Current Gastroenterology Fellows

Third Year Fellows

Karim Benrajab, MBBCh

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-6

IM: Greater Baltimore Medical Center
MBChb: University of Tripoli (Libya)

Passisd Laoveeravat, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-6

IM: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX) 
MD: Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) 

Ujasbhai Patel, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-6

IM: University of Kentucky 
MD: University of Arkansas 

Brooks Richardson, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-6

IM: Vanderbilt University  
MD: University of Louisville 

Nishant Tripathi, MBBS

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-6

IM: Brookdale University Hospital (Brooklyn) 
MBBS: Rajshahi Medical College (Bangladesh) 

Second Year Fellows

Priya Abhyankar, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-5

IM: University of Kentucky 
MD: Indiana University 

Ahmed Abomhya, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-5

IM: Brooklyn Hospital Center (New York) 
MD: Al-Azhar University (Egypt) 

Aaron Brenner, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-5

IM: University of Kentucky 
MD: University of Illinois 

Yan Chu, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-5

IM: Saint Louis University 
MD: University of Kentucky 

First Year Fellows

Amber Cloud, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-4

IM: University of Kentucky 
MD: University of Kentucky 

Danielle Joiner, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-4

IM: University of Kentucky 
MD: University of Alabama 

Seth Richardson, MD

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-4

IM: Vanderbilt University 
MD: University of Louisville

Fady W Salama, MBCHB

Internal Medicine
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-4

IM: Montefiore Medical Center (New York) 
MBChB: Alexandria University (Egypt) 

Ann Saliares, DO

Graduate Medical Education
Positions Held:
  • Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-4

IM: Trinity Health Ann Arbor (Michigan) 
DO: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine 

Incoming Fellows (2025-2028)

Yazan Abu Omar, MD
IM: Cook County Health and Hospital Services
MD: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine

Blake Bentley, MD
IM: Wake Forest University
MD: Wake Forest University

Erin Causey, MD
IM: Vanderbilt University
MD: University of Maryland

Aaron Rottier, MD
IM: University of Louisville
MD: University of Wisconsin

Chukwudumebi Uche, DO
IM: University of South Florida
DO: Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine