April 3, 2024
Sixteen new medical school graduates begin their graduate education in July 2024 at the College of Community Health Sciences.
They will receive specialty raining in family medicine as part of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program Class of 2027.
The three-year residency was established in 1975 and is one of the oldest and largest family medicine residencies in the United States.
The residency has a long tradition of working to improve the health of individuals and communities in Alabama and the Southeast. In Alabama, one of every seven practicing family medicine physicians is a graduate of the residency, and 90% of graduates practice in the Southeast.
During their time in the program, residents are educated and trained in academic and community environments by physicians in family medicine and other specialties and learn to provide high-quality and patient-centered care. Residents have opportunities to practice in hospitals and continuity and community clinics and connect with patients in the context of their families and communities.
CCHS also offers post-residency fellowships for additional training in behavioral health, emergency medicine, geriatrics, hospital medicine, neurology, obstetrics, pediatrics and sports medicine.
The residency Class of 2027 and where they completed medical school:
Brandon Chiedo, MD: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
Haley Cook, DO: Edward Via University (Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine- Carolinas), Spartanburg, S.C.
Carleson Dozier, MD: the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Ala.
Will Fagan, MD: the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Ala.
Luis Gonzalez Anguiar, MD: University of Miami-Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Fla.
Kevin Harris, DO: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State, University Park, N.M.
Noor Khalil, MD: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington D.C.
Thaksin Kongchum, MD: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, La.
Akanksha Kumar, MD: Saba University School of Medicine, The Bottom, Caribbean Netherlands
Elizabeth Clark Lanier, DO: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, Ala.
Andrew Longanecker, MD: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La.
Asha Meilstrup, MD: University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Miss.
Kingsley Nwaobasi, MD: American University of Antigua College of Medicine, Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda
Faith Pittard, DO: Edward Via University (Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas), Spartanburg, S.C.
Japneet Sachdeva, MD: St. George’s University School of Medicine, West Indies, Grenada
Vishal Sharma, MD: Saba University School of Medicine, The Bottom, Caribbean Netherlands
