Fellows and Alumni

Alumni

2023

Melissa Band, DO 
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 
Position: Associate, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
 
Rajesh Kuppuraju, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 
Position: Associate, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Easton, PA

2022

Kirsten Koons, MD
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Position: Associate, Geisinger Medical Center Rheumatology, Danville, PA

P. Daniel Nicholas III, DO
Residency: Reading Hospital/Tower Health, Reading, PA
Position: Staff Physician, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center, Wyomissing, PA

2021

Jason Bankert, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, Altoona Arthritis and Research, Duncansville, PA

Eva Rottman, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, Nasseri Clinic of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Catonsville, MD

2020

Erik O'Connell, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, St. Mary’s Health System, Bangor, Maine

Megan Bielawski, MD
Residency: Summa Health System, Akron, OH
Position: Associate, Crystal Arthritis Center, Akron, OH

2019

Elizabeth Thomas, DO
Residency: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Position: Associate, Jefferson Health, Voorhees, NJ

Jennifer Reams, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, United Hospital Center Rheumatology, Bridgeport, WV

2018

Philip Dunn, DO
Residency: Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
Position: Associate, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

Abraham Tacang, MD 
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, St. Elizabeth Physicians, Crestview Hills, KY

2017

Christina Downey, MD
Residency: St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI
Position: Associate, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

Shazdeh Butt, MD
Residency: Writhe State University, Dayton, OH
Position: Associate, Wilkes-Barre Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA

2016

Alicia Meadows, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, UPMC Susquehanna Health, Williamsport, PA

2015

Tarun Sharma, MD
Residency: Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ
Position: Associate, Allegheny Health Network Rheumatology, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency Research Director, Internal Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

Lyudmila Kirillova, MD
Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, PA
Position: Associate, Nashua Rheumatology, Nashua, NH

2014

Jonida Cote, DO
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, Geisinger Wilkes-Barre Rheumatology, Wilkes-Barre, PA 

Susan Mathew, MD
Residency: Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Position: Owner, Monarch Rheumatology, Houston, TX

2013

Lisa Schroeder, MD
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Position: Associate, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 

Irum Mona Idrees, MD
Residency: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Position: Associate, Upstate Osteoporosis and Arthritis, Greenville, SC

2012

Chad Walker, DO
Residency: Temple Medical School, Scranton, PA
Position: Associate, Geisinger Health, Scranton, PA

Raza Bozaite-Gluosniene, MD
Residency: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Position: Associate, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, Lone Tree, CO