July faculty arrivals

ANESTHESIOLOGY
Jackson Lenz, MD joins the Department of Anesthesiology faculty having completed his residency training here at WVU.

Kallol Chaudhuri, MD, PhD joins the pediatric service in the Department of Anesthesiology. He is the former Vice Chair of Anesthesiology at Texas Tech University.

Erica Martin, MD joins the Department of Anesthesiology. She has experience from across the country having been a locum anesthesiologist for several years. She completed her residency training at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans.

Joshua Eaton, DO joins the pediatric service in the Department of Anesthesiology. He was previously a pediatric anesthesiologist at The University of Pittsburgh.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Brent McMillion, MD joins the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Student Health/Urgent Care faculty having just completed his family medicine residency training at United Hospital Center.

Taylor Fisher, MD joins the Department of Emergency Medicine faculty having just completed his residency training here at WVU.

Shane Dragan, MD joins the Department of Emergency Medicine faculty having just completed his residency training here at WVU.

Matthew Kersteter, MD joins the Department of Emergency Medicine faculty having just completed his residency training here at WVU. He will be a member of the Acute Resource Group.

Clara Kraft, MD completed WVU’s ultrasound fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine and has now joined the faculty.

FAMILY MEDICINE
Amy Moyers, MD joins the Department of Family Medicine faculty having just completed her residency training here at WVU.

Jason Peklinsky, MD joins the Department of Family Medicine faculty having just completed his residency training here at WVU.

HVI
Soshi Inkollu, MD joins the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute faculty having just completed a vascular surgery fellowship at Houston Methodist.

Eric Shang, MD joins the vascular surgery service at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute. He recently completed vascular surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic.

Jeremiah Hayanga, MD joins the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute faculty. He was formerly the Surgical Director of Lung Transplant Outcomes Research at UPMC. He completed a surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Michigan and CT surgery transplant fellowship at UPMC.

Brian Kazienko, MD joins the noninvasive cardiology service at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute. He was formerly a cardiologist and vascular medicine specialist at Ohio Valley Hospital in McKees Rocks, PA. He earned his MD at WVU.

Heather Hayanga, MD joins the cardiac anesthesiology and critical care service at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute. She was formerly a clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology at UPMC.

Marco Caccamo, DO joins the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute’s heart failure program. He was formerly an assistant professor and medical director at Indiana University Methodist in Indianapolis.  He completed two fellowships, cardiovascular medicine at the University of Minnesota and advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and cardiac transplantation at Allegheny General in Pittsburgh.

Muhammad Salman, MD joins the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute. He is a Cardiothoracic/Heart Transplant surgeon who came to WVU from the Cleveland Clinic.

David Campsey, MD joins the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute’s interventional cardiology service. He completed fellowships in adult cardiovascular disease and coronary and peripheral interventions at Allegheny General Hospital.

Charles Brown, MD joins the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute’s interventional cardiology service. He completed fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA

MEDICINE
Allison Lastinger, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed her infectious diseases fellowship here at WVU. She also completed internal medicine residency training and earned her MD at WVU.

Rahul Sangani, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his pulmonary and critical care fellowship here at WVU.

Bharath Bhushan, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his internal medicine residency here at WVU. He is a hospitalist.
 
Jason Likens, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his internal medicine residency here at WVU. He is a hospitalist.

Emma Somers, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed her internal medicine residency here at WVU. She is a hospitalist.

Adnan Haider, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his endocrinology fellowship at Texas Tech. He also has a fellowship in geriatrics.

Abdul Mannan, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his internal medicine residency at Mt Sinai St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He is a hospitalist.

Ziad Dimachkie, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his internal medicine residency training at Temple. Dr. Dimachkie is a hospitalist.

Muhammad Khan, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed his internal medicine residency at Guthrie Hospital in Sayre, PA. He is a hospitalist.

Maryum Hussain, MD joins the Department of Medicine faculty having just completed her internal medicine residency at Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. She is a hospitalist.

NEUROLOGY
Sanam Baghshomali, MD joins the Department of Neurology faculty. He completed his neurocritical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and a stroke, cerebrovascular disease and neurosonology fellowship at Wake Forest.

Swarna Rajagopalan, MD joins the Department of Neurology faculty having just completed a neurocritical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

NEUROSURGERY
Nicholas Brandmeir, MD joins the Department of Neurosurgery as a functional neurosurgeon. He completed stereotactic and functional neurosurgery fellowship at Hershey Medical Center.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Aniket Saoji, PhD is the Director of Audiology in the Department of Otolaryngology. He has extensive research experience with Advanced Bionics, LLC in Valencia California and was Senior Manager of Clinical Research at the Phonak Audiology Research Center in Warrenville, IL. He has a Bachelors and Masters in speech language pathology and audiology and a PhD in hearing sciences.

PEDIATRICS
Christopher Mercer, MD joins the Department of Pediatrics cardiology service. He completed fellowship at UPMC and pediatrics residency and MD at WVU.

RADIOLOGY
Mark Lisle, MD joins the Department of Radiology. He earned his MD and completed radiology residency at WVU.

SURGERY
Daniel Grabo, MD joins the Department of Surgery’s trauma and surgical critical care division as the director of trauma education. He was formerly Medical Director of the Navy Trauma Training Center at LAC/USC Medical Center and assistant professor of surgery at Keck School of Medicine.

Connie DeLa’O, MD joins the Department of Surgery’s trauma and surgical critical care division. She completed trauma and acute care surgery and surgical critical care fellowship at East Carolina University.

UROLOGY

Chad Morley, MD joins the Department of Urology having just completed his urology residency here at WVU. He is also a WVU School of Medicine alum.