Residency Graduation 2023

The 11th annual graduation ceremony for Cahaba - UAB Family Medicine Residency was held on Monday, Jun 26, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency - Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Thirteen residency graduates were honored, as well as seven fellowship graduates.

RURAL RESIDENTS:

  • Folabi Ariganjoye, MD will practice at Tennova Medical Group, a community hospital affiliated outpatient practice in Clarksville, TN

  • Shay Gibson, DO will work for a private practice in Childersburg, AL

  • Molly Hamilton, MD is staying with Cahaba to complete an OB Fellowship

  • Joseph Mossad, MD will work for an outpatient / inpatient community group in Salem, IL

  • Jonathan Sharley, MD will work for a church-based Family & Lifestyle Medicine clinic in Lansing, MI

URBAN RESIDENTS:

  • Noureen Abbas, MD plans to go home to Lahore, Pakistan for a few months then work as an outpatient physician in Birmingham, AL

  • Daniel Fijabi, MD plans to join the faculty at UAB's Department of Family and Community Medicine

  • Clara Formby, MD is staying with Cahaba as a faculty physician in Birmingham, AL

  • Sharon George, MD will work for an outpatient clinic in the Northside Hospital System in Decatur, GA

  • Mark Gingerich, MD will join an established practice in a critical access hospital in Rolla, ND

  • Gavin Liu, DO will work as a family practitioner for a FQHC in San Jose, CA

  • Christian Lopes, DO is staying with Cahaba to complete an OB Fellowship

  • Megan Ward, MD is staying with Cahaba as a faculty physician in Birmingham, AL

EMERGENCY MEDICINE FELLOWS:

  • Isaiah Matroni, DO is staying with Cahaba as a faculty physician in Maplesville, AL

  • Philip Ojeabulu, MD will work in the Emergency Department at a hospital in Memphis, TN

COMMUNITY MEDICINE FELLOWS:

  • Shawn Cherian, DO is moving to Dallas, TX to join a missional community to prepare for international work

  • Renee Cherian, DO is also moving to Dallas, TX with her family

  • Alex Lea, MD (also completed a Global Health Fellowship) is moving to Irving, TX to practice family medicine among international populations

  • Sherin Lea, DO will practice family medicine for a FQHC in Dallas, TX

GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOW:

  • Amanda Alldredge, MD will work as an attending physician at an academic mission hospital in South Asia

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