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Meet Our Ϲ MSTP Alumni

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Our alumni choose a wide variety of specialties for their residency, fellowship and faculty positions including Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Surgery, and more.

Most alumni are residents or faculty at Academic Medical Centers across the United States, including Harvard, Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Emory, UCLA, Stanford, MD Anderson, Mayo Clinic, University of Washington and many more including positions on our campus at the Ϲ, Children’s Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital and the Versiti Blood Research Institute.

Congratulations to our 2025 graduates!

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Emily Kolyvas, PhD

Matched at Harvard University Mass General Brigham; Specialty: Radiation Oncology

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Kelsey Nolden, PhD

Matched at Yale University; Specialty: Dermatology (research track)

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Wasif Osmani, PhD

Matched at University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Hospital; Specialty: Psychiatry

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Hayley Powers, PhD

Matched at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Specialty: Pediatrics

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Melissa Quintanilla Anfinson, PhD

Matched at University of Minnesota – Twin Cities; Specialty: General Surgery

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Suma Thareja, PhD

Matched at University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute; Specialty: Ophthalmology

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Tyler Waltz, PhD

Matched at Case Western Reserve University; Specialty: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Alumni

Learn more about our alumni and where they are now. Alumni are listed by the year they graduated with their MD, PhD degree.
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1990-1999

Neil Farber, MD, PhD | 1983-1990
Retired
PhD Advisor: Garrett, Gross, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Anesthesiology, Ϲ; Fellowship-Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Tracy Kangas, MD, PhD | 1983-1990
Retina Specialist McFarland Eye Center, Ames, Iowa
PhD Advisor: H. Edelhauser, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Ophthalmology, Emory University; Fellowship-Vitreoretinal at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Robert Hevner, MD, PhD | 1984-1992
Professor, Pathology; Director, Neuropathology, University of California-San Diego
PhD Advisor: Margaret Wong-Riley, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital: HMS; Fellowship-Neuropathology, Stanford University Medical Center

Richard Riese, MD, PhD | 1984-1992
Chief Medical Officer, Synlogic
PhD Advisor: Neil Mandel, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital; HMS

David Gaffney, MD, PhD, FABS, FASTRO | 1985-1992
Professor and Vice-Chair, Radiation Oncology; Senior Director, Clinical Research, University of Utah School of Medicine and Huntsman Cancer Institute
PhD Advisor: Fritz Sieber, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Therapeutic Radiology, University of Utah

Galen Cortina, MD, PhD | 1985-1993
Pathologist, Marvel Path, North West Pathology
PhD Advisor: Joseph Barbieri, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pathology at UCLA; Fellowship-Gastrointestinal Pathology at UCLA School of Medicine

Eric Wong, MD, PhD | 1987-1994
Professor and Associate Director for Imaging Hardware, Center for Functional MRI in the Department of Radiology, UC San Diego School of Medicine
PhD Advisor: James Hyde, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: None

Mehrdad Rezaee, MD, PhD | 1987-1994
Cardiologist, Cardiac & Vascular Care; Former Director of pre-clinical cardiovascular research, Stanford University
PhD Advisor: Roger Markwald, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Fellowship-Cardiovascular Medicine & Interventional Cardiology at Stanford University

Keith Loeb, MD, PhD | 1987-1995
Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Washington; Associate Member, Clinical Research and Public Health Sciences; Adjunct Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
PhD Advisor: A. Haas, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Combined AP/CP Pathology at the University of Washington-Seattle; Fellowship- (Research) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Basic Sciences Division & Hematopathology; Fellowship-Univ of Washington Medical Center

Paul Hruz, MD, PhD | 1988-1994
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) & Cellular Biology & Physiology; Former Director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Washington University, St. Louis
PhD Advisor: Henry Miziorko, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pediatrics, University of Washington- Seattle; Fellowship-Pediatric Endocrinology, Washington Univ, St. Louis

Russell Wilke, MD, PhD | 1988-1995
Former Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and Sanford Clinic
PhD Advisor: Cecilia Hillard, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Internal Medicine, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison; Fellowship-Preventive Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Scott Kulich, MD, PhD | 1989-1996
Professor, Pathology, Division of Neuropathology; Chief, Transfusion Medicine and Chief, Molecular Anatomic Pathology, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Acting Lab Director, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Butler
PhD Advisor: Joseph Barbieri, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pathology, University of Pittsburgh; Fellowship-Neuropathology, University of Pittsburgh

Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, PhD | 1990-1997
Professor, Surgery; Chair, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; General Surgery Specialist, Mayo Clinic-Arizona
PhD Advisor: Ernest Borden, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Surgery, University of Minnesota; Fellowship-(Clinical) Infectious Disease, Univ of Minnesota; Fellowship-(Research) Univ of Minnesota; Fellowship-(Clinical) Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Univ of Minnesota

Richard Gumina, MD, PhD | 1990-1997
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine; The James Hay and Ruth Jansson Wilson Professor in Cardiology; Associate Division Director for Research; Director, The OSUWMC JB CVM Biorepository, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Interventional Cardiologist, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
PhD Advisor: Peter Newman, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic; Fellowship-Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology, Mayo Clinic

Shawn Jobe, MD, PhD | 1991-1998
Director of the Michigan State University Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders (CBCD), Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine;
Adjunct Associate Investigator Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee WI
PhD Advisor: R. Markham, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pediatrics, University of Iowa; Fellowship-Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Iowa

David Mei, MD, PhD | 1991-1998
Anesthesiologist, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI
PhD Advisor: Garrett Gross, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Anesthesiology, Ϲ

David Potter, MD, PhD | 1992-1999
Anesthesiologist, Colorado Springs, Colorado
PhD Advisor: Henry Miziorko, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Anesthesiology, University of Virginia

2000-2009

Pamela Schroeder, MD, PhD | 1991-2000
Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship, Co-Director, Thyroid Clinic, Medstar Union Memorial Hospital; Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
PhD Advisor: G. Giudice, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Internal Medicine, University of Virginia; Fellowship-Endocrinology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Elizabeth Nora, MD, PhD | 1993-2000
Medical Director ADA certified diabetes center, The Sheboygan Clinic; Aurora Medical Group, Endocrinology/Internal Medicine, Sheboygan, WI
PhD Advisor: Andrew Greene, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic; Fellowship-Endocrinology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Stacy Sjoberg, MD, PhD | 1993-2000
Physician, Ophthalmology, Great River Eye Clinic
PhD Advisor: Jay Neitz, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Fellowship-Corneal and external disease at the University of Iowa

Michael Peterson, MD, PhD | 1993-2001
Professor, Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin school of Medicine and Public Health; Residency Training Director; Director, Hospital Psychiatric Services, University Hospital in Madison
PhD Advisor: Jennifer Morris, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Psychiatry, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison; Fellowship-(Research) at Univ of WI-Madison; Fellowship-(Research) Wyeth-Health Emotions, Univ of WI-Madison

Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD | 1994-2001
Professor, Dermatology; Professor, Biological Chemistry; Director, Resident Education; Core Co-Director, Imaging Core, UCI Skin; Co-Director, Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; Vice Chair, Research, Dermatology, University of California-Irvine
PhD Advisor: Joseph Barbieri, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Dermatology, Univ. of Texas Southwestern; Fellowship-Physician Scientist Training Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Brent Fogel, MD, PhD | 1994-2003
Professor of Neurology and Human Genetics; Director, Neurogenetics Clinic; Director, Clinical Neurogenetics Research Center (CNRC) David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles
PhD Advisor: Mark McNally, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Neurology, Univ of California, Los Angeles; Fellowship-Neurogenetics, Univ of California, Los Angeles

James LaBelle, MD, PhD | 1995-2003
Associate Professor, Pediatrics Hematology & Oncology; Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
PhD Advisor: Robert Truitt, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston; Fellowship-(Clinical) Hematology/Oncology at Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Fellowship-(Research) Cancer Chem. Biology at Children's Hospital/Dana-Faber Cancer Institute

Christina Spofford, MD, PhD | 1995-2003
Associate Medical Director, Marshfield Medical Center, Beaver Dam, WI
PhD Advisor: William Chilian, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Fellowship-Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Kathryn Bollinger, MD, PhD | 1996-2003
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Director Glaucoma Service, Medical College of Georgia of Augusta University
PhD Advisor: Jay Neitz, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic; Fellowship-Glaucoma, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Ann Klopp, MD, PhD | 1996-2003
Professor. Department of Radiation Oncology. Medical Director, COVID Vaccine Clinic; Director, Brachytherapy; Co-lead MD Anderson moonshot program for HPV cancers. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
PhD Advisor: William Burns, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson; Fellowship-(Clinical) Radiation Oncology, Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Fellowship-(Research) Tumor Microenvironment, Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Melissa Agoudemos, MD, PhD | 1996-2004
Pediatric Cardiology, St. Luke’s Children’s Cardiology: Meridian
PhD Advisor: Andrew Greene, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Pediatrics, University of Iowa; Fellowship-Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa

M. Reza Taheri, MD, PhD | 1996-2004
Professor of Radiology, Director of Neuroradiology. George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC
PhD Advisor: David Harder, PhD
Residency/Fellowship: Residency-Radiology, Univ of Washington, Seattle; Fellowship-Neuroradiology, University of Washington, Seattle

Matthew Riese, MD, PhD | 1997-2004 (Deceased)
Associate Professor, Medicine (Hematology & Oncology) and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Medica