MEET THE TEAM
PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION TO OUR RESIDENTS
A Message From Our
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Welcome to the beautiful Emerald Coast and Pensacola, FL! Our mission remains grounded in our founding philosophy, while incorporating the requirements of training residents for practice in the 21st century. Our residents’ educational experiences emphasize the competencies and skills required for practice in Internal Medicine, including subspecialty fields of IM.
I have been in clinical practice for over 20 years. I moved to Pensacola and joined Ascension Sacred Heart medical staff in 1999. I served as a member of the Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart Board of Directors from 2002 – 2012. Prior to becoming the Internal Medicine Program Director at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, I was involved in the IM Residency Program at Doctors’ Hospital in Columbus, OH. I currently serve on multiple Quality and Safety Committees at Ascension Sacred Heart.
Choosing a Residency program is an extremely important decision and should be done with care. If you share our vision and would like to apply for a resident position, or if you have any questions, please contact myself or our Program Coordinator, Adam Peake, by calling 850-416-1186 or emailing Adam.Peake@ascension.org.
As your Program Director, I expect excellence and will mentor you during your journey to becoming an asset to Medical Staff and to the community in general.
I believe this program has a proven track-record for providing an optimal training environment for aspiring Internal Medicine Physicians thanks, in part, to the faculty and chiefs before us. My intention is to facilitate the continued excellence in producing highly skilled and knowledgeable internists who are caring and compassionate.
The chief resident’s role is to provide support, guidance, and encouragement to his/her fellow residents and medical students in order to foster consistent and continued improvement. Medicine is always rapidly evolving and requires the ability to reliably adapt to the demands placed on physicians; therefore, I think it is imperative for a qualified chief resident to be open to all suggestions and concerns from both colleagues and supervisors.
I fully believe to foster this growth in our program it takes every resident, intern and attending to work together; I believe here at University of Florida Pensacola we do this well. As Internal Medicine Physicians, we have the responsibility to provide great health care to the people of Pensacola.
A Message From Our
CHIEF RESIDENT
Nur Mando, MD
Our Faculty
OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS
PGY-3
Parvinder Aulakh, MD
International American University College of Medicine
Nur Mando, MD
American University of Barbados School of Medicine
Jazz Whittaker, DO
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Kandace Williams, DO
Edward Via College of Osteopathic MedicinePGY-2
Hayriye Nilgun Guvener Demirag, MD
Deanery of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Bola Habeb, MD
Cairo University Faculty of Medicine
Lillian Short, DO
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rashmi Verma, MD
Gajra Raja Medical CollegePGY-1
Otto Valdes, MD
Poznan University of Medical Sciences Center for Medical Education
Gurmanpreet Sidhu, MD
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College
Tushar Patel, MD
St. George’s University School of Medicine
Asaad Mouselli, MD
University of Aleppo Faculty of MedicineOUR ALUMNI
2024 GRADUATES
Michelle Joseph, MD
Hospitalist in Pensacola, FL
Daniel Antonious, MD
Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship Program at the University of South Florida-Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, FL
Joseph Paippattuthara, MD
2023 GRADUATES
Jonathan Rivera Diaz, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism fellowship at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC
William Lindsay, DO
Internist in Pensacola, FL
Alexander Navone, DO
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Joseph Sasser, DO
Internist at Fairview Clinic P.C. in Dothan, AL
Rachel Bourguignon, MD
Hospitalist in Pensacola, FL
2022 GRADUATES
Omer Idrees, MD
Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Fellowship program at The University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL
Kaitlyn Molina, DO
Veterans Affairs clinic in Pensacola, FL
Peter Krothapalli, DO
Internist at Primary Care Internists of Montgomery, P.C. in Montgomery, AL
Amber Reid, DO
Hospitalist in Pensacola, FL
2021 GRADUATES
Rebecca Bradley, MD
Hospitalist in Pensacola, FL
Ashley Martin, DO
Hospitalist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Nicholas Manuel, DO
Hospitalist in Pensacola, FL
R. Gavin MacNeil, DO
Nephrology Fellowship Program at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC
2020 GRADUATES
Mitchell Elgin, DO
Hospitalist at Aurora Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Jeremy Harmson, DO
Ochsner Endocrinology Fellowship Program in New Orleans, LA
Sean Mullins, DO
Hospitalist at Jennie Stuart Health Medical Center, Hopkinsville, KY
Madeline Strittmatter, DO
Hospitalist at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach, FL
2019 GRADUATES
Shawn Allman, DO
Hospitalist at Portneuf Medical Center, Pocatello, ID
M. Trent Norman, DO
Hospitalist at North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview, FL
Brooks Parker, DO
Hospitalist at West Florida Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Shivani Anumolu, DO
Locums in Atlanta, GA
2018 GRADUATES
Donald Ford, DO
Nocturnist at Northeast Georgia Health System, Gainesville, GA
Susan Mbu, DO
Hospitalist at North West Medical Center, Amarillo, TX
Caleb Oster, DO
Hospitalist at White River Medical Center, Batesville, AR
Jeremy Scherer, DO
Hospitalist at Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
2017 GRADUATES
Sarah Knifley, DO
Hospitalist at LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, TN
Paul Swafford, DO
Hospitalist at LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, TN
Galina McLaughlin, DO
Hospitalist at Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo, TX
Galina McLaughlin, DO
Hospitalist at Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo, TX
Austin Stokes, DO
Hospitalist at Ascension Sacred Heart, Pensacola, FL
2016 GRADUATES
Demareo Webb, DO
Megan Harris, DO
Nicole Daignault, DO
Bandish Chudasama, DO
2015 GRADUATES
Jun Yoo, DO
Eleanor Tring, DO
Ngoc Phan, DO
Matthew Fowler, DO
Elizabeth Decker, DO
2014 GRADUATES
John Treven, DO
Rogers Ha, DO
Tanner Eiden, DO
2013 GRADUATES
Laurie Sansbury, DO
Ravi Samlal, DO
Thomas Moran, DO
2012 GRADUATES
Philip Stewart, DO
Michelle Gillespie, DO
program coordinator
Adam Peake
Adam.Peake@ascension.org
850-416-1186