylor Pickens, M.D.
Surgical Pathology Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Smitha Mruthyunjayappa, M.D.
Surgical Pathology Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

1995-2020

FIRST POST RESIDENCY PLACEMENT

Tyler Clemmensen, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Robin Collingwood, M.D.
Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Joseph Drwiega, M.D.
Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Alexander Feldman, M.D.
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

Scott Taylor, D.O.
Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Zheng Ping, M.D.
Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship
University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, FL

Virginia Duncan, M.D. 
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship 
Seattle Children’s Hospital 
Seattle, WA 

Briana Gibson, M.D.
BB/TM Medicine Fellow
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Melissa Dillard, M.D. 
Dermatopathology Fellowship 
Cockerell Dermatopathology/UT Southwestern 
Dallas, TX 

Richard Gabriel Koenig, D.O. 
Hematopathology Fellowship 
UAB - Department of Pathology 

Tiansheng Shen, M.D., Ph.D. 
Surgical Pathology Fellowship 
MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX 

Abha Soni, D.O. 
Dermatopathology Fellowship 
Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD 

Elizabeth Staley, M.D., Ph.D. 
Hemostasis Fellowship 
UAB – Department of Pathology

Debra A. Curry, M.D., Forensic Fellowship
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Holly A. Hasson, M.D., Dermatopathology Fellowship
Institute for Dermatopathology, Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA

William O. Rogers, M.D., Ph.D., Research
Department of the Navy
Bethesda, Maryland

David L. Jaye, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

R. Jemison Moore, III, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Ana K. Stankovic, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Officer
Center for Disease Control
Atlanta, GA

Stephenie C. Dillard, M.D., Soft Tissue Pathology Fellowship
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Carolyn Kinzer-Bezanson, M.D., Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology Fellowship
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Shreveport, LA

Gregor Stransky, M.D., Cytopathology Fellowship
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX

John M. Averyt, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Walter C. Bell, M.D., Asst. Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Anne H. Bussian, M.D., Dermatopathology Fellowship
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 

John Elgin, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Isam-Eldin A. Eltoum, M.D., Asst. Professor, Dept. of Pathology
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

John T. Lam, M.D., Postdoctoral Trainee, Division of Human Gene Therapy
Dr. David Curiel’s lab
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Marisa Marques, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Lea Novak, M.D., Surgical and Renal Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

John Rodenbough, M.D., Staff Pathologist
ARL/LabSouth
Montgomery, AL

Syed Nasir Zaidi, M.D., Ph.D., Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Florida-Gainesville
Gainesville, FL

Hanh Khuu, M.D., Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, MD

Laurentia Nodit, M.D.
After internship transferred to the University of Pittsburgh Department of Pathology to continue pathology residency as PGY2
Pittsburgh, PA

Stephen Brossette, M.D., Ph.D.
After internship has taken time off to devote to his start-up company, MedMined Inc. which is a Birmingham based medical data analysis start-up company

Julie Adams, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Irina Mikolaenko, M.D., Neuropathology Fellowship
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Elizabeth Benson, M.D., Cytopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Medical Center
Department of Pathology
Birmingham, AL

Michael Cohn, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
M.D. Anderson
Houston, TX

Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Bradley Gehrs, M.D., Post Doc Research Fellow
University of Alabama Medical Center
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Birmingham, AL

Sate Hamza, M.D., Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, AL

Musa Mbahi, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Medical Center
Department of Pathology
Birmingham, AL

Jon R. Steinhauer, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellow
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Elizabeth J. Miller, M.D., Forensic Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Medical Center/Cooper Green Hospital
Birmingham, AL

Andrea L. Volk, M.D. Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, AL

Wei Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., Cytopathology Fellow
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Ana Paula Santos Louro, M.D., Private Practice
General Surgical Pathologist
Vitoria, Brazil

Brian Ragland, M.D., Private Practice
Norwood Clinical Pathology Group
Carraway Methodist Hospital
Birmingham, AL

Judith. L. Pugh, M.D., GI Fellowship
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, AL

Charles Mayfield, M.D., Ph.D., Private Practice
Pensacola Pathologists
Pensacola, FL

Amy C. Gruszecki, D.O., Medical Examiner Dallas County
Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences at Dallas
Dallas, TX

Claudiu Cotta, M.D., Ph.D., Hematopathology Fellow
UTMD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Tracy Rauch, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Holly Hilsenbeck, M.D., Private Practice
Pathology Laboratory Associates
Tulsa, OK

Laurentia Nodit, M.D., Private Practice
Innovative Pathology Services
Knoxville, TN

Sarah M. Bean, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology (Cytopathology & Surgical Pathology)
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

James Alan Long, M.D., Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Jason Nolan, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Burton Kim, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, CA

Preeti P. Sharma, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC

Yara A. Park, M.D., Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

John C. Lavelle, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Regina S. Meara., Pathologist-Private Practice
Cytopath P.C.
Alabaster, AL

Tonya J. Eichelberger., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

John A. Webster, M.D., Pathologist-Private Practice
Clinical Pathology Associates
Abilene, TX


Xiuli Liu, M.D., PhD., Assistant Professor and Staff Pathologist
Cleveland Clinic Foundations
Cleveland, OH

Holly N. Burford, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Carrie S. Knight, M.D., Cytopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Leona Council, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Shi Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Jeremy Henderson, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Meredith Lakey, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Daniel Keith Harrison, M.D., Neuropathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Diane C. Peterson, M.D., Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Jefferson County Coroner’s Office
Birmingham, AL

Zhaohai Yang, M.D., PhD., Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Mark Steciuk, M.D., Ph.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
UAB-Department of Pathology
Birmingham, AL

Kathrina Alexander, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
UAB Department of Pathology
Birmingham, AL

Meiklejohn McKenzie, D.O., Private Practice
Community Pathology Laboratory
Cookeville, TN

Shaoying Li, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Marian Butcher Kraemer, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Ronald Darrell Sanders, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
UAB Department of Pathology

Xiaojun Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
UAB Department of Pathology

Virginia Dailey, M.D.
Private Practice, Valley Pathology Associates
Decatur, AL

Emily Reisenbichler, M.D., Breast Fellowship
Brigham & Women’s
Boston, MA

James Post , M.D., Staff Pathologist 
Children’s Hospital
Birmingham, AL

Elizabeth Hanson Kerr, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
UAB Department of Pathology

Shuting Bai, M.D., Ph.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Penn State
State College, PA

Amanda Crowe, M.D., Staff Pathologist
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur, AL

Ami Linder, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
UAB Department of Pathology

Chris Kragel, M.D., Cytopathology Fellowship
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Thuy Nguyen, M.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Zhiyong Ren, M.D., Ph.D., Surgical Pathology Fellowship
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

John Ross, M.D., Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Amanda (Amy) Treece, M.D., Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Jason Wicker, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Microbiology Fellowship
ARUP Laboratories
Salt Lake City, UT

Alex Hanna, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellowship
UAB

Evan Alston, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellowship
UAB

Benjamin Hill, M.D.
Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
UAB

Deyin Xing, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Fellow/Faculty Assistant
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Jie Xu, M.D., Ph.D.
Hematopathology Fellow
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Taylor Deal, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellow
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Caitlin Halverson, M.D.
Dermatopathology Fellowship
UAB

Jason Brazelton, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Matt Cain, M.D.
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
UAB

Xiaoyan Cui, M.D., Ph.D.
Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Yaolin Zhou, M.D.
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Erik Kouba, M.D.
Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship
University of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN

Forest Huls, M.D.
Chemistry Fellowship
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Brandi McCleskey, M.D.
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Cooper Green Hospital
Birmingham, AL

Rebekah McIntosh, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellowship
UAB – Department of Pathology

Jessica Tracht, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellowship
UAB – Department of Pathology

Yihong Ruby Ma, M.D., Ph.D.
GI Pathology Fellowship
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Vishwas Parekh, M.D.
Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

David Dorn, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Tiffany Graham, M.D.
Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Fellowship
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Tao Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Surgical Pathology Fellowship
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Benjamin Saylor, M.D.
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

David Ullman, M.D. 
Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Kai Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Gastrointestinal/Liver Fellowship
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Erin Baumgartner, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellowship
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Paul Boothe, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellowship
Moffitt Cancer Center, Magnolia Campus
Tampa, FL

Bo Chen
Surgical Pathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Danielle Fasciano, D.O.
Dermatopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Adam Jones, M.D.
Hematopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Ashish Kurnundkar
GI Pathology Fellowship
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Morad Qarmali, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL