GME graduates announce next steps

The 48 physicians who’ve graduated this spring from our Saint Joseph GME programs have announced their next steps in their careers and training. We’re proud of your accomplishments and delighted more than half of you are staying in the Denver-metro area!

2023 Family Medicine Graduates            

Kristina Hulen, MD: Palliative Care Fellowship, Saint Joseph Hospital

Joey Murphy, DO: SCL Health Medical Group – Congress Park in Denver

Justyne Murphy, DO: SCL Health Medical Group – Congress Park in Denver

Bennett Clark, MD: Palliative Care Attending, Intermountain Health Peaks Region, including Lutheran, Lutheran Hospice and Palliative Oncology Clinic at The Cancer Centers

Cherriese, Thompson, MD: Denver Health Obstetrics

Mario Giovaccini, MD: Clinica Family Health in Lafayette

Quinn Doyle, MD: Locums and PNR in Salida

Nick Arlas, MD: Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers in San Diego

Sophia Gill, MD: Columbia Valley Community Health in Wenatchee, WA

Doug Mayeda, MD: Penn Internal Medicine in Media, PA

Alia Roberts, MD: Advocate Aurora Health in Libertyville, IL

2023 General Surgery Graduates             

Eric Bradford, DO: Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA – Colorectal Surgery Fellowship

Cam MacLellan, MD: Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh – Foregut Fellowship

Annabella Maurera, DO: Houston Methodist Hospital – Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Lexi Wilson, DO: Swedish Health Services in Seattle – Colorectal Surgery Fellowship

Abby Zinn, DO: Private general surgery practice in San Luis Obispo, CA

Alex Shu, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Aaron Smoroda, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Andy Truong, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Sophia Wolfe, MD: UC Denver – Dermatology

Andrew Coryea, DO: University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Aaron Sadowsky, MD: Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Kansas – Internal Medicine

Ariana Schuelke, DO: Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, OH – Emergency Medicine

Ilona Schwarz, MD: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

2023 Internal Medicine Graduates          

Sophia Raia, MD: Chief Resident, Saint Joseph Internal Medicine

David Baldwin, DO: Midtown Inpatient Medicine, Lutheran/Saint Joseph

Laura Harper, MD: CPMG, Hidden Lake Medical Office in Westminster

Tiffany Koonce, DO: CPMG, Lakewood Medical Office

Samuel Wakser, MD: SCL Health Medical Group – Midtown, in Denver

Peter Huang, DO: New West Physicians/Optum in Denver

Chelsea Ratliff, MD: Platte Valley Medical Center

Michael Cerniglia, MD: University of Southern California in Los Angeles – Hematology & Oncology Fellowship

Rick Stephens, DO: Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin, MN

Liz Wittrock, DO: University of Iowa in Iowa City – Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship

Will Cohen, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Kenny Hunt, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Sonja Radosevic, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Simone Raiter, MD: UC Denver – Radiology

Patrick Wasserman, MD: UC Denver – Anesthesiology

Kody Armann, MD: Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore – Anesthesiology

Andrew Irwin, MD: University of Washington in Seattle – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Nisha Pradhan, MD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Diagnostic Radiology

2023 OB/Gyn Graduates             

Anna Davids, MD: SCL Health Medical Group – Central Park OB/Gyn in Denver

Anna Newman, MD: SCL Health Medical Group – Denver OB/Gyn

Jania Arcia Ramos, MD: The Women's Clinic of Northern Colorado in Fort Collins

Paulina Altshuler, DO: University of Nevada, Las Vegas – Assistant Professor

Brandi Smith, MD: St. Mark's OB/Gyn in Salt Lake City